Art Director

-Introduction

We are looking for an Art Director to use their artistic abilities to visually communicate ideas for the Momentum brand.

Culture remains the corner stone of who we are and who we bring into the Momentum family matters to us. We are a brand that is looking for progressive optimists that are warm and humble, engaging, smart, highly conceptual but still flexible and open to roll-out designs across multiple mediums of various sizes at speed. Leadership, growth, and teamwork are part of our DNA. So this role will be required to positively influence and share their expertise and experiences with the more junior designers in the team.

We would value a highly conceptual Art Director, who may partner with our agency partners from time to time, but we are also looking for Art Director who can use their speed and design acumen to roll-out across multiple design languages. This design acumen will become the foundation that assists us to continuously brainstorm and refine our studio design processes with the managerial support of the Lead Creative Manager in the team.

We go gaga over intelligent, beautifully packaged, clean, and contemporary design - so if this is you - connect with us on our journey to success.
Role Purpose

Conceptualise the creative brief to produce creative work within the scope of the brief that is aligned with the Corporate Identity (CI) of the brand.
Requirements
- Qualification in Graphic Design
- 5-7 years’ experience in Art direction/Graphic Design and other facets of design e.g. typography, illustration, art, digital design etc.
- Experience in leading design projects and coaching junior designers
- Comfortable with using the latest design and creative software
- Proof checking experience or the ability thereof must be high
- Business skills and or studies are highly advantageous
Duties & Responsibilities

**Amazing stakeholder service & management**:

- Understand your stakeholder’s environment to create a culture that assists you to land proactive ideas of relevance and enabling outcomes in meaningful ways for a variety of stakeholders.
- Seek clarity with positive and appreciative enquiry methods, to ascertain stakeholder expectations in relation to the creative brief received.
- Collaborate with all members of the Momentum Brand team to contribute to effective communication across the campaign value chain.
- Deliver on team agreements made with internal and external stakeholders to drive reliability & consistency required of the team.
- Make recommendations to improve stakeholder service within the Creative studio (Your voice matters).
- Develop and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with agency partners, peers, and stakeholders.
- Provide your expertise and advice to stakeholders pre, during and post a campaign (Reflection or After-action reviews [AARs] are critical to up our game, and assist with your own personal development).

**Well considered research, insights & best practice**:

- Identify best practices through research and development and case studies to ensure that creative concepts and brand positioning stays top of mind (data rich team debates and engagements are insightful and grow everyone).
- Ensure understanding and implementation (where relevant) of the latest design trends and thinking (Be keen to push the boundaries of your ideas while being inspired by these trends).
- Continuously develop your own expertise in terms of your own professional and industry knowledge (You need a 3-5-year plan, and we get that).
- Identify risks and opportunities to enhance cost effectiveness and increase operational efficiency within the Creative Studio (You direct more than art, you are more than a designer, you’re a critical thinker too).

**The gift of a brief & idea conceptualisation**:

- Use your gift to produce and craft magical and implementable concepts in response to mandated creative briefs.
- With the support of the Creative Manager, provide input into the conceptualisation and design of the creative brief and campaign messaging framework, for mandated and/or creative briefs.
- When ideating in the proactive space, remember that you are in the idea of selling your ideas internally, so make sure that this is a skill that’s sharpened through years of experience, to make these opportunities meaningful for your career. Sell and fail if you must but sell again.

**World class visual communications & structured guiding framework**:

- Develop all brand marketing campaign visual elements either individually, together with the studio team members, or in association with partner agencies.
- Work within the Momentum Brand Corporate Identity (CI) and maintain the required brand elements while producing innovative, powerful, and effective designs.
- Get a firm understanding of all supporting identities and toolkits such as the digital toolkit and social media play book, to ensure a seamless transition of ideas onto our digital, social an