Job Description

Our Cape Town office is looking for a passionate Junior Digital Art Director with a focus on retail advertising to join our Creative Team on one of our retail fashion clients. Someone with the skill set to capture promotional excitement and breakthrough designs for a national retail fashion client. The successful applicant will be tasked to carry visual and conceptual skills from initial brief to final artwork.

Our ideal candidate must have a keen eye for little and big details, work extremely well under pressure with quick deadlines, high work volume and demanding pitches. We want someone who is resourceful, a self-starter and a conceptual thinker. If you are all of the above and then some, have great communication skills, exceptional lay-out skills; know a thing or two about Art Direction in an Agency environment and plays well with others xe2x80x93 we want to see your portfolio.

Job Scope includes but is not limited to:

• Working in a team under the leadership of a Group Head and Creative Director to conceptualise and execute campaigns based on both client and internal briefs
• Present work imaginatively and confidently to clients and senior creatives.
• Be skilled in design and conceptualisation
• Maintain exceptionally high standards for execution and attention to detail
• Collaborate and communicate well with the team and other departments
• Have an eternally positive disposition especially when the going gets rough

Minimum relevant experience and skills/attributes required:

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Relevant yearsxe2x80x99 experience as an art director in a large/integrated Advertising Agency
• Relevant yearsxe2x80x99 previous experience in a high-volume environment
• Demonstrated experience with social media design across various social media platforms
• Proficient experience in design software

• Knowledge of the digital landscape, specifically social platforms and its relevant features (Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok, etc) as well as ecommerce platforms
• Has experience in basic animation/motion graphics & video editing xe2x80x93 will be a bonus, but not essential
• Understanding of UI/UX digital marketing best practices xe2x80x93 will be a bonus, but not essential
• Strong interpersonal skills; a team player, persuasive negotiator, positive and innovative thinker
• Maintain high standards for execution and attention to detail
• Highly motivated and a high level of initiative; ability to work independently, in support of the agencyxe2x80x99s creative goals and the clientxe2x80x99s business objectives

Requirements:

Experience in digital and experiential advertising advantageous

Able to multi-task, work to tight deadlines, and follow agency process

• Refined design aesthetic & meticulous eye for detail
• Has an interest in fashion, culture & other lifestyle trends
• Work ethic: Should be able to describe oneself as xe2x80x9cCommitted, reliable, curious, self-motivated, flexible, adaptable, team player"
• Flexible to work outside of normal working hours (overtime if and when required)
• Prior experience on Workbook will be advantageous, but not essential

Other:

• Driverxe2x80x99s license with own vehicle

Interested candidates must please submit a concise CV and portfolio as part of your application. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Should you not hear from us within three weeks after submitting your application, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

We remain committed to the principles of employment equity.

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