Design Director

IMA; Cape Town; Presencial; ZAR 900.000 - 1.500.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Varied brands

Collaborative culture

Skills development

Cross-channel work

Values-led culture

Descripción de la vacante

IMA is seeking a Design Director to shape standout creative work across channels. You will lead, guide, and inspire teams from brief to execution, ensuring strategic strength and distinctive output that makes an impact for clients.

You will bring a strong creative vision, hands-on leadership, and the ability to turn ideas into polished work while meeting briefs, timelines and budgets in a collaborative, values-led agency environment.

Formación

• Significant creative leadership experience in an agency or similar environment.
• Proven ability to lead projects from brief to delivery and manage deadlines.
• Ability to develop clear, original concepts grounded in audience insight and brand strategy.

Responsabilidades

• Develop strategic, original creative ideas that respond to briefs and engage audiences.
• Shape concepts and campaigns across relevant channels from concept to final delivery.
• Partner with clients and internal teams to clarify objectives and deliver high-quality creative solutions.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Creative direction

Client relations

Presentation skills

Cross-channel mindset

Descripción del empleo

IMA is a creative agency built to create connections people buy into—emotionally and literally. From advertising and media to packaging and retail activations, we deliver work that earns attention and gives people a reason to choose your brand in moments that matter.

We are looking for an inspiring Design Director to help shape and deliver standout creative work for our clients. Combining a strong creative vision with hands-on leadership, the Design Director will develop and refine ideas across a range of channels, guide teams through each stage of the process from the initial brief to final execution, and help ensure every piece of work is strategically strong, distinctive and effective. You will bring creative thinking and clear direction to projects, helping teams turn ideas into polished work that meets the brief and makes a meaningful impact for our clients.

What You’ll Get From Us

• The opportunity to create work for a varied range of brands and projects.
• A collaborative, people-first environment where ideas are shared and developed together.
• Support to build your design skills and grow your creative career.
• The chance to contribute to work across advertising, media, packaging and retail activations.
• A values-led culture where your contribution is recognised and supported.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Develop original, strategically grounded creative ideas that respond to client briefs and connect with audiences.
• Shape concepts and campaigns across relevant channels, from initial thinking through to final delivery.
• Partner with clients and internal teams to clarify objectives and build feasible, high-quality creative solutions.
• Present creative work with clear storytelling to bring ideas to life and gain stakeholder support.
• Guide and inspire creative team members, providing constructive feedback and supporting their development.
• Review creative output for quality, craft and detail, ensuring delivery meets agreed timelines and budgets while bringing relevant cultural and creative inspiration to the team.

What We’re Looking For

• Significant creative experience in an agency or comparable environment, with a portfolio demonstrating strong ideas and excellent execution.
• Experience leading creative projects or teams efficiently from brief through to delivery, managing priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to develop clear, original concepts grounded in audience insight, brand strategy and client objectives.
• Confidence presenting creative work and building positive relationships with clients and colleagues through strong communication and collaboration.
• Supportive leadership, thoughtful constructive feedback, commitment to creative quality and curiosity about relevant, effective work across channels.

Our Values at IMA

• Own it - take responsibility when it matters.
• Build Trust - nurture honest, open, lasting relationships with colleagues and clients.
• Stay Hungry - keep learning, improving and staying curious.

These principles shape how we work - with each other, with clients, and with the world.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Preference will be given to suitably qualified candidates from designated groups in line with the company’s Employment Equity Plan.

Informed by human behaviour. Fuelled by creativity. Connected by data, media and digital. We are IMA.