Graphic Designer

NeXTfairs Ltd.; Doha; On-site; QAR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NeXTfairs Ltd. seeks a highly creative Graphic Designer for events and experiential campaigns. You will develop and produce visuals for campaigns, stage graphics, logos, websites, and product illustrations, ensuring pixel-perfect results.

With 6+ years in design agencies or related fields, you bring mastery of Adobe Creative Suite, impeccable taste, and the ability to work to tight deadlines, including late-night sessions when needed. A design degree is preferred; portfolio required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in an event/experiential agency or design firm.
• Impeccable taste and design sense.
• Highly creative for live experience design and broadcast sets.
• Experience designing large-scale televised stages and sets.
• A design degree or diploma in a relevant field is an added advantage.
• Excellent sketching skills.
• Mastery of the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Extreme attention to detail and strong time management.
• Willing to work late nights to meet deadlines.
• Capable of handling direction and feedback.
• A design portfolio showing trends and modern aesthetics.

Responsibilities

• Plan concepts by studying relevant information and materials.
• Illustrate concepts by designing art arrangements and submitting for approval.
• Prepare finished art by operating necessary equipment and software.
• Coordinate with outside agencies, services, web designers, marketing, printers, and colleagues.
• Contribute to team efforts by completing tasks as needed.
• Communicate with clients about layout and design.
• Create graphics and layouts for product illustrations, logos, and websites (Photoshop).
• Review final layouts and suggest improvements.
• Align with company vision and design aesthetics across events.
• Support the creative lead in developing concepts for proposals.
• Design graphics and visualizations for event environments.
• Work with the production team to provide drawings and materials.
• Provide design support during production of events.
• Participate in client discovery calls and meetings; manage day-to-day communications.
• Research client brand guidelines to inform strategy and maintain standards.
• Drive proposal process with production manager and team, drafting bullets and copy.
• Revise and update proposals promptly.
• On event day, oversee execution and bring designs to life.
• Produce graphic renderings and visuals for proposals and client requests.
• Oversee printing needs for projects.
• Prepare presentation materials to pitch clients on vision for events.

Skills

Impeccable taste

Excellent sketching

Highly creative

Late-night readiness

Portfolio quality

Education

Design degree or diploma

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Create and develop files and artworks for all the jobs with pixel perfection and speed. Produce and edit various types of media seamlessly to tell a cohesive story (commercials, promo videos, corporate training videos, marketing, recaps, etc.). Coordinates with printing house and ensures that the work produced adheres to specified corporate guidelines. Maintain all graphics elements of the holding & subsidiaries. Maintain high level of production and quality control. Create new concepts & presentations whenever needed. Facilitate the main designs in a timely manner. Create social media posts designs and videos.

Responsibilities:

• Planning concepts by studying relevant information and materials.
• Illustrating concepts by designing examples of art arrangement, size, type size and style and submitting them for approval.
• Preparing finished art by operating necessary equipment and software.
• Coordinating with outside agencies, art services, web designer, marketing, printers, and colleagues as necessary.
• Contributing to team efforts by accomplishing tasks as needed.
• Communicating with clients about layout and design.
• Creating a wide range of graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and websites with software such as photoshop.
• Reviewing final layouts and suggesting improvements when necessary.
• Understand company vision and design aesthetics, helping drive a consistent design sensibility across all events.
• Support the creative lead on incoming event opportunities, including development of innovative creative concepts from start to finish for use in out-going proposals.
• Graphic designing and visualizations of event environments.
• Work closely with the Direct Manager to support design solutions
• Provide the production team with all drawings and materials needed to produce and fabricate the designs prepared by you. At times you may also be required to provide such drawings and materials for designs prepared by someone else.
• Creative and design resource for production team, providing design support and direction during actual production of events.
• Participate in client discovery calls and meetings; manage day-to-day client communication and tasks.
• Research client and understand client brand guidelines to employ as part of creative strategy, maintaining client brand standards.
• Drive proposal process until completed, collaborating with production manager and other team members and composing most, if not all, of the proposal bullets and written copy.
• Revise and update proposals in timely manner.
• During day of event, be onsite to oversee execution and bring design to life and its full fruition.
• Graphic Renderings, Illustrations and other graphic support/visuals as needed for proposals and client requests.
• Oversee graphic and printing needs for projects.
• Prepare presentation materials to pitch clients on vision for event.

Qualifications:

• 6+ years working within an event and experiential agency, design firm, ad agency or another creative team environment.
• Impeccable taste and design sense.
• Highly creative at fresh, innovative concepts for live experience special design, stage and broadcast sets.
• Experience in designing large scale televised stages and sets.
• A design degree or diploma in a relevant field of study will be an added advantage.
• Excellent sketching skills.
• Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite
• Extreme attention to detail and good project and time management skills.
• While we strongly believe in a work-life balance, you should not have an issue working late nights to meet a deadline.
• Capable of handling direction and constructive feedback.
• Design Portfolio that illustrates an understanding and execution of design trends and modern aesthetic
• IMPORTANT: Please attach your design portfolio along with your updated CV.