Creative Team Lead (Art)

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Creative Team Lead with strong social-first design expertise and a proven ability to lead creative teams in a fast-paced agency environment. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has grown through design, understands culture and platforms deeply, and can guide teams to deliver bold, relevant, high-performing social content.

You’ll lead designers, shape visual output, and ensure our work remains sharp, agile, and culturally relevant across platforms. Fluency in Arabic and English is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

Creative Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of designers and visual creatives
• Set clear creative direction while maintaining Socialeyez’s visual standards
• Manage workloads, timelines, and creative quality across multiple accounts
• Provide constructive feedback and elevate team performance

Art Direction & Design Excellence

• Act as a hands-on creative lead with strong visual and design sensibility
• Own art direction for social, digital, and integrated campaigns
• Review and refine layouts, typography, visual systems, and motion concepts
• Ensure consistency across always-on content, campaigns, and brand launches

Social-First & Digital Campaigns

• Lead creative execution for social-first campaigns across Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, X, and emerging platforms
• Translate insights, trends, and briefs into visually compelling social ideas
• Oversee always-on content calendars, launches, and reactive content
• Collaborate with performance teams to optimize creatives for engagement and results

Collaboration & Culture

• Work closely with Strategy, Account Management, Production, and Media teams
• Present ideas clearly and confidently to internal teams and clients
• Stay on top of social trends, formats, and platform behavior in the region

Requirements

• 6–10 years of experience in a social, digital, or creative agency
• Proven experience leading and managing creative/design teams
• Strong background as an Art Designer / Senior Designer / Art Director
• Solid portfolio demonstrating social-first and digital campaign work
• Bilingual fluency in English and Arabic (written and visual communication).