Senior Graphic Designer

We are looking for a Graphic Designer with experience in digital media, who can take direction from written or spoken ideas and convert them seamlessly into images, layouts, and other designs. The successful candidate should have a working knowledge of how marketing campaigns work and have critical thinking skills with strong design sensibilities. The ideal candidate can create polished design and layouts while rolling with the shifting requirements of the Digital Marketing industry and stay organized throughout the process.

Required Qualifications:

• At least a four-year working experience.
• Arabic and English Languages is a Must.
• A portfolio showing a range of clients and project types, particularly web/digital/email/social design, campaign concept and production, and print experience.
• Strong conceptual and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent ability to explain and support your thinking.
• Exceptional organizational skills: your file naming is impeccable, your file structure immaculate.
• A great attitude, ability to take criticism, willingness to learn; able to absorb and apply feedback quickly with a positive outlook.
• Strong knowledge of color, typography, design and graphics principles.
• A passion for art, advertising, design, culture, and trends.
• Demonstrate the ability to deliver exceptional design work for their client projects.
• Become a key “voice” in client projects advocating for design and how it can be utilized.
• Be able to develop strategies for clients in order to move them toward business goals.
• The deadline is driven, get it done mentality.
• Be able to participate and help refine internal processes and services and offerings of the department.

Essential Job Duties:

• Support the design and production of digital assets including online/mobile graphics, emails, static banner ads (animated motion graphics a plus!)
• Deliver assets on deadline and communicate any issues far in advance to allow for problem-solving without causing fire-drills.
• Contribute stellar design skills with creative, edgy, and bold concepts for marketing and branding projects with a keen eye for a simple, strong design.
• Develop and execute creative concepts and designs that meet brand guidelines. Update brand guidelines as they evolve.
• Design and illustrate emails, page layouts, logos, and program assets across multiple touchpoints (print and digital) with a mobile-first approach.
• Create mood boards, storyboards and concept art for campaigns.
• Create digital mock-ups and presentations as part of the team and effectively communicate with all stakeholders.
• Build looks books, event promotional materials, media kits, packaging inserts, etc to enhance the customer journey and support PR needs.
• Working knowledge of print and digital production and optimizing final files for delivery.
• Manage creative workflow and act as a liaison to the merchandising creative team.
• Produce quarterly design trend reports in anticipation of upcoming seasonal promotions.
• Support social media team with pop-culture driven creative editing.
• Partner closely with all teams to identify problems and translate them into creative solutions that drive business metrics.