Graphic Designer & Motion Graphics Designer

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Develop concepts and creative direction; create brand identities, visual systems, campaign concepts, and key visuals.
• Design social content, digital assets, editorial layouts, presentations, event collateral, and podcast visuals.
• Create motion graphics, animations, title sequences, transitions, kinetic typography, visual effects, and animated social content.
• Edit and animate campaigns, advertising, editorial, branded content, events, interviews, and podcasts.
• Combine video, photography, illustration, typography, and graphic elements into compositions across formats and aspect ratios.
• Create Arabic and English typography for static and motion applications.
• Deliver projects from design through animation; prepare files for digital, social, print, and physical production.
• Organize files and assets, manage multiple deadlines, and collaborate across creative, strategy, content, video, and production teams.
• Research design, motion, typography, animation, and visual culture trends across GCC and global markets; explore relevant AI tools.

Experience and qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional experience in graphic design and motion graphics.
• Proven work across luxury, lifestyle, hospitality, editorial, advertising, social media, events, and podcast content.
• Professional proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, After Effects, and InDesign; strong proficiency in Photoshop and working knowledge of Premiere Pro.
• Strong understanding of motion graphics, animation, visual effects, timing, pacing, transitions, movement, and kinetic typography.
• Strong command of typography, composition, layout, hierarchy, and visual systems.
• Arabic writing and Arabic typography proficiency is preferred.
• Experience with digital, social, campaign, branded, and motion content using footage, photography, illustration, typography, and graphic assets.
• Strong visual storytelling, sequencing, brand identity, campaign visual language, and digital and print production knowledge.
• Strong portfolio showing graphic design and motion graphics, with a clear visual point of view.
• Current design and motion trend awareness, practical use of AI-assisted workflows, and ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Software and motion skills

• Essential software: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Premiere Pro.
• Working knowledge: Figma and AI design and creative tools.
• Motion skills include kinetic typography, animated graphic systems, social animations, title cards and sequences, transitions, visual effects, logo animation, 2D animation, and motion-led campaign assets.
• Create short-form social animations and treatments combining footage, photography, type, and graphic elements.