This position is based at our Luxembourg headquarters and requires regular office presence. The EIB offers you the opportunity to live and work in a truly international and multi-cultural environment. We also offer relocation support. The EIB, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Secretariat General Directorate (SG), Communications Department (COM), Publishing Division (PUB) at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a Communication Officer – Branding and Design Lead. This is a full-time position at grade 5 for which the EIB offers a permanent contract. Internal benchmark Officer Corporate Communication Panel interviews are anticipated for end of February 2026.

Purpose
You will manage and coordinate the branding direction and visual identity across the EIB Group’s digital and physical content, as well as its branded items, in line with the corporate communication strategy and action plan, in order to ensure attractiveness, brand recognition and visual consistency across all design outputs and the delivery of high-quality visual solutions, thereby contributing to the increased awareness and understanding of the EIB Group activities and to protect and enhance the EIB’s external identity and reputation.

Operating Network
The Communication Department ensures the EIB Group’s activities are known and valued by its stakeholders and the general public. It interacts with external and internal audiences and ensures the EIB Group engages with them in an open and accountable way. The Publishing division is the content powerhouse of the department. Its mission is to develop engaging, timely and relevant content to support the EIB Group’s interaction with its audiences across all communication channels.

You are responsible for setting the branding direction and visual identity across the EIB Group’s digital and physical content, as well as its branded items. You ensure attractiveness, brand recognition and visual consistency across all design outputs and the delivery of high-quality visual solutions. You act as a guardian of the EIB Group’s visual identity and ensure the proper use of the logo both internally and externally. You oversee creative agencies, consultant graphic designers, and composition/typesetting companies to design and produce some 150 publications a year, all branded items (such as gift and stationery items) and conference materials (such as physical or digital backdrops, marketing materials, and roll-ups). You provide branding direction for the corporate website, social media channels, audiovisual materials, and corporate presentations. You introduce new graphic design technology and AI tools. You ensure the proper functioning and ongoing development of the EIB Group web shop where staff members can order their branded items. You ensure effective planning, contract and budget management. This is an exciting role that requires proven design ability and sensitivity, the desire and motivation to coordinate in-house consultants and external service providers towards continued visual excellence, an interest in working on both physical and digital products, and the willingness to research and adopt the best tools available for top-quality online publishing.

Accountabilities
• Develop and maintain the EIB Group’s visual identity, ensuring consistency across all platforms.
• Prepare and periodically update EIB logo guidelines.
• Oversee the supply of branded materials for events, meetings, and conferences, and manage the ongoing development of the Web shop.
• Provide art direction and coordinate designers, creative agencies (digital, web, print), and typesetting companies to ensure quality and brand coherence.
• Manage day-to-day design and production operations, ensuring timely delivery to the highest standards.
• Conceptualise and implement innovative designs for physical and digital products and content.
• Create and maintain reusable visualisation templates — static and animated — for social media production.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies, particularly AI, in digital graphic design and animation.
• Work closely with editors, marketers, social media and audiovisual specialists, and other colleagues to develop impactful visual stories that inspire engaging content across all media.
• Encourage a culture of creative innovation within the team by sharing examples and facilitating experimentation with new formats and tools (e.g., AI-assisted design, data storytelling).
• Regularly monitor and benchmark design and communication practices from leading institutions and brands to identify best practices, trends, and innovative formats for publications, digital products, and campaigns.
• Ensure effective planning and budget management for design and production activities.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the EIB Group’s overall communication strategy and assist in setting division priorities and activities.

Qualifications
• University degree (minimum an equivalent to a Bachelor) preferably in graphic art, design or related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in graphic arts or design within communication agencies or corporate/institutional environments, of which at least 3 years’ experience in managing design projects.
• Comprehensive knowledge of multimedia and print production processes.
• Experience in web design and digital design principles.
• Awareness of the latest AI tools and applications for graphic design.
• Background in advertising is considered an asset.
• Basic understanding of the EU institutional and political framework.
• Strong foundation in UX/UI design and familiarity with AI-enhanced workflows to deliver intuitive, responsive, and visually compelling digital experiences.
• Proficiency in design software, particularly Adobe Creative Suite, and UX platforms such as Figma.
• Excellent command of MS Office and template creation tools; good knowledge of mapping, animation, and infographic software.
• Excellent knowledge of English and/or French, with a good command of the other. (Knowledge of other EU languages would be an advantage).

Competencies
Find out more about EIB core competencies here. To find out more about our eligibility criteria click here. Unless stated explicitly as a required qualification, a good command of French is not a pre-requisite for hire. As both English and French are however official working languages of the EIB, proficiency in both languages is a pre-requisite for your future career development. Any language clause in your contract must be fulfilled in order for you to be eligible for a promotion (either via the annual appraisal cycle or via an internal selection process). Proficiency is understood to mean the attainment of level 5 of the Inter Institutional language courses, corresponding to B1.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). The Bank offers appropriate training support.

We hire and value talent with unique characteristics, creating a work environment where they can be themselves. We believe that Diversity, Equity and Inclusion makes us a performing and innovative organisation. We encourage all suitably qualified and eligible candidates to apply regardless of their gender identity/expression, age, racial, ethnic and cultural background, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation, disability or neurodiversity. We strongly invite applicants with a disability, neurodivergent profile or chronic condition to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact the EIB Recruitment team [see original application] who will ensure that your request is handled.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge the importance of maintaining the security and integrity of the Information of the EIB Group. In case of selection for the position you agree to comply with all measures (policies, controls, document classification and management) implemented by the EIB Group to prevent unauthorised disclosure of any information or any damage to the EIB Group reputation.

Deadline for applications: 2nd February 2026

Communication Officer – Branding and Design Lead - based in Luxembourg

European Investment Bank (EIB)