Senior Manager Creative Services

Riyadh Air | طيران الرياض; Riyadh Region; On-site; SAR 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Riyadh Air invites a senior creative services leader to shape the brand across advertising and media production. You will direct end-to-end production, ensure on-time, on-budget delivery, and uphold creative excellence within a complex portfolio.

With 8+ years in creative services or media production, you will lead planning, budgeting, contract management, and stakeholder collaboration. This role blends strategic direction with hands-on leadership to elevate the airline’s storytelling.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in creative services, advertising, media production, or a closely related discipline.
• Experience in integrated media production, strategic planning, budgeting, contract management, media rights management, and project delivery across complex creative environments.
• Strong communication, financial judgment, stakeholder management, and leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end creative production across campaigns and content initiatives.
• Oversee schedules, resources, budgets, and production workflows across multiple projects.
• Lead contract management and external partner oversight to ensure performance, compliance, and seamless collaboration.
• Shape functional strategy, build high-performing teams, and drive creative excellence.

Skills

Creative leadership

Budgeting

Contract management

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Riyadh Air (RX), headquartered in the Saudi Capital, is the new national airline that’s shaping the future of flying. It seeks to lead the aviation industry by transforming Saudi Arabia into a global aviation and trade hub – a digitally native airline that will connect the kingdom to more than 100 destinations.

About The Role

Are you ready to lead creative services that bring bold brand storytelling to life across advertising and media production? This role is central to directing the end-to-end creative production process across campaigns and content initiatives. It ensures creative work is delivered on time, on budget, and to a consistently high standard. Working closely with writers, directors, designers, marketers, production teams, and technology partners, the role turns creative vision into executable plans. A core part of the position is aligning creative output with strategic priorities, audience needs, and business goals. With responsibility for planning and delivery, this position oversees schedules, resources, budgets, and production workflows across multiple projects. It also drives efficient ways of working that improve quality, productivity, and on‑time execution. The role also leads contract management and external partner oversight to ensure strong performance, compliance, and seamless collaboration. Success depends on balancing stakeholder expectations while maintaining creative excellence and commercial discipline. As a senior leader, this position shapes functional strategy, builds high‑performing teams, and creates an environment where innovation can thrive. It also brings clear direction, strong performance management, and thoughtful decision‑making across a complex creative portfolio. This is a high‑impact leadership role where your creative judgment, commercial acumen, and strategic direction will shape how our brand shows up to the world.

About You

Degree qualified, you will demonstrate more than 8 years of experience in creative services, advertising, media production, or a closely related discipline.

You will bring deep expertise in integrated media production, strategic planning, budgeting, contract management, media rights management, and project delivery across complex creative environments.

Success in this role depends on strong communication, sound financial judgment, stakeholder management, team leadership, and the ability to bring clarity and momentum to complex work.

This is your opportunity to shape the future of air travel. Bring your best and show us why you can own this position within Riyadh Air.