Arena Experience Designer (Supervising Associate/Assistant Director)

About the Role

EY is seeking an Arena Experience Designer at the Supervising Associate/Assistant Director level to lead the design and delivery of experiences across physical, digital, immersive, and experiential environments. This full-time role, based in Riyadh, involves shaping an Arabic-first, AI-enabled experience design capability for Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region. It is a hands-on design leadership position that combines strategy, creative work, and execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate business challenges and innovation opportunities into experience strategies and design solutions.
• Design end-to-end experiences across physical, digital, immersive, and hybrid environments.
• Apply human-centered design, service design, and design thinking principles, utilizing AI and emerging technologies to create differentiated experiences.
• Create or oversee graphic, visual, brand, communication, executive presentation, workshop, UX/UI, product, and service design.
• Deliver motion graphics, video, event, exhibition, activation, spatial, environmental, immersive, interactive, and 360-degree experiences.
• Create original design concepts and experiences directly in Arabic and English, focusing on original content rather than translation.
• Apply advanced Arabic typography, visual hierarchy, and right-to-left design principles.
• Develop bilingual experiences, interfaces, presentations, and communications relevant to Saudi Arabian and GCC audiences.
• Provide creative direction and maintain quality across various initiatives.
• Engage with executives, senior leaders, clients, and external partners, presenting recommendations with clarity and commercial awareness.
• Build design capability, mentor team members, and contribute to the development of experience design practices.

Qualifications and Experience

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a design-related discipline, or equivalent professional experience supported by an exceptional portfolio.
• 5-10 years of demonstrated end-to-end ownership from concept through execution and design experience across digital, physical, experiential, and immersive mediums.
• Experience in consulting, innovation, design agencies, customer experience, or enterprise settings, with direct work involving senior executives and clients.
• A mandatory portfolio showcasing hands-on work across multiple mediums, including original Arabic-first and bilingual experiences, and executive storytelling.

Technical Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma and FigJam, Miro, Lucid, PowerPoint, UX/UI and prototyping platforms, and AI-assisted design tools.
• Experience with Igloo Vision, AR/VR/XR, Unity, Unreal Engine, Blender, SketchUp, Cinema 4D, or similar platforms is preferred.