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Creative Direction, Dubai

Design Services

  • Campaigns
  • Art Direction
  • Visual Strategy

Good ideas don't survive on their own, they need someone steering the visual language, holding the standard, and making sure every output actually looks and feels like it belongs to the same brand.

Mike Rock Studio provides strategic creative direction for campaigns, launches, and brand moments across Dubai and the wider GCC. This is the layer above execution: setting the visual strategy, briefing and directing the teams doing the making, and reviewing every output against a single question, does this hit?

With 20+ years directing creative for agencies and independent clients including Emirates, Jumeirah, and Dell, the studio brings a trained eye to campaigns that need to work across multiple channels without losing coherence.

Creative direction is often brought in alongside an internal marketing team, an existing agency, or a set of freelance specialists, the studio can sit above the process as the consistent creative authority, or run a project from concept through to final delivery.

What's included:

• Campaigns: visual strategy and art direction across a full campaign, from concept to rollout

• Art Direction: hands-on direction of photography, illustration, video, and design output

• Visual Strategy: the thinking that connects brand identity to real-world creative execution

How it works:

Engagements range from a single campaign brief to an ongoing retainer acting as creative director across a brand's output. Studio based at Al Saaha Building, Downtown Dubai directing work for clients across the UAE, GCC, and internationally.

FAQ

What does a creative director actually do? ↓
A creative director sets the visual strategy for a brand or campaign, then directs the teams producing the actual output, photographers, designers, video teams, to make sure everything stays consistent with that strategy and hits the intended standard.
Do I need creative direction if I already have a design or marketing team? ↓
Often, yes. Creative direction sits above execution, it's brought in to set or protect a consistent visual strategy across teams, agencies, or freelancers who are each producing pieces of a bigger campaign.
Can you direct a campaign without also designing every asset? ↓
Yes. Creative direction can be a standalone engagement — briefing, reviewing, and approving work produced by other teams — or combined with hands-on design and art direction, depending on what the project needs.
What industries has Mike Rock provided creative direction for? ↓
Experience spans hospitality, F&B, corporate, retail, and technology, with past clients including Emirates, Jumeirah, and Dell alongside independent brands across the UK and UAE.
Do you offer ongoing creative direction, or only single campaigns? ↓
Both. Some clients bring the studio in for a single campaign or launch; others retain ongoing creative direction across their output for a set period each month.
How much does creative direction cost in Dubai? ↓
Pricing depends on scope — a single campaign brief is priced differently to an ongoing monthly retainer. Get in touch with the details of your project for a tailored quote.
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