Senior Art Director

Ogilvy South Africa; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative agency is seeking a Through-The-Line Art Director with over 8 years of experience to lead conceptual projects and mentor junior staff. This role requires strong strategic thinking and a track record of success. Ideal candidates will have a solid understanding of South African culture and excellent art direction abilities. You will be managing multiple projects and collaborating with various disciplines to exceed client expectations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in a creative role.
• Track record of leading conceptualization and execution.
• Experience with international gold awards.

Responsibilities

• Guide the creative team in delivering exceptional concepts.
• Manage projects and mentor team members.
• Participate in pitches and campaign planning.

Skills

Creative thinking

Strategic thinking

Problem-solving

CRM knowledge

Understanding digital platforms

Job description

Overview

Since we believe in creative work that disrupts, we are looking for a candidate who is going to embrace modern marketing principles and is a self-starter. This is an individual who is not afraid to challenge the norm and embodies our philosophy of divine discontent (Never stop chasing brilliance attitude).

A Through-The-Line Art Director must have 8+ years experience.

What youll bring to the table

• Highly conceptual individual
• Demonstrate exceptional strategic thinking
• Track record of leading the conceptualization and execution of campaigns
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of new and existing digital platforms
• Must show an understanding of various programmes (Editing, recording etc.)
• Must have at least 1 international golds and 1 local gold medals
• Must show examples of problem solving
• Demonstrate a working understanding of CRM and CVM principles
• Give an example of proactivity that led to better work, processes etc.

Heres what youll bedoing to lead Agency and Client growth

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

As a senior creative you will help lead our passionate, multi-talented studio, guiding more junior members to deliver, and encourage exceptional integrated concepts that exceed client briefs and expectations.

A Senior TTL Art Director is an important contact point in our agency, so they can expect to be craft-led, strategically driven, media agnostic, agile and consistently conceptual, with a desire to transform brands by creating exceptional, intuitive, and human-centred products and experiences.

The successful candidate will be tuned into all aspects of South African popular culture and the platforms and media it plays in, as well as have a strong point of view on what it takes to win in this space, with the experience to back it up. Immaculate art direction ability is paramount.

Responsibilities — what youll do everyday

• Be part of the strategic process and interrogate the brief
• Scope, plan & manage the creative process on projects
• Manage & mentor the creative team
• Work with other disciplines (Strategists, Developers, Media, Accounts, etc) to ensure cohesive team integration, and alignment with broader business objectives
• Be a champion for innovative media solutions on every brief
• Play an active role in campaign planning
• Participate in pitches for new business
• Define the visual language of overall campaigns
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Generate ideas and sell them into clients and other members of the team
• Mockup creative ideas
• Consistently produce creative elements against a deliverables list
• Lead the craft of an idea
• Compile presentations for clients & new ways to present
• Attend client briefings & present to clients
• Attend film and photoshoots
• Grasp on media specs
• Source inspirational material and references of how to push creativity