Group Head: Copy: Creative Ad Agency

5 months ago


Cape Town, South Africa Viv Gordon Placements Full time

We have a wonderful opportunity for a heavyweight wordsmith A highly creative integrated agency is on the hunt for a highly experienced, Copy-based Group Head at their Johannesburg office. In this amazing role, you will work on multiple brands alongside a team of award-winning creatives. You will have the skills required to create memorable work. The position will see you playing a vital role in conceptualising original solutions and ensuring they are grounded both in brand and consumer insight, as well as the client’s brief. You’ll need to be very hands-on and be able to provide mentorship for junior teams. Show us your dazzling portfolios to make this exciting role yours

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop and execute outstanding integrated campaigns.
- Generate creative ideas and concepts to fulfil the client’s brief.
- Drive creative excellence, proactivity and innovative thinking across agency and client.
- Understand the client’s strategy and business context, and always aim to do work that performs.
- Build a strongly collaborative relationship with the broader team, partners and clients.
- Nurture, inspire and motivate the team.
- Lead pitches, awards and new business presentations when required.
- Casting or review of cast of actors/voices for TV, radio, or content films
- Liaising with photographers, typographers, designers etc.
- Visiting and assessing locations for potential shoots.
- Working on location.
- Push craft to make the work shine.

**Requirements**:

- Relevant Degree/Diploma
- 7 - 8 years relevant agency experience
- Clear copy skills - craft, insight, argument
- Talented, motivated leader
- A proven track record in producing innovative campaigns
- Ability to articulate creative concepts clearly and succinctly and great presentation skills are essential
- An understanding of and keep up to date with the latest creative trends
- Mentorship of junior creatives
- Have an eye for detail
- Inspirational
- Provocative
- Courageous
- Passionate
- Nurturing
- A team player
- Trusted
- Ideas obsessed.

City: Cape Town

Country: South Africa

Level of Expertise: Senior

Remuneration: Negotiable

Reference Number: #Tam752

**Tamara Wolpert**:
GM & Consultant



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