Graphic Designer Dubai The Emirates Group is a highly profitable business with a turnover of approximately US$ 12 billion and over 35,000 employees. The Group comprises of Dnata, the successful Airport Ground Services and Travel Industry division, and Emirates, the Group's rapidly expanding and award winning international Airline. Emirates global network now sees it flying to over 100 destinations across 6 continents, and with aircraft orders worth over Emirates currently operates a modern fleet of 115 wide-bodied aircraft and it has orders worth over US$ 60 billion for 242 more of the latest aircraft, including 8 Boeing 777 freighters., with many more destinations coming on line. With the Group now hiring over 6,000 new staff every year, essential to business success will be the ongoing employment of high quality people to join our multi-cultural team of over 145 nationalities. Dubai, a tourism centre and modern cosmopolitan city with high standards of healthcare, education and leisure pursuits for residents offers one of the most desirable lifestyle locations in the world. In addition to lifestyle and excellent tax free salary benefits, the Emirates Group also offers professional development opportunities to help employees achieve job satisfaction, with ongoing support to develop new skills and grow their careers successfully.
Department The department is a cutting edge practitioner of online learning best practices in instructional design, multimedia development, outsourcing, and innovative use of educational technology. In Emirates Group, these are not just concepts, but live and established practices. The departmentâs contribution to excellence was recognised with the brandon Hall Gold Excellence in eLearning Award for Best Practices as well as the Learning Leader 2006 Award by the US-based Masie Consortium. As the provider of learning solutions design and development services to the worldâs fastest growing aviation and travel-services company, the department gives its staff an opportunity to work with various aspects of the business â operations, commercial, services and finance. The recent introduction of a new learning system environment - serving a 35,000 strong global workforce of over 145 nationalities - was recognised both internally and by the US based vendor as an outstanding implementation project - an indication of the quality of the core team and strength of relationships with internal stakeholders. Department staff play a prominent role in global professional bodies, such as the IPD, PMI, Masie Consortium, eLearning Guild and Centre of Exellence in eLearning, as well as presenting at regional and international conferences, serving to shape online learning standards and practices. The department offers professionals an exceptionally creative atmosphere in which to hone their skills, display their talents, develop competencies they may never had a chance to, and grow into world-class performers.
The Position: This is an excellent opportunity for a creative and experienced Graphic Designer/ Artist who can create free hand illustrations and interactive graphics, and has demonstrable online creative development experience You will be responsible for the design and development of interactive and static graphics as well as user interfaces for e-Learning solutions. If a portfolio of your work is available on the web, please provide the URL as part of your application.
Salary & Benefits:We offer an attractive tax-free salary, paid in Dirhams, the local currency of the UAE. The Dirham is linked to the Special Drawing Right of the International Monetary Fund. It has been held constant against the US dollar since the end of 1980 at a mid-rate of approximately US$1= Dh3.66. Besides travel benefits normally associated with an airline, more information on employee benefits is available within the 'Working Here' section of this site. By viewing the 'Dubai Lifestyle' section in the site you can also consider the benefits of Dubai as a location to live and work in.
Experience and Qualifications: Degree in fine arts or design with minimum of 5 years experience in development of interactive media. Strong illustration skills and experience in using illustrations for animations. Solid grasp of graphic and web design principles. A high level of expertise in the use of tools such as Macromedia Flash, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop - preferably including programming capability in Flash. To Apply:To express your interest in the above vacancy please apply on-line by clicking below, and complete our application form. We will then consider your application and contact you should we wish to shortlist you for an interview. Should you not receive an invitation for an interview within 5 weeks please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful. We will retain your details for 12 months unless advised otherwise and re-consider you for future opportunities as they arise. Please also note that if you are not shortlisted you can also update your application at anytime and apply for other opportunities. Thank you for your interest in a career with the Emirates Group. Â EK
