Graphics Designer

Tanqeeb; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sky News Arabia seeks a Graphics Designer to create clear, brand-consistent visuals for editorial, marketing and digital outputs. You will convert briefs into strong concepts, layouts, imagery and production-ready assets, following established brand systems and templates.

The role is a craft development path towards more senior design work. The position emphasises delivering accurate typography, data visuals and cross-channel assets, collaborating closely with editors, art directors and product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Graphic Design or related discipline.
• 2+ years of professional graphic design experience.
• Portfolio demonstrating role-relevant capability.
• Solid fundamentals in typography, layout and hierarchy.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign; working knowledge of Figma.
• Arabic and Latin bilingual typography/layout.

Responsibilities

• Develop visual concepts and deliver polished design solutions from briefs and brand objectives.
• Create assets for editorial stories, campaigns, social media, digital products, presentations and print.
• Apply typography, layout, colour, image selection and information design principles.
• Produce infographics, charts, maps and data visualisations with accurate data.
• Adapt master creatives across formats, languages and channels.
• Collaborate with Art Directors, editors and product teams.

Skills

Typography

Layout

Adobe Creative Cloud

Arabic typography

Portfolio

Attention to detail

Time management

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Graphic Design or Visual Communication

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Figma

After Effects

Job description

Sky News Arabia is a leading pan-Arab news organisation, broadcasting 24/7 across the Arabic-speaking world via free-to-air TV, radio, and a wide range of online platforms, delivering fast and accurate news. It operates from bureaux across MENA, Europe, and the US, ensuring comprehensive coverage of breaking news, business, lifestyle, arts, culture, and sports. Sky News Arabia is also committed to shaping the future of media through its training arm, Sky News Arabia Academy, empowering the next generation of media professionals.

Role Summary

The Graphics Designer creates clear, distinctive and brand-consistent visual communication for IMI's editorial, marketing, corporate, digital, social, print and event needs.

The role turns briefs into strong concepts, layouts, imagery and production-ready assets, working from established brand systems and templates, and is the studio's principal delivery capacity for routine and recurring design demand.

It is a craft development role with a defined progression path towards Senior Graphic Designer.

Responsibilities

• Develop visual concepts and deliver polished design solutions from approved briefs and brand objectives.
• Create assets for editorial stories, campaigns, social media, digital products, presentations, print, events and internal communications.
• Apply strong typography, layout, colour, image selection, hierarchy and information-design principles.
• Produce infographics, charts, maps and data visualisations to editorial brief, verifying the accuracy of the underlying data.
• Adapt master creative across formats, sizes, languages, channels, resolutions and accessibility requirements.
• Apply and extend established templates and design systems rather than rebuilding from scratch.
• Prepare production-ready artwork, source files, specifications and handover packages, including print-ready files and digital and social exports.
• Collaborate with Art Directors, motion designers, editors, producers, marketers, journalists and product teams.
• Source or create imagery responsibly and maintain accurate licences, credits, releases and usage records.
• Use AI-assisted tooling only within IMI's approved workflows, applying human creative judgement, verifying factual, visual and rights integrity of every output, and recording provenance.
• Maintain organised project files, naming conventions, version control, metadata, master assets and archive handover to departmental standards.
• Manage multiple assignments, act on review feedback promptly, and communicate risks and brief gaps early.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Senior Design Manager or Graphic Design Team Leader.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional qualification in Graphic Design, Visual Communication or a related discipline.
• 2+ years of professional graphic design experience in an agency, publishing, broadcast or in-house studio environment.
• A current portfolio demonstrating role-relevant creative and technical capability.
• Solid design fundamentals in typography, colour, layout, composition and hierarchy.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign; working knowledge of Figma.
• Working knowledge of Arabic and Latin bilingual typography and layout.
• Understanding of digital, social, print and accessibility output specifications and export requirements.
• Ability to work accurately within an existing brand system and template set.
• Basic After Effects or motion capability is an advantage.
• Practical familiarity with AI-assisted ideation and production tooling, including verification of outputs and responsible-use requirements.
• Awareness of copyright, image licensing, credits and releases.
• Strong attention to detail, disciplined file and version management, and reliable delivery to deadline.
• Collaborative, receptive to feedback and proactive in raising issues early.
• Fluent written and spoken Arabic and English are both essential: the role works directly in Arabic-language craft and output.