Art Director

Company Overview

My Little Home is a retailer of home textiles and accessories, with six vibrant stores across the kingdom, located in Jeddah, Riyadh, and Madina. In addition to physical stores, the MLH e-commerce platform serves customers nationwide.

• Our aim is to be a distinguished lifestyle brand, offering products with designs that make a statement.
• We are committed to providing our customers with high-quality materials at reasonable prices.
• We believe in enhancing our customers' living spaces with beautiful and comfortable home essentials that reflect their personal style.

Job Summary

We are looking for an Art Director to lead the day-to-day creative execution of our brand and our creative team under the guidance of the Creative Director. This role acts as the operational and creative bridge between high-level brand vision and the creative team's daily output.

The Art Director is responsible for translating our vision into clear visual direction, structured tasks, and consistent execution across all creative disciplines.

Key Responsibilities

Moodboards & Brand Guidelines

• Create and develop moodboards based on campaign and project requirements.
• Modify and update brand guidelines when needed.
• Ensure all visual directions align with the brand identity.
• Translate marketing and business objectives into clear visual directions before execution.

Creative Direction & Quality Control

• Act as the first line of quality control for all creative outputs.
• Review designs and visual assets to ensure consistency and high-quality standards.
• Maintain a consistent creative level across all deliverables.
• Identify and resolve issues before final delivery.

Brainstorming & Concept Development

• Support and participate in brainstorming sessions with the creative team.
• Help transform creative ideas into clear, executable concepts.
• Propose innovative visual solutions aligned with brand goals.
• Develop concepts from the planning phase through execution.

Team Management & Task Assignment

Assign and manage tasks across:

• Graphic Designers
• AI Artist
• Photographer

Video Editor

Head of Visual Merchandising

Set priorities and timelines for each task.

Creative Support & Guidance

• Provide continuous support and guidance throughout the creative process.
• Clarify briefs, expectations, and creative direction when needed.
• Resolve creative challenges and alignment issues.
• Ensure the team fully understands project goals and deliverables.

Follow-ups, Reviews & Coordination

• Lead daily follow-ups and reviews with the creative team.
• Coordinate across functions to ensure smooth workflow and execution.
• Track progress and address blockers proactively.
• Ensure alignment between all stakeholders.

Feedback & Revisions Management

• Consolidate feedback from internal stakeholders.
• Communicate feedback clearly and efficiently to the creative team.
• Manage revisions without impacting timelines or quality.
• Ensure all feedback is accurately implemented.

Timelines, Priorities & Delivery

• Monitor timelines, priorities, and workload across all creative projects.
• Ensure on-time delivery of all creative outputs.
• Maintain high delivery quality while meeting deadlines.
• Balance speed, efficiency, and creative excellence.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an Art Direction, Senior Design, or Creative Leadership role.
• Strong understanding of branding, composition, typography, color theory, and visual storytelling.
• Close attention to detail with a strong sense of consistency across all creative outputs.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary creative teams.
• Ability to guide, support, and elevate creatives without micromanaging.
• Excellent online and offline communication, organization, and decision-making skills.
• Fluency in key Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro) to provide technical support when needed.
• Background in lifestyle, retail, home, fashion, or interior design, related brands.
• Hands-on experience with AI image and video generation tools.
• Strong ability to mentor, guide, and develop junior creative team members.
• Proven experience creating and managing content for digital and social media platforms.
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