Creative Lead (Part-time, 3 daysweek)

About Ghostnote

Ghostnote is a fast-growing music startup based in Berlin. Since launching in 2025 weve been building instrumental music brands that millions of people study sleep game and relax to - from piano lullabies to anime and gaming covers lofi and ambient music.

Everything we produce is made by real musicians and we have a strict zero-AI music policy. Ghostnotes catalogue is streamed millions of times every week by listeners all over the world.

Our brands have a distinct sonic and visual identity brought to life through music illustration and creative direction across DSPs and social media channels. Were hiring our first dedicated Creative Lead to help shape this for the company.

The Role

Were looking for a Creative Lead to turn our founders creative vision into distinctive visual identities brand systems and ongoing creative direction for our music brands. Youll set the visual identity for the brands and artists we launch and build the pipeline that keeps every asset on-brand as we scale.

Working closely with our Co-Founder & Creative Director youll research and present creative concepts develop approved directions into brand systems source and manage the external talent and oversee the full creative pipeline from initial assets through to ongoing release artwork and social content.

You will also own the day-to-day creative direction across our brands: setting priorities and timelines for our Content Editor and external artists and reviewing everything before it goes live.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to give artists a distinct creative identity and build the pipelines that sustain it - not just execute individual assets - while directing a small team and a bench of external talent.

You will:

Turn the founders creative vision into fully realised visual identities for the brands we launch including illustration art and animation style

Research and present creative concepts to the founders then develop the approved direction into clear repeatable brand systems

Build the formal brand foundations for our highest priority brand launches including brand bible brand voice logo fonts and social media kit

Identify and vet external illustrators animators and artists to work with including sourcing through platforms like Instagram and Behance

Negotiate and agree terms work within creative budgets set by the founders and own those relationships end-to-end

Map deliverables and project-manage the creative pipeline from launch assets to ongoing content release artwork and social content

Set our Content Editors priorities and workload briefing them against the creative identity youve built

Review and sign off all creative output before it goes live (DSP assets social assets external artist deliverables) against the agreed guidelines including in-house brand bibles

What You Bring

A genuine love of music with an appreciation for gaming and anime worlds

Real experience building or art-directing a visual brand or universe - agency games animation publishing or artist-brand backgrounds all welcome

Experience managing external creative talent from sourcing and briefing illustrators to providing clear constructive feedback and direction through the process

A strong eye for distinctive cohesive visual identities that feel distinctive cohesive and thoughtfully developed

Commercial awareness and experience managing creative budgets contracts and external partners

Confident directing others work day to day self-directed enough to own a 3-day/week role with real scope

Based in Berlin or able to work hybrid from our office

Bonus points if youve worked with anime gaming or internet subculture audiences before or have an existing network of illustrators

What We Offer

A central creative role in a lean growing music company where your work shapes what millions of people see and hear

Real ownership - youll execute the creative direction for our flagship brands working closely with our Co-Founders

A collaborative team that cares about music design and doing things properly

An office at The Delta Campus in Neukölln with access to a gym rooftop pool bar community spaces and events

How To Apply

Send us your CV and a short cover letter including a portfolio or examples of visual identities or content pipelines youve built or directed. Please dont use AI to write it.

The process is a first interview a short task a second interview then offer stage.