What you'll do:

• Lead selected projects and campaigns with minimal oversight, working with the content and creative teams to translate concepts into high-quality, effective deliverables.

• Develop client-ready design work and art direction across digital, social and print — including high-volume, fast-turnaround digital assets and report design.

• Demonstrate strong judgement — knowing when a brief requires rapid execution versus deeper craft and development.

• Translate strategic ideas into clear, simple and impactful design solutions.

• Collaborate closely with teams across the business.

• Present work confidently to senior internal stakeholders across design and account teams.

• Work independently as well as under the guidance of the Design Director.

• Guide and support junior and mid-level designers when needed.

• Step into leadership, management or art direction responsibilities when required.

What you'll bring:

• Proactive, solutions-focused self-starter with a strong sense of ownership.

• Advanced proficiency in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. A strong working knowledge of Figma is a bonus.

• Passionate about innovation in design and communications, with a proactive approach to exploring and integrating emerging technologies (including AI tools) into creative workflows.

• Excellent communicator, comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and interpreting client requirements.

• Meticulous attention to detail.

• High levels of maturity and emotional intelligence.

• Strong time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects under pressure.

• Interest in geopolitics, international affairs and Latin American markets is a plus.

• Strong sense of responsibility toward the organisation’s reputation and output.

Why you'll love it here:

• Work at the intersection of creativity, innovation and global issues.

• Collaborate with ambitious, high-performing teams across New York, London, Sydney and Dubai.

• Exposure to cutting-edge tools and evolving creative capabilities.

• Mentorship from experienced designers and creative leaders.

• A culture that values craft, curiosity and bold thinking.

• Clear progression opportunities as your skills grow.

WHAT YOU GET

We offer a competitive salary ($110,000 - $130,000) and a benefits package designed to support your health, family life, financial wellbeing, and growth.

ABOUT M+C SAATCHI WORLD SERVICES

M+C Saatchi World Services is a specialist division of M+C Saatchi Group, the world’s largest independent communications network. Our specialists work in office hubs across six continents, grounding our global expertise in local nuance.

We offer award-winning commercial communications capabilities, which are utilized by global organizations to address the world’s most complex problems across defence, development, diplomacy, homeland and national security, law and order, health, education, and the environment.

We work with clients that want to help the hardest-to-reach, hardest-to-influence audiences. This includes a range of Western Government departments, such as DOS and USAID; partner governments, including the U.K. and Australia; and prominent IGOs/NGOs such as the U.N.

We are a comms agency that works on behaviour change projects typically focused on issues related to Security, Defence and Stabilization. Whether it’s producing critically acclaimed feature films in Africa, to TV shows in the Middle East, to pop music videos in Asia, we have a record of leveraging creativity to access communities anywhere in the world.

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