Junior Creative Designer

We Are Social; United Arab Emirates; Hybrid; AED 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency in Dubai is seeking a Junior Designer to join their dynamic team. The role involves creating engaging visual content for tech-focused clients using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. The successful candidate will need strong organizational skills and attention to detail, as well as the ability to communicate complex concepts visually. This opportunity offers a chance to grow within a fast-paced agency environment, contributing to innovative marketing solutions and building a diverse portfolio of experience.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, able to create compelling design concepts.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate across teams.
• Excellent organizational skills for managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Respond to briefs with designs using Adobe tools.
• Design visual content for social platforms.
• Translate complex topics into digestible designs.
• Collaborate with internal teams for clear creative rationales.
• Stay organized and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Time management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Proactive mindset

Attention to detail

Fluency in English

Tools

After Effects

Job description

We are looking for a Junior Designer to work at We are Social - Dubai. Born in 2010, we have built an integrated solution across media, creative & technology – catered to the real-time marketing needs of brands looking to win in today’s mobile-first, always-on world.

Over the years, our awards and case-studies have earned us a regional reputation for driving personalized marketing at scale, reaching the right people at the right time. Awarded as one of the most effective independent agencies in MENA by the Effies Index, we have also been recognized amongst the country’s top performing businesses and included within the prestigious Dubai SME100 ranking.

We operate 4 days in the office with the ability to work from home on Fridays.

Opportunity

We are Social is on the hunt for a Junior Designer to join our fast-paced team working on one of our most exciting tech-focused accounts. If you have a strong command of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, a love for everything AI, open source, and emerging technology, and the organizational chops to keep up, we want to hear from you! In this role, you'll create compelling visual content tailored for a tech-savvy audience, helping to bring complex concepts to life through design. You’ll need to be detail-oriented, deadline-driven, and comfortable juggling multiple projects at once – all while communicating clearly and collaborating across teams.

What You’ll Do

• Respond to briefs with well-thought-out design concepts using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Design engaging visual content for social platforms, working closely with creative leads.
• Translate complex AI and open-source topics into clean, digestible design assets.
• Manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment without compromising quality.
• Collaborate with internal teams and provide clear rationale for your creative decisions.
• Stay organized and proactively ask questions to ensure the highest standard of output.

We pay a lot of attention to building our culture and we’re looking for people that will add value to We are Social. We’re interested in your passion projects, in what makes you tick, and what helps you get out of bed in the morning.

We’re looking for where you fit within our value framework: The Code: of working better together, focus, and going beyond the expected. We Are Social is part of a global socially-led creative agency network. You can explore more about what we bring to the table here.

At We are Social

We’ll give you the opportunity to work within a fast-paced, evolving team. You'll work across departments and work with new and existing clients. You’ll be empowered to take on the responsibility to grow your role and build an enviable portfolio of experience. If you like working holistically in a creative-led agency working closely with the creative, technology and media teams to create incredible, thumb-stopping work – then we might just be the place for you.

What Else Are We Looking For?

• Strong proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator (After Effects is a plus, but not required).
• Excellent time management, communication, and organizational skills.
• High attention to detail and the ability to simplify technical topics visually.
• A proactive mindset with the confidence to share ideas and take initiative.
• Full fluency in English – written and verbal, as the account involves complex, technical content.