Creative Director (Qatar-based)
About the job
MCG Talent • Dubai, United Arab Emirates
We're partnering with a leading strategic communications consultancy to appoint a Creative Director to lead and grow its creative practice.
This is an exciting opportunity for a senior creative leader who combines exceptional design craft with commercial acumen and agency leadership experience. You'll lead a multidisciplinary creative team, shape integrated campaigns across digital, social, branding, websites and influencer activity, while helping build a scalable, high-performing creative business.
What you'll be doing:
Lead and grow the agency's creative practice alongside the leadership team.
Set the creative vision and maintain exceptional standards across all client work.
Manage and mentor a team of designers while building a trusted network of freelance creative specialists.
Partner with digital consultants to deliver integrated campaigns across branding, social media, digital marketing, websites and content.
Present creative concepts to senior clients and build long-term relationships.
Drive business growth through pitches, proposals and new client opportunities.
Introduce AI-powered creative workflows to improve quality, speed and efficiency.
We're looking for someone who has:
10+ years of experience in a senior creative leadership role within an agency environment.
A strong graphic design foundation with an outstanding portfolio across corporate and consumer brands.
Experience leading multidisciplinary creative teams and managing multiple client accounts.
Strong commercial awareness and client-facing experience.
Expertise across branding, digital, social, content and visual storytelling.
Experience integrating AI tools into creative and production workflows.
Arabic language skills are advantageous but not essential.