Creative Team at Yoco

As part of the Yoco team, you will have the opportunity to play a key role in the growth of the mobile Point of Sale and payments solution opportunity in South Africa.

To support this, we have built a role-based organisation; where every individual is given the space to focus and develop his or her innate strengths. Everyone here has the opportunity to lead a project and become a specialist, enabling flexibility, collaboration and accountability at all levels. Yoco is looking for an experienced CREATIVE TEAM (Art Director + Copywriter). You will collaborate with multiple partners across Design, Growth, Product, Spaces + Places and more to guide our business, brand and company mission forward.

You’ll be at the heart of co-creating on-strategy ideas and bringing them to life. You’ll be asked to connect dots, organise thoughts and develop plans to match the teams’ expectations. You will lead projects from concept through execution, QA, and iteration. We work across the latest platforms, covering web and mobile experiences, visual design, experiential installations, photography, video, and animation.

You’re highly conceptual, strategic, kind, can share and sell your ideas, and encourage others to share theirs. You sweat the smallest details, understand what it takes to develop great creative work, excel in cross-discipline collaboration, and have a passion for inspiring team members.

You'll be part of building the tools that thousands of people use to run their businesses and serve their customers every day.

ROLE | WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING?

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate ideas, develop concepts and campaigns based on brand plan
•  Conceptualise, storyboard and present ideas internally and to production partners
•  Maintain exceptional standards of execution and attention to detail
•  The ability to brief, guide and inspire younger team members
•  Creatively lead both large scale integrated projects as well as ongoing daily projects
•  Always be aware of the latest consumer and digital trends
• Translate brand strategy into powerful and purposeful creative concepts
• Oversee and help design graphic concepts, assets, and visual treatments across different media and marketing channels
• Use customer and industry data to inspire creative concepts and collaborate with teams to validate
• Champion brand standards and exceptional quality
• Motivate and encourage the team to ensure the work is the best it can be, maintaining a high level of creative execution while meeting the needs of our partners
• Work with partners across Yoco to guarantee a cohesive brand experience

IDEAL CANDIDATE | WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR?

Key requirements to perform responsibilities:

• Minimum accredited Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, preferably Black Belt.
•  Relevant tertiary qualifications in Art Direction and Copywriting
•  At least 5+ years' experience in a recognised, reputable ad / digital / in-house   agency
•  A passion for ideas that truly connect with and inspire people
•  An awesome portfolio showcasing your work
•  As the Copywriter - you have excellent grammar, writing and editorial skills—you take your English very seriously and sweat the small stuff.
• As the Art Director - you have expert proficiency in the Adobe Suite. You also have an exceptional understanding of composition - a good design eye with great, photography, typography, layout, illustration and conceptual skills
•  Proven experience conceptualising and executing integrated TTL campaigns
• A positive attitude with an open mindset
• Self-starters who can start, run and drive projects to completion

THE YOCO FORMULA - HOW WE CREATE VALUE

The Yoco formula is a validated approach to work and a set of behaviors that create maximum value for our customers and help us grow.

Core Values - Our way of working to create value & grow

• Stay Connected

• Make Space to Explore

• Keep it Simple

• Master your Craft

Leadership Principles - How we show up, engage & treat each other

• Get to know each other personally

• Say what you think and challenge me directly

• Be courageous and focus forward

• Don’t let ego get in the way