Creative Director

6 months ago


Durban, South Africa Talented Recruitment Full time

Exciting opportunity for a Creative Director who is highly creative, a charismatic leader as well as a strategic thinker to join a branding and communications agency to work on key accounts.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Leading and inspiring a team of designers and writers
- Overseeing and generating creative ideas and projects
- Taking responsibility for the creative philosophy and the standard of output across your projects
- Overseeing several projects from start to finish, collaborating with account managers, keeping to deadlines and signing off on these projects before they are presented
- Presenting creative concepts and strategies to clients
- Building strong relationships with clients to be a valued creative and strategic partner
- Art direction on shoot if and when required
- Understanding the commercial aspects of the agency

**Requirements**:

- 10+ years’ experience
- Able to art direct on shoots
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to inspire the creative team to give their best
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as presentation skills in order to make outstanding pitches
- Plenty of creative ideas and an understanding of the clients' vision
- An awareness of current trends in advertising and design
- A self-starting attitude and an open outlook
- Resilience under pressure and against deadlines
- An understanding of how creative roles complement other departments
- Skills in managing people, projects and resources
- A problem-solving, collaborative approach with creative teams and clients

**Advantageous**
- Retail experience
- Shoot experience
- Digital marketing experience
- Graphic design experience

**IMPORTANT NOTICE**

**I hereby consent for Talented Recruitment to process my personal information as part of the recruitment process. Talented Recruitment shall take all reasonable measures to protect the personal information of applicants and for the purpose of this disclaimer “personal information” shall be defined as detailed in the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2013 (“POPIA”).**
- For more information please contact:
**Talya Kimberley


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