Job Ref #: MM4-50526
Industry: Advertising
Job Type: Permanent
Positions Available: 1

Job Description

Our Cape Town office is looking for a MW Art Director with a focus on retail advertising to join our Creative Team on one of our retail clients.

Role Summary:

We are looking for a passionate Art Director with Advertising agency experience, someone with a strong creative portfolio that showcases the skill set to capture promotional excitement and breakthrough designs for a national retail client. The successful applicant will be tasked to carry visual and conceptual skills from initial brief to final artwork.

Our ideal candidate must have a keen eye for little and big details, work extremely well under pressure with quick deadlines, high work volume and demanding pitches. We want someone who is resourceful, a self-starter and a conceptual thinker. If you are all of the above and then some, have great communication skills, exceptional lay-out skills; know a thing or two about Art Direction in an Agency environment and plays well with others – we want to see your portfolio

Job Scope includes but is not limited to: 

• Working in a team under the leadership of a Group Head and Creative Director to conceptualise and execute campaigns based on both client and internal briefs.
• Present work imaginatively and confidently to clients and senior creatives.
• Be skilled in design and conceptualisation.
• Maintain exceptionally high standards for execution and attention to detail.
• Collaborate and communicate well with the team and other departments.

Have an eternally positive disposition especially when the going gets rough

Job Requirements

Minimum relevant experience and skills/attributes required:

·      Relevant tertiary qualification

·      At least 3 years’ experience as an art director in a large/integrated Advertising Agency

·      At least 3 years’ previous experience in a high-volume environment

·      Demonstrated experience with social media design across various social media platforms

• Strong skills in design software such as InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator non-negotiable
• Experience in digital and experiential advertising advantageous

·      Strong interpersonal skills; a team player, persuasive negotiator, positive and innovative thinker

·      Maintain high standards for execution and attention to detail

·      Highly motivated and a high level of initiative; ability to work independently, in support of the agency’s creative goals and the client’s business objectives