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About the Role
This visionary leadership role drives the creative direction and execution of brand design projects, blending strategic thinking with hands-on design expertise. It ensures creative output aligns with client objectives and agency standards, leading and inspiring a multidisciplinary design team to foster innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
Responsibilities
- Define and uphold agency design standards and creative vision.
- Lead conceptualization and execution of branding projects, including visual identity, packaging, digital assets, and environmental design.
- Provide strategic design direction across multiple client accounts.
- Mentor and manage a team of designers, art directors, and freelancers.
- Conduct regular design reviews and provide constructive feedback.
- Support professional development and foster a collaborative team culture.
- Collaborate with account and strategy teams to understand client needs and translate them into compelling design solutions.
- Present creative concepts and design rationale to clients with clarity and confidence.
- Build strong client relationships and act as a trusted design advisor.
- Oversee the design process from concept to delivery, ensuring quality, consistency, and timeliness.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing creative excellence with operational efficiency.
- Ensure all deliverables meet brand guidelines and client expectations.
- Stay ahead of design trends, tools, and technologies.
- Champion innovation and push creative boundaries within the agency.
- Seek feedback to develop self-awareness, strengths, and address development areas.
- Proactively raise issues to improve effective team working and collaboration.
- Communicate confidently in a clear, concise, and articulate manner.
- Collaborate with stakeholders and embrace an inclusive environment.
- Make valuable contributions to discussions and brainstorming sessions, providing insight and point of view.
- Build relationships quickly with others and engage personally with peers and clients.
- Treat others with respect and listen to diverse perspectives.
- Tackle problems in a timely manner and develop contingency plans focused on resolution.
- Drive a culture of trust with peers, clients, and all other stakeholders.
- Take ownership for actions and deal with consequences maturely.
- Adjust performance based on experiences and feedback, showcasing agility and flexibility.
- Display openness to the ideas of others and leverage them for business benefit.
- Showcase curiosity and an open mindset towards new ways of doing things.
- Set high-impact objectives and exceed performance expectations.
- Demonstrate a Growth Mindset and take ownership of personal development and growth.
- Constructively challenge the status-quo and take risks to challenge internal and external perspectives.
- Approach situations and individuals with honesty, integrity, and humbleness.
- Display resilience and maintain drive and a positive outlook when faced with challenges.
Requirements
- Strong portfolio showcasing brand identity systems, campaign work, and cross-platform design.
- Experience working in a fast-paced agency environment.
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite expertise
- Design tools proficiency
- Conceptual thinking
- Visual storytelling
- Leadership
- Communication
- Presentation skills
- Team management
- Client engagement
- Project oversight
- Strategic design direction
- Innovation
- Problem-solving
- Relationship building
- Adaptability
- Integrity
- Resilience
- Feedback seeking
- Collaboration
- Active listening
- Contingency planning
- Trust building
- Ownership
- Agility
- Flexibility
- Openness to ideas
- Curiosity
- Objective setting
- Growth mindset
- Challenging the status quo
- Humbleness
Experience Level
- 8+ years of experience in branding and design
- At least 3 years in a leadership role
Education Level
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or related field
About the Company
- Leo Burnett Worldwide, founded in Chicago in 1935, is a large agency network with 96 offices and nearly 10,000 employees.
- The company has a significant presence in the Middle East, including KSA, Lebanon, UAE, Egypt, and Jordan.
- Recognized as the #1 Creative Agency for Effectiveness in the World and the most effective creative agency in the world by WARC Effective 100.
- Named "Most Innovative Company" by Fast Company for driving brand purpose.
- Leo Burnett UAE was ranked #1 most Effective Agency in 2024 and secured #1 Agency and Network of the Year at MENA Effies 2023 and Dubai Lynx in both 2023 and 2024.
- The company operates on the Humankind philosophy, believing creativity transforms human behavior by focusing on people and purpose.