Creative Director/ Head of Experience Design

at  Gravity Consulting

JD – CREATIVE DIRECTOR / HEAD OF EXPERIENCE DESIGN

Gravity iLabs is an award-winning innovation lab, specializing in the use of visualization and technology to solve complex business problems.
We provide bespoke solutions to help senior executives (CXO-level) in large organizations across the Strategy Execution Lifecycle. From strategy formulation and communication, to sustaining corporate wisdom over time. Our team is an eclectic mix of business and technology consultants, information designers, visual artists and software engineers who have worked with more than 100 private- and public-sector clients.
We are looking for a driven, imaginative and hands-on Creative Director to deliver exciting work for some of the world’s most forward-thinking corporate and government clients. This role requires a strong background in creative design, storytelling and user experience, and experience in game design, 3D animation and motion design would round out an ideal candidate.
In this role, you’ll work directly with senior leadership and key stakeholders to understand their pain points, to design solutions in alignment with Gravity’s product offerings, plan and mobilise design teams and ensure ongoing engagement and value drops to the client.
You’ll be based out of Abu Dhabi and will likely require extensive travel to client sites across the Middle East, as well as the possibility of occasional travel further abroad.
If you’re a creative thinker with a curiosity for business complexity, we’d love for you to work with us on projects across digital, print, large-scale immersive executive insights experiences - as well as collaborating on cutting edge digital, mixed reality and AI projects.
This role has a P&L responsibility with end-to-end ownership of delivery and development of a partner ecosystem.

The role draws on experience in:

• Visual storytelling & design
• Information design
• Knowledge and information visualisation
• Rapid prototyping
• UI/UX design (experience with large-screen UI/UX and multi-screen interaction design preferred)
• 2D and 3D motion design
• Graphic design for both digital and print

Experience

• 10+ years working in visual and information design, with 4+ years in design leadership roles
• Demonstrate successful ownership of revenue targets
• Entrepreneurial mindset – Demonstrated ability to set-up and lead a design studio and develop a partnership network of design capabilities for project delivery
• Demonstrated ability to build a culture and environment for high quality design, experience design aesthetics and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage cross disciplinary teams.
• Needs to have the DNA of a hands-on design practitioner - and contribute hands-on (as required).
• Mastery of the creative design and storytelling process

Skills

• Mastery of the Adobe Suite and Microsoft Office, Figma, Axure etc.
• Command over UI/UX principles beyond web, app and mobile design
• Excellent inter-personal skills
• Strong problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
• Strong business writing skills (clear, concise, and compelling writing capabilities)

Nice to have

• Professional Services/Management Consulting experience
• Agile Methodology
• Digital Development/ Coding
• Commercial design/ branding sensibility
• Understanding of best practice, but a willingness to break the rules when necessary to achieve exponential outcomes

• Visual storytelling & design
• Information design
• Knowledge and information visualisation
• Rapid prototyping
• UI/UX design (experience with large-screen UI/UX and multi-screen interaction design preferred)
• 2D and 3D motion design
• Graphic design for both digital and prin