Location: Dubai, UAE (JLT) Hybrid
Salary: Up to AED 28,000/month
What You'll Drive
Join a founder-led boutique creative agency delivering bold, growth-focused solutions in branding, campaigns, digital design, and social impact projects. They're a values-driven studio in Dubai's JLT, building brands from mission to market like full brand builds for micro-mobility leaders and fintech platforms while championing growth through creativity for clients and teams. Plus lead visuals for our anchor Saudi mining client, a principal partner of Aston Martin in Formula 1, transforming industrial scale into sleek, edgy campaigns with global flair.
As Art Director, you'll lead creative direction, shape visual storytelling, mentor a multidisciplinary team, and drive end-to-end projects with high agency and impact in a human, non-formal culture. Pair with our eccentric senior designer for dynamic team balance while blending Vision 2030 innovation with F1 excitement through clean, quirky concepts.
What You'll Focus On
- Develop original campaign ideas and compelling visual storytelling from strategy.
- Lead creative sessions, workshops, and brainstorming for breakthrough concepts.
- Hands-on design, motion, and visuals: guide direction and ensure high-quality outputs.
- Collaborate with clients/teams to turn briefs into actionable creative solutions.
- Uphold quality standards, brand alignment, and polished delivery.
- Mentor and elevate multidisciplinary creatives for growth and impact.
- Balance timelines, budgets, and feasibility in ideation.
- Present concepts persuasively to clients and stakeholders.
- Track trends/tools to keep work fresh and competitive.
Who You Are
- 4+ years in agency art direction, visual design, or creative development.
- Strong conceptual thinker turning ideas into bold visual stories with sleek-quirky aesthetic.
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign; After Effects a plus).
- Experience leading and mentoring multidisciplinary creative talent.
- Expert in branding, layout, typography, and digital production.
- Collaborative with copywriters, strategists, and account teams.
- Confident presenter/pitcher of creative concepts who shines in interviews (articulate, no prompting needed).
- Exceptional detail-oriented creativity and visual standards.
- GCC relocators welcome. Global exposure preferred.
Tech Stack
Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, After Effects, with focus on branding, motion, digital, and integrated campaigns.
Why You'll Thrive Here
- Founder-led studio (11-50 team) with direct access to CEO, end-to-end brand building, and purpose-driven work like UNHCR MENA partnerships donating 25% of fashion line sales to refugees.
- Bold, human culture rejecting formal vibes and urgent chaos while prioritizing strategy, planning, and real impact across Dubai's dynamic scene.
- Hero projects with clients like micro-mobility brands (full strategy to campaigns) and fintech refreshes, plus self-initiated thought-leadership.
- Growth opportunities in a boutique with big ambitions: ownership, skill-building, and cultural resonance in JLT hub.
- Diverse, gritty team valuing bold voices, social impact, and sustainable brand growth over vanity metrics.
