Junior Art Director

We are a Through-The-Line agency that provide our clients with creative content that informs, entertains, and provides value to their audiences to strengthen this connection. In return, it builds a relationship based on trust - and ultimately improves business performance. We build a bridge that connects our clients’ current capabilities to their future potential which is sustainable growth and success, but also have long-lasting effects and return to brands.

We have a strong team of professionals that we have assembled by hard effort and devotion; this staff pays close attention to details and is always prepared to handle any situation that arises. The secret to our success is teamwork.

Our organisation has a family-oriented work culture, which implies that we put our team members' happiness and well-being first. Our agency’s objectives are to go above and beyond for our clients. By providing excellent services, our big and bold objective is making new relationships and working hard on maintaining them.

**Responsibilities**

You will work in a creative, fast-paced environment that requires proven leadership and vision execution by partnering with cross-functional departments to translate business and marketing objectives into ideas that are clear, compelling, and visually exciting.

**More responsibilities in detail**:

- Responsible for managing and supporting creative team to bring concepts, presentations, and prototypes to life. Collaborate on the ideation and development of innovative marketing campaigns.
- Participate in the execution of the entire creative process within an allotted time frame and budget.
- Work with project managers and senior creative team to ensure that schedules are accurate and realistic and deadlines met.
- Lead presentations and effectively communicate a creative vision.
- Collaborate with managers, designers, writers, other marketing team members, and external stakeholders to ensure the appropriate concepts, themes, and messages are represented effectively and consistently for the business objective(s) and audience(s).
- Strong conceptual, graphic design, type, and page layout skills for projects ranging from print to interactive to broadcast.
- Stay on top of the latest standards, processes, and trends in the visual design field.
- Responsible for all pre-production meetings for projects including photoshoots, video editing, broadcast, and fulfilment.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in graphic design, fine arts, or related field.
- Three or more years of hands-on experience with logo design, typography, color, web layout design, print production, image selection, and package design; proficient use of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, or other video and visual design and wireframing tools; demonstratable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio.
- Ability to present creative work internally and to clients.
- Ability to collaborate with copywriters, graphic designers, client and external stakeholders.
- Project Management: Manage multiple projects simultaneously, including timelines, budgets, and resources.
- Ability to collect and interpret feedback.
- A well-rounded portfolio of client work, demonstrating a strong understanding of client objectives.
- Ability to critically communicate and persuade around design concepts.
- Passion for design; not satisfied with status quo and always thinking of ways to improve.
- Ability to motivate and inspire top performance against assigned projects.
- Team player who is dynamic, with a creative personality, effective at engaging and influencing a variety of audiences.
- Must understand design in multiple mediums — print, digital, mobile, video.

**Software**:

- Adobe Creative Cloud: Proficiency in Adobe software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Adobe XD for digital design and multimedia projects.
- Web Design and Development Tools: Understanding of web design and development tools and languages like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Prototyping Tools: Familiarity with prototyping tools like Sketch, Figma, or Adobe XD to create interactive digital prototypes.

Ability to Commute:

- Centurion, Gauteng (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Centurion, Gauteng: Relocate before starting work (required)