Great design doesn't happen by accident. It's directed.
At JOIN, we believe human potential is the catalyst for organizational and national growth. We help organizations across Saudi Arabia and the GCC build stronger workforces, elevate their employer brands, enhance learning engagement, accelerate growth, and drive transformation through talent, marketing, learning, and technology solutions.
We're looking for an Art Director who can translate business strategy into compelling visual experiences. This is not just a design leadership role. It's an opportunity to shape how leading organizations communicate, attract, engage, and inspire people through impactful creative work.
If you're equally passionate about branding, storytelling, campaign ideation, digital experiences, and creative leadership, we'd love to hear from you.
About the Role:
As Art Director, you will lead the visual direction of JOIN's brands, solutions, campaigns, and client projects across multiple business pillars:
- Talent & Workforce Solutions
- Employer Branding
- Learning & Development Engagement
- Growth Marketing & Communications
- Technology Solutions, Products, Customized Software & Applications
- Digital Transformation Solutions
You will work closely with marketing strategists, content creators, consultants, learning specialists, business leaders, and technology teams to develop creative concepts that transform complex business challenges into engaging visual stories.
The ideal candidate combines strategic brand thinking with hands-on creative excellence and understands how design influences business growth, talent attraction, employee engagement, learning adoption, and customer experience.
Key Responsibilities
Creative Leadership
- Define and evolve the visual direction of JOIN's brands, solutions, campaigns, and strategic initiatives.
- Lead creative concept development for marketing campaigns, employer branding programs, learning engagement initiatives, technology solutions, and thought leadership content.
- Ensure all creative work reflects JOIN's positioning as a transformation partner serving Saudi Arabia and the GCC.
- Maintain consistency across all brand touchpoints while continuously elevating creative standards.
Brand & Campaign Development
- Develop compelling visual concepts for integrated campaigns across digital, social media, events, learning platforms, employer branding projects, and corporate communications.
- Transform strategic briefs into impactful visual narratives that resonate with executives, HR leaders, job seekers, employees, learners, and business stakeholders.
- Guide the development of campaign identities, event branding, presentations, video storyboards, social media content, and marketing collateral.
- Support the delivery of Arabic-first creative executions while ensuring seamless bilingual brand experiences.
Team Leadership & Collaboration
- Lead and mentor designers and creative contributors.
- Collaborate closely with marketing, content, employer branding, learning, technology, and consulting teams.
- Provide creative direction throughout the project lifecycle from brief to final delivery.
- Review, refine, and approve creative work to ensure strategic alignment, quality, and consistency.
Digital & Innovation
- Direct creative production across social media, websites, digital advertising, learning platforms, employer branding assets, technology solutions, customized software products, and applications.
- Support the visual experience and creative direction of digital products, platforms, and transformation initiatives.
- Collaborate with technology and product teams to ensure cohesive and user-centric visual experiences across digital touchpoints.
- Explore emerging creative tools, AI-assisted workflows, and innovative content formats that improve creative effectiveness and efficiency.
- Stay ahead of visual trends relevant to Saudi Arabia, GCC markets, talent, learning, employer branding, technology solutions, digital products, and business transformation.
What We're Looking For
- 7+ years of experience in Art Direction, Creative Direction, Branding, or Visual Communication.
- Exceptional branding capabilities, with a strong understanding of brand identity systems, visual storytelling, typography, and design principles, coupled with the ability to develop original concepts and transform insights into distinctive, memorable creative ideas.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking, campaign ideation, brand development, and creative leadership.
- Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
- Experience with motion design, video art direction, or AI-powered creative tools is highly desirable.
- Previous agency experience is a must.
- Strong understanding of branding, storytelling, visual communication, and audience engagement.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong understanding of both English and Arabic creative environments.
- Experience in the EdTech or technology industry is a plus.
- Familiarity with the Saudi and GCC markets.
Why JOIN
At JOIN, you'll help shape brands, campaigns, learning experiences, technology solutions, and transformation initiatives that make a real impact across Saudi Arabia and the GCC.
What You'll Gain
- Hybrid working model that supports flexibility and collaboration.
- Exposure to diverse projects across Talent Solutions, Employer Branding, Learning & Development, Growth Marketing, Technology Solutions, and Business Transformation.
- Continuous learning opportunities through JOIN's network of world-class partners and industry experts.
- Access to professional development programs, training, workshops, certifications, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- The opportunity to work alongside specialists in marketing, learning, technology, communications, and organizational transformation.
- A collaborative, supportive, positive, and growth-focused culture where ideas are encouraged and ownership is valued.
