Company Profile

Founded by Michael Lahyani in 2005 as a magazine (Al Bab World), Property Finder today is the leading property portal in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region.  The platform offers a host of products and services tailored to make the home search process transparent for millions who visit the portal while creating value for the partners who advertise on the platform.

Over the years, we've expanded our operations to Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt, solidifying our position as a regional powerhouse in the proptech space. With over 500+ dedicated people in 6 regional offices, we facilitate more than 7 million monthly visits across our platforms. We have become the go-to destination for consumers in search of their next home.

Our promise to talent

We encourage our people, called creators, to move fast, to be bold and offer them countless ways to make an impact in a fast-growing and talent-centric organisation. 

Our goal is to ensure that our people find their time at Property Finder a rewarding experience where the company’s growth also means personal growth.

Overall it is a place for you to be your best self. 

Position Title

Head of Creative - Marketing

Reports To

Alex Murray - Director of Creative, Property Finder

Position Summary

We are looking for a conceptual art-based Head of Creative who can drive  the ideation, implementation and execution of various creative projects in support of our brand and its many different product offerings. This includes guiding, assisting and inspiring our super-talented team of designers and writers. 

It’s important to note that this is a very hands-on position, embracing the belief that guiding also includes doing. Additionally, you’ll partner with the Director of Creative to ideate larger brand-building initiatives and ad-hoc guerrilla marketing concepts.

This is a newly created position and is based in our headquarters in Dubai.

Key Responsibilities

• Solidify the reputation of Property Finder as a smart, witty and sophisticated brand
• Lead the creation of work that is aligned with our brand persona and ToV
• Reduce our reliance on third-party vendors in the development of broad brand campaigns
• Creatively communicate our brand promise to our two very distinct target audiences (real estate brokerages and home seeking consumers)
• Help the Director of Creative (DoC) mentor and grow the department 

The Person

Desired Qualifications

• A demonstrated ability in a creative leadership role, with commensurate leadership skills
• Proven experience in optimizing the strengths of cross-functional  creative teams
• Hands-on experience in creating attention-getting, successful brand campaigns with multiple touchpoints

• Demonstrated skills as a creative technologist, applying the latest tech to enhance our creative capabilities
• An ability to execute against Brand Guidelines and brand persona
• High level of expertise in a broad array of creative software platforms
• 10+ years of experience in a related role or marketing agency

Leadership Capabilities

• The Head of Creative will have a reputation for integrity and `leading by example.` 
• This is someone who believes in Property Finder’s overall proposition and how to properly articulate that to stakeholders, resulting in on-brand creativity across the company.
• The ability to put brand and concept first, setting aside ownership of an idea to develop work that helps the company shine. 
• The ability to strengthen relationships between the marketing department and Property Finder’s other mission-critical internal departments.
• A selfless team-first mentality, helping to develop creative and leadership skills among all team members. 

Property Finder Principles

• Move fast and make things
• Data beats opinions
• Don’t confuse motion with progress
• Failure is success if we learn from it
• People over pixels

Property Finder Principles

• Move fast and make things happen
• Data beats opinions
• Don’t confuse motion with progress
• Failure is success if we learn from it
• People over pixels

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