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This is a hands-on design leadership role requiring an individual who combines strategic thinking, creative excellence, and execution capability.\nThe successful candidate will personally create high-quality design outputs while leading the development of innovation experiences, executive workshops, immersive environments, digital products, strategic communications, and client activations. They will work across graphic design, experience design, UX/UI, service design, spatial design, immersive storytelling, motion design, and executive communication design.\nA critical requirement is the ability to conceptualize and design natively in both Arabic and English, creating original Arabic-first experiences, content, interfaces, and narratives tailored to Saudi Arabian and GCC audiences.\nKey Responsibilities\nExperience Strategy & Innovation\nTranslate business challenges and innovation opportunities into compelling experience strategies and design solutions.\nDesign end-to-end experiences across physical, digital, immersive, and hybrid environments.\nApply human-centered design, service design, and design thinking methodologies.\nLeverage AI, emerging technologies, and innovative design approaches to create differentiated experiences and client value.\nMultidisciplinary Design Delivery\nPersonally create and oversee design outputs across:\nGraphic and visual design\nBrand 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executives, senior leaders, clients, and external partners.\nPresent recommendations with clarity, credibility, and commercial awareness.\nBuild design capability, mentor team members, and contribute to the evolution of experience design practices.\nRequired Experience\n8-12+ years of experience in multidisciplinary design, experience design, creative direction, innovation, or related fields.\nProven portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership from concept through execution.\nExperience designing across digital, physical, experiential, and immersive mediums.\nExperience within consulting, innovation, design agencies, customer experience, or enterprise environments.\nExperience working directly with senior executives and client stakeholders.\nStrong understanding of AI-enabled experiences, emerging technologies, and digital innovation.\nProfessional fluency in Arabic and English with demonstrated Arabic-first design capability.\nEducation\nBachelor's or Master's degree in a 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