Creative and Design Manager

**Job ID**:15228**Position Type**:Full-Time**Job Function**:Marketing & Communications**Workplace Type**:
**Division**:TFG Jewellery Division**Province**:Western Cape**Location**:Cape Town North**Suburb**:Parow (Parow)Position Description:
**Creative and Design Manager - TFG Jewellery**

**Cape Town***
**Permanent**

**The opportunity**:
An exciting opportunity has become available for Creative & Design Manager within our TFG Jewellery team.

Someone who loves to create the present and shape the future, driven by the feeling of discovery and urge to innovate. We never stand still. Every day we work to improve everything we create. The role will require you to use this energy in managing all phases of creative development from concept to completion whilst ensuring Brand relevance and consistency.

Continually expanding your capacity to create results you truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free and where you are continually learning how to learn together. Looking for new ways to learn about our consumer and push the envelope in our efforts to inspire them.

We are looking for a talented, motivated, confident creative thinker, with a love for Jewellery and all things luxury; a Creative & Design Manager who can lead and manage creative resources to take South Africa’s leading Jewellery Brands into the future.

**Responsibilities**:

- Work as a team with the internal and external brand partners.
- Lead and Drive the creative strategy, campaign content and design direction on American Swiss & Sterns.
- Custodian of the overall brand CI - Strong Brand CI coordination across brands.
- Conceptualise fresh and new ideas with internal and external brand partners.
- Translate and conceptualise the season through the line ATL/BTL/Omni Channel.
- Produce exceptional creative work within the scope of the brand and creative brief, and present these ideas to client/team.
- Briefing of creative teams and external partners.
- Be responsible for seeing the idea through the creative process to final sign off.
- Be able to effectively visualise concepts (2+3D) and drive translation with design and Visual teams.
- Attend all photo shoots and location visits, providing direction to photographers to meet clients brief.
- Take responsibility on photo shoots, through pre-production, the shoot day and post-production.
- To confidently influence and persuade at all levels.
- To be able to make decisions and meet deadlines whilst working in a fast-paced pressurized environment.
- To lead, grow and share experience with design team/reports.
- Budget control in line with the strategy.

**Requirements**:

- 3-Year Qualification in Graphic Design (Essential)
- 9+ years’ design experience
- A proven track record of design excellence
- Previous retail concept experience is advantageous
- Have strong typography and layout skills
- Great Art direction, **managing of teams** and understanding of photography processes
- Solid understanding of print processes, substrates and repro
- Strong planning (studio/dept) and time management abilities
- Be able to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
- Be responsible, committed and have an excellent eye for detail
- Have high integrity and good values.
- High level of resilience and emotional maturity
- Great team player and willing to go the extra mile
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Innovative and Organised
- Resilient and courageous
- Leadership qualities
- Embracing vulnerability
- Personal Mastery - show a higher level of commitment and contribution
- Actively interested in own development
- Fashion & trend enthusiast