Design Manager

Dubai World Trade Centre

Manage Assigned designer's output

• Provide design direction and structural advice to immediate design team
• Be responsible for the design process from pitch through project completion, including concept development/design
• Interrogate the brief, scoping of the project and allocating the necessary resources
• Support the sales process by participating in new business pitches, working alongside a select team of colleagues from the creative / design / strategic / technical departments to develop strategy and creative pitches and programs that are ideas-led
• Understand clients business, strategy and business issues and help design effective solutions that address the business need, with message and design aligned, appropriate and on brand
• Acts as designer on projects, supporting the Associate Creative Director/Creative Director or independently, depending on scope of project: develop concept or idea for scenic or environmental treatment and present/sell idea internally and to client
• Confidently and comprehensively promote the agency and its services

Participate in creative brainstorms to generate ideas for clients

• Research for projects and pitches, collate information, articulate and present your thinking to the wider internal team, so that they understand how best to apply that thinking.

Champion the latest ideas in creative event production

• Ensure the agency creative process is followed and embraced.

Ensure quality standards are adhered to and proactively seek to develop standards in your line of work. (i.e. pitch proposal development, design values, etc.)

• Constantly strive to push the boundaries of our offer, both creatively and strategically, and seek innovation in our delivery
• Collaborate with other members of the team to drive forward the creative process and visual representation, ensuring that the process remains faithful to the strategic thinking, and is followed and embraced across all touch points
• Engage with production throughout the delivery of the project with a keen interest in design detailing (responsible for providing design intent drawings)

Bring to life your ideas through 2D presentations or similar

• Support the presentation deliverables through a variety of mediums

Keep abreast of cultural events and trends that affect our clients audiences and the design industry in the region

• Build and maintain effective relationships with team members, suppliers and clients alike

Ensure clear communication to all parties regarding roles and responsibilities, scope, budget, schedules and project status/action items

• Coach and oversee junior team members on execution of all individual job details in your remit

Recommend best freelance and internal talent for the project and support resourcing requirements

• Embrace and enhance company internal systems, processes and quality (QI)

Adapt to and be supportive of evolving corporate requirements and directives

• Willingness to embrace additional tasks, if required outside of the overall scope of responsibilities in line with your grade and level of responsibility
• Your projects could be exhibitions, product launches, business meetings, event branding, public events or consumer brand experiences

Operating Environment

• Office based job; require working longer hours on computer