Senior Designer

Company Description

Founded in London in 1970, Saatchi & Saatchi has evolved into a global creative powerhouse with 114 offices in 67 countries and over 6,500 employees. As part of Publicis Groupe, we excel in integrated communications, working with top global brands to create unforgettable campaigns.

Our mantra, ‘Nothing is Impossible’, drives us to drive positive change through creativity. We pride ourselves on our unshakeable spirit and dedication to nurturing talent, ensuring your journey with us is one of continuous growth. Located across the UAE and KSA, Saatchi & Saatchi services the whole MEA region and consistently collects prestigious awards, namely ‘#2 Network of The Year’ at Dubai Lynx 2024, reflecting our commitment to leaving a positive impact.

Our culture is what sets us apart. Join our fun traditions that drive creativity and bring everyone together while keeping spirits high. We love our office parties and the collaborative environment that helps us create outstanding work.

Overview

The Senior Designer - Design is responsible for leading the creative work. We are looking for a creative, innovative Design-based talent to join our team with focus on brand identities and guidelines. The responsibilities of the Senior Designer - Design include interpreting client briefs and turning them into creative solutions, delivering high-quality brand design output, working with the design teams, and troubleshooting design problems.

To be a successful Senior Designer - Design, you should be able to adhere to tight deadlines and manage budget constraints to deliver a great product and experience. Ultimately, a top-notch design person should have strong communication and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

Technical & Product

• Work closely with the insights and strategy team to develop breakthrough, creative ideas and articulate the ideas in the creative brief
• Coordinate with multi-skilled teams of designers, strategists, researchers, and production specialists including initial briefings, day-to-day direction, storyboarding, creative review meetings
• Lead creative presentations and orchestrate other team members to present the work
• Monitor and circulate the latest design-related trends information
• Capture and document project case studies
• Contribute proactively to business development efforts, existing client opportunities, proposal writing and presentations
• Strategic thinker and understanding of branding processes and brand identity design
• High ability to lead and execute branding processes from conceptualization to execution to final guidelines implementation
  
  

Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency

Naturally well organized and unfazed when working towards deadlines

• Have a sense of teamwork, and want to be part of a group of colleagues who take care of themselves, value themselves, and respect each other.
• Ease to express creative ideas clearly and concisely.
• Understand communication as an integrated “whole” and not as something on / off.
• Adobe CC domain and web design and Adobe Premiere knowledge for the assembly of audiovisual models.
• Any level of Motion graphic skills.
• Demonstrable experience creating and designing offline and online campaigns.
• High level of involvement, commitment, and responsibility.
• Knowledge of interactive exteriors, websites, e-mailings, landings, campaigns on RRSS Instagram, Facebook, etc.
  
  

Innovative & Analytical Mindset

• Ideate, craft, and execute original and iconic design concepts in response to client briefs, objectives, or goals
• Is responsible for the proper placement, context, and meaning of every image and graphic element within a creative assignment
• Develop creative ideas that meet both our clients objectives as well as our business objectives, maintaining the company’s expected levels of creative excellence and professionalism
• Present, share and review creative work with Executive Creative Director/s, Account Management and Planning Leads as well as members of the Management Team
• Manage multiple projects from concept through to completion, working with both in-house resources and third-party vendors
• Collaborate effectively with Account Management, Planning, and the broader creative team to develop disruptive and iconic work
  
  

People & Leadership

• Able to use storytelling to connect with internal and external stakeholders in a compelling manner to influence and inspire.
• Able to handle complex issues and make decisions even when missing information.
• Able to proactively develop meaningful relationships with key decision makers across functions.
• Accepts responsibility for client problems, manages conflict and actively works to solve issues internally and externally.
• Able to build succession plans and grow and mentor future talent.
• Encourages others to value difference, collaboration and positive spirit while getting the best out of their diverse teams.
• Listens and proactively seeks views from others to create an environment that is transparent and comfortable for others to share.
• Able to understand, inspire and motivate their team to pursue goals and deliver beyond their beliefs.
• Able to assess ideas and people on merit alone, without bias or favoritism and gives recognition when due.
• Capable of coaching and supporting others by aligning career expectations, defining success criteria and providing actionable, open and constructive feedback.
• Capable of persuading others with integrity by understanding their motivations and identifying their concerns and work toward solving them.
• Able to handle complex messages and is able to convey issues to facilitate others understanding.
• Able to manage multiple viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all stakeholders.
• Initiates and leads open conversations with internal and external stakeholders to build trust and ensures long term influence, partnership and support.
• Empowers individuals to solve problems and creates opportunities for others to grow and demonstrate their learning agility.
• Capable of breaking down silos to enable cross collaboration by leveraging expertise resulting in cross-selling across different Groupe verticals and practices.
• Able to encourage their team to evolve processes and improve collaboration to drive efficiencies, quality and effectiveness.
• Steers teams on key-clients strategies and ensures delivery of a superior output.
• Drives a culture of trust with peers, clients and other stakeholders.
  
  

Self

• Showcases agility and ability to adapt to different situations based on past experiences, feedback and industry changes.
• Is able to set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance.
• Demonstrates the Growth Mindset and is capable of taking ownership of personal development to continuously evolve and futureproof their capabilities.
• Able to constructively challenge the status quo and take risks to challenge internal and external perspectives.
• Approaches situations and individuals with honesty, integrity, transparency and humbleness.
• Able to stay resilient and maintain drive and a positive outlook when faced with challenges.
• Actively listens and is receptive to others feedback on performance.
• Able to take justified risks when appropriate and takes accountability and responsibility when things don’t go as planned.
• An early identifier of change, is able to proactively develop and share plans to seize the opportunity.
• Acts ethically and makes ethical decisions in line with local regulations and contracts, even in the face of ethical challenges.
• Able to listen to other people in a way that they feel understood, and is respectful of others.
• Capable of making timely decision that take into account different factors in ambiguous circumstances, considering impacts internally and externally.
• Able to build initiatives despite doubts or resistance from others to deliver strategic impact.
  
  

Qualifications

5+ years of work experience and a book brimming with brave ideas and outstanding craft, some that saw the light of day, and maybe some that didn’t

strong history in branding, brand identity design and estasblishing guidelines

Additional Information

R-3642 P-4135

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