Key Responsibilities
Strategically inspire, lead and motivate creative teams and other departments. Conceptualise and develop ideas for branding, content, advertising and media campaigns. Collaborate and assist the Global Creative Director with implementing and localising creative strategies. Create and pitch creative propositions to clients and internal stakeholders. Produce storyboards and scripts for videos and brand campaigns. Prepare concept boards to help visualise and direct a strategic brand vision. Lead brainstorming and creative sessions to generate ideas. Oversee several projects from start to finish, setting processes, workflows and ensure final deliverables meet our standards and client expectations. Help shape the creative department, manage and mentor junior members of the team and play a key role in business development. Support with resource management across multiple concurrent projects and use resources efficiently to move work through the studio in the optimal ways.
Key Requirements
10+ years experience acting as a senior-level creative director in a design agency, or internal creative team. Bilingual in English and Arabic languages. BA in advertising, fine art, design, or relevant field. Strong copywriting and storytelling skills. Experience in design branding and crafting scalable design systems for global campaigns. Portfolio demonstrating proficiency in delivering creative concepts through social, digital, web and branding. Good illustration skills for creating concepts in the pre-production / planning phase. Excellent communicator and writer (English and Arabic) Outstanding presentation skills in order to deliver a pitch or creative strategy to stakeholders. Highly proficient in creation and packaging of design presentations. Extensive experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Google Workspace / Microsoft Office applications. Must be alert of current trends in design, tech and advertising. Strong working knowledge of the fundamentals in storytelling, interaction design, UX design, brand development, and the creative process, as well as new platforms and technologies. Work under pressure and against tight deadlines.
Benefits
Annual return-flight expenses covered to home country (after 1 year of service) Company laptop Private medical insurance Residential & Work visas Bonus Scheme Hybrid working (3 days in the office, 2 days at home) Your birthday off (paid leave)