Mid - Level Art Director

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• As a creative you will work with our passionate, multi-talented studio delivering on exceptional, integrated concepts and designs to exceed client briefs and expectations.
• As a Mid-level Art Director, you can expect to be craft-led and platform neutral conceptual thinker, in particular having an understanding of all major social platforms. You should have a desire to transform companies by creating beautiful, intuitive, and human-centred products and experiences.
• You will be tuned into all aspects of South African popular culture and the platforms and media it plays in, as well as have a strong point of view on what it takes to win in this space.

Duties include, but not limited to:

• Be a conceptual thinker
• Be up to date with platforms
• Manage your creative process on projects
• Work with other disciplines (Strategists, Developers, Media, Accounts, etc.)
• Be a champion for creative innovation on every project you touch
• Participate in pitches for new business
• Define or apply the aesthetic of overall campaigns
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Generate ideas and sell them into clients or other members of the team
• Mock up creative ideas
• Design across multiple channels
• Consistently produce creative elements against a deliverables list
• Participate in brainstorms & conceptualisation
• Lead the craft & design of your idea
• Compile presentations for clients and learn to present
• Attend client briefings & be prepared to present to clients

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Art Direction / Graphic Design
• Must have a minimum of 3-4 years’ experience.
• Conceptual and design skills
• Proficient in MS Office (i.e. Word / PowerPoint etc.)
• Knowledge of and experience in Adobe Creative Suite applications 
• Good communication & presentation skills
• Good multi-tasking skills (ability to work on more than one brief at any given time)
• Great time management
• Ability to work under pressure & meet tight deadlines
• Adopt problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills with ability to provide rationales for creative choices made
• Adequate presentation skills
• Working knowledge of existing and emerging technologies & platforms
• A strong understanding of best practice interaction and visual design principles
• Able to work with team members

Working knowledge of these tools:

• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• InDesign
• After Effects
• KeyNote / PowerPoint
• Figma
• Google Web Designer & DV360 (Advantageous)
• Facebook Creative Hub

BUSINESS KPI’s

• Demonstrate innovative ideas to the team to improve how we communicate our proposition
• Must be able to work on one sizable and two small size projects at any one time with oversight
• Have the ability to attend every review on a project with 3 new ideas

THE PERSON

• Team player with the ability to work independently 
• Ability to work well in a highly pressurized, fast-paced environment
• Curious, imaginative creative mind with a passion for everything advertising related
• Meticulous with attention to detail
• Proactive - a “can do” attitude and willing to go the extra mile
• Accountable
• Solution and deadline driven
• Other:
• Flexible to work beyond normal office hours (overtime - if and when required)
• Able to work on alcohol brands (if and when required)