Creative Director

1 week ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Publicis Groupe Sweden Full time

Company description

Saatchi & Saatchi is the "Nothing is Impossible" agency, and one of the world's most iconic agency brands. We're defined by Big Thinking, Creative Spirit and a Can-Do Culture. We're part of Publicis Groupe, the world's 3rd largest communications network that is driving innovation across the world and leading the change in the brave new world of advertising (Ad Age's Network of the Year 2022).

Overview

What you'll do: Creative Directors engage with clients daily to discuss their needs, organize team brainstorming sessions, manage a budget, oversee creative decisions, and produce projects. Creative Directors will know how to lead and motivate their teams by ensuring that they have the resources to produce their best work. Day-to-day, your role includes:

  1. Working as part of the creative team you'll be responsible for the ideation and design of digital campaign work including all digital campaigns from social media to UI design.
  2. Manage the delivery of the briefs/concepts through to final deliverables, ensuring all artworks are delivered on time and to specification.
  3. Present ideas and creative to stakeholders for sign off.
  4. Assist with the broader creative team's workload where appropriate.
  5. Ensure a consistent visual identity, look and feel across all deliverables in order to maximise the customer experience and brand identity.
  6. Demonstrate a clear understanding and ability to translate brands into digital executions and think 'digital first' when creating design experiences.

Qualifications

We're looking for strong, impactful work experience, which typically includes:

  1. Relevant tertiary qualification.
  2. 5 years plus working experience as a Creative Director, leading a team of creatives.
  3. Experience using Adobe Creative Suite applications.
  4. Experience in UX and UI design software.
  5. A good command of the English language (both written and verbal).
  6. Strong presentation skills.
  7. An eye-catching portfolio that demonstrates a blend of commercial, digital and print design.

Personality Attributes:

  • Team player with the ability to work independently.
  • Able to remain calm in a highly pressurized environment.
  • Assertive.
  • Proactive.
  • Resilient.
  • Approachable.
  • Energetic.
  • Creative "out of the box" strategic thinker.
  • Problem solver / solution driven.
  • Meticulous with attention to detail.

Other:

  • Flexible to work beyond normal office hours (overtime if and when required).
  • Comfortable to work from the Publicis Groupe office (on-site).

Culture commitment:

We are approachable & globally supportive. We are in this together and solution orientated. We always do the right thing. We are never afraid.

Additional information

Candidates must please submit a concise CV and a link to an online portfolio. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks after submitting your application, please consider your application as unsuccessful. Publicis Groupe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and prohibits any forms of Discrimination or Harassment. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees in line with our Employment Equity Plan. All appointments will be based on qualifications, experience and best fit but preference will be given to all candidates from designated groups.

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