Creative Director

3 weeks ago


Sandton, South Africa Prodigious Full time

Job Description

CREATIVE LEADERSHIP

Ability to provide visionary leadership for the local team, whilst upholding the Global standards of the central Strategic Business Unit. Ensure consistency and creative excellence across all channels and touchpoints. Develop and maintain solid working relationships with Creative Leads in multiple locations, fostering the Power of One culture. Ability to undertake briefs with great autonomy Ability to articulate creative decision-making and present to senior stakeholders with passion and conviction. A solutions-based outlook and approach to the day to day requirements that marry both production knowledge and understanding with a rigorous commitment to craft.

HANDS-ON SKILLS

Demonstrate exceptional hands-on skill, across static and moving assets. Uphold best-in-class craftsmanship across all outputs. An impeccable eye for detail, championing brand consistency across channels and formats Keen to stay at the forefront of emerging tools, trends and technologies to supercharge creative workflow. Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, in multiple countries to oversee, feedback and develop creative.

Strategic ART DIRECTION

Experience with brand building and identity, for large scale brands. A solid understanding of producing comms across the customer journey, from Awareness through to Consideration and Purchase. Ability to translate brand strategy into tangible creative solutions, maintaining quality and impact.

Quality assurance

Implement and uphold stringent QC measures to ensure all creative outputs meet the highest standards. Conduct regular creative reviews to feedback, iterate and improve creative work, in line with Global brand guidelines.

Production expertise

A proven track record of production, from print, digital, social and experiential.  Experience with live-action shoots, working with internal production teams and external suppliers to maintain a creative vision. Collaborate with external partners to deliver high -quality, on-budget productions. Able to manage and oversee post-production processes from editing, sound design, VO, grade to the desired creative output. An understanding of 3D, CGI production hugely beneficial.

TEAM MANAGement

Ability to work with Client Services / Traffic to ensure adequate creative resource allocation, balancing workloads and skillsets within the team. Conduct regular team meetings to facilitate communication and ensure overall creative alignment.

Qualifications

Minimum 10 years’ experience in a senior creative role in leading creative agencies Experience working within global brand guidelines across all media Ability to ensure quality and accuracy of creative execution A driven and highly committed attitude Hunger to perfect deliverables large and small Solid communications skills (writing and speaking) in English, French a bonus Client facing experience/strong presentation skills A ‘team player’ who can bring together personalities across multiple geographies and build harmony within the developing culture.
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