Studio Manager

The Good Human (Pty)Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

The Good Human (Pty)Ltd in Johannesburg seeks a Studio Manager - Creative to lead the in-house creative studio, shaping the brand's voice across multiple units. You will guide campaigns, oversee output across ATL, social, digital and OOH, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver standout work.

You will mentor a designer and copywriter, foster a fast-paced, culture-driven team, and help elevate brand storytelling with bold, culturally resonant creations.

Qualifications

• A degree in marketing, creative or liberal arts discipline.
• 7-10 years in an advertising agency or creative environment.
• Experience mentoring and managing creative teams.
• Expertise across brand and performance creative on digital and traditional platforms.
• A demonstrable portfolio showing storytelling and brand objectives.
• Confident communicator and presenter at all levels.
• Energized by fast-paced, complex, multi-touchpoint environments.
• Broad cultural palette for work across multiple audiences.
• Ability to manage and plan multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative direction of the brand communications across units and touchpoints.
• Oversee the development and timely execution of world-class creative outputs across promotions, POS, campaigns, ATL, social, OOH and performance channels.
• Create bold, culturally relevant campaigns that resonate with the audience and drive visits to properties.
• Contribute to the look, feel and expression of the loyalty program, growing enrolment and frequency of use.
• Collaborate with brand, digital, business unit and property teams to translate briefs into compelling and standout creative.
• Develop and maintain creative standards & frameworks for advertising and communication content that draws the brand thread between all communications.
• Manage a designer and a copywriter and build a collaborative team with freedom to create breakthrough work.

Skills

Portfolio

Leadership

Brand & performance

Communication

Project management

Multi-platform

Education

Degree in marketing/creative/liberal arts

Job description

STUDIO MANAGER - CREATIVE

The client prides itself on offering our guests exceptional customer service and value for money. We
always strive to employ and develop individuals that share our values of Respect and Humility, Integrity,
Collaboration, Accountability, Innovation and Agility.

As part of this we endeavour to provide opportunities to our employees to develop their careers within the Group and are therefore proud to offer another career development opportunity for the position
mentioned above.

Position Overview

A multiple touch-point hospitality and entertainment organization is seeking a highly conceptual, creative
and inspired individual to take leadership of the creative side of the in-house studio. In a lean, flat structured
team and reporting to the CMO, contribute to some cut-through-the-clutter creative contributions across
several business units. The business is attempting to rediscover its creative voice and soul. If you are a
craft – led, strategically driven creative thought leader we would like to hear from you.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the creative direction of the communication content for the brand across various business
  units and multiple touch points including social media content and the online business.

• Oversee the development and timeous execution of world class creative outputs covering
  promotions, relevant points of sale, and campaigns across ATL, social media, OOH and
  performance channels.

• Create bold, culturally relevant campaigns that resonate with the audience with audience, position
  our brand and properties as oases of entertainment, and drive an increase of visits to our properties.

• Contribute to the look, feel and expression of the loyalty program, helping grow enrolment, and
  frequency of use.

• Collaborate strongly with the brand, digital, business unit and property teams, to accept briefs,
  converting them into compelling and standout creative.

• Develop and maintain creative standards & frameworks for advertising and communication content
  that draws the brand thread between all communications.

• Manage a designer and a copywriter and build a collaborative team that has a fair amount of
  freedom to create to produce some break-through business beneficial work.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• A degree in marketing, creative or liberal arts discipline

• 7-10 years in an advertising agency or creative environment.

• Experience mentoring and managing creative teams

• Expertise across brand, performance creative, across digital and traditional platforms.

• A demonstrable, standout portfolio that shows excellence in storytelling,

• achieving brand building and commercial objectives.

• Confident communicator, presenter and are influential at all levels.

• Energized by fast paced, complex, multiple, touch-point environments.

• Broad cultural pallet, creating work for multiple audiences

• Ability to manage and plan for multiple projects running simultaneously