Brand Design Director

M&C Saatchi; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency in Dubai is seeking a Design Director to lead design projects and mentor junior designers. You will showcase ideas that align with strategy and elevates branding work while enjoying competitive benefits including flexible work arrangements and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

23 days annual holiday plus birthday day off

Work from home Fridays

Private healthcare plan

Mentoring programme and training budgets

Blended working culture and celebration days

Qualifications

• Experience leading and guiding junior designers.
• Strong portfolio showcasing design and branding work.
• Ability to manage multiple projects effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and guide junior designers in the creative process.
• Oversee the design and branding creative domains.
• Collaborate with strategic counterparts to align with audience insights.

Skills

Craft and attention to detail

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Design guidance

Innovative idea generation

Job description

About the position

Our creative team is made up of fearless thinkers who hone their craft with brutal simplicity of thought. As a Design Director – you’ll be right in the middle of the action.

About M&C Saatchi Group

M&C Saatchi Group is a creative federation of companies who navigate, create, and lead meaningful change for clients across five specialist divisions connected through people, culture, data, technology and creativity, M&C Saatchi Group aims to unlock new value for clients and leave a positive impact on the world.

M&C Saatchi Group’s work is informed by two core principles - Brutal Simplicity of Thought and Diversity of Thought. Together they guide how problems are solved and integrated specialist teams are built. Headquartered in London, M&C Saatchi Group have circa 2,500 employees globally of which 720 employees are UK based. Our operations span 23 countries with major hubs in the UK, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia and Australia.

Consulting

The M+C Saatchi Consulting pillar (globally) represents multiple trading brands that currently include Clear, Re, Fluency, MCD, One-to-One and The Source. Collectively these brands trade in multiple geographies.

Re works at the intersection of brand and experience design. We create brands that connect with culture, customers and colleagues. We help brands do this by combining data science, design thinking and creative magic.

Role Purpose

• Be a fearless leader with the ability to guide more junior designers.
• One of client’s favourite creative faces, one who increasingly makes the Head of Design redundant.

Craft Skills

• Be known for your craft and attention to detail within the agency and the wider industry.
• Be a brand custodian for your day-to-day clients.
• Manage time and projects well across multiple jobs.
• Be a beacon of knowledge in all things design.
• Showcase your skills across platforms and channels.

Concepting

• Raise the bar with novel and effective ideas based on strong insights.
• Showcase the ability to guide and sharpen concepts while still being able to listen to and take guidance from others.
• Own the design and branding creative domains with new ideas.

Inspiration

• Share innovative ideas that push boundaries but also help solve client briefs in a way they didn’t think possible.
• Share insights with the wider team to help inspire their idea generation.
• Work to increase design and branding knowledge within the agency.

Strategic Thinking

• Be a partner to your strategic counterparts to solve projects together.
• Strong strategic understanding – ideas should align with strategy and audience insights.

Team

• Be a go-to for design guidance and elevate ideas through design.
• Manage your own projects as well as guide the juniors in the team, filling in for the Head of Design where possible.
• Report into the Head of Design and support to elevate the design and branding work within the agency.

Leadership & Influence

• Confident at owning conversations around design and branding.
• Ability to feed back to teams on elevating ideas through design to make them the best they can be.
• Promote our agency spirit and values.

What We Offer

For the right team member, we will offer a competitive salary and benefits package which includes:

• Great holidays: 23 days annual holiday, plus birthday day off.
• Great flexibility: Friday work from home & 10 days of working from anywhere in the world.
• Great benefits: private healthcare plan and perks.
• Great professional development: a mentoring progamme at global level and generous training budgets to support your career pathway, and
• Great fun: a blended working culture and celebration days to socialise, bond and learn together.