About the role

Monks Middle East is seeking a Freelance Senior Art Director based in Riyadh to join our ever-growing team creative & content team. In this role, you will design, create, manipulate and tailor graphics, images, sound, animation, video and texts to create integrated multimedia for social-first content that brightens and engages audiences across our client social feeds. You will combine design skills with technical knowledge to develop relevant, meaningful and strikingly awesome fit-for-purpose designs across multimedia formats. Minimum experience 4 years. Arabic and English fluency is mandatory.

You will be able to interpret a client brief, story board, prepare design concepts, produce digital collateral, create short videos, and shape the visual approach for our clients. Comfortable with basic shooting equipment for live coverage, interviews, social content, and video creation, including both filming and photography. Proficiency in related equipment and software is mandatory.

Responsibilities:

• You will be a part of the social content development team working alongside the designers, copywriters and other AVs to create content aligned with the social brand content strategy.
• You’ll help to shape the way forward for motion graphics within the team inspiring and collaborating with the AV team to produce top class content.
• You’ll help the team in the conception of creative audiovisual ideas based on the objectives to be communicated and actively participate in the development of audiovisual content and post-production content which is fit for feed.
• You’ll produce high-quality deliverables such as effects, motion graphic guidelines and innovative new techniques that can be used across the team.
• You have a passion for taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary through movement.
• You make sure all designs are in line with the project’s objectives and client expectations.

About you

The essentials:

• You have experience working as a multimedia designer at a high, international level.
• You´re fluent in both English & Arabic (written and spoken).
• You have an advanced level of understanding related to motion graphic design and video editing. Basic shooting level hardware and software. 
• Experience on color correction and knowledge on audio editing.
• 2D and 3D animation is advantageous but not mandatory,
• You are entrepreneurial in nature and will find a way to create content which exceeds any limitations.
• In our line of business, there’s a little surprise around every corner, but with your creative problem-solving skills you can tackle each and everyone of them.
• You’re always up-to-date with the latest (motion design) trends and innovations.
• You bring your Arabic touch and market relevant insights to all creative content you produce.
• You’re meticulous in your process, and have an eagle-eye for detail.
• Last but not least, you are a true team player with very likeable social skills.

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About us

Tamara is the leading fintech platform in Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region with a mission to help people make their dreams come true by building the most customer-centric financial super-app on earth. The company serves millions of users in the region and partners with leading global and regional brands such as SHEIN, Jarir, noon, IKEA and Amazon, as well as small and medium businesses.

Tamara is Saudi Arabia’s first fintech unicorn and is backed by Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), SNB Capital, Checkout.com, amongst others. The company operates from its headquarters in Riyadh, with additional regional and global support offices.

Your role

We're seeking a Product Designer for our Product Design team. As Product Designer, you will be crucial in you will partner with cross-functional teams who are charged with revolutionizing how people shop, pay and bank

Drawing on your proficiency in product design and creating products with strong user centricity, you will be responsible for striking a balance between having a strong desire to understand user behavior and business performance and having a love for developing highly functional and emotionally meaningful experiences to create unique experiences only Tamara can provide. 

With a proven track record of designing successful user experiences,  you will collaborate with a diverse ecosystem of talented engineers, designers, analysts, product experts, and other team members to leverage system design, create technical solutions, dive deep into complex problems} and ultimately revolutionize the way millions of users shop, pay, and bank.

You are a driven, determined, curious team player, knowing that collective strength means we all win. With a positive outlook, you are solution-oriented–persevering regardless of circumstances, always finding a way through, no matter the challenges. 

You will effectively find a way to work with everyone through empathy and respect. You will be driven and comfortable with responding quickly with urgency, with the ability to change course without losing momentum and energy, resulting in great success.

Your responsibilities

• Translate open ended, conceptual ideas into tangible product features
• Lead end-to-end design processes, from initial research to polished UI/UX designs, ensuring top-tier execution.
• Design flows and experiences that simplify and distill down complex actions into usable interfaces
• Give and take feedback from designers and a broader product team in order to continually improve for quality output
• Drive a partnership with product managers, engineers, researchers, creative designers and content strategists in order to oversee the user experience of a product from conception until launch
• Represent design to a broader product team and other leaders, articulating the rationale behind the design decisions

Your expertise

• 2+ years of experience designing and shipping features with an end-to-end experience across a variety of platforms.
• 2+ years of interaction design experience with knowledge to define how an experience should behave based on understanding people's needs, plus consideration of how this product will scale. Use appropriate prototyping tools to demonstrate how a particular flow or interaction will work.
• 2+ years of visual design experience with proficiency in typography, desktop/mobile UI, color, layout, iconography and aesthetic sense and how these elements impact product function.
• 2+ years of strategic product thinking with experience in developing product goals, identifying opportunities, and making decisions based on the impact to people and the company.

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.