Creative People - Joe Fish - Lebanon

Joe's growing up and needs a few more fishies by his side:
- Associate Creative Director
- Sr. Art Director
- Graphic Designer
- Account Manager

Agency experience is required.

Send CV and Portfolio (Creatives) to careers@joefish.com

Vacancies - eproleb - Lebanon

eproleb in Beirut-Lebanon has the following vacancies:

1. PHP web Developer
2. Graphic Designer
3. Executive Sales

Qualifications:
- 3 years of experiences
- Computer literate
- Excellent command of English language
- Ability to work under high pressure
- Diploma from a reputable university

If qualified, and interested to work, send resume/CV to rayan@eproleb.com

Creative Coordinator - Matisse Events - Lebanon

The Creative Coordinator assists in the development and finalization of creative concepts for events, actively participating in their implementation on-site, and following up with supplier teams when needed be.
This is a challenging position for a very dynamic and creative individual.

Skills & Proficiencies
1. A Bachelor’s Degree in any creative practice including Graphic Design, Set Design, and other related areas.
2. One year’s working experience is of significant added value
3. Demonstrated advanced computer skills in the following programs are expected as well:
• Windows from ’98 to XP - MAC system
• Autocad
• Adobe (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
• Office (Word, Power Point, Excel)
• Optional / added value: - 3d Studio Max

info@matisse-events.com

UX/ UI Graphic Designer - vit-e - Lebanon

vit-e branding + digital agency recruiting // UX/ UI Graphic Designer

vit-e _branding + digital agency_ is on the lookout for a User Interface Designer with 2+ years of experience.
Candidates should be visually exposed, internet-smart, have an outstanding portfolio, and a very good command of design software.
A strong sense of typography (Arabic and Latin) is a must.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Prototype and create wireframes
- Design and implement websites and apps along with elaborating a sustainable and flexible information architecture
- Fluent in responsive design, mobile/tablet UI/UX
- Produce icons, graphics, and marketing materials
- Familiar with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS design capabilities
- Modify existing sites and graphics
- Provide high-level of competence in interpersonal skills, consultation and effective communication with the team and clients.
- Evidence of the capacity to work professionally with a medium size team of staff to ensure project outcomes and timelines are achieved.

HOW TO APPLY
Please provide:
- Application Cover Sheet
- Your current resume – including the names and contact details of referees.
- a compiled PDF portfolio, not bigger than 5Mb

you can email the requested documents to hello@vit-e.com, with the Subject: Application for UX/ UI Graphic Design Position

Graphic Designer & Marketing Officer - Moustache Group - Lebanon

- Producing creative output and ensuring compliance with brand guidelines and company standards.
- Designing, supporting in designing signs for in-store communication - special discounts, new & exclusive items, special offers, etc.
- Setting up Advertising Campaigns, Producing Ads using Photoshop / Illustrator, Premiere and more advanced graphic technologies.
- Preparing other artworks, designs and layouts according to advertising briefs.
- Designing promotional signs for and in-store communication (for store opening, remodeling).
- Preparing all graphic materials needed for window setup of each season.
- Designing video advertisements using Conceptual and Technical editing skills for brands videos, video advertisements to be promoted online and on Television.
- Designing the artworks for the company stationary.
- Designing the artworks for Bags, and packaging materials and all branded items.
- Building the concept and implementing designs for new brands, labels or new.
- Following Up Production and Installation Process with printing house. Operates the company's Web Control Management System
- Designing and updating all online web artworks and images
- Setting Up creative seasonal online campaigns, and operates the company's Social Media Fan Pages over Facebook & Twitter.

Apply Online

Graphic Designer - Memento - Lebanon

Junior Graphic Designer for sales and client coordination, for night shifts and week ends at LE Mall - Dbayeh

info@memento-lb.com or contact 03-929662 for more details

Traffic Coordinator - JWT - Lebanon

To progress the workflow from the Account Management to Production, through the Creative Department. The Traffic Coordinator works closely with the Creative team, helping them raise the potential of their ideas, whilst ensuring all deadlines, both internal and external, are met.

- Assign job numbers using the Dolphin system and ensure the necessary information, creative brief, and agreed schedule are filled in the daily job sheet
- Coordinate budgets and job timings with all departments about budgets and control the timing of jobs to ensure work is completed according to deadlines
- Observe all necessary production mechanics to ensure that requirements for size, photo transparencies, illustrations, printing requirements, quantities etc are met
- Circulate layouts, artworks, and color proofs to Account Management for Creative approval by the client and forward any subsequent amendments to Creative team and follow ups implemented
- Collect and ensure that all external suppliers’ invoices are accurate, follow-ups on missing suppliers’ invoices, and deals with possible under and over-estimated costs
- Update job status reports on a daily basis for Creative Director’s reference, and at the end of every month request an update from Account Management on the status of jobs that have been opened in order to produce a monthly status report on all jobs in the process
- Oversee the order filing of all artwork
- Collect costs from Studio and Creative team and prepare cost estimates for jobs
- Ensure that budgets do not overrun by keeping a tight control on all costs
- Ensure the collect allocation of staff to a job within the office, whilst seeking help from other Creative Departments throughout the region if insufficient staff is available locally for the workload, particularly when dealing with urgent jobs
- Recommend solutions to problems or delays through better coordination of departments
- Control all work-in progress through organized and efficient systems
- Coordinate the international awards and prepare the entries

Desired Skills and Experience
- BA/BS in Advertising Design, Graphic Design or similar major
- Approximately 1 to 3 years experience
- Computer skills: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, QuarkXpress, Microsoft Office
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of all production processes (print and broadcast)
- Diplomatic and team player skills
- Energetic, enthusiastic, and positive thinker
- Organizational, coordination, and time management skills
- Perfectionist and multitasking
- Able to anticipate problems and find solutions
- Be able to delegate work when needed
- Excellent communication skills

nabil.elcheikh@jwt.com

Program Assistant - Masar - Lebanon

Masar association is recruiting a full time Program Assistant for one year, starting immediately as of date of signing contract. The Program Assistant will be reporting to the Executive Director.

Masar association works in the field of Development with a focus on youth. Through this focus, Masar works on 2 levels in parallel: at the community level, through its Community Youth Development (CYD) program, and at the policy level, through the Youth Advocacy Process (YAP/ www.yap-lb.org) and the Youth Forum for Youth Policy (www.youthforum-lb.org).

S/he will be responsible of the following tasks:
- Coordinating specific projects’ activities as per given guidelines;
- Designing social media campaigns, administering and updating various social media platforms;
- Designing reports, newsletters, booklets, posters, info-graphics, etc;
- Updating the websites operated by the association;
- Attending specific projects meetings and taking minutes when requested;
- Preparing logistics for workshops and other activities;
- Contributing to administrative work when need be.

Applicants’ academic and Professional Qualifications:
- A Bachelor in graphic design and/ or social sciences or other related fields;
- Minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience; experience in the NGO sector is required.

Knowledge, Skills & Personal Attributes:
- Good computer application skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Illustrator, web design or equivalent design software;
- High knowledge of social media; showing work on social media campaigns is requested.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills;
- Strong organizational and team work skills;
- Good cultural awareness and sensitivity;
- Very Good command of English;
- Very good writing skills in Arabic and English;
- Good knowledge of the NGO operations and its dynamics;

Interested applicants are invited to send their CVs along with a cover letter to the email: info@masarlb.org

The deadline for applying is July 13, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Traffic Manager - JWT - Lebanon

Job Overview
To progress the workflow from the Account Management to Production, through the Creative Department. The Traffic Manager works closely with Creative team, helping them raise the potential of their ideas, whilst ensuring all deadlines, both internal and external, are met.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Assign job numbers using the Dolphin system and ensure the necessary information, creative brief and agreed schedule are filled in the daily job sheet
- Coordinate budgets and job timings with all departments about budgets and control the timing of jobs to ensure work is completed according to deadlines;
- Observe all necessary production mechanics to ensure that requirements for size, photo transparencies, illustrations, printing requirements, quantities etc are met;
- Circulate layouts, artworks and color proofs to Account Management for Creative approval by the client and forward any subsequent amendments to Creative team and follow-ups implemented
- Collect and ensure that all external suppliers’ invoices are accurate, follows-up on missing suppliers’ invoices and deals with possible under or over-estimated costs
- Update job status reports on a daily basis for Creative Director’s reference, and at the end of every month request an up-date from Account Management on the status of jobs that have been opened in order to produce a monthly status report on all jobs in the process
- Oversee the orderly filing of all artwork
- Collect costs from Studio and Creative team and prepare cost estimates for jobs
- Ensure that budgets do not over-run by keeping a tight control on all costs
- Ensure the correct allocation of staff to a job within the office, whilst seeking help from other Creative Departments throughout the region if insufficient staff is available locally for the work load, particularly when dealing with urgent jobs
- Recommend solutions to problems or delays through better coordination of departments
- Control all work-in progress through organized and efficient systems


Qualifications
- BA/BS in Advertising Design, Graphic Design or similar major is a must
- Min 2 years of experience in an Advertising (Traffic, Creative or Production departments).
- Computer skills: Adobe illustrator, Photoshop, QuarkXpress, Microsoft Office
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of all production processes (print and broadcast)
- Diplomatic and team player skills
- Energetic, enthusiastic and positive thinker
- Organizational, coordination and time management skills
- Perfectionist and multitasking
- Able to anticipate problems and find solutions
- Be able to delegate work when needed
- Excellent communication skill

nabil.elcheikh@jwt.com

Finalizer - TBWA\RAAD - Lebanon

- Typical output from the Studio includes Press Ads, Outdoor Ads, Brochure Design, Leaflet Design and T-Shirt Design. In fact anything we can creatively think of eventually goes through a studio for the final quality of the output. We work in many languages, English and Arabic primarily but other languages also need to be typeset.
- The role of Studio Designer requires an eye for detail, passion for perfection and a creative soul. The role requires graphic design skills to transform concepts from creative scribbles to craft artwork ready to print, digital or offset.
- The Studio Designer will be comfortable working in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and understand the processes to take an artwork to final production. This includes an ability to respect deadlines and work in an organized and responsible manner.

Send resume\portfolio to: salam.h@tbwaraad.com

Post-Production Producer - The Council - Lebanon

The Council is looking for a full-time post production producer.

About The Council for Visual Affairs
We are a post-production company that specializes in Visual Effects, motion design and editing for Films, TV, Commercials, Documentaries, and innovative visual projects.
Becoming a Councillor
- Our team of Councillors are ‘serious amateurs’. We’re fun but productive. Self starters able to work in the usually challenging conditions of visually driven content creation environments.
- We stick together and foster an open development space for each other both as individuals and as a team. If you’re truly open to it, you can grow as far as your capabilities can take you.
- Working hours are from 9am to 6pm, but work tends to be carried out outside normal working hours, every now and then.
- Our employment package offers a possibility to work on various types of projects, and develop your skills across a wide range of fields.

Minimum Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Communication Arts, Audio Visual or Graphic Design or a three year working experience in the Media field. Languages: English, Arabic. French is a plus.

Skills/Qualifications
Reporting Skills, Administrative Writing Skills, Microsoft Office Skills (MS Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint), Managing Processes, Organization, Analyzing Information , Professionalism, Problem Solving, Supply Management, Inventory Control, Verbal Communication.
In your job (Roles and Responsibilities).
Once appointed a Councilor, and to complement our team of VFX artists, motion designers, illustrators, and film editors, you will:
- Ensure that all The Council's resources are operating efficiently.
- Provide assistance to freelance resources, introducing facilities policies and procedures.
- Maintain and restock office supplies.
- Ensure efficient operation of the post production process, from the arrival of the original data files through the delivery of the final product to the client.
- Produce and follow up projects from beginning till completion.
- Maintain accurate scheduling of equipment, post production suites, meetings and deliverables.
- Schedule regular equipment maintenance.
- Assist artist to perform their tasks within the required schedule and budget.
- Respond to content delivery requests from clients.
- Create, initiate and maintain forms to track resource usage and expenditures.
Administrative responsibilities
- Resolve administrative problems by coordinating preparation of reports, analyzing data, and identifying solutions.
- Maintain workflow by studying methods; implement cost reductions; and develop reporting procedures.
- Send and prepare invoices and receipts for clients.
- Follow up on client payments.
- Ensure all company project transactions are well documented and archived.
Client servicing
- Host client visitors: meet and greet hospitality, provide assistance when needed.
- Complete operational requirements by managing job time sheets and project sheets; scheduling and assigning administrative projects; expediting and reporting work results.
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related tasks as needed.
Production assistance (If/When needed)
- Be a ‘data wrangler’: back up video material from cards and drives
- Encode files for DVD and web use
- Author DVDs, duplicate small quantities of DVDs
- Negotiate permissions and facilities fees for location filming
- Subtitle productions

info@thecouncil.com.lb

Digital Account Manager - DOTCOM - Lebanon

Looking for a digital account manager / social media strategist.

- Be fluent in english and arabic (french is a plus)
- Have a degree in computer science, graphic design, or any relevant degree.
- Able to work under pressure and as part of a team.
- Task description includes building digital / social media strategies, community management, coordinating with clients and development team on ongoing projects.
- SEO Knowledge is a plus

This is a long term job, hence candidate should be committed and willing to pursue a long term career in a challenging environment.

info@dotcomlb.com

Freelancers - Turning Point - Lebanon

Seeking freelance artists in graphic design, illustration, translation, and editing.

Send resume and cover letter to info@tpbooksonline.com

Design Business and Marketing Manager - PenguinCube - Lebanon

Description
Beyond the company literature and marketing material, our business is very much a people-oriented one. Accordingly, PenguinCube is looking for an organized, eloquent and motivated individual to liaise with prospective clients and establish a human interface with people that knowingly or unknowingly require our services. This person must also understand or be willing to learn about the various design disciplines on offer by PenguinCube and suggest or propose design practices and methods to the prospective client.

In addition to bringing in new business and clients, the applicant should also be able to develop and propose marketing ideas that either extend PenguinCube's reach or re-enforce its position in an ever-changing competitive market.
Desired Skills & Experience

- Developing business relationships with clients and providing them with the best service possible
- Organizing meetings and contributing ideas
- Creating and proposing design frameworks to prospective clients
- Tender writing and preparation of proposals
- Communicating and negotiating profitable business ventures
- Responding to and following up on sales enquiries by mail, telephone or personal visits
- Carrying out market research, competitor analysis and client surveys
- Gathering information and intelligence regarding prospective projects and pursuing them
- Presenting the company to potential clients
- Expected skills and professional qualities
- Excellent communication skills (written English)
- Excellent presentation skills (oral English)
- Able to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
- Strong analytical and strategic background
- Strong negotiation skills
- Have a capacity for creative problem solving, and able to take informed and fast decisions
- Able to visualize the most appropriate response to a situation, and propose preliminary frameworks/solutions
- Excellent project management skills
- Excellent formatting and layout skills
- Good understanding of business ethics and best practices
- Good social skills and ready to create long lasting client relationships
- Able to work in a team environment as needed
- Able to work independently and efficiently to meet deadlines
- Self motivated, detail-oriented and organized
- Meticulous but pragmatic when necessary

Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor degree in Marketing, Business, Graphic Design or equivalent
- Prior Experience: At least two years in the field of client servicing, account management, or business development in a media/design company or equivalent Having some experience in Graphic Design methods and practices is a plus
- Having at least 2-3 years experience in graphic design and a willingness or interest in design management. Showing previous experience in client handling and presentations is a must
- Language: Impeccable English & working Arabic are a must, a third language is welcome
- Computer literacy: Acrobat, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is a must. Knowledge of Autocad and/or Adobe Creative Suite is welcome

info@penguincube.com

Instructors - MUBS - Lebanon

The Faculty of Computer & Applied Sciences at the Modern University for Business and Science is seeking instructors for the following subjects/courses:

- Introduction to Computer Graphics
- Fundamentals I
- Basic Photography
- Web Design
- Rendering & Studio Skills
- Art of Calligraphy
- History of Art

For more details, contact Mrs. Ginane Saeed on gsaeed@mubs.edu.lb

Sales Executive - In2uitions - Lebanon

Description
In2uitions, an Information Technology and Graphic Design company, is seeking an Energetic, Friendly & enthusiastic Sales Executive.

- Strong interpersonal & closing skills
- Organizational and planning skills
- Excellent verbal & written skills both in English & Arabic, French is a plus
- Ability to learn and retain product’s specific information
- Computer literate with knowledge of MS Office applications
- Motorized

The candidate must have a positive attitude, and will be responsible to achieve sales goals.

The candidate must hold a university degree in either marketing, computer science, business computing or any other related field, and must have an experience in the company’s field s of activity.

Salary between 750$ – 1200$ according to experience

hr@in2uitions.com