Creative Director

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

The ideal candidate will bring a balance of strong leadership, creative excellence, and project management capability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of creative strategies for events, campaigns, and marketing initiatives.
• Collaborate with strategy, content, and event teams to define the creative vision for each project.

• Oversee the creative design of event experiences including branding, staging, and visual environments.
• Ensure creative elements are integrated seamlessly into the overall event narrative.

• Direct the creation of digital and print marketing materials including promotional content, artwork, and visual assets.
• Maintain quality control across all visual outputs, ensuring alignment with brand objectives.

• Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary creative team including designers, artists, and freelancers.
• Foster a culture of creativity, innovation, and accountability within the creative department.

• Coordinate with internal departments (production, strategy, accounts) to ensure creative deliverables are met.
• Manage timelines and creative deliverables to ensure on-time execution.

• Manage budgets for creative projects and ensure resource allocation is efficient.
• Recommend cost-effective solutions that maintain quality and creativity.

• Present concepts and creative solutions to clients, incorporating feedback and revisions.
• Act as the lead creative representative during pitch presentations and review meetings.

• Stay ahead of industry trends and bring new ideas to the table to keep work fresh and competitive.
• Evaluate event creative execution post-project to inform future improvements.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing, Creative Arts, or related field.

• Minimum 10 years in a senior creative role within the events, experiential marketing, or branding space.
• Proven experience managing creative teams and large-scale project execution.

• Strong creative leadership and people management skills.
• High-level conceptual and executional design expertise.
• Excellent verbal and visual presentation abilities.
• Strong multitasking, time management, and budget management.
• Proficiency in design tools (Adobe Creative Suite, etc.).

• Primarily office-based with occasional travel to event locations.
• Flexibility required around project deadlines and event schedules.

Salary: AED 35,000 to 50,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

About the Company

Sectors we cover include HR, Administration, Finance & Accounting, Legal, Sales & Marketing including Digital Marketing, IT, Oil/Gas/Energy, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Higher Education.

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