Job Summary: The job holder of this position is responsible for overseeing fast-paced art-design department and demonstrates design & creative talent, manages projects and deals with freelance photographers. The job holder is involved in periodical design, campaigns, i.e. giving shape to imagination and creating a tangible output. The Senior Art Director brings into the reality the concepts that are put together with input from the client and the Creative Director.

Key Responsibilities: Management of Creative Work:

    • Discuss with Creative, Art, Copy-writing, or Production Department heads to discuss client requirements and presentation concepts, and to coordinate creative activities and concepts to fulfil the client’s brief • Confer with account management team and clients to determine objectives, budget, background information, and presentation approaches, styles, techniques and selection of media • Contribute to strategic meetings of all assigned brands and has a comprehensive understanding of the client’s business and objectives • Supervise preparation and presentation of print, broadcast, multimedia, final layouts or online compositions for client approval • Work with Creative Directors to develop design solutions and new-business proposals and presentations • Review illustrative material to determine if it conforms to standards and specifications • Visit and assess different locations for potential shoots and work on location • Attend photo shoots and printing sessions to ensure that the products needed are obtained • Prepare detailed storyboards showing sequence and timing of story development for television production • Produce sketches or ’storyboards’ (television) or ’roughs’ or ’scamps’ (print) to communicate ideas to the client • Work in editing suites to oversee the finished product

Team Management:

    • Plan and monitor the performance of the Team to ensure the delivery of quality services is in accordance with the Strategic Agenda • Hire, train and direct staff members who develop design concepts into art layouts or who prepare layouts for printing • Manage a team of designers, develop the staff through performance management and giving consistent feedback • Identify with staff, developmental opportunities and training needs, and help them to work toward their professional goals

Key Competencies:

    • Strong knowledge of the media and advertising landscape • The ability to develop innovative ideas that provide new solutions to all types of workplace challenges • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills • Digital expertise is a must • Fluency in English, Arabic is a big plus • Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Flash, Power Point and other programs • HTML, PHP and other Web experience • Design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models • Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions

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