6 Design Leadership jobs in Egypt
Creative Director
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Responsibility and Focus
Creative Directors oversee the creative team, including art directors, copywriters, and designers. They ensure the success of content or a product, guiding it through from conception to production.
Creative directors take on a managerial role while keeping one foot in the trenches, helping to generate and produce big ideas.
They also develop and nourish the client relationship with the agency when focusing on big ideas and campaigns.
Main Tasks
Technical & Product
Managing the creative process from conception to production.
They will be expected to manage and cultivate the career development of other team members.
Meeting with and determining the client’s creative needs.
Meeting with clients and sharing their needs with the rest of the team.
Brainstorming alongside the creative team and coming up with different innovative ways in which to convey the client’s desired goals and objectives.
Developing campaigns, translating ideas whilst negotiating with clients to achieve something that matches their vision and the agency's.
Convincingly pitching the team’s ideas to the client.
Initiating the process to begin the project once a client accepts a proposal.
Overseeing every step of the creative process.
Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency
Working with the tailored brand team to produce new ideas for business branding, campaigns, and communications.
Evaluating trends, assess new data and keep up-to-date with the latest marketing techniques.
Assisting clients in resolving issues by responding to business objectives in a timely and structured manner.
Creating and implementing tailored marketing plans based on individual client requirements.
Directing brainstorming meetings and creative sessions with client.
Shaping brand standards and creating procedures to ensure all products are brand appropriate.
Supervising the department's daily workflow, assigning project workload, and monitoring deadlines and budgets.
Innovative & Analytical Mindset
Extensive knowledge of design and relevant software.
Familiarity with film-making techniques, language and trends.
Video editing, copywriting and HTML mindset.
A keen awareness of current trends in advertising.
People & Leadership
- Seeks others' feedback to develop self-awareness, strengths and address development area.
- Is able to proactively raise issues to improve effective team working and collaboration.
- Is able to communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner.
- Collaborates with stakeholders and embraces an inclusive based environment.
- Is able to make valuable contributions to discussions and brainstorming sessions, providing insight and point of view.
- Able to build relationships quickly with others and engages personally with peers and clients.
- Treats others with respect, listens to other perspectives, especially when they are different from own.
- Able to tackle problems in a timely manner and develop contingency plans that focus on problem resolution.
- Drives a culture of trust with Peers, clients and all other stakeholders.
Self
- Is able to take ownership for actions and deals with consequences in a mature manner.
- Able to adjust performance based on experiences and feedback and showcases agility and flexibility.
- Displays openness to the ideas of others and leverages them when beneficial for the business.
- Showcases curiosity and open mindset towards new ways of doing things.
- Is able to set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance.
- Demonstrates the Growth Mindset and is able to take ownership of personal development and growth.
- Capable of constructively challenging the status-quo and takes risks to challenge internal and external perspectives.
- Approaches situations and individuals with honesty, integrity and humbleness.
- Displays resilience and maintains drives and a positive outlook when faced with challenges.
**Qualifications**:
Education and Experience Required
Bachelor’s degree.
At least five to ten years of experience.
Elevated soft skills that enable them to inspire creativity and work well with different personality types, all while juggling various projects.
Core Attributes
**Analytical Thinking**
Breaks down problems and issues into sub-components and then assesses the costs, benefits and risks of various options prior to selecting a particular approach.
**Strategic Thinking**
Can analyze organizational strengths and weaknesses and then combine these with knowledge of the industry, market and organization to develop long-term strategy.
**Product Knowledge**
Has a good understanding of product line features and benefits and uses that knowledge to optimize sales with each client. Understands the product market and uses this knowledge to increase personal credibility and product sales. Keeps abreast of competitors' activities and typically responds quickly to what the competition is doing.
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Associate Creative Director
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We help grow many of the world's most iconic brands at Leo Burnett. We help grow even more of the world's most talented people. You'll find at Leo Burnett an agency built on ideas and dependent upon the people behind them. A culture that doesn't just respect creativity but cherishes it. And a community where the path you choose is your own, the places you can go limitless.
Today, Leo Burnett is one of the most awarded creative networks in the world. We believe creativity has the power to transform human behavior, and we use ours to help our clients' brands discover their "human purpose" and play meaningful, active roles in people's lives.
**Job Description**:
**Responsibility and Focus**
The Associate Creative Director (art) is involved in the development of creative concepts, working with all disciplines in the agency including copywriters and designers to build cohesive and effective campaigns.
Their focus is on the visual design and art direction of advertising campaigns. They ensure the visual design aligns with the overall creative direction and strategy of the campaign, and that it effectively communicates the desired message to the target audience.
As a close ally of the Creative Director, they are stepping into a managerial role to mentor team members, especially art directors and designers. In addition, they oversee the production of the visual elements of the campaign, ensuring they are executed to the highest standards.
The Associate Creative Director, Art is responsible for leading the creative work. This leadership role includes assigning teams, inspiring those teams to consistently produce exceptional concepts and final work, and working closely with account management to ensure that our clients are satisfied with the quality of our creative work.
- Works with the Creative Director to address performance, workflow, and quality issues and develop long-range plans for the team.
- Helps develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight(s) and creative inspiration
- Promote a culture of creative quality and accountability and ensure creative deliverables meet both our clients’ expectations and our own standards of excellence
- Develops and reviews creative briefs that provide strategic insight(s) and creative inspiration
- Demonstrates to clients that an understanding of their marketing challenges and is responsive to their strategic needs in proposing creative solutions.
- Trains new employees on responsibilities and agency procedures, and works with current creative staff to help them achieve professional and personal goals.
- Works with the upper management team to plan and pursue continuing strategic growth of agency billings and participate in new business pitch opportunities.
- Develops and evaluates creative concepts, copy and art, at pre-determined points and providing direction prior to review by account management.
- Sets high creative standards that lead to a body of work that creates enthusiastic customers and clients, and is consistently recognized by agency management as on strategy and unique.
- Leads the creative efforts on new business assignments, as needed.
- Ensures that creative presentations to the client meet the highest professional standards.
- Manages the workload for assigned book of business to maximize the productivity and quality of work from the creative staff.
- Imparts outdoor industry expertise and experience to the team.
- Conceives and create experience design solutions that meet client objectives
- Effectively communicate creative concepts and strategies to both clients and our internal team.
- Designing comps, storyboards, initial graphic concepts, and final deliverables
- Brainstorms and developing campaigns while working with clients on multiple projects at once
- Assists the Creative Director to improve the Creative group’s technical and creative performance.
- Help ensure that deadlines and budgets are met.
- Ideates, writes and executes original and iconic creative concepts in response to client briefs, objectives or goals.
- Extends client relationships and explore new ways to deliver value.
- Presents, shares and reviews creative work with Executive Creative Director/s, Account Management and Planning Leads as well as members of the Management Team
- Manages multiple projects from concept through to completion, working with both in-house resources and third-party vendors
- Collaborates effectively with Account Management, Planning and the broader creative team to develop disruptive and iconic work
- Provides leadership and professional development to department staff
- Mentors and trains team members, write performance reviews, and allocate work
- Set goals and KPIs for each team member, and works with them to achieve these.
**People & Leadership**
- Seeks others' feedback to develop self-awareness, strengths and address development area.
- Is able to proactively raise issues to improve effective team work
Design Manager
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- Managing the design process from conception to final styling.
- Conducting market research to identify new trends, fabrics, and techniques, and seeking design inspiration.
- Designing and creating garments using pattern making.
- Reviewing product for style and fit during the sampling process.
- Ensuring product agrees with business strategy.
- Support production and quality teams whenever needed to guarantee the delivery of the products as designed.
- Keeping up to date with emerging fashion trends as well as general trends relating to fabrics, colors, and shapes.
- Planning and developing ranges.
- Lead and Monitor the Fashion Designers Team.
- Liaise closely with sales, buying, and production teams on an ongoing basis to ensure the items meet brief, market, and price points.
- Source, select, and buy fabrics, trims, fastenings, and embellishments.
- Adapting existing designs for mass production.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree is a must.
- Minimum five years of experience as a designer manager.
- Fluency in English is a Must
- Expert in MS Office, Adobe Illustrator, and CLO.
Design Manager - Masra Matrouh, Pds Projects
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- We’re JLL—a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We have operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of over 91,000 individuals around the world who help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. As a global Fortune 500 company, we also have an inherent responsibility to drive sustainability and corporate social responsibility. That’s why we’re committed to our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world. We’re using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities.
Our core values of teamwork, ethics and excellence are also fundamental to everything we do and we’re honored to be recognized with awards for our success by organizations both globally and locally.
Creating a diverse and inclusive culture where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential is important to who we are today and where we’re headed in the future. And we know that unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives help us think bigger, spark innovation and succeed together.
About JLL
We’re JLL—a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We have operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of over 92,000 individuals around the world who help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. As a global Fortune 500 company, we also have an inherent responsibility to drive sustainability and corporate social responsibility. That’s why we’re committed to our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world. We’re using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities.
Our core values of teamwork, ethics and excellence are also fundamental to everything we do and we’re honored to be recognized with awards for our success by organizations both globally and locally.
Creating a diverse and inclusive culture where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential is important to who we are today and where we’re headed in the future. And we know that unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives help us think bigger, spark innovation and succeed together.
Role Purpose
We are looking for a Design Manager for our P&DS team.
This role will be working on a major mixed use scheme in Masra Matrouh, Egypt. It will be responsible for delivering building projects as part of a large development.
What this job involves
Report to a Director as part of a team undertaking day to day delivery.
Support the development of the client brief and Project Execution Plans to suit the specific requirements of the project.
Undertake full design management and manage design teams in the development of design solutions to meet the client’s expectations and budget.
Fully manage and handle local government approvals process.
Administer complex building contracts, proactively managing and confirming the compliance of contractors/consultants to the contract terms and conditions.
Assist with the compilation of tender documents and critically reviewing tender returns, contract negotiations, award of contracts and client reporting.
Adhere to project documentation, programs, master budget etc.
Produce reports to suit relevant stages of the projects.
Deliver projects within the framework of risk, sustainability and environmental considerations agreed at the business case/client brief stage, while maintaining focus on time, cost and quality.
Monitor and report on the contractor’s progress against the contract program.
Manage consultant teams to ensure that the contractor’s design is done in compliance with the contract.
Manage consultant teams to ensure that the built product is compliant with the contract.
Desired skills and experience for this
Degree Qualification is preferred but not essential.
Professional Memberships are an advantage but not essential (CIOB).
North coast project experience is essential.
Experience in managing on site construction in the region.
Major international project experience is essential.
Excellent written and verbal skills with a fluent proficiency in English.
International safety qualification / recognition an advantage but not essential.
What you can expect from us
We succeed together and believe the best inspire the best, so we invest in supporting each other, learning together and celebrating our success.
Our Total Rewards program reflects our commitment to helping you achieve your career ambitions, recognizing your contributions, investing in your well-being and providing competitive benefits and pay.
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Track Design Manager - High Speed Train Project
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Motivated by innovation, we develop intelligent solutions for the growing digitalization of the transport sector. Our range of offerings includes rail vehicles, rail automation, road traffic management systems, rail electrification and services.
Today, we are recruiting for a Senior Track Work Expert position to Join our Management Team in Cairo. This is an excellent career opportunity for Engineering Professionals ideally from Rail /Transportation Business looking to join a truly international team.
**Your Role - International, Challenging and Future-Oriented!**
- Review of track work design regarding consistency, compliance to European rules and standards, interfaces, compliance to contract
- Review of FAT procedures of key track work components, participate to FAT’s and provide reports
- Review logistic concepts for the delivery of track components
- Participating and document the acceptance procedure of track components delivered to site
- Review of method statements for track installation
- Supervision of track installation works
- Supervision and review of track acceptance documentation according to EN 13231 Part 1 and 2.
- Organize und coordinate independent expert reviews e.g., track consultant, survey consultant, geotechnical consultant etc.
- Providing technical guidance to other employees and team members
**Your Qualifications and Skills - Digital and Solid!**
- Engineering degree in civil engineering or comparable
- Extensive professional experience in design and/or construction of high-speed railway tracks including associated scheduling of construction work.
- Technical competency to configurate and design railway tracks.
- Further knowledge of civil engineering, track surveying and/or railway system knowledge is desirable
- Experience with environmental health and safety regulations and standards
- Project experience in the context of international customer or development projects desirable
- Fluent English essential, good knowledge of Arabic and other foreign languages such as German, French, or Spanish are an advantage
- Due to the international orientation of the projects, mobility and willingness to travel is essential. Location of work is Egypt
**What else do you need to know?**
As a world leader in developing and producing the most advanced technologies, we improve lives and further human achievements worldwide, while also protecting the climate - all thanks to our employees. Working with us, you have the foundation to develop personally and professionally. We give you the chance to do something significant, that benefits society and human progress. We give you the chance to create a difference.
Project Manager - Web and Design
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Our mission is to make enterprise-grade open source available to people everywhere. We create world-renowned software, impacting the lives of millions of engineers, enterprises, entrepreneurs and consumers every day. Our multi-disciplinary web design and production team includes visual designers, UX designers, front-end and back-end developers to bring exciting web projects to life. We help and learn from each other and strive to improve our work and processes.
We value:
- Excellent academic results at school and university
- Knowledge and passion for user experience, technology and design
- Commitment to continuous learning and improvement - curious, flexible, scientific
- Drive to finish work and celebrate success
- Confidence in agile practices
We look for people who love what they do.
You will be successful here if you are passionate about agile methodology and proactively keep abreast of new developments in our industry. You should be able to demonstrate that you have taken concrete steps to improve your skills, and we will help you continue in your learning and development.
We like to demonstrate what we're working on, get feedback early, and learn from others. We expect our colleagues to pay attention to details and have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
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**What we offer**:
- An opportunity to shape the company and products
- Influence in the open source community
- An inclusive work environment
- Learning and development
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual leave
- Priority Pass for travel
Canonical is a growing international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu, the world's best free software platform. Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance security with Ubuntu.
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