Art Director

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V. seeks a solid art director with a unique design eye and strong photo manipulation and compositing skills to craft unexpected visual approaches.

You will concept visuals that engage clients and the marketplace, across on- and offline channels. The role requires managing multiple projects through concept to completion, collaborating with in-house and external vendors, and delivering visuals that meet client and business objectives with a high standard of creative

Qualifications

• 5+ years of work experience with strong craft in design and visual storytelling.
• Artist with broad canvases across surfaces and channels.
• Strong grasp of social media space and online media jargon.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced creative environment.
• Arabic typography knowledge and modern layouts.
• Automotive industry experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Has strong technical design skills across a variety of programs.
• Understands best in class use of each platform for engaging visuals.
• Concept innovative ideas and tactics with measurable outcomes.
• Create and design visuals across a wide range of on and offline channels.

Skills

Art direction

Photo manipulation

Compositing

Visual design

Video editing

Motion design

Branding

Typography (Arabic)

Automotive industry experience

Arabic typography knowledge

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

After Effects

Job description

Overview

The role is for someone who is a solid art director, one with a unique design eye, highly skilled with photo manipulation and compositing to conceptualize and craft unexpected visual approaches. This position requires someone to create visual solutions that convince clients, prospects, talent, and the marketplace to engage with our brand.

Develop creative ideas that meet both our client's objectives as well as our business objectives, maintaining the company’s expected levels of creative excellence and professionalism

Manage multiple projects from concept through to completion, working with both in-house resources and third-party vendors

Create and design visuals across a wide range of on and offline channels

Responsibilities

Has strong technical design skills across a variety of programs.

• Understands the “best in class” use of each platform. Knows what it means to be making something interesting, engaging, and creative in the world today.
• Ability to concept innovative ideas and tactics that people will talk about. Always envisioning the potential outcomes of each idea
• Create and design visuals across a wide range of on and offline channels
• Create in-brand layouts and experiences by applying graphic design principles such as colour, typography, the photographic selection that create a compelling and visually attractive story for audiences

Qualifications

• 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
• You’re an artist. Every surface, every channel, every medium, social or otherwise, is your canvas. You’re just where people are
• Strong grasp of social media space and online media jargon and technology
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced creative environment
• Ability to effectively and appropriately interact with co-workers at a variety of levels, across many disciplines
• Experience across videos/editing, motion design/print and static.
• Arabic - good understanding of Arabic typography - arabic modern layouts.
• Experience working in Automotive industry is an advantage.