Head of Creative Solutions

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Group Communications (GC) is responsible for creating a lasting positive image of Roche and representing the company\’s voice on a Group level: We communicate Roche’s strategy and how we deliver on our purpose of “Doing now what patients need next” to Roche colleagues and external audiences. We drive integrated and global campaigns and provide platforms for communications business partners as well as our affiliates to engage with audiences. We contribute to building trust of key stakeholders, to managing Roche’s brand and reputation and to building a favourable environment for our business. We aspire to be: innovative; forward-looking; creative; courageous; representing a strong, integrated corporate brand and audience experience. We work in an environment where people can thrive, learn new skills, create great things and have fun together.

Our communications vision is ambitious and simple: We inspire the world about Roche’s contribution to people’s health.

The Brand & Digital Experience Centre of Excellence (CoE) is where creativity, insight and technology come together to shape how the world experiences Roche. Our mission is to turn brand into experience – delivering powerful storytelling, seamless digital platforms, and campaigns that build trust, inspire connection, and advance health. Bringing together expertise across brand, governance, creative, intelligence, channels and campaigning, we enable Roche to communicate with clarity and impact, helping our stakeholders see, feel and believe in our contribution to people’s lives.

As the Head of Creative Solutions, you will lead Roche’s global communications creative capability. This senior leadership role is responsible for shaping and delivering the creative expression of the brand, ensuring that every campaign, channel, and piece of content is engaging, high-quality, and audience-centric.

You will oversee creative concepting, design, production, and quality control across formats and platforms. You will lead the Creative Solutions team, manage partnerships with agencies and production houses, and run Roche’s creative sandbox – where new ideas and visual approaches are tested. You will work hand-in-hand with Brand, Campaigns, Channels, and Intelligence colleagues to ensure creative work both inspires audiences and strengthens Roche’s reputation. You will report to the Head of Brand & Digital Experience and serve as a member of the CoE leadership team.

Your Opportunities

• Lead Roche’s creative vision and expression, ensuring all outputs are distinctive, compelling, and audience-centred
• Translate brand strategy and guidelines into world-class creative concepts and storytelling frameworks
• Oversee creative development, production, and delivery across design, video, motion, photography, illustration, and copy
• Define and ensure standards for craft quality and creative excellence across all outputs
• Lead Roche’s creative innovation sandbox, testing new formats, visual styles, and techniques that push expression forward
• Build and maintain global templates, toolkits, and design systems in partnership with Brand colleagues
• Ensure accessibility, inclusivity, and cultural relevance are embedded in creative outputs
• Manage and oversee Roche’s creative agency ecosystem, setting standards for briefs, quality, and alignment with brand
• Partner with Campaigns to bring integrated creative campaigns to life, ensuring coherence across channels and geographies
• Collaborate with Intelligence to monitor and optimise creative effectiveness (resonance, engagement, recall)
• Lead, coach, and develop a global team of creatives, fostering a culture of inspiration, experimentation, and high performance

Who you are

You are a seasoned creative leader with a passion for storytelling, design, and craft. You bring:

• 10+ years of experience in creative direction, design, or content production, ideally in a corporate or agency setting with global scope.
• 5+ years of leadership experience, including leading creative teams across formats and geographies.
• Proven ability to develop and deliver creative concepts that connect with diverse audiences and strengthen reputation.
• Strong expertise in visual and narrative storytelling across multiple formats (design, video, photography, motion, copy).
• Demonstrated ability to manage and inspire agency and production partners, ensuring alignment and excellence
• Experience running innovation pilots to evolve creative expression within brand frameworks
• Strong understanding of accessibility and inclusivity principles in creative expression
• Excellent collaboration skills, able to partner effectively with Brand, Campaigns, Channels, and Intelligence colleagues
• A leadership style that inspires creativity, fosters experimentation, and champions both people and craft
• Fluency in English (written and spoken); other languages are an advantage

Location: Basel is the primary location. Additional locations may be considered at the hiring manager’s discretion.

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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