Graphic Designer

Job description / Role

Key responsibilities

Design & creative development

• Develop creative visuals and layouts for campaigns, catalogues, social media, e-commerce, POS materials, packaging, and in-store branding.
• Create visually engaging content aligned with seasonal collections and home lifestyle themes.
• Design marketing assets including brochures, banners, emailers, web creatives, and promotional materials.

Brand consistency & visual identity

• Ensure all designs adhere to brand guidelines and maintain a consistent visual identity across platforms.
• Support development of visual storytelling aligned to home aesthetics and product positioning.

Cross-functional collaboration

• Work closely with marketing, buying, VM, and product teams to understand campaign objectives and product focus.
• Support photoshoots and content creation for home collections, including mood boards and styling concepts.
• Translate product features into strong visual narratives for customer communication.

Concept development & innovation

• Brainstorm and conceptualize new ideas to strengthen the home division's visual presence.
• Contribute to seasonal campaign themes and creative direction.
• Stay informed on interior design, lifestyle, and retail design trends to bring fresh inspiration.

Project & asset management

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high quality and meeting deadlines.
• Incorporate stakeholder feedback and revise creatives to achieve final approval.
• Prepare final artwork files for print production and digital use, ensuring technical accuracy and quality standards.

Qualifications & experience

Knowledge, skills & expertise

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD).
• Working knowledge of After Effects and Premiere for motion content is an advantage.
• Strong understanding of branding, visual hierarchy, typography, and layout design.
• Awareness of interior design, home styling, and lifestyle aesthetics preferred.

Education & experience

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or related field.
• 2-4 years of professional experience in graphic design, preferably within retail, lifestyle, home, or marketing environments.

About the Company

The Apparel Group is a global fashion and lifestyle brand conglomerate residing on the crossroads of a modern economy - Dubai, UAE. The mercurial growth in the last 17 years has been by acquiring a host of world class fashion labels from around the world - Nine West, Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Aldo & Tim Hortons just to name a few.

Today the group caters to thousands of eager shoppers through its over 1530 stores, 75 International brands and employing 12,000 multi cultural staff in over 4 continents. Apparel believes in turning dreams in to reality and we give everyone - our customers, our stakeholders, our employees - an equal opportunity to do so.

Apparel group has carved its strong presence not only in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia but opened thriving gateways to market in India, South Africa, Poland, Singapore, Jordan, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Additionally, clear strategies are in place to enter emerging markets such as Hungary, Pakistan, Egypt and Philippines.