Associate Creative Director

MCH Global; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

MCH Global in Dubai is seeking an Associate Creative Director to set the agency’s creative philosophy and lead the direction for featured projects. You will oversee cross‑functional teams, guiding growth and maintaining client satisfaction through innovative, market‑leading concepts.

You will partner with strategy, accounts, and production to ensure feasible, compelling narratives that differentiate the agency across markets. Strong leadership and design management are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience in major network agencies is preferred.
• Proven track record in experiential delivery and large‑scale projects.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Industry references from experiential business are mandatory.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office; sketching skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Establish and uphold the agency's creative vision across projects.
• Lead cross‑functional teams to ensure quality and consistency.
• Drive disruptive, experiential‑first thinking in concepts and delivery.
• Oversee multiple creative teams and mentor emerging leaders.
• Collaborate with leadership to map growth plans for the creative function.
• Partner with strategy to align concepts with brand insights and business goals.
• Work with accounts to refine approaches and ensure client satisfaction.
• Coordinate with production to balance feasibility with innovation.
• Own high‑stakes pitches and client engagements with compelling narratives.
• Represent the agency at industry events to reinforce market leadership.

Skills

Creative leadership

Design management

Strategic thinking

Client relationships

Team leadership

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft Office

Sketching

Job description

The Associate Creative Director is a leader responsible for defining the creative philosophy of the agency and setting the creative direction for selected projects. This role involves strategic oversight, leadership of cross-functional teams, and driving the agency’s creative vision, while maintaining a strong focus on client satisfaction, innovation, and market leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish the overall creative vision for the agency, setting the standard for innovation, quality, and brand differentiation.
• Lead the creative philosophy, ensuring consistency and excellence across all agency outputs.
• Drive high-level concept development, pushing the envelope with disruptive, experiential-first thinking that sets the agency apart.
• Oversee multiple creative teams, guiding their growth, technical knowledge, and creative execution capabilities.
• Work closely with the leadership team to assess the skills and challenges within the creative department, developing tailored growth plans.
• Serve as a strategic partner to the strategy team, ensuring creative concepts are tightly aligned with brand insights and business objectives.
• Collaborate intensively with the account team, leveraging their insights to refine creative approaches and ensure client satisfaction.
• Partner with production teams to validate the feasibility and adaptability of creative ideas, balancing innovation with practical constraints.
• Take ownership of high-stakes pitches and client engagements, crafting compelling narratives that resonate with key stakeholders.
• Build a strong creative culture within the agency, mentoring emerging leaders and fostering a high-performance environment.
• Represent the agency at industry events, thought leadership forums, and client meetings, positioning the agency as a leader in the creative space.

Key Success Factors

• Excellent design management and creative leadership capabilities.
• You are well in sync with pop-culture, architecture, art, design practices, experiential trends and innovations that impact our business. You are an individual who seeks inspiration in the current brand / media / content landscape and can speak to and with clients across multiple different disciplines.
• Proactive, always looking to further the creative processes and design thinking.
• Able to balance the creative goals with the principle of efficient and cost-effective execution
• Be an excellent communicator, positive but realistic, with the ability to judge the appropriate way to communicate problems and feedback to the teams members.
• Work hand in hand with the management team, to grow, encourage and provide an ecosystem that the creative team will need for development.
• Calm under pressure and skilled in managing peak periods of delivery, and multiple projects simultaneously.
• Meticulous attention to detail with an ability to simplify complex tasks for the benefit of the team.

Professional & Technical Experience

• 8-10 years of relevant industry experience
• Major network agency experience would be an asset, however smaller agency experience is also a real plus
• Proven track record of experiential delivery and large scale projects across markets
• Strong inter-personal and organizational skills
• Mandatory industry references, from the experiential nature of business
• Well versed in Adobe C-suite, Microsoft Office. Should have excellent ability to translate briefs into some visual format (either graphic, content or 3D) Sketching abilities are a plus.

Selected candidates will contacted for further steps.