Art Director, Harper's Bazaar
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26-08-2025
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Job Description
ITP Media Group seeks a portfolio-level Art Director to lead the visual identity and execution of Harper s Bazaar Arabia plus the Saudi and Qatar editions across print digital social and video. You will set the
creative bar codify systems that scale across a monthly flagship and quarterly regional editions and partner closely with editorial photo/video and production to deliver world-class design in both English and Arabic.
The role demands deep print craft (typography grid prepress colour) and platform-native sensibility
and social with meticulous standards in bilingual/RTL applications and colour-managed workflows.
Requirements
1) Portfolio Visual Strategy & Brand Stewardship
- Maintain and evolve the Harper s Bazaar portfolio visual language (typography grid imagery palette illustration motion) ensuring cohesion with each edition s local nuance.
- Enforce brand style guides and cross-platform design systems for print/digital including bilingual/RTL specifications and component libraries.
2) Issue Design & Production (Monthly & Quarterly)
- Lead flatplans and pacing; art-direct covers features departments and special supplements; approve layouts from concept to press-ready files.
- Partner with the Managing Editor and Production teams on schedules and closes appropriate to a monthly (Arabia) and quarterly (Saudi/Qatar) cadence.
- Design and lay out all pages in line with our global standards.
3) Photography Direction & Commissioning
- Commission and direct photographers stylists set designers illustrators and retouchers across fashion portrait still-life architecture/interiors.
- Write treatments and shot lists; supervise on-set art direction and retouching standards; build and maintain a best-in-class regional contributor network.
4) Digital Motion & Social Packaging
- Translate print features into platform-native packages (.com templates social carousels Reels/Shorts graphic systems thumbnails); set motion/graphics rules for video lower-thirds and opens.
- Collaborate with social/video leads to ensure visual consistency and high engagement across channels.
5) Prepress Colour & Print Quality
- Own colour-accurate output across devices and presses: CMYK conversions profile selection proofing paper stock recommendations and press checks.
- Implement ICC-profiled colour management and preflight/QC practices to ensure predictable premium print reproduction.
6) Arabic/English Craft (RTL/LTR)
- Ensure excellent Arabic typography spacing ligatures and mirroring logic; set rules for mixed writing directions (numbers units dates) and bilingual hierarchy.
- Curate Arabic-compatible type families and oversee RTL adaptations of layouts and UI elements for digital.
7) Operations Assets & Rights
- Maintain file architecture versioning and DAM hygiene (naming metadata reuse).
- Oversee image rights credits licenses and clearances in partnership with Legal/Editorial; manage third-party fonts/artwork usage.
8) Collaboration and Commercial
- Partner with editorial leaders to shape visual storytelling; collaborate with commercial/branded content teams on premium executions while protecting editorial integrity.
Qualifications
- 8 10 years art direction in luxury fashion/editorial environments with a portfolio of landmark covers/features and cross-platform systems.
- Mastery of typography and grid; expert in InDesign/Photoshop/Illustrator; working knowledge of Lightroom/Capture One; motion basics (After Effects/Premiere) and Figma for digital systems.
- Proven prepress/print expertise (proofing press checks colour pipelines/ICC); strong retouching oversight.
- Bilingual/RTL experience strongly preferred; Arabic/English fluency is a plus with sensitivity to regional cultural context and luxury aesthetics.
- Calm under pressure deadline-reliable and excellent at cross-functional communication with editorial production and commercial teams.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Visual excellence & consistency across editions/platforms; external recognition/benchmarks.
- On-time delivery for monthly and quarterly closes; reduced rounds and rework.
- Colour/print quality (proof-to-press fidelity ICC adherence).
- Digital/social performance of visual packaging (CTR saves/shares completion/retention where applicable).
- Contributor network strength and development of regional talent; internal stakeholder satisfaction.
Employment Type
Full Time
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