Job Description

A fabulous independent, multi-disciplinary Cape Town-based, creative advertising agency with strong design and communications is on the hunt for a talented Mid-weight Art Director/Integrated Designer for this exciting on-site role.
We're looking for someone conceptual who can take ideas from 'page to screen and design beautiful integrated collateral across platforms.
The ideal candidate is motivated, confident and passionate and solutions driven. Show us your well-crafted, award-winning and culturally relevant design portfolio to snag this fantastic opportunity. Apply today!
Responsibilities

• A design-led creative thinker who can bring to life their ideas with expert flair
• A strategically minded creative who can leverage cultural insights, data and strategy to inform ideation
• Ability to ideate as both an individual and in a team environment to create culturally relevant, head-turning and award-winning creative work
• Effective mastery of leading a creative campaign from concept through to delivery. Including all touchpoints of a campaign lifecycle including strategy, art-direction, design, experience and execution
• Ability to take ideas from 'page to screen' - to effectively drive art-based creative solutions for our brands
• Ability to design eye-catching creative presentations that excite and convert brand partners
• Understand how users interact and engage with experiences (both digital and real-world) to drive fans through the 'purchase funnel' through design-driven executions
• Award wins would be well received.
• An expert eye for great design, working across the entirety of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and more) with advanced design-centric skills to take work from conception through to delivery
• Creation and design of pitch presentations to a high standard, to tell an expertly crafted, concise and rich visual narrative around creative concepts
• A high-level understanding of the fundamentals of great design including knowledge of compelling layouts, typography & photo manipulation to create communications that stand-out. Skills as an illustrator are a bonus
• Accelerated ability to articulate a design-led solution for our clients - including mock-ups, sketches and mood boards
• Ability to edit audio-visual work when required - formulating final outputs for brand campaigns
• Working alongside external production partners in both visual mediums and experiential formats, to direct them effectively and communicate your creative intent to get the best results possible for clients
• Working with industry leading data and insights to drive all of your creative strategies and concepts.

Requirements
The successful candidate must have/be:

• Tertiary qualification in Marketing, Communications, Art Direction, Graphic Design or similar
• A highly skilled and confident communicator & presenter with the ability to draw an audience in, tailor a narrative to its intended audience and ultimately get innovative and exciting creative work sold
• Adaptable to different tasks, with a thirst to learn skills outside of your traditional to support a small and dynamic team
• Building relationships with external production partners and freelance creatives to ensure high quality on all campaigns
• A love of working with diverse artists that drive culture forward
• Working collaboratively as part of a high-performance agency team, with the ability to adapt at speed whilst still delivering great work
• Growing and maintaining strong relationships with people in every facet.

Please submit a PDF/link to a relevant portfolio along with your CV on application.
Previously disadvantaged candidates will be given preference.
If you don't have the relevant experience required for this role, please consider your application unsuccessful.
City: Cape Town
Level of Expertise: Mid
Remuneration: Negotiable
Consultant: Christine
Reference Number: #Chris2527