Senior Graphic Designer

Financial Services Experience Required

Location: Manama, Bahrain | Employment: Full-time, hybrid

Octo Fusion Creative Hub brings together strategic thinking, design and storytelling to build brands with clarity and lasting impact. Our services span branding, marketing strategy, content creation, social media, campaign development, influencer marketing, PR and production. We work closely with startups and established businesses, translating their ambitions into distinctive identities and communications through thoughtful, hands-on creative work.

Role Description

We are looking for a Senior Graphic Designer with proven experience designing for financial services brands, including banks, fintech companies, payment providers, investment firms or insurance companies.

Based in Manama, this full-time, hybrid role offers flexibility for some work-from-home days. You will lead branding and campaign design across our client portfolio, bringing particular expertise in communicating financial products and services with clarity, credibility and strong visual execution.

The ideal candidate combines creative judgment with precision, understands structured client approval processes, and can deliver polished work across digital and print.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the visual development of branding projects, including logos, visual identity systems, brand guidelines and campaign concepts.
• Design assets for social media, digital advertising, websites, corporate presentations, brochures and other marketing materials.
• Translate complex financial products, services and information into clear, engaging visual communication.
• Maintain consistent brand standards and incorporate approved product information, disclosures and mandatory messaging accurately.
• Collaborate with strategists, copywriters and account managers to develop work aligned with each client’s objectives, audience and brief.
• Present concepts to clients, explain design decisions clearly and incorporate feedback from relevant stakeholders.
• Manage projects from concept through final delivery, ensuring accuracy, production quality and timely execution.
• Mentor junior designers and contribute to creative direction across campaigns and content production.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated graphic design experience in the financial services industry is essential, gained through an agency serving financial clients or an in-house financial services team.
• A portfolio featuring relevant financial services work, with a clear explanation of your role and contribution to each project.
• Strong expertise in branding, visual identity development, typography, layout and information hierarchy.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign, or equivalent professional design tools.
• Experience producing digital and print-ready artwork with close attention to technical specifications and detail.
• Familiarity with structured review and approval processes, including responding accurately to feedback from marketing, brand and compliance stakeholders.
• Strong presentation, communication and project management skills, with the ability to handle multiple briefs and deadlines.
• A relevant degree in graphic design, visual communication or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Experience

• Experience working with financial services brands in Bahrain or the wider GCC.
• Strong Arabic typography and bilingual Arabic–English layout skills.
• Experience designing annual reports, investor presentations, financial infographics or motion graphics.

How to Apply

Please submit your CV and portfolio, highlighting your financial services projects and your contribution to each to [email protected]