Senior Digital Designer

Creative Personnel; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Personnel seeks a Senior designer to join our expanding team, handling a range of software product designs for iPad, mobile and web-apps, as well as print collateral for exhibitions and marketing.

You will work in a largely technical team where creative and art working ability are key, with GUI design and usability experience highly valued. A proactive, quality-focused designer will thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Advanced use of creative software suites is essential.
• Experience with GUI design and usability/user interaction is advantageous.
• 2+ years of relevant industry experience are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide creative styles for project briefs including UI design and print layouts.
• Design from concept to creation, collaborating with developers to produce assets.
• Ensure designs follow guidelines, with about 20% art working when needed.
• Support marketing design needs for adverts, exhibition graphics and banners.
• Review and improve graphical standards across products in development.

Skills

Creative design

UI design

Usability

Team collaboration

Communication

Tools

HTML

CSS

Flash

Job description

We are seeking a Senior designer to fill a creative position. The successful candidate will be working on a variety of software products (iPad/mobile/web-apps) within an IT team as well as some design for print (exhibition/print ads/marketing collateral). You will be working as a creative in a largely technical team therefore creative and art working ability are key attributes rather than technical know-how, although awareness of technical considerations would be an advantage. Great examples of GUI design and experience with usability/user interaction would also be an advantage. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an expanding team in a highly successful organisation.

You will look best in market, push standards even higher across primarily mobile and web, ensuring each one is polished and engaging.

Roles & Responsibilities

Primary role – Digital design

• Provide creative styles for project briefs (typically UI design, print layouts, info graphics) including developing designs from concept to creation (working within a team of developers to create assets)
• You should be comfortable working within design guidelines or designing from scratch when required, with a split of approximately 20% art working
• Advanced use of creative suite is essential
• HTML, CSS, Flash experience an advantage
• Design for iPad, tablet an advantage

Primary role – Design

• Responsible for reviewing and improving graphical standards for all products in development
• You will be involved at an early stage in the product lifecycle and be key in suggesting graphical/creative ways to communicate content

Secondary role – Design for marketing initiatives

• You will be required to support our marketing team with design on an as needed basis (adverts, exhibition graphics, banners)
• Awareness of design for print is necessary
• Exhibition design experience would be an advantage

Key Experience

• > 2 years relevant industry experience

Key behaviours & attributes

• Ability to challenge in a responsible, respectful and professional manner in order to achieve primary role
• Timely delivery of project objectives
• Ability to effectively balance multiple projects
• Ability to interpret and understand a brief, requirements gathering and creating documentation where insufficient provided
• Takes responsibility for own motivation
• Commitment to high-quality deliverables
• Contribution to team goals through core skills but also in a general/ad hoc/as project need dictates fashion

Day-to-Day assumed responsibilities

Project delivery

• Good communication with project manager/department manager
• Delivery of projects on time

Quality assurance

• QC of own work to high standard
• Insist on QC of work by at least one other in the team
• Regular, commented and accurate use of time sheeting software

About The Company

Creative Personnel is the leading Middle East recruitment consultancy that focuses on the delivery of personnel within the Audiovisual, Media, Creative and Events sectors. As well as our Middle East presence, we operate in both the UK and US, with our head office in the heart of London’s financial district. The sectors we provide recruitment services for include:

Audiovisual & Events

• Plasma and visual display
• Events/sound/lighting/staging
• Audio reproduction and production
• Projection, home automation and remote control systems
• Touch screen/interactive display and audio presentation
• Video and web conferencing

Media & Technology

• Digital Media & Web Design/Development
• Digital/Web/Online Marketing
• Digital/Interactive, Television/Broadcast & Mobile Media
• PR, Branding, Marketing and Communications

Our vast experience in the industry has allowed us to create and develop enviable relationships with a wide range of agencies, consultancies, development companies, product vendors and blue chip’s throughout the audiovisual, digital media, PR, corporate communications, events, exhibitions, conferencing, interactive/home entertainment and technology sectors.