Technical Creative Director

Publicis Groupe Africa; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Groupe Africa is seeking a Technical Creative Lead to steer the creative department's technical delivery, ensuring outputs meet channel standards and brand guidelines. You will be the go-to for content executions across multiple channels, guiding digital delivery teams and maintaining the highest quality standards.

With 10+ years of industry experience and at least 5 years in creative leadership, you will mentor teams, collaborate cross-functionally with account and production, and stay

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry experience, with 5+ years in creative leadership.
• Proven experience in a creative leadership role across multiple channels.
• Demonstrated knowledge across design, multimedia, traditional and digital channels; strong portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Lead content execution across digital, social, website, and other channels, ensuring alignment with channel requirements.
• Serve as content guardian, upholding brand guidelines and standards.
• Oversee day-to-day content delivery by teams, ensuring quality at scale and providing constructive feedback.
• Collaborate with brand guardians, cross-functional teams, accounts, and production to align creative direction with business goals.
• Mentor and develop the creative team, identifying opportunities for growth and capability development.
• Implement quality assurance processes to ensure consistency and excellence across outputs.

Skills

Creative leadership

Team management

Communication

Content delivery

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

AI tools

Job description

Company Description

Within Publicis Groupe’s Intelligent Creativity business, we specialize in bringing creative ideas to life, and to consumers. By combining 100 years of craft excellence with 6,000 experts across 52 locations of the world’s biggest studio network, we leverage the industry’s richest data, through the power of agentic AI, to radically redefine content production with Intelligent Content. We intuitively deliver this through Marcel Make, the world’s first Intelligent Content agent. The result? Predictively performing content that unlocks business growth in unprecedented ways. No more guesswork. No more waste.

Company Description

Within Publicis Groupe’s Intelligent Creativity business, we specialize in bringing creative ideas to life, and to consumers. By combining 100 years of craft excellence with 6,000 experts across 52 locations of the world’s biggest studio network, we leverage the industry’s richest data, through the power of agentic AI, to radically redefine content production with Intelligent Content. We intuitively deliver this through Marcel Make, the world’s first Intelligent Content agent. The result? Predictively performing content that unlocks business growth in unprecedented ways. No more guesswork. No more waste.

Just content that works, working a lot harder.

Overview

The Technical Creative Lead is a pivotal role responsible for steering the creative departments technical delivery expertise, ensuring that all creative output aligns with the highest quality delivery, meeting technical channel standards and brand guidelines. You will be the go-to person for content executions and ensuring consistency in visual and messaging outputs.

Responsibilities

CONTENT EXECUTION

• Lead the execution of content across multiple channels – digital, social, website, shopper etc. ensuring alignment with overall channel technical requirements.
• Serve as the content guardian, upholding brand guidelines and ensuring all creative work meets brand standards and expectations.
• Oversee the day-to-day execution of content by digital delivery teams, ensuring delivery aligns with channel requirements and client briefs.
• Review and approve creative work delivered at scale, providing constructive feedback to ensure the highest quality standards.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Work closely with brand creative guardians and cross functional teams to understand the brands vision and expectations, translating them into content at scale delivery.
• Partner with account, production, and agency teams to align creative direction with brand and business objectives.
• Facilitate strong collaboration between internal teams and external partners to ensure cohesive and integrated creative output.

Team Leadership And Development

• Guide and mentor creative team members, fostering a culture of creativity, excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities for skills development and growth within the team, ensuring capability and readiness to meet evolving channel needs.

Quality Assurance

• Implement and uphold quality control processes to ensure consistency and excellence across all creative outputs.
• Monitor industry trends and advancements, remaining up-to-date on channel innovations and standards for first time right executions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry experience, with 5+ years in creative leadership role.
• Proven experience in a creative leadership role, preferably within a digital or integrated agency environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge & experience in complete creative mix across design, multimedia, traditional and digital channels
• Strong portfolio demonstrating content delivery expertise and a successful track record in large team leadership.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects, deadlines, and stakeholder expectations.
• Future-first mindset with demonstrated capability in use of various AI tools & tech