Associate Creative Director

bond measure hh; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

bond measure hh in Abu Dhabi is seeking an Associate Creative Director to lead strategic and innovative creative across branding, advertising, and digital campaigns. You will partner with the Creative Director and cross-functional teams to translate business objectives into powerful creative work that drives brand impact.

The role demands a strong portfolio, senior leadership, and the ability to mentor teams while delivering on tight timelines and budgets in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Associate Creative Director or similar senior creative role.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating leadership in integrated campaigns and brand work.
• Extensive experience across branding, advertising, digital, social media, and content campaigns.
• Deep understanding of brand strategy, consumer behavior, and marketing communications.
• Excellent conceptual, visual storytelling, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to mentor and develop creative teams.
• Strong presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to defend creative decisions with strategic reasoning.

Responsibilities

• Support the Creative Director in establishing and executing the organization’s creative vision.
• Lead development of innovative concepts, campaigns, and brand experiences aligned with objectives.
• Drive end-to-end creative development from concept to delivery.
• Provide direction across branding, digital, social, content, video, and events.
• Translate business goals into actionable creative strategies.
• Lead brainstorming, workshops, and reviews; review and approve assets for quality and consistency.
• Maintain brand identity and ensure adherence to guidelines.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Strategy, Content, Design, Sales, and Product teams.
• Mentor creative professionals and manage multiple projects with timelines and budgets.
• Present concepts and recommendations to senior management and clients.

Skills

Leadership

Creative direction

Brand strategy

Stakeholder management

Storytelling

Presentation skills

Project management

Adobe Creative Cloud

Figma

Video / motion graphics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Advertising, Marketing, or related field

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Figma

Canva

Job description

We're Hiring: Associate Creative Director

Employment Type: Full-Time

Level: Senior Management / Creative Leadership

We are seeking an innovative, strategic, and highly creative Associate Creative Director to support the development and execution of compelling creative strategies, brand campaigns, and visual communications across the organization.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Creative Director, Marketing, Brand, Content, Design, and Business teams to develop impactful creative concepts and ensure that all creative work meets the highest standards of quality, consistency, originality, and brand relevance.

The ideal candidate should combine strong creative vision with strategic thinking, excellent leadership skills, commercial awareness, and the ability to transform business objectives into engaging creative solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Creative Director in establishing and executing the organization's overall creative vision and direction.
• Develop innovative creative concepts, campaigns, brand experiences, and communication strategies aligned with business and marketing objectives.
• Lead creative development from concept and ideation through execution, production, and final delivery.
• Provide creative direction across branding, advertising, digital campaigns, social media, content, video, events, and other communication channels.
• Translate marketing and business objectives into compelling creative strategies and actionable concepts.
• Lead brainstorming sessions, creative workshops, concept development, and creative reviews.
• Review and approve creative concepts, designs, copy, layouts, visual assets, and campaign materials to ensure quality and consistency.
• Maintain strong brand identity and ensure all creative output follows established brand guidelines and positioning.
• Collaborate closely with Marketing, Strategy, Content, Design, Sales, Product, and other teams to develop integrated campaigns.
• Work with copywriters, designers, art directors, photographers, videographers, content creators, and external creative partners.
• Provide clear creative briefs, feedback, direction, and constructive guidance to creative team members.
• Lead and mentor creative professionals, helping to develop their skills, creativity, and professional capabilities.
• Manage multiple creative projects simultaneously while ensuring quality, timelines, budgets, and priorities are effectively controlled.
• Present creative concepts, campaign strategies, and recommendations to senior management, clients, and key stakeholders.
• Work closely with clients and stakeholders to understand their objectives, provide creative solutions, and manage expectations.
• Evaluate creative performance and identify opportunities to improve engagement, brand impact, audience response, and campaign effectiveness.
• Stay informed about emerging creative trends, design movements, digital platforms, technologies, consumer behavior, and industry developments.
• Explore the use of AI, emerging technologies, digital tools, and innovative creative approaches to enhance campaign development and production.
• Collaborate with external agencies, production houses, freelancers, media partners, and other creative vendors when required.
• Support the development of creative budgets, production timelines, resource plans, and project scopes.
• Ensure creative projects are delivered on time, within budget, and according to approved quality standards.
• Help establish creative processes, standards, workflows, and best practices across the organization.
• Contribute to pitches, proposals, new business presentations, brand strategy projects, and other high-profile creative initiatives.

Requirements

• Proven experience as an Associate Creative Director, Creative Director, Art Director, Senior Art Director, Creative Lead, or in a similar senior creative role.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional creative thinking, conceptual development, visual storytelling, and campaign execution.
• Extensive experience developing integrated marketing, advertising, branding, digital, social media, or content campaigns.
• Strong understanding of brand strategy, creative strategy, consumer behavior, and marketing communications.
• Excellent conceptual, visual, storytelling, and creative problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership and team-management capabilities with experience mentoring and developing creative professionals.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to explain and defend creative decisions using both creative and strategic reasoning.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and priorities.
• Commercially minded with a strong understanding of how creative work contributes to brand growth and business results.
• Experience working with clients, senior executives, agencies, production partners, and cross-functional teams.
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, Canva, or other relevant creative tools is preferred.
• Knowledge of digital marketing, social media platforms, content production, motion graphics, video, and emerging creative technologies is an advantage.
• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Advertising, Marketing, Communications, Fine Arts, Creative Media, or a related field is preferred.
• Relevant professional experience and an exceptional creative portfolio may be considered in place of formal qualifications.

What We Offer

• Competitive senior-level compensation and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunity to shape creative direction and influence major brand and marketing initiatives.
• Exposure to high-profile campaigns, strategic projects, major clients, and senior stakeholders.
• Opportunity to lead and mentor talented creative professionals across multiple disciplines.
• Professional development, creative training, industry events, and opportunities to explore emerging technologies.
• Career progression toward Creative Director, Executive Creative Director, Head of Creative, or other senior creative leadership positions.
• A highly collaborative, innovative, and creatively driven working environment.
• Opportunity to work across branding, digital, advertising, content, social media, events, and integrated campaigns.
• Freedom to bring new ideas, challenge conventional thinking, and develop creative work with meaningful business impact.

If you are a visionary creative professional who combines exceptional creative thinking with strategic and commercial awareness, we invite you to join our team and help shape bold ideas, powerful brands, and high-impact creative experiences.