Mid-weight Art Director

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa TBWA South Africa Full time

Art Director
- Producing campaigns that have an instant and positive impact on the consumer in order to promote the product or brand being advertised.
- Produce innovative ideas for the visual elements of an advertising campaign in all kinds of media.
- Demonstrate an understanding of technical knowledge such as artistry, photography, typography, print, Mac skills InDesign & Illustrator etc to support their work.
- Generate original visual ideas that meet the client's expectations.
- Work on a number of campaigns and always strive to meet tight deadlines.
- Receiving and Interpretation of briefs.
- Work closely with the junior copywriter to generate creative ideas and concepts to fulfil the client brief.
- Demonstrate a willingness to amend, revise, redevelop adverts or campaigns in response to feedback from the creative director, client service team or the client.
- Demonstrate an ability to explain your thought process of your work.
- Present work internally and externally in a clear and professional manner.
- Assist in developing a presentation which includes rationale, reference and any supporting argument to sell the work.
- Produce sketches/storyboards, roughs/scamps to effectively communicate the idea to the client.

Client Relationship
- Familiarise yourselves with the clients products and services, the target audience and competitors' activities

Business Knowledge
- Demonstrate an interest in social and cultural trends as well as keep abreast with the developments in the industry.
- Demonstrate an understanding of target audience and business that the advert is aimed at.
- Manage projects/campaign effectively and work within allocated hours.

Team Leadership
- Work closely with relevant teams, ensuring effective communication and management of teams’ expectations.
- Work with account teams to understand the clients’ brand and manage projects in a way that will support the delivery of the brand.
- Actively encourage and facilitate collaboration within the team and other departments within the agency.
- Actively support and involve team members at the appropriate time to resolve issues.
- Demonstrate a willingness to work extra hours with the team to produce award-winning work.

VALUES
- Creativity
- Courage
- Collaboration

+3 years plus as an Art Director in a leading creative agency/company that has generated or can generate and produce world-class ideas.

Skills and Educational Requirements:
World-class art direction ability.

Presentation skills.

Strategically minded.

Creatively diverse (photography, design, illustration).

Technical understanding of tv & content production, edits, sound, music, voice and direction.

Optional extras:
Influencer, opinion leader, blog site, editorial experience, poetry, After Effects, 3D rendering, illustration, editing, design, songwriter, sound production, artist.

Behavioral attributes:
Inspirational, ambitious, determined, courageous, collaborative, creatively expressive, something to prove, chip on their shoulder, adaptable, can and does embrace change.



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