Mid-weight Art Director - JHB North at TBWA\ South Africa

Description

Art Director

• Producing campaigns that have an instant and positive impact on the consumer in order to promote the product or brand being advertised.
• Produce innovative ideas for the visual elements of an advertising campaign in all kinds of media.
• Demonstrate an understanding of technical knowledge such as artistry, photography, typography, print, Mac skills InDesign & Illustrator etc to support their work.
• Generate original visual ideas that meet the client's expectations.
• Work on a number of campaigns and always strive to meet tight deadlines.
• Receiving and Interpretation of briefs.
• Work closely with the junior copywriter to generate creative ideas and concepts to fulfil the client brief.
• Demonstrate a willingness to amend, revise, redevelop adverts or campaigns in response to feedback from the creative director, client service team or the client.
• Demonstrate an ability to explain your thought process of your work.
• Present work internally and externally in a clear and professional manner.
• Assist in developing a presentation which includes rationale, reference and any supporting argument to sell the work.
• Produce sketches/storyboards, roughs/scamps to effectively communicate the idea to the client.

Client Relationship

• Familiarise yourselves with the clients products and services, the target audience and competitors' activities

Business Knowledge

• Demonstrate an interest in social and cultural trends as well as keep abreast with the developments in the industry.
• Demonstrate an understanding of target audience and business that the advert is aimed at.
• Manage projects/campaign effectively and work within allocated hours.

Team Leadership

• Work closely with relevant teams, ensuring effective communication and management of teams’ expectations.
• Work with account teams to understand the clients’ brand and manage projects in a way that will support the delivery of the brand.
• Actively encourage and facilitate collaboration within the team and other departments within the agency.
• Actively support and involve team members at the appropriate time to resolve issues.
• Demonstrate a willingness to work extra hours with the team to produce award-winning work.

VALUES

• Creativity
• Courage
• Collaboration

Requirements

• +3 years plus as an Art Director in a leading creative agency/company that has generated or can generate and produce world-class ideas.

Skills and Educational Requirements:

• World-class art direction ability.
• Presentation skills.
• Strategically minded.
• Creatively diverse (photography, design, illustration).
• Technical understanding of tv & content production, edits, sound, music, voice and direction.