Creative Director

italent

UAE

Ref: NP090-122

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client is a boutique creative agency and we specialise in brand development and increasing profits for our clients. Our strengths lie in determining the psychological message or big idea that our clients clients would want to perceive about our client company and then we design the visual language according to that big idea. This visual language may include business cards and logo design and print items, through to how the website could look or the brochures could be developed, prior to brand mark and visual language.

We have worked on many corporate identities and help our clients establish brands that allow them to stabilise their corporate image in the market, improve business, communicate with their clients and ultimately improve profits. We are an informal but successful team and try to have as much fun as possible along the way.

What the job involves

The creative director is charged with determining the best ways for us to visually represent our company’s identity online. It's very much a people-oriented job, involving development of high-level concepts for design projects. It also involves working with internal and external clients, pitching designs, and understanding client needs. We will require you to develop visual designs based on the big idea and relevant research, and at other times, the Creative Director will be responsible for recruiting and managing internal design resources.

Responsibilities:
• Lead creative sessions for project kick-offs
• Manage multiple projects from concept through to completion
• Develop creative programs and design concepts that meet the business objectives of the organization and that advance our brand strategy
• Establish creative direction for the entire line of online services and programs
• Supervise and inspire the creative team (inhouse or sub contracted) to generate multiple concepts for a campaign or project
• Work with the strategy and occasionally , and copywriters to develop concepts and present to management
• Work with internal teams to generate ideas for pitching and proposals
• Manage team members
• Provide quality control over concepts and projects,

What you offer as a business
• We offer you an opportunity to grow with the business
• We are a small company but passionate and effective and would expect the same from anyone who works here
• Informal fun atmosphere and a get on with it vibe
• We protect personal time as much as possible – we work hard during work hours, but expect employees to play hard out of work too, so try and make that possible.
• Contact with large clients and an ability to improve their business

The salary for this position is between 20,000 - 30,000 AED monthly

Requirements

Description of the candidate
• Undergraduate degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts or related field or equivalent visual design and management experience required; graduate degree preferred
• At least 3 years management experience working with large-scale web sites, brand development, and advertising clients
• Must possess a thorough understanding of interactive communications and delivery systems, processes, and user interface design as well as industry best practices
• Knowledge of layouts, graphic fundamentals, typography & limitations of the web
• A strong working knowledge of experience design, brand development, interactive commerce and creative process
• Print and web design capabilities: must know how to work in both media for integrated campaigns
• Must understand conversion of design into print ready processes
• Ability to lead projects from concept to completion. Apply best practices in user interface and interactive design, including image optimization and site mapping
• Experience with software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign is essential – flash would be helpful
• A Basic knowledge of HTML, DHTML CSS, Actionscript & Drupal would be helpful but not necessary
• Ability to make evaluative judgments
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to supervise and train employees, to include organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments
• Attention to detail and a passion for excellence is a must
• Passion, Integrity, Fun Loving and Energy!

About the Company

italent has been around since 2012, when we saw that businesses needed better talent solutions for their employment requirements. By focusing our efforts on quality products and services that are simple-to-use and innovative, our team brings you the best results without any unexpected additional costs and unnecessary complications. Simply put, we love helping businesses find and keep the right people.

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