EY Arena Experience Designer (Supervising Associate/Assistant Director)

Job description

Role Purpose This is a unique opportunity to help shape a leading Arabic-first, AI-enabled experience design capability across Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC. The Assistant Director / Senior Manager, Experience & Design Strategy will lead the design and delivery of impactful experiences across physical, digital, immersive, and experiential environments. This is a hands-on design leadership role requiring an individual who combines strategic thinking, creative excellence, and execution capability. The successful candidate will personally create high-quality design outputs while leading the development of innovation experiences, executive workshops, immersive environments, digital products, strategic communications, and client activations. They will work across graphic design, experience design, UX/UI, service design, spatial design, immersive storytelling, motion design, and executive communication design. A critical requirement is the ability to conceptualize and design natively in both Arabic and English, creating original Arabic-first experiences, content, interfaces, and narratives tailored to Saudi Arabian and GCC audiences. Key Responsibilities.

Requirements

• Translate business challenges and innovation opportunities into compelling experience strategies and design solutions
• Design end-to-end experiences across physical, digital, immersive, and hybrid environments
• Apply human-centered design, service design, and design thinking methodologies
• Leverage AI, emerging technologies, and innovative design approaches to create differentiated experiences and client value
• Multidisciplinary Design Delivery
• Personally create and oversee design outputs across
• Brand storytelling and communication design
• Executive presentations and board-level storytelling
• Workshop design and visualization
• UX/UI and interactive prototyping
• Motion graphics and video content
• Event, exhibition, and activation design
• Immersive and interactive experiences
• Igloo Vision and 360° environments
• Arabic-First Experience Design
• Create original design concepts and experiences directly in Arabic and English
• Apply advanced Arabic typography, visual hierarchy, and RTL design principles
• Design bilingual experiences, interfaces, presentations, and communications
• Ensure cultural, linguistic, and visual relevance for Saudi Arabian and GCC audiences
• Candidates whose experience is limited to translating English content into Arabic will not be considered
• Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
• Provide creative direction and maintain design quality across multiple initiatives
• Engage confidently with C-suite executives, senior leaders, clients, and external partners
• Present recommendations with clarity, credibility, and commercial awareness
• Build design capability, mentor team members, and contribute to the evolution of experience design practices

Skills