Creative Manager - Design and Video

Atlantis; Dubai; On-site; AED 223,000 - 357,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Annual flights home

Discounted property rates

Job summary

Atlantis Dubai is seeking a hands-on Creative Manager - Design and Video to lead high-end visual campaigns across print, digital, social, and video content. You will personally develop sophisticated campaign visuals for hospitality, dining, entertainment, and guest experiences while mentoring the team.

The role requires advanced design expertise, strong conceptual thinking, and the ability to maintain brand consistency across Atlantis properties, with involvement in production and final delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong professional experience in multidisciplinary design, creative production, print, digital, and video execution.
• Hands-on experience across luxury hospitality, entertainment, and destination brands.
• Ability to translate marketing and brand objectives into distinctive visual work.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, design, and personally execute creative work across the Atlantis Dubai portfolio.
• Develop campaign concepts and visual directions from brief through final execution.
• Produce key visuals for marketing campaigns, activations, launches, and brand communications.
• Create print collateral for hospitality, dining, entertainment, and guest-facing environments.
• Produce digital advertising and social media creative across multiple formats.

Skills

Creative direction

Graphic design

Multidisciplinary design

Luxury brand design

Campaign development

Visual storytelling

Typography

Photo editing

Video editing

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

Creative Manager - Design and Video Job Snapshot

Role: Creative Manager - Design and Video

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industry: Design

Function: Creative Direction-Lead

Experience: Strong professional experience in multidisciplinary design, creative production, print, digital, and video execution

Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview

Creative Manager - Design and Video in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a Design opportunity for a hands-on multidisciplinary creative who can lead projects while personally developing sophisticated campaign, print, digital, social, Food and Beverage, and video content. The role requires advanced design expertise, strong conceptual thinking, luxury visual sensibility, print production knowledge, short-form video editing capability, and the versatility to work across distinct hospitality, dining, lifestyle, entertainment, and destination brands.

Job Details

Country: United Arab Emirates

City: Dubai

Industry: Design

Function: Creative Direction-Lead

Salary: 20000-32000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer.

Gender: Any

Candidate Nationality: Any

Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The Creative Manager is responsible for translating marketing and brand objectives into distinctive visual work across Atlantis The Royal, Atlantis, The Palm, Aquaventure World, restaurants, bars, and wider guest experiences. This is an execution-led position requiring direct involvement in concept development, design, artwork, production, and final delivery rather than purely overseeing the work of others. The role also provides creative leadership to the wider team. Alongside producing high-quality work personally, the Creative Manager reviews projects, guides developing creatives, contributes visual direction, and ensures output remains consistent with both individual brand identities and wider Atlantis creative standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, design, and personally execute creative work across the Atlantis Dubai portfolio.
• Develop campaign concepts and visual directions from initial brief through final execution.
• Produce key visuals for marketing campaigns, activations, launches, and ongoing brand communications.
• Create print collateral for hospitality, dining, entertainment, and guest-facing environments.
• Design in-resort marketing materials and environmental communication assets.
• Develop signage and branded materials for restaurants, events, venues, and resort spaces.
• Produce digital advertising and social media creative across multiple formats.
• Build integrated campaign assets for print, digital, social, and physical environments.
• Take projects through concept development, design, artwork preparation, production, and final delivery.
• Adapt master creative across different dimensions, channels, and technical requirements.
• Maintain the distinct identity of each brand while ensuring consistently high creative standards.
• Apply sophisticated typography, composition, image-making, and visual hierarchy to all design work.
• Perform photo editing, image manipulation, and retouching when required.
• Produce polished visual storytelling suited to premium and luxury audiences.
• Create straightforward short-form video edits for social and digital channels.
• Use motion or video content where it adds value to campaign communication.
• Work with Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects for practical moving-image requirements.
• Develop creative treatments, references, and visual approaches for photography and video shoots.
• Support and art direct photography, content, and video production where appropriate.
• Collaborate with photographers, videographers, producers, and other creative specialists.
• Prepare production-ready artwork accurately for print suppliers.
• Manage print projects from artwork preparation through proofing and final output.
• Review proofs and confirm that production quality matches the intended creative.
• Work confidently with different printing methods, materials, finishes, and production specifications.
• Coordinate with suppliers when specialist fabrication or print production is required.
• Evaluate materials and finishing options based on visual quality, practicality, and brand standards.
• Collaborate closely with marketing colleagues to understand project objectives and campaign priorities.
• Translate commercial and marketing requirements into strong creative solutions.
• Manage multiple briefs and deadlines without compromising execution quality.
• Prioritize projects according to urgency, complexity, and business requirements.
• Review work produced by other creative team members.
• Provide constructive creative feedback and practical direction.
• Mentor designers and support the development of their technical and conceptual skills.
• Lead assigned projects while remaining actively involved in design execution.
• Present creative concepts and rationale confidently to internal stakeholders.
• Respond constructively to feedback while protecting the integrity of the creative idea.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen work beyond the original brief.
• Maintain awareness of contemporary luxury, hospitality, dining, lifestyle, fashion, and entertainment trends.
• Explore new creative approaches, production methods, and visual techniques.
• Continuously raise the standard of Atlantis creative output across channels.

Ideal Profile

• Strong professional portfolio demonstrating high-level design craft and conceptual thinking.
• Extensive hands-on experience in graphic design, brand creative, or multidisciplinary visual communication.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe InDesign.
• Strong knowledge of artwork preparation and professional print production.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Working knowledge of Adobe After Effects is advantageous.
• Able to create straightforward short-form video and social content independently.
• Excellent understanding of typography, composition, image-making, and visual hierarchy.
• Strong photo-editing and image manipulation skills.
• Sophisticated understanding of premium and luxury aesthetics.
• Proven ability to move between different brand identities without losing creative consistency.
• Comfortable working across luxury hospitality, Food and Beverage, lifestyle, entertainment, and high-energy consumer brands.
• Strong conceptual thinking with the ability to develop ideas beyond basic execution.
• Experience developing campaign key visuals and integrated creative systems.
• Confident working across print, digital, social, signage, and in-resort communication.
• Strong understanding of print materials, finishes, suppliers, proofs, and production specifications.
• Experience supporting or art directing photography and video shoots is valuable.
• Able to lead projects while remaining personally responsible for creative execution.
• Experience mentoring designers or reviewing creative work is advantageous.
• Confident presenting creative ideas to stakeholders.
• Able to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced marketing environment.
• Strong attention to detail and consistent quality control.
• Curious, adaptable, and motivated to continuously improve creative output.
• Collaborative working style with the confidence to provide clear creative direction.

Skills Set

• Creative direction
• Graphic design
• Multidisciplinary design
• Luxury brand design
• Campaign development
• Visual concept development
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Typography
• Composition
• Visual hierarchy
• Image-making
• Photo editing
• Image retouching
• Visual storytelling
• Key visual development
• Print design
• Digital design
• Social media creative
• Short-form video
• Video editing
• Motion content
• Food and Beverage design
• Hospitality marketing
• Signage design
• In-resort marketing
• Campaign assets
• Artwork preparation
• Print production
• Production specifications
• Print proofing
• Materials and finishes
• Supplier coordination
• Art direction
• Photography direction
• Video shoot support
• Brand guidelines
• Luxury aesthetics
• Lifestyle creative
• Entertainment creative
• Creative presentations
• Team mentoring
• Project leadership
• Creative quality control
• Multi-project management

Why Join Us

This role provides a high level of creative ownership within Dubai 's Design sector, combining concept development, hands-on design, video content, print production, art direction, and team leadership across a diverse portfolio of internationally recognized hospitality and entertainment brands. The breadth of projects offers valuable experience across ultra-luxury positioning, premium Food and Beverage, lifestyle communication, social content, physical environments, and high-energy destination marketing. The position includes a competitive tax-free salary in UAE Dirhams, food and beverage privileges, discounted rates across participating Kerzner properties worldwide, comprehensive health insurance including dental coverage, annual flights home, life insurance, an incentive programme, and colleague wellness initiatives. Access to large-scale campaigns, senior creative leadership, structured development, and internal mobility also supports long-term progression within creative and brand management.

About the Company

Atlantis Resorts operates Atlantis, The Palm and Atlantis The Royal in Dubai as part of Kerzner International, alongside Aquaventure World and an extensive portfolio of restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, and guest experiences. Its marketing and creative teams produce integrated communications across luxury hospitality, Food and Beverage, lifestyle, digital, social, print, and destination marketing channels.