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About the Role

The Senior Designer - Design is responsible for leading creative work, focusing on brand identities and guidelines. This role involves interpreting client briefs, delivering high-quality brand design output, collaborating with design teams, and solving design challenges while adhering to deadlines and budget constraints.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the insights and strategy team to develop breakthrough, creative ideas and articulate the ideas in the creative brief
• Coordinate with multi-skilled teams of designers, strategists, researchers, and production specialists including initial briefings, day-to-day direction, storyboarding, creative review meetings
• Lead creative presentations and orchestrate other team members to present the work
• Monitor and circulate the latest design-related trends information
• Capture and document project case studies
• Contribute proactively to business development efforts, existing client opportunities, proposal writing and presentations
• Ideate, craft, and execute original and iconic design concepts in response to client briefs, objectives, or goals
• Develop creative ideas that meet both client and business objectives, maintaining the company’s expected levels of creative excellence and professionalism
• Present, share and review creative work with Executive Creative Director/s, Account Management and Planning Leads as well as members of the Management Team
• Manage multiple projects from concept through to completion, working with both in-house resources and third-party vendors
• Collaborate effectively with Account Management, Planning, and the broader creative team to develop disruptive and iconic work
• Use storytelling to connect with internal and external stakeholders in a compelling manner to influence and inspire
• Handle complex issues and make decisions even when missing information
• Proactively develop meaningful relationships with key decision makers across functions
• Accept responsibility for client problems, manage conflict and actively work to solve issues internally and externally
• Build succession plans and grow and mentor future talent
• Encourage others to value difference, collaboration and positive spirit while getting the best out of their diverse teams
• Listen and proactively seek views from others to create an environment that is transparent and comfortable for others to share
• Understand, inspire and motivate their team to pursue goals and deliver beyond their beliefs
• Assess ideas and people on merit alone, without bias or favoritism and gives recognition when due
• Coach and support others by aligning career expectations, defining success criteria and providing actionable, open and constructive feedback
• Persuade others with integrity by understanding their motivations and identifying their concerns and work toward solving them
• Handle complex messages and convey issues to facilitate others' understanding
• Manage multiple viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all stakeholders
• Initiate and lead open conversations with internal and external stakeholders to build trust and ensures long term influence, partnership and support
• Empower individuals to solve problems and create opportunities for others to grow and demonstrate their learning agility
• Break down silos to enable cross collaboration by leveraging expertise resulting in cross-selling across different Groupe verticals and practices
• Encourage their team to evolve processes and improve collaboration to drive efficiencies, quality and effectiveness
• Steer teams on key-clients strategies and ensures delivery of a superior output
• Drive a culture of trust with peers, clients and other stakeholders
• Showcase agility and ability to adapt to different situations based on past experiences, feedback and industry changes
• Set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance
• Demonstrate the Growth Mindset and is capable of taking ownership of personal development to continuously evolve and futureproof their capabilities
• Constructively challenge the status quo and take risks to challenge internal and external perspectives
• Approach situations and individuals with honesty, integrity, transparency and humbleness
• Stay resilient and maintain drive and a positive outlook when faced with challenges
• Actively listen and is receptive to others' feedback on performance
• Take justified risks when appropriate and takes accountability and responsibility when things don’t go as planned
• Act as an early identifier of change, proactively develop and share plans to seize the opportunity
• Act ethically and make ethical decisions in line with local regulations and contracts, even in the face of ethical challenges
• Listen to other people in a way that they feel understood, and is respectful of others
• Make timely decisions that take into account different factors in ambiguous circumstances, considering impacts internally and externally
• Build initiatives despite doubts or resistance from others to deliver strategic impact

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience and a book brimming with brave ideas and outstanding craft, some that saw the light of day, and maybe some that didn’t
• Strong history in branding, brand identity design and establishing guidelines
• Adhere to tight deadlines and manage budget constraints
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Strategic thinker and understanding of branding processes and brand identity design
• High ability to lead and execute branding processes from conceptualization to execution to final guidelines implementation
• Naturally well organized and unfazed when working towards deadlines
• Sense of teamwork, and want to be part of a group of colleagues who take care of themselves, value themselves, and respect each other
• Ease to express creative ideas clearly and concisely
• Understand communication as an integrated “whole” and not as something on / off
• Demonstrable experience creating and designing offline and online campaigns
• High level of involvement, commitment, and responsibility
• Is responsible for the proper placement, context, and meaning of every image and graphic element within a creative assignment

Skills

• Brand identities
• Brand guidelines
• Design
• Adobe CC domain
• Web design
• Adobe Premiere knowledge for the assembly of audiovisual models
• Motion graphic skills
• Interactive exteriors
• Websites
• Emailings
• Landings
• Campaigns on RRSS Instagram, Facebook, etc.

Location

• UAE
• KSA

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior

About the Company

• Founded in London in 1970, Saatchi & Saatchi has evolved into a global creative powerhouse with 114 offices in 67 countries and over 6,500 employees.
• As part of Publicis Groupe, we excel in integrated communications, working with top global brands to create unforgettable campaigns.
• Our mantra, ‘Nothing is Impossible’, drives us to drive positive change through creativity.
• We pride ourselves on our unshakeable spirit and dedication to nurturing talent, ensuring your journey with us is one of continuous growth.
• Located across the UAE and KSA, Saatchi & Saatchi services the whole MEA region and consistently collects prestigious awards, namely ‘#2 Network of The Year’ at Dubai Lynx 2024, reflecting our commitment to leaving a positive impact.
• Our culture is what sets us apart. Join our fun traditions that drive creativity and bring everyone together while keeping spirits high.
• We love our office parties and the collaborative environment that helps us create outstanding work.