Director of Digital | Dubai
Salary: USD 162,000 - 240,000 per annum
The Digital Director will be responsible for shaping the direction and delivery of the client’s digital business growth strategy alongside our existing brands and products and will work with the incumbent teams to develop content, commercial solutions and the technology platforms needed to deliver the strategy.
The Digital Director will be involved in all digital initiatives across the company from vision through to launch and delivery of results and across all product streams. They will also act as a passionate advocate for digital and will ensure the sharing of best practice and help to develop training and coaching modules to drive digital knowledge levels in all departments.
The successful candidate is likely to have a broad range of skills and attributes, which include:
1. Real passion for web based communications
2. Insatiable curiosity in regards to web developments from technology players and other media companies
3. The ability to develop web frameworks that allow for agile innovation but not chaos
4. Strong background and significant experience in web based publishing, most likely from a content or marketing perspective
5. An understanding of both the high traffic and high value business models
6. A keen sense of how to maximize the value of data on line through development of content sets and the use of online tools
7. The ability to challenge and inspire the whole business to embrace digital
8. A keen sense of where the ‘money’ is on line
9. A clear vision of how to maximize content usage across all digital platforms and to be an advocate of ‘produce once - use many’
The successful candidate will not need to have a technology background. However, it is essential that they have a clear understanding of best practice in managing IT projects and a strong understanding of how best to maximize technology and how best to work with external suppliers to drive optimum performance.
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