Creative Director

About the Role
Sohola is seeking an experienced Creative Director to lead the agency's creative vision. This full-time senior leadership position involves overseeing the development of campaigns, brand identities, and digital creative work for clients across the Saudi market. The role requires deep experience within the Saudi advertising and marketing agency environment, combining strong creative thinking with strategic business understanding.
Role Context and Collaboration
The Creative Director will lead multidisciplinary creative teams and manage multiple client accounts. This position involves close collaboration with Content, Design, Social Media, Performance Marketing, Account Management, and senior leadership to ensure all creative output is strategically strong, culturally relevant, and aligned with client objectives. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of relevant experience.
Key Responsibilities

Define and lead the overall creative direction across client accounts and campaigns.
Translate client briefs and marketing objectives into creative concepts and campaign ideas.
Maintain high creative standards across all agency deliverables and approve creative materials before client delivery.
Ensure creative work is relevant to the Saudi market, culture, consumer behavior, and current trends.
Lead the creative development of integrated marketing campaigns across various channels.
Develop creative concepts for product launches, seasonal campaigns, Saudi occasions, and brand activations.
Lead branding and visual identity projects from concept through execution, ensuring consistency across platforms.
Translate business and marketing strategies into compelling visual and communication concepts.
Lead, mentor, and develop the agency's creative team, providing clear direction and feedback.
Build efficient creative processes and workflows to improve quality and delivery speed.
Participate in client meetings, presentations, brainstorming sessions, and pitches, presenting and defending creative concepts.
Understand client businesses, competitors, target audiences, and commercial objectives.
Partner with Account Management teams to translate client requirements into creative solutions.
Support new-business pitches and contribute creative concepts to win new accounts.
Work closely with Performance Marketing and Media Buying teams to develop creative assets that support campaign performance.
Use campaign insights and performance data to continuously improve creative output.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Minimum 8 years of professional experience specifically within marketing, advertising, or creative agencies in Saudi Arabia (KSA) is mandatory.
Strong knowledge of the Saudi market, brands, consumer behavior, culture, and advertising landscape.
Previous experience in a senior creative position such as Creative Director, Associate Creative Director, Senior Art Director, or Head of Creative.
Proven experience managing creative teams within an agency environment.
A strong portfolio demonstrating integrated campaigns, branding, digital campaigns, social media, and advertising work.
Proven experience handling multiple clients and industries simultaneously.
Strong experience developing creative concepts from initial brief through final execution.
Experience presenting creative ideas directly to clients and senior decision-makers.
Strong understanding of digital marketing, social media, paid advertising, and content marketing.
Experience working closely with Account Management, Performance Marketing, Media Buying, and Content teams.
Excellent understanding of Arabic creative communication and Saudi cultural nuances.
Strong communication and presentation skills in both Arabic and English.
Ability to work in a fast-paced agency environment and manage multiple deadlines and priorities.

Work Type
This is a full-time position.