Marketing Officer - Clothing at Pick n Pay Stores Limited

Job Advert Summary    

• Retail client experience, someone with the skill set to capture promotional excitement and apply 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. 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, great Mac skills; know a thing or two about Art Direction in retail fashion environment and plays well with others – we want to see your portfolio!
• Do you have a passion for great creative ideas? Ideas that aren’t bound into a single channel or discipline? We’re looking for a Marketing Officer/Art
• Someone with the ability to lead and create campaigns that are unexpected, surprising or worth talking about. A person who can inspire teams and individuals to unlock their potential. An individual with the maturity, motivation and wisdom to convey the vision and values of PNP.

Minimum Requirements    

• A tertiary degree or diploma in art direction and marketing/communications
• Project management
• Retail experience and fashion industry experience

Duties & Responsibilities    

• Conceptualize and execute award winning creative ideas that align itself with brand and key kpi outcomes
• Research and understand marketing initiatives, strategic positioning, and target audience
• Attend and participate in stand-up / brainstorming sessions and product meetings
• Produce storyboards to visualise ideas
• Work on designs in order to produce an effective advertising campaign
• Organise shoots with various stake holders
• Create social, digital, print, OOH and layouts and oversee shoots
• Manage projects both on and off location (as required)
• Review work and ensure that work adheres to the CI and standards set out by Pick n Pay Clothing
• Work with Creative Lead to manage projects
• Ensure creative campaign / ideas are within a budget and management thereof
• Ensure the level of creative work is high and correct before presenting
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure deadlines are met
• Ensure product information documents are correct and concise
• Strong digital knowledge, in order to work with social team to create strong content
• Keep abreast with adverting trends within retail space and online
• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure deadline are met.
• Manage CPA’s and outcomes.
• Ensure consistency and integration of art direction across all communication channels Responsible for seeing the idea through the creative process to final sign off
• Work to brief and show understanding and relevance to the target market
• Hands on creative development from concept to implementation.
• Provide quality assurance of all creative deliverables.
• Lead and inspire Art Direction best practice
• Supervise a cross-functional team of graphic designers, copywriters, social media experts, photographers/videographers, and project managers in the strategic development of messages and deliverables

Competencies    

• Great leadership skills
• Strong creative/conceptual ability
• Good with internal stakeholders
• A solid understanding of the fundamentals of fashion brand
• Hungry to make award winning work
• The ability to guide creative teams to conceptualize and execute compelling ideas
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Ability to balance working on projects and overseeing teams
• Willingness to review work and present to team
• Being comfortable in coordinating work schedules with traffic and managing deadlines
• Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders