Creative & Digital Marketing Executive - UAE

We are looking for a Creative & Digital Marketing professional to join our Dubai office and contribute to the creative, digital marketing, and client projects handled by SpiderWorks.

The role will involve working across different areas of digital marketing, including social media, video production, content, SEO, websites, performance marketing, advertising, branding, and other digital initiatives, while working closely with clients and the respective internal teams based in Kochi/Calicut.

A key part of the role will be understanding each client's business, audience, industry, objectives, and market, and contributing creative concepts, content ideas, campaign ideas, and digital marketing strategies that are relevant to their business and current market trends.

The person will have particularly strong involvement in UAE-based social media and video production activities, including planning shoots, identifying locations and talent, coordinating with influencers, managing production activities, and ensuring content is delivered and approved on time.

The ideal candidate should be creative, proactive, client-friendly, organised, and comfortable working across multiple areas of digital marketing. They should be able to understand the bigger picture of a client's digital presence while contributing practical ideas and helping different internal teams execute them effectively.

Key Responsibilities

Client & Digital Project Coordination

• Understand clients' businesses, objectives, target audiences, industry, brand positioning, and digital requirements.
• Participate in client meetings and contribute ideas and recommendations across relevant digital marketing activities.
• Act as a key coordination point between UAE clients and SpiderWorks' internal teams based in Kochi/Calicut.
• Coordinate with SEO, web development, performance marketing, social media, content, creative, video, and other internal teams as required.
• Clearly communicate client requirements, feedback, priorities, and expectations to the relevant teams.
• Follow up on project timelines, deliverables, approvals, revisions, and pending activities.
• Keep clients updated on project progress and ensure communication remains clear and consistent.
• Participate in presentations, reviews, brainstorming sessions, and strategy discussions.
• Understand how different digital marketing activities can work together to support a client's overall business objectives.

Creative & Digital Marketing Contribution

• Develop creative concepts, content ideas, campaign ideas, and communication approaches based on the client's business, industry, audience, and objectives.
• Research customer behaviour, competitors, industry developments, local demographics, and current digital trends to identify relevant opportunities.
• Contribute creative ideas for social media, video, advertising campaigns, content, branding, and other digital marketing activities.
• Develop ideas for reels, short-form videos, campaigns, content series, promotional content, and other digital formats.
• Contribute to content calendars, campaign plans, creative briefs, video concepts, scripts, hooks, and other creative requirements.
• Work with designers, content writers, video editors, developers, SEO specialists, performance marketers, and other internal teams to turn ideas into execution.
• Review creative and content outputs and provide suggestions before they are presented to clients.
• Stay updated with social media trends, digital marketing developments, emerging content formats, AI tools, and new creative approaches.
• Identify opportunities for influencer collaborations, partnerships, and other locally relevant marketing activities.

Video Production & Execution

• Take an active role in planning and executing social media video productions in the UAE.
• Develop and coordinate shoot concepts based on client objectives, content plans, and current trends.
• Plan shoot schedules and coordinate with clients, production teams, and internal teams.
• Identify suitable locations based on the concept, brand, audience, and production requirements.
• Identify and coordinate with anchors, presenters, models, influencers, and other talent.
• Coordinate with videographers, photographers, production teams, and external resources when required.
• Prepare shoot requirements, schedules, references, concepts, and production plans.
• Be present during shoots whenever required and ensure that the planned creative direction is properly executed.
• Ensure shoots and production activities are completed within agreed timelines.
• Coordinate the transfer of footage and production materials to the Kochi team for editing and post-production.
• Review edited content and coordinate client feedback, revisions, and final approvals.
• Ensure approved content is properly coordinated with the social media and internal execution teams.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• 1+ years of experience in creative, digital marketing, social media marketing, content, advertising, client servicing, or a related field.
• Experience working with a digital marketing agency, creative agency, advertising agency, technology company, or similar environment will be an advantage.
• Strong creative thinking, idea-generation, and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of social media, digital content, video production, and current online trends.
• Basic understanding of SEO, websites, performance marketing, online advertising, branding, and other digital marketing services.
• Proficiency in English, strong communication, presentation, and client-handling skills.
• Ability to understand different industries and develop relevant ideas based on their business objectives.
• Prior experience working with UAE or international clients will be an advantage, but is not mandatory.
• Ability to work comfortably with clients as well as technical, marketing, creative, and production teams.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Comfortable working on-location for video shoots and other client activities.
• Good awareness of AI and modern creative and productivity tools.
• Proactive, curious, adaptable, and willing to learn across different areas of digital marketing.
• Willingness to work from the Dubai office and actively participate in client meetings, production activities, and other UAE-based business activities.
• Candidates currently based in Kerala who are willing to relocate to Dubai are encouraged to apply.