Junior Art Director

2 weeks ago


Sandton, South Africa Machine_ Full time

Company Description

Machine_ is a creative solutions agency represented across Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. At Machine_ we don’t believe that intuition and gut feel are enough. That’s why everything we do starts with an insight. Our team of experts uses these insights to create impactful and accountable solutions that touch consumers at every point in their connected world.

Machine_ is part of Publicis Groupe, the fastest-growing global network.

Machine’s mantra, Never Afraid, underpins our values of; doing the right thing, being curious, solution orientated and at its core ‘getting things done’. Living this mantra daily helps grow our clients’ businesses and these are the values we look for when recruiting new talent. The right personality is just as important as the right experience. We’re here to work hard and have fun while doing it.

**Job Description**:
Ideas are the lifeblood of the agency. As an Art Director you work with Copywriters, Designers and external partners to create simple, surprising and empathetic ideas that bring commercial success to our clients and the agency.

Key duties include:

- Work in partnership with a Copywriter to create innovative, channel-neutral ideas that answer the client's brief
- Develop concepts to execute the ideas and present these both internally and externally until a preferred route is agreed between agency and client
- Manage the preparation of design layouts for off and online content. Ensure that any corporate guidelines have been carefully considered and reflected in any recommendations.
- Brief Designers and external partners to bring your ideas to life, ensuring that the work is flawlessly executed with the highest levels of craft skills, regardless of channel
- Art direct the execution of the creative work, inputting into pre-production activity, attending photo and video shoots and supervising post production in order to realise your creative vision
- Work with cross-functional agency teams to ensure that work is produced on time and that all delivery deadlines are met

**Qualifications**:

- A critical eye for layout, type and design
- A good knowledge of the Design Standard software packages in the Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat)
- A good understanding of design and art direction for digital media
- The ability to communicate ideas at a conceptual level through clear roughs and layouts
- The ability to brief and oversee production confidently to ensure the best possible delivery of the idea, working internally and with external suppliers across all media channels
- An understanding of the internal workings of the agency and the processes of implementation

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