Creative Direcror

Aramco Overseas Company UK Ltd

Key Responsibilities

As Creative Director, you will be responsible for the following:

• Shaping the creative vision of the unit and ensuring it is consistently executed across all projects.
• You will guide multidisciplinary teams through the development of concepts and campaigns, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic goals.
• From brand development and design systems to large-scale integrated campaigns, your leadership will be central in delivering work that is engaging, cohesive, and impactful.
• You will work closely with senior stakeholders to understand objectives, define creative strategies, and present ideas with clarity and conviction.
• You will oversee the full creative process-from concept to execution-ensuring work meets the highest standards of quality and innovation.
• A key part of your role will also involve mentoring creative talent, building a strong team culture, and fostering a space where original thinking thrives.

Minimum requirements

As a successful candidate, you will have:

• A minimum of 10 years of creative experience, including at least 5 years in a leadership role within a creative agency or in-house creative team.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating creative direction across branding, advertising, and digital campaigns is essential.
• You should have deep knowledge of visual communication, typography, brand systems, storytelling, and design strategy, with hands-on experience in leading multi-channel creative work.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and presentation skills are required, along with a proven ability to manage and mentor a diverse creative team.
• Proficiency in industry-standard design tools is expected, and familiarity with motion, video, or experiential media is a strong advantage.
• A degree in design, visual communication, or a related field is preferred

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world's biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs - one of the largest in the world.

Country/Region: SA