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Junior/Mid-Weight Art Director: Luxury Safari & Destination Company - Hybrid, Johannesburg/Cape Town

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Are you an Art Director with a passion for travel, wildlife and a commitment to sustainability and conservation? You are going to love this dream job!

We have a spectacular hybrid/remote opportunity for a talented and passionate Junior to Mid-weight Art Director to join the creative team at a purpose-driven luxury safari and remote destinations company in either their Cape Town or Johannesburg offices. This hybrid/remote opportunity will see you in-office one day per week.

As an Art Director, you are a highly motivated creative thinker committed to developing inspiring work and who has a genuine interest in bringing brand stories to life. You'll need the ability to mix commercial driven thinking with craft and creative flair. We are looking for a new team player to join this business on the back of an exciting brand refresh launched in November 2022. In this role you will be tasked with creating engaging sales focused concepts and design through inspiring creative campaigns with a keen eye on storytelling. You have a desire to explore new ways to engage with our audiences and have a deep passion for combining creativity with interest and insights. You thrive on collaboration and will work across our four marketing departments: Creative; Consumer & Digital; Trade & Partnerships, and PR & Comms.

In addition to conceptualising sales driven campaigns, crafting design for digital content, print media, and marketing for a wide variety of users and user needs, you will be responsible for brainstorming creative concepts; developing original campaign and design solutions, helping define how the company creatively talks about their offering and initiatives in the world of travel and luxury.

We're looking for a fresh creative thinker who is excited about both offline and online experiences, and who understands how to use both traditional and digital platforms to hit campaign and business objectives.

The company is a leading conservation and hospitality company. The company offers employees the chance to experience the world as their guests would, in true style. In fact, it's part of your training - what could be more of a win?

If coupling your passion for creating content in conservation spaces excites you, do not delay in applying for this terrific role. The great wild world awaits!

Responsibilities

• You'll be expected to have a passport as you'll have the opportunity to visit some of the most exquisite bush camps south of the equator
• Develop inspiring and engaging campaigns and design across various print briefs
• Support your team and stakeholders through collaboration
• Campaign thinking and storytelling through design and marketing campaigns
• Design & Art Direct across various marketing channels to ensure adherence to brand standards and design guidelines
• Drive brand consistency across all company communications
• Collaborate with senior internal stakeholders where required.

Requirements

The successful candidate must have/be:

• Degree level Visual Communications qualification from an Advertising Art/Design college/varsity
• 3-5 years' experience in advertising and design (for both print and digital)
• Good knowledge of the print and production process
• A passion for digital experience design and digital channels
• Exposure to a range of different marketing channels, both offline and online
• Conceptual and innovative thinking
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Maturity and confidence to work with an array of stakeholders
• Ability to work independently when needed, and remotely to meet deadlines
• Strong eye for detail and passionate about ensuring only the best work leaves the door
• Ability to nurture and grow the teamxe2x80x99s skill set and inspire talent to join and grow with the company
• A passion for current (digital, social media and print) trends coupled with a deep understanding of the full guest/consumer experience
• Open to feedback with confidence required to know how and when to defend design choices
• xe2x80x8bxe2x80x8bOrganised, methodical, systems-based, and good time management skills
• Strong interpersonal, presentation and communication skills necessary to present your solutions and to build trust and respect with the team.
• Excellent eye for detail and ambition for always focusing on quality of your work.
• Proven ability to demonstrate brand voice and adherence to guidelines.
• A passion for travel, wildlife and a commitment to sustainability and conservation
• A love for advertising and design in a modern world
• Exposure to multiple programmes (ideally Adobe, Figma, Premier Pro, Lightroom etc.)
• A conservationist
• Someone who deeply respects the environment.

Please submit a PDF/link to a relevant portfolio along with your CV on application.

Should you not receive a response within 10 days, please consider your application for this specific role, unsuccessful.

VGP Recruitment