Executive Creative Director – Global Agency

A leading global creative agency is seeking an Executive Creative Director to lead and scale its global creative output from Dubai. This is a director-level leadership role with responsibility for shaping creative vision across multiple international markets, building a central creative hub, and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative work for global clients.

The role combines strategic creative leadership, high-level ideation, team building, and global market oversight
. It is suited to a creative leader who has operated across regions, understands cultural nuance, and can balance global brand consistency with local market relevance.

• Lead creative ideation and concept development across global markets, ensuring work is original, culturally intelligent, and strategically aligned with client objectives
• Own and define creative direction for international campaigns from concept through execution, maintaining consistency, quality, and creative excellence across regions
• Act as the senior creative authority for multiple global markets (including Europe and Asia), aligning local insights with global brand frameworks
• Build, lead, and scale a central global creative hub
  , setting standards for creative excellence, processes, and ways of working
• Oversee end-to-end content and campaign production in collaboration with internal teams, external partners, and production specialists
• Partner closely with strategy, client leadership, and commercial teams to translate business objectives into compelling creative solutions
• Drive creative capability building through structured learning, market immersion, and ongoing team development initiatives
• Support global growth initiatives, including travel-led creative projects that deepen cultural understanding and strengthen international market presence
• Ensure strong collaboration between creative, strategy, production, and client-facing teams across regions

• Senior Creative Director / Executive Creative Director experience within a global or internationally operating creative agency
• Proven track record of leading multi-market or global campaigns across different cultures and regions
• Strong conceptual leadership with the ability to translate strategy into impactful creative ideas
• Experience building and leading high-performing creative teams or hubs
• Deep understanding of content, brand storytelling, influencer-led campaigns, and modern production ecosystems
• Comfortable operating at leadership level with senior clients and internal stakeholders
• International exposure is essential; experience across Europe, Asia, or emerging markets is highly desirable

• Dubai-based leadership role with global remit
• Opportunity to shape and scale a central creative hub for an international agency
• High-impact position influencing global creative standards and output
• Significant visibility with senior leadership and global clients