Graphic Designer – Social & Digital

NNC is looking for a Graphic Designer – Social & Digital who combines strong visual craft, social media awareness and the ability to turn ideas into distinctive, high-quality design.

You will work across some of NNC's social media accounts and campaigns, collaborating closely with Art Directors, copywriters, social teams, strategists, production and account management.

This is not a role for someone who simply follows templates.

We are looking for a designer who understands why a visual works, can develop ideas rather than only execute them, and cares deeply about typography, composition, imagery, colour and detail.

You should be equally comfortable designing in Arabic and English and understand that Arabic design is not simply an English layout flipped from left to right.

You will also be expected to use AI and emerging creative technology as part of your workflow to explore ideas, generate visual possibilities and work more efficiently without allowing tools to replace creative judgment or design craft.

• Create high-quality visual content for Instagram, Tik Tok, You Tube, Snapchat, Linked In, X, Meta and emerging platforms.
• Design static posts, carousels, stories, digital ads, campaign assets and short-form content.
• Understand how visual design changes across platforms and formats.
• Translate campaign ideas into strong visual systems that work across multiple pieces of content.
• Design for attention, communication and storytelling rather than simply filling a format.
• Adapt brand identities into flexible social media systems while maintaining consistency.
• Stay current with visual culture, social trends and evolving platform behaviours.

• Work with Art Directors, copywriters and social teams to develop visual ideas from briefs.
• Contribute actively to brainstorms and creative development.
• Explore multiple visual directions before settling on an execution.
• Understand the idea behind the work rather than treating design as decoration.
• Create mood boards, visual references, mock-ups and presentation-ready concepts.
• Bring references, cultural observations and creative inspiration into the team.

• Design confidently in both Arabic and English.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of Arabic typography, hierarchy, composition and spacing
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• Ensure bilingual work feels intentionally designed in both languages.
• Recognise when Arabic layouts feel translated or visually secondary.
• Understand the cultural context of UAE, GCC and wider Arab audiences.
• Select Arabic typefaces appropriately and maintain readability across formats.
• Collaborate with Arabic copywriters to ensure copy and visual hierarchy work together.

• Work within established brand identities while finding ways to keep the work fresh.
• Develop campaign key visuals and adapt them across social, digital and selected offline formats.
• Maintain consistency across multiple deliverables and client accounts.
• Understand brand guidelines and know when creative flexibility is possible.
• Support presentations, pitches, digital campaigns and integrated creative work when required.

• Think beyond static design and understand how an idea can move.
• Create basic motion graphics, animated social assets or simple short-form video edits.
• Prepare designs and assets for motion designers and video editors.
• Understand pacing, transitions, kinetic typography and visual storytelling in motion.
• Collaborate with production teams on shoots and video content where required.

Advanced motion capability is an advantage, but strong visual thinking remains the priority.

• Use generative AI and emerging creative tools as part of your professional design workflow.
• Use tools such…