Global Head of Creative Design

Confidential Careers; Dubai; On-site; AED 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Careers is seeking a Global Head of Creative Design to shape and elevate the brand across markets. This role directs global visual identity, ensures brand-consistent experiences across digital and offline touchpoints, and builds high-performing design teams in a fast-paced, international environment.

The ideal candidate combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution, overseeing a comprehensive design system and governance to deliver world-class design at scale.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in design with at least 6 years leading a design function.
• Hands-on ability to execute at component level.
• Has built a design system with typography, color systems, components.
• Has managed and developed senior creative talent.
• Experience across multi-market, multi-language environments.
• Agency background with fintech/healthcare/premium brands preferred.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute the long-term visual identity strategy globally.
• Lead a complete visual rebrand from brief to delivery.
• Translate brand positioning into a distinctive visual identity across channels.
• Build a comprehensive design system and governance.
• Ensure quality and consistency from vision to final output.
• Define global brand standards and governance workflows.
• Audit existing creative output and plan transition across markets.
• Develop a high-performing design team and scalable processes.
• Own the adoption of the new identity across markets and channels.
• Partner with product to ensure visual consistency across digital platforms.
• Present design decisions to senior leadership with clear rationale.
• Establish scalable design governance and briefing standards.

Skills

Creative leadership

Design strategy

Design systems

Brand governance

Team building

Cross-market collaboration

Job description

We are seeking an innovative and strategic Global Head of Creative Design to lead and elevate our design function across all markets and business units. This role will drive the global creative vision, ensuring the delivery of impactful, user-centric, and brand-consistent experiences across digital and offline touchpoints. The ideal candidate combines exceptional creative leadership with strong business acumen and a passion for building high-performing design teams in a fast-paced, international environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape the long-term visual identity strategy for the brand - define what the company should look and feel like globally, ensure every design decision ladders up to business objectives and builds long-term brand equity
• Lead a complete visual rebrand from brief to delivery - own every stage from strategic alignment and concept through to final system rollout
• Translate brand positioning and messaging strategy into a distinctive, world-class visual identity that works across every channel and touchpoint
• Build a comprehensive design system from the ground up - typography, color systems, spacing, component libraries, templates, and governance rules - that the entire creative function executes from
• Drive execution with the same rigour as strategy - from setting the vision to ensuring the final output meets the standard, you are accountable for the quality of every detail
• Define and enforce brand standards globally
• Audit all existing creative output across channels and markets - identify inconsistencies, establish what stays and what changes, and build a clear transition plan
• Develop and elevate a high-performing design team - set the craft standard, build a culture of accountability, and grow the capabilities of every person in the function
• Build the brand book as a living, governed document - a system that evolves with the brand and is actively used
• Own the adoption of the new visual identity across all markets, all channels, and all creative functions - from briefing to execution to quality control
• Partner with product to ensure visual consistency extends across digital platforms and user experience touchpoints
• Present brand and design decisions to senior leadership with clarity and confidence - articulate the strategic rationale behind every visual choice
• Establish design governance processes and workflows that scale - review cycles, approval frameworks, and briefing standards that maintain quality as the function grows

Requirements

• 15+ years in design with at least 6 years leading a design function at senior level
• Hands-on enough to execute and make decisions at component level
• Has built a design system that a team executes from - typography, color systems, component libraries, templates
• Has managed and developed senior creative talent
• Experience working across multi-market, multi-language creative environments
• Background in media and advertising agencies is recommended; other experience in fintech, healthcare, or premium consumer brands is preferred but not required