--- title: 'Creative Brand Manager at Strategic Gears' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/creative-brand-manager-strategic-gears-cairo-35bqw61e8db2' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Creative Brand Manager at Strategic Gears - **Company:** Strategic Gears - **Location:** Cairo, Egypt - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-05-10 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/strategicgears/f83bda3b-88f7-40ad-93d7-6f0f3d828471 ## Job description Strategic Gears is one of the largest local management consultancies in Saudi Arabia and the market leader in multidisciplinary services across Strategy, Marketing, Operations & Organizational Excellence, and Digital for both the public and private sectors. We are a key partner in the Kingdom's Vision 2030 transformation, having delivered projects across 17+ sectors for ministries, regulatory authorities, the Saudi Stock Exchange, and major private sector entities. With offices in Riyadh, Jeddah, Cairo, Doha, London and Madrid, we are currently expanding our Cairo operations and hiring to support this growth. ## About the Role The Creative Brand Manager is the custodian of SG's brand and the leader of all creative output across our marketing channels. Reporting to the Head of Marketing, you'll centralize brand governance, creative direction, and content production under one point of accountability — leading our internal creative team and a curated roster of external SMEs to deliver consistent, high-quality work across multiple country markets. Job Responsibilities - Own and govern SG's brand identity, visual standards, and brand book across all touchpoints - Lead creative direction and production for campaigns, reports, digital content, and corporate materials - Oversee marketing copywriting to ensure consistency in messaging, tone, and narrative - Manage creative workflows, project prioritization, and quality control prior to publication - Lead and develop the internal creative team (design, copy, motion/video) and Marketing Intern - Maintain and brief a vetted SME roster across design, copy, and motion disciplines - Adapt brand and creative output across country markets while protecting global consistency - Partner with the Head of Marketing to align all creative with marketing strategy and campaign goals ## Qualifications - 8+ years in brand, creative, or marketing communications, with 3+ years leading a creative team - Proven track record evolving a brand identity system across multiple channels and markets - Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams (design, copy, motion) and external creative partners - Regional experience adapting creative across country markets; MENA exposure strongly preferred - Sharp creative direction skills across print, digital, motion, and editorial formats - Strong editorial judgment and an eye for copy quality, tone, and narrative - Bilingual English/Arabic strongly preferred - Bachelor's in Marketing, Communications, Design, or related field (Master's a plus) ## Nice to have - Background in capital markets, financial services, advisory, or research-driven industries - Fluency with Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and modern creative production workflows ## About Strategic Gears ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Strategic Gears is an award-winning management consulting firm that helps ambitious organizations define and deliver strategic transformations, with a strong focus on the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. - **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held) - **Headquarters**: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - **Founded**: 2015 - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Business Consulting and Services, Management Consulting, Strategy, Operations & Organizational Excellence, Marketing, Digital Transformation - **Target customers**: B2B – serving both public sector (ministries, regulatory authorities) and private sector (large enterprises, including major players in Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030) - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Helping the most ambitious and consequential organizations in the world define what comes next—and deliver it with the precision, speed, and depth that the moment demands.” ## Products & Services - **Strategy Consulting**: Development and implementation of strategic plans, market research, economic studies. - **Operations & Organizational Excellence**: Governance, operating model design, project management, performance management, organizational design, business process management, change management, capability building. - **Marketing Services**: Brand equity development, marketing strategy, communication strategy, pricing strategy, marketing support. - **Digital Services**: Digital strategy, digital transformation support, data analytics. - **Advisory Services**: Commercial due diligence, M&A advisory (e.g., recent buyout advisory for Tracsis Events in the UK). ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric**: 200 employees (as of latest data), with monthly headcount growth of +0.4%; operates across 8 countries with 7 offices - **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors disclosed; partners include elite educational institutions, implementation partners, and a trusted ecosystem of thousands of global experts - **Growth Signals**: - Platinum-ranked among leading consulting firms in the Middle East - Expanded into Europe (UK, Spain) and Africa (Egypt) - Recently advised Connection Capital LLP on the management buyout of Tracsis Events (a UK market leader in traffic management, parking, and event logistics) - Active in Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 transformation, delivering projects across 17+ sectors ## Competitive Advantages - **Award-winning model**: Combines deep expertise with proximity and relevance to clients, earning Platinum ranking in the Middle East - **Multi-continent presence**: Offices in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UK, Qatar, and Spain – enabling local delivery with global standards - **Diverse capabilities**: Integrated strategy, operations, marketing, and digital services under one roof - **Strong public-sector track record**: Key partner in Saudi Vision 2030, working with ministries and regulatory authorities ## Strategic Focus - **Current priorities**: Deepening presence in Europe and Africa, building on the UK practice; leveraging AI and digital transformation (article titled “AI at an Inflection Point in Saudi Arabia”); continuing to serve as a strategic partner for national transformation programs - **Direction for growth**: Expanding multidisciplinary consulting services, strengthening the ecosystem of experts and implementation partners, and scaling the team across new geographies ## Why Work Here - **Culture highlights**: Rated 3.8/5 on employer review sites (50 reviews). Culture score 3.7, Career development 4.0, Compensation 3.6 – indicating strong growth opportunities but below-average work-life balance (2.2) - **Remote/hybrid policy**: Hybrid workspace – employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work (typical time on-site varies by role) - **Notable perks or engineering culture**: - Open roles include Consultant, Market Research Manager, IT Manager, Graphic Designer, Talent Acquisition Specialist – indicating a mix of consulting, research, creative, and tech functions - Uses modern tech stack (Odoo, Power BI, Python, Figma, Salesforce, etc.) - Employs AI tools in the hiring process (resume review, analysis) but final decisions are made by humans - Alumni often move to top employers like EY, Deloitte, PwC, TAM, and government entities - **Locations**: Offices in Riyadh, Jeddah, Medina, Cairo, London, Doha, Madrid ## Sources 1. [strategicgears.com](https://www.strategicgears.com/) 2. [LinkedIn – Strategic Gears](https://linkedin.com/company/strategicgears) 3. [Lever Careers Page – Strategic Gears](https://jobs.lever.co/strategicgears) 4. 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