Design Director

Role: Design Director

Location: Dubai

THE ROLE

Someone experienced and independent enough to come into the role of Design Director and run with it. Attitude and temperament are crucial, with a willingness to challenge themselves and others around them. We have a talented team who will look to them for their thoughtful and inspiring guidance and ambitious global clients who want to be impressed and inspired by the quality of our work and our thinking. They will be working closely with other company members from around the world, and beyond the design team, including strategists, insights specialists, and partners, so they will need to be fluent in ‘brand’ and able to hold their own in strategy conversations.

We need someone brilliant at concept development, be a whiz with user-centred design and visual system development, and most of all they will need to be a source of problem-solving and brilliant ideas that can initiate projects, keep them on track, and ultimately bring them to life in a meaningful and impactful way.

Naturally, a special talent for design and the ability to craft world-class visual identities is a must, but also the need to be comfortable with the day-to-day requirements of managing and communicating with team members. Being cognisant of team health, moral and well-being is crucial; whilst managing the regular client interactions, meetings and conversations that come with large scale brand projects.

Our studio is very important to us. We want a creative who is a proactive self-starter, articulate, pragmatic and reliable. Someone who is keen to contribute to and promote a healthy, collaborative and engaging design environment. Someone who is happy to have their ‘comfort zone’ pushed, to challenge our thinking and motivated to positively impact our studio environment and creative team members.

YOUR DAY TO DAY

Manage design teams across multiple client engagements, driving high quality deliverables across the globe

Work in partnership with Strategic and Account teams to understand and manage client needs

Ability to define and implement innovative solutions for digital direction, visuals and experiences

Participate in the business development process, including working on pitches and presentations to prospective clients and developing proposals

Build deep client relationships across projects

Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks

Work with vendors and outside specialty resources

Manage deliverables, timelines, and budgets of all engagements

Provide leadership for project teams, infusing a superior design aesthetic into the work

Manage and cultivate the professional development of staff members

Contribute to studio culture, inspire others

What We Look For

8 + years’ experience, and at least 2 years’ working directly with clients

Advanced in Adobe Creative Suite

Proficiency in Sketch, Invision, and similar design and prototyping tools

BFA/BS/BA in Graphic Design or equivalent experience

Experience working with design systems

Experience managing teams with diverse design backgrounds

Long term client relationship development experience

Should be comfortable with travel necessary in a client service business

Solid verbal and written presentation skills

Strong creative problem-solving skills

Successfully manages time, process, and workflow