Senior Experience Design Leader (Arabic-First, AI-Enabled)

EY; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

EY in Saudi Arabia seeks an Assistant Director / Senior Manager, Experience & Design Strategy to shape Arabic-first, AI-enabled experience design across Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC. The role blends strategic thinking, creative excellence, and hands-on delivery across physical, digital, immersive, and experiential environments.

The candidate will personally create high-quality design outputs while leading innovation experiences, workshops, and client activations, working across graphic design,

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years in multidisciplinary design, experience design, or related fields.
• Proven portfolio showing end-to-end ownership from concept to execution.
• Experience designing across digital, physical, experiential, and immersive mediums.
• Experience in consulting, innovation, design agencies, customer experience, or enterprise environments.
• Experience working with senior executives and client stakeholders.
• Fluency in Arabic and English with Arabic-first design capability.

Responsibilities

• Translate business challenges into compelling experience strategies and design solutions.
• Design end-to-end experiences across physical, digital, immersive, and hybrid environments.
• Apply human-centered, service design, and design thinking methodologies; leverage AI and emerging tech.
• Lead outputs across graphic/branding, UX/UI, presentations, workshops, and spatial design.
• Engage with C-suite, mentors, and external partners; ensure design quality and impact.

Skills

Multidisciplinary design

Experience design

Creative direction

Innovation

Executive presence

Stakeholder engagement

Arabic-English bilingual

Education

Design degree (Bachelor/Master)

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

FigJam

Miro

Lucid

PowerPoint

Prototyping tools

Job description

EY in Saudi Arabia seeks an Assistant Director / Senior Manager, Experience & Design Strategy to shape Arabic-first, AI-enabled experience design across Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC. The role blends strategic thinking, creative excellence, and hands-on delivery across physical, digital, immersive, and experiential environments.

The candidate will personally create high-quality design outputs while leading innovation experiences, workshops, and client activations, working across graphic design,