Location
Sandton, South Africa
Salary
R60,000 per month (neg. subject to experience)
Personality
Adaptable, Detailed, Persuasive, Self-confident, Team Player
Where you’ll work
A young and dynamic team that is fully immersed in everything
that is the internet. Always on the pulse of best practice.
This digital advertising agency creates work that is both intelligent, measurable and always based on
insight. They work at the proverbial coalface of the industry; continually learning, adapting, and
inventing. This means their approach is always evolving to ensure their clients receive the marketing
that is best-in-market on a global measure. They don’t just want to make good work. They want to
create good work that has an impact .
How you’ll role
As the Senior Art Director, you will be responsible for conceptualising and executing high-quality
creative solutions for clients, taking the strategy into account and working within an allocated time
and budget. You will be expected to understand client strategies, business problems and briefs, and
translate these into creative solutions and executions, within the stipulated time frames and
budgets. The ideal candidate is someone who understands the industry in which they operate, the
agency and their client business.
Apply agency systems and processes
What you’ll do
- Understand client strategies, business problems and briefs, and translate these into creative solutions and executions
- Know and understand clients’ corporate identities and needs
- Collaborate with copywriters to conceptualize and execute great ideas
- Craft and finish to the highest possible standard on artwork
- relating to specific jobs or campaigns
- Art direct projects so as to maintain and grow the brand’s identity and stature
- Maintain brand consistency through various channels and platforms – the “title” approach
- Gain respect from the client and develop a valuable relationship with the client organisation
- Brief and art direct photographers/photoshoots
- Brief and art-direct illustrators
- Liaise with the traffic department to ensure that job deadlines are adhered to
- Brief and coordinate with the production and repro teams – especially on retouching and final mock-ups.
- Review work with the Creative Director and Strategy
- team, followed by the Account Manager
- Deliver presentations and pitch concepts to the account manager and client
- Work within a highly charged team environment and be a support to fellow team members
- Assist the Creative Director in developing new business
- Review work and provide feedback to junior team members when required
- Establish a culture of advertising content that combines creativity and quality
What you’ll need
- A relevant degree or diploma
- 5-7 years of relevant industry
- experience
- To be a team player
- To provide leadership and inspiration to the juniors within the team
- An understanding of the industry in which you operate, the agency and the client business
- To build and maintain effective working relationships with external and internal interfaces
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- The ability to work under a
- significant amount of pressure and
- meet tight deadlines
- To be open-minded and have the
- ability to embrace change
Technical skills
- Design, art direction, illustration,
- rendering, storyboarding,
- retouching and photomanipulation
- Understand web/online media
- Digital art direction and creation of digital assets
- Proficiency in IT skills and related software
