5 Design Leadership jobs in Kuwait

Design Manager (Local Contract)

Company Overview

British International for Education consists of The British School of Kuwait (BSK) , The Sunshine Kindergarten (TSK) , The British Academy of Sport (BAS) and The British Academy of International Arts (BAIA) .

The British School of Kuwait (BSK) is recognised widely as Kuwait's premier school, known for its quality of educational provision, resourcing, and the achievements of its students.

Job Summary

The Graphic Design Manager will be responsible for leading the creative direction and execution of all design-related projects within the school. This role ensures that all visual communications align with the school’s brand identity and effectively engage students, parents, staff, and the wider community.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and oversee all graphic design projects, ensuring consistency in branding and visual communication.
• Create high-quality marketing materials, including brochures, banners, social media graphics, newsletters, presentations, and event collateral.
• Collaborate with the Marketing & Communications team to develop creative concepts that align with the school’s marketing strategy.
• Manage the design and production of digital and print materials for school events, admissions, recruitment campaigns, and internal communications.
• Maintain and evolve the school's visual identity, ensuring all materials meet brand guidelines.
• Supervise junior designers, freelancers, and external agencies when required.
• Work closely with the IT and Media teams to ensure digital design assets are optimized for various platforms.
• Keep up to date with design trends, technologies, and best practices to enhance the school’s visual presence.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring deadlines are met.
• Oversee the school’s photography and videography requirements for key events and marketing campaigns.

Person Specification Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional graphic design experience, preferably in an educational setting or a similar fast-paced environment.
• Experience managing creative projects from concept to completion.
• Proven experience in leading design teams or working with external creative agencies.

Skills & Competencies:

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects) and other relevant design software.
• Strong understanding of branding, typography, color theory, and layout principles.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate across departments.
• Attention to detail and a high standard of creative execution.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Knowledge of digital marketing, social media design, and website content management.
• Photography and video editing skills are highly desirable.

Personal Attributes:

• Creative thinker with a passion for design and innovation.
• Proactive and self-motivated with a problem-solving mindset.
• Adaptable and able to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and mentor others.
• Commitment to the values and ethos of an international school environment.

Position Requirements

Your application should include:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Personal Design Portfolio
• Profile Photo Upload (recent photograph)

Safeguarding

Prospective candidates should submit the details of at least two previous employers as referees which must be their two most recent employers, covering a minimum of four years of employment.

All successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced criminal background check and must provide a detailed residential history for the last ten (10) years.

The British School of Kuwait (BSK) is committed to safer recruitment practices.

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5 months ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring a senior design manager to play a key role making open source software available to the world. Our Design function ensures the experience of the software and infrastructure we build is true to our intentions, and delivers the tools our community and customers need. The Design Manager makes this possible through leadership within, and beyond, our teams.

As a Senior Design Manager, you bring both experience managing design teams and have expertise in a deeply technical domain. This enables you to coach designers in creating tools for developers and cloud engineers, and cross-context to move towards tangible outcomes and lift the quality of their work. You will manage expectations and ensure deadlines are met in a timely manner against your roadmap. You will be able to communicate clearly and actively listen to product and engineering stakeholders, and your team, to drive sustainable quality improvements and guide individuals towards meaningful growth.

Leading the Infrastructure Design team, you will take responsibility for the products that help to build cloud experiences and software distribution mechanisms, and you will help to evolve the security of how software is packaged and delivered.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region

What the role entails

• Reviewing the work of your design team for quality
• Working with individual designers to support their professional growth
• Continuously improving operational workflows, including production outsourcing and collaboration with Web Engineering
• Working with stakeholders, especially the Engineering organization, to clearly define and validate outcomes
• Evolving design systems and guidelines to drive consistent quality and improve efficiency
• Coordinating with the rest of design leadership to mature our collective practice
• Bringing your team and others together to share their work and strengthen culture
• Engaging the open source community to learn and make the value of our work legible
  
  

What we are looking for in you

• A portfolio demonstrating outstanding quality in UX design and savviness in technology
• Exceptional educational achievements in design or related behavioral science discipline
• Full lifecycle experience from user needs discovery through validation and implementation guidance
• Commitment to transparent project delivery and owning team deadlines
• Experience of managing a team that interacts with technical stakeholders
• Familiarity with quantitative optimisation approaches
• A passion for balancing consistency and innovation
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
  
  

What we offer you

Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills. In addition to the benefits below, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.

In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, you can ask in the later stages of the recruitment process.

• Fully remote working environment - we've been working remotely since 2004!
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at 'sprints'
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
  
  

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do.

Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Work at Canonical is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical provides a unique window into the world of 21st-century digital business.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Seniority level

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type Full-time

Job function

• Job function Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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5 months ago Be among the first 25 applicants Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring a senior design manager to play a key role making open source software available to the world. Our Design function ensures the experience of the software and infrastructure we build is true to our intentions, and delivers the tools our community and customers need. The Design Manager makes this possible through leadership within, and beyond, our teams.

As a Senior Design Manager, you bring both experience managing design teams and have expertise in a deeply technical domain. This enables you to coach designers in creating tools for developers and cloud engineers, and cross-context to move towards tangible outcomes and lift the quality of their work. You will manage expectations and ensure deadlines are met in a timely manner against your roadmap. You will be able to communicate clearly and actively listen to product and engineering stakeholders, and your team, to drive sustainable quality improvements and guide individuals towards meaningful growth.

Leading the Infrastructure Design team, you will take responsibility for the products that help to build cloud experiences and software distribution mechanisms, and you will help to evolve the security of how software is packaged and delivered.

Location:

This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region

What the role entails

Reviewing the work of your design team for quality Working with individual designers to support their professional growth Continuously improving operational workflows, including production outsourcing and collaboration with Web Engineering Working with stakeholders, especially the Engineering organization, to clearly define and validate outcomes Evolving design systems and guidelines to drive consistent quality and improve efficiency Coordinating with the rest of design leadership to mature our collective practice Bringing your team and others together to share their work and strengthen culture Engaging the open source community to learn and make the value of our work legible

What we are looking for in you

A portfolio demonstrating outstanding quality in UX design and savviness in technology Exceptional educational achievements in design or related behavioral science discipline Full lifecycle experience from user needs discovery through validation and implementation guidance Commitment to transparent project delivery and owning team deadlines Experience of managing a team that interacts with technical stakeholders Familiarity with quantitative optimisation approaches A passion for balancing consistency and innovation Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

What we offer you

Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills. In addition to the benefits below, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.

In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, you can ask in the later stages of the recruitment process.

Fully remote working environment - we've been working remotely since 2004! Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum Annual compensation review Recognition rewards Annual holiday leave Parental Leave Employee Assistance Programme Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at 'sprints' Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do.

Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Work at Canonical is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical provides a unique window into the world of 21st-century digital business.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Seniority level

Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type

Employment type Full-time Job function

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**Company description**
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We do this by offering a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at affordable prices. We are part of IKEA Al-Homaizi Limited, operating in three countries - Kuwait, Jordan, and Morocco.

Our keywords are Home, People, Happiness, Development, Leadership, Inclusion & Diversity, All with Passion!

Join us to bridge your dreams and unique ideas within an organization that believes in People !

**Job description** We are looking for a leader who can speak home furnishing?**

**If it’s a language you understand, pull up a chair and let’s talk.**

**ABOUT THE JOB**

This challenging position of Store Communication & Interior Design manager calls for a talented person who can lead and inspire a team. Your task is to maximise the impact of the IKEA store as a retail medium that converts visitors into satisfied customers, and stimulates repeated visits by presenting the IKEA range in a way that is attractive and relevant to the local market. You do this through your deep knowledge and passion for peoples’ life at home and expert home furnishing competence.

**A day in your life with us**:

- Contributing to positioning the IKEA store as the first choice for home furnishing in your local market.
- Using the richness of the IKEA product range to show many relevant, functional, beautiful, sustainable and affordable solutions in different distinct styles.
- Visualising the uniqueness of the IKEA offer to distance us from the competition.
- Securing the use of the interior design layout as a commercial tool to plan and implement commercial strategies throughout the store.
- Recruiting, developing and leading your team by encouraging open, constructive and honest two-way feedback.
- Lead and inspire the store Com&In team to use knowledge of IKEA home furnishing and people's life at home to grow the business.
- Secure sales and margin targets for the store with the commercial team.
- Partner with the store manager to stimulate and increase interest in home furnishing for all co-workers in the store.
- Take an active part in creating the IKEA store business plan and use the country business plan.
- Be the creative leader by initiating and facilitating workshops to generate creative directions.
- Secure vitality and seasonality in the store by creating and implementing a store commercial calendar together with the store management team.
- Secure with the management team all reviews for the unit (Commercial, Concept, Growth reviews)
- Contribute with knowledge of people's life at home and consumer shopping behaviour in the creation and implementation of the store business plan.
- Ensure budget control and cost consciousness.
- Assure that systems and methods provided in the IKEA concept documentation are implemented in areas of responsibilities.
- Lead and challenge the Com&In team to constantly take actions that identify commercial opportunities both in the short
- and long term.

**Qualification**
- A design-based educational qualification and a solid background of working in a design-oriented role.
- Strong passion, curiosity and understanding of home furnishing and people’s everyday life at home.
- Acting as an inspiring and motivating leader who can engage people fully in reaching goals, generating growth and long-term profitability.
- Setting and implementing action plans and budgets.
- Continually seeking opportunities to make improvements in the way we work and encouraging your team to do the same.
- Challenging your team and yourself in order to strengthen the IKEA offer and exceed customer expectations
- Proven customer-focused mindset. Demonstrate clear communication and coaching skills, i.e. the ability to explain verbally concepts and visual interpretation.
- Set and implement action plans, set expectations, provide clear direction and follow up goals.
- Proven ability to prioritise and organise work and the work of others in order to make the most efficient use of time available and meet agreed goals and deadlines.
- Communicate confidently and clearly in English.
- Experience of problem solving.

**More Information** A few more details for you**

This position is full-time and is located in Kuwait. Some travel may be required.

Please send your CV in English and tell us why you would be a good fit for this role.