Tuesday 3 November 2026 is about the people who make a brand seen and remembered: marketers, designers, copywriters and the editor who turns a product shoot into a reel. Of the fifteen Bayt listings we checked on Tuesday morning, twelve name Dubai as the work location. Park Hyatt Dubai wants someone to run its hotel website and search campaigns, Naffco a designer for group rebranding work, and the Roads and Transport Authority a campaigns specialist. A dessert and coffee company is looking for a creative director. Mastercard’s creative desk lists two copywriting posts for the UAE, and Ingram Micro a marketing specialist for its UAE market.

Marketing and creative recruiters judge you on work they can see, so put a portfolio or campaign results link near the top of your CV, quote numbers you can prove, apply only through the Bayt advert or the employer’s own careers page, and never pay anyone to pass your portfolio along.

Brand studios, campaign desks and hotel marketing teams: where the fifteen posts sit

Design and content make up the first group. Brands, a retail and wholesale business, wants a photographer who can also edit, shooting product and lifestyle images, filming short clips for Instagram Reels and TikTok, and finishing the work in Photoshop, Lightroom and Premiere Pro. Naffco’s graphic designer develops branding and rebranding concepts, logos, typography and colour systems for NAFFCO Group and its businesses. Agile Consultants is recruiting a creative and marketing coordinator for a luxury furniture and interiors client, a role that mixes graphic design, AI-assisted content and exhibition stand artwork. Semisweet, a Dubai dessert and coffee company with a kitchen in Al Safa, wants a creative director who reports to the owner and signs off products, packaging, store design and content. Mastercard’s Advisors Creative Desk lists a copywriter and a senior copywriter who write campaigns for clients across TV, video, digital, social, CRM and print.

Campaigns, digital channels and coordination fill the rest. Park Hyatt Dubai’s assistant manager looks after the hotel website and landing pages, search optimisation, Google Ads and Meta campaign reporting. The Roads and Transport Authority’s specialist prepares a marketing plan and coordinates campaigns across search, email, social media, print and on-ground activations. Michael Page is hiring for a client that replaces fuel-based industrial steam with solar heat, and the role writes B2B content, runs LinkedIn, X and YouTube, manages HubSpot newsletters and drafts the CEO’s LinkedIn posts. UCL GLOBAL FZCO, a law firm, wants a marketing manager to cover the UAE, Mauritius, Hong Kong and the UK from Dubai, including legal ranking submissions such as Legal 500 and Chambers. Business Enhancers, a recruitment agency, is filling a marketing manager post for an Indian snacks and sweets brand. Black Pearl’s marketing specialist promotes hotel services, restaurants and events, dmg events wants a head of marketing for its energy events, Kerzner International Management needs a sales and marketing coordinator at One&Only Royal Mirage, and Ingram Micro’s marketing specialist runs campaigns and events with technology vendors.

  • Design and visual content: a photo and video editor, a branding designer, a creative coordinator and a creative director
  • Writing: two Mastercard copywriting posts and a B2B content role for an energy company
  • Digital and campaigns: hotel website and search marketing, government campaigns and technology partner marketing
  • Marketing leadership and support: managers for a law firm, a food brand and an events portfolio, plus a hotel sales and marketing coordinator

Fifteen marketing, design and content listings checked on Bayt, 3 Nov 2026

Each link below was opened on 3 November 2026 while we wrote this roundup, and each led to a Bayt advert still taking applications; the Bayt card on every one showed more than 40 days before it closes, and none of the advert texts gives an earlier date. Job titles are copied as Bayt shows them, and employers are named as Bayt lists them, with one shortening: Bayt lists the two copywriting posts under OA- Mastercard. Brands is the employer name Bayt shows for the photo and video editor. Business Enhancers, Michael Page, Black Pearl and Agile Consultants are recruiters, and their adverts describe the client without naming it. Mastercard has two roles here and no employer has more than three. Some adverts state preferences rather than requirements: Arabic is a strong asset or an advantage for Semisweet, Agile Consultants and both Mastercard posts; UCL GLOBAL FZCO lists Russian or Arabic as a plus; Business Enhancers calls Hindi or Arabic a strong advantage and prefers a UAE driving licence and UAE residence; and Bayt’s preferred-candidate box shows Dubai residence for the Brands post and UAE residence for Business Enhancers. Agile Consultants asks for at least five years of professional experience in the UAE. Pay is not shown here, so ask for the full package in writing, and we left out adverts open only to one group of applicants or that required Arabic or a native speaker.

Apply tip: put your portfolio or campaign results in the first two lines

Creative hiring managers often open your portfolio before they read the rest of your CV, so treat that link as part of your application rather than an extra. Put it in the first two lines, next to a headline such as “Graphic Designer | Branding & Packaging | Adobe Illustrator, InDesign | 4 years”. Several of these adverts make the portfolio a condition. The Brands photo and video editor post asks for your own photography and editing work, Agile Consultants says portfolio submission is mandatory, and Naffco wants examples of brand identity work and campaign concepts. For marketing posts, swap the portfolio for two or three results you can explain in an interview: a campaign you ran, the channel, and what changed. Park Hyatt Dubai asks for three to five years in digital marketing with Google Ads and SEO experience plus a basic grasp of HTML and CSS, while the Roads and Transport Authority accepts a bachelor’s degree with five years or a master’s with three. Mastercard’s senior copywriter post expects eight or more years in advertising agencies, so earlier-career writers should look at the copywriter post, which asks for five. Before you send anything, read how to apply for jobs in the UAE step by step, and if your CV needs a cleaner layout, the free CV maker on GulfJobss exports a simple one-page file.

What a marketing or design interview usually covers

Creative and marketing interviews usually include a walk through your portfolio or past campaigns, and some employers set a short brief or writing test before a final round.

  • Pick one project from your portfolio and explain the brief, your idea and the result.
  • How would you measure whether a social media campaign worked?
  • Tell us about a time a client or manager rejected your first concept. What did you change?
  • Which tools do you use for design, editing or campaign reporting, and why?

Unpaid test projects and portfolio fees

Creative jobs attract a particular kind of scam: the unpaid “test project” that is really free work, or a recruiter who asks for a fee to place your portfolio with a brand. A test brief can be normal, but it should be short and clearly a test. Black Pearl’s advert states that it never asks candidates for money to process an application, and no genuine employer needs a payment to look at your CV. If an offer seems too easy, check it against our Gulf job offer red flags checklist before you reply.

  • A “trial” that asks for a full campaign, logo set or week of content
  • A fee to register with a creative agency or to feature your portfolio
  • An offer made on WhatsApp without an interview or a named hiring manager
  • Requests for your social media account passwords as part of a test
  • An employer email address that does not match the company’s own website

What to have ready before a creative recruiter replies

Marketing and creative recruiters often ask for more than a CV, so keep these ready to send.

  • A portfolio link that opens without a login, with your best five to eight pieces first
  • A one-page CV that names the tools you use, such as Adobe Creative Suite, Google Ads or HubSpot
  • Two or three campaign results you can explain, with numbers you can back up
  • Writing samples in English, since the copywriting and content adverts ask for strong written English
  • Your degree or diploma certificate and transcript
  • Passport photo page, scanned in colour

The Bottom Line

Designers, copywriters, a photo and video editor, digital marketers, campaign specialists and marketing managers make up Tuesday’s fifteen openings, twelve in Dubai and three listed for the UAE as a whole. Put your portfolio or best results first, match your CV headline to each advert, and apply only through the Bayt links above or the employer’s own careers page.