Graphic Design Trainee

Job description / Role

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of eight owned brands and over 300 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for 14,000 skilled and talented professionals across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great Place to Work®.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up "The Greenhouse", which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What you'll be doing

We are looking for a creative individual, who is excited about the prospect of being a key part of the Beauty Innovation Team.

The marketing department in Beauty Innovation is responsible for reinvigorating existing Chalhoub own concept brands (with a particular focus on full 360 marketing of Wow Beauty currently) as well as creating and launching innovative new brands and products across the region across various sectors and retail partners and environments.

All marketing activities are managed in house from brand strategy and management, campaign management, content creation and implementation, design and creative, PR and events, CRM, ecom, digital, education, trade and in store activations. This role will provide exposure to each of these marketing disciplines.

Key Responsibilities

This role will have 360 marketing exposure, with the opportunity to support on all activities involved in marketing across a collection of brands:

- Be involved in all aspects of marketing from campaign planning, advertising, trade, events and promotions, influencer outreach, public and media relations, packaging design, graphic design, concept creation, product development and research
- Assist in building and creating marketing collaterals, support on building and implementing the marketing calendar and plans for the various chains/brands/markets with the Department Director and marketing team
- Plan and follow up closely on the various channels and their activities to ensure proper implementation, completed on time and on budget
- Ensure preservation of brand image
- Coordinate with concerned parties for the production of marketing materials including packaging, dispatch of PR parcels, visuals, podiums, photo shoots and proof reading
- Create social media content and manage social media postings and copywriting

Requirements

What you'll need to succeed

This is a Trainee role and therefore we are looking for someone with genuine eagerness to learn & develop within the team. We are looking for someone passionate about marketing and innovation. Below outlines the core experience required for the role:

- Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Communication, Advertising or a related field.
- Adobe suite skills
- Adaptability and innovative thinking towards solutions and original projects.
- Microsoft Office basic skills
- Able to nurture relationships with clients/ partners and work effectively with different teams and stakeholders.
- A creative and innovative mindset with an interest for the beauty industry
- Experience of working in a fast-pace, matrixed environment
- Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and project management skills
- Ideally native & active on TikTok and other Social Media Platforms
- Preferably fluent in Arabic speaking and copywriting

What we can offer you

With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day.

We recognize the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

About the Company

The Chalhoub Group is the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East since 1955. As an expert in retail, distribution and marketing services based in Dubai, the group has become a major player in the fashion, beauty and gift sectors regionally.

By blending its Middle East expertise and intimate knowledge of luxury, Chalhoub Group is building brands in the region, by offering service excellence to all its partners and a unique experience to its customers through its passionate teams.

With a growing workforce of more than 9,000 people, implemented in 14 countries, as well as the operating of over 470 retail outlets, the group's success is attributed to its most valued asset of highly skilled and dedicated teams. Professionalism and passion are what fuel the Chalhoub Group's competitive edge in today's market.

By being committed to implementing sustainable practices into their business, the Chalhoub Group has been awarded in 2013 the CSR Label from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce.