Description
Our Cape Town office is looking for a Creative Director (Copywriting or Art Director) to join our Creative Team.
Our ideal candidate is a solutions-driven, conceptual Creative Director who has honed his/her craft in both Digital and ATL. We are looking for someone who has excellent time-management skills; is detail-oriented and holds him/herself accountable.
The successful incumbent will conceptualize creative campaign strategies and translate them into high quality digital and ATL campaigns from concept to completion in accordance with brand guidelines. We want a Creative Director with a great, can-do attitude with an innate ability to lead a vibrant creative team.
Responsibilities:
- Well-versed in web, app and social media collateral
- Supervising and managing all production stagesDevelop a constructive working relationship with internal teams and assist in building creative rationales
- Share knowledge and build excitement of creative trends within the team
- Respond quickly to team needs, providing support and constructive feedback
- Working closely with the client service and traffic teams on daily aspects of projects
- Passion for the work and a key driver for high creative standards.
- Remain up-to-date and ahead of the curve with the latest digital marketing trends, techniques and technologies
Requirements
- Relevant degree or diploma in Copywriting or Art Direction
- At least 5 years’ relevant experience as an experienced Creative Director - Copywriter/Art Director or Creative Associate in an advertising/creative agency
- Experienced on retail and brand experience on large blue-chip accounts
- A conceptual portfolio consisting of television/video and other platform campaigns
- Proactive and have a good understanding of how to run a campaign and push process in order to meet the objectives of the brief
- Proficient in the latest software and confident working on a Mac
- Must be able to work under extreme pressure in order to meet tight deadlines
- Experience on retail accounts highly advantageous
- Must be comfortable leading presentations at top level client meetings.
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Description
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and creative content creator to collaborate directly with TikTok and our talented creative teams to deliver best in class content for the TikTok space.
This role calls for an ambitious creative who is an early adopter of all things digital and has a salacious appetite for trends. Ideally you enjoy tackling a trend, putting your epic ideas into proposals, bringing those ideas to life through your creative skill set in the form of social video and then waiting for the likes to come rolling in.
Your day-to-day will require you to collaborate with our current creative teams who understand our clients' needs, translating their ideas (and yours) into TikTok-able ideas, collaboration time with TikTok, executing upon those ideas alongside your dedicated Social Media Manager or working with our talented production team to deliver on videos that you will tackle with cap-cut to be ready for activation.Your day-to-day will require you to collaborate with our current creative teams who understand our clients' needs, translating their ideas (and yours) into TikTok-able ideas, collaboration time with TikTok, executing upon those ideas alongside your dedicated Social Media Manager or working with our talented production team to deliver on videos that you will tackle with cap-cut to be ready for activation.
When you are not working with our creative teams your time will be centered around tactical proposals and executions for TikTok that you can pitch back to our creative teams and clients. To do this we will connect you with our social department to ensure ongoing access to online listening, trends, insights, and brand opportunities.
Skills:
- Pre-Planned, Ad-Hoc and Quick Turn Around Visual Content Creation
- Production: Art Direction, Videography, Photography, Illustration & Design.
- Postproduction: Editing, retouching, FA etc. On the most part this will be done through TikTok tools like cap-cut
- Effective collaboration with digital design, copywriting, social media, and strategy department
- Excellent proposal and presentation skills.
- Ability to multitask several creative projects and able to work under tight deadlines
- Be on the forefront of trends and innovations on the local & international landscape for social media, photography, videography and editing techniques.
Requirements
Skills:
- Pre-Planned, Ad-Hoc and Quick Turn Around Visual Content Creation
- Production: Art Direction, Videography, Photography, Illustration & Design.
- Postproduction: Editing, retouching, FA etc. On the most part this will be done through TikTok tools like cap-cut.
- Effective collaboration with digital design, copywriting, social media, and strategy departments.
- Excellent proposal and presentation skills.
- Ability to multitask several creative projects and able to work under tight deadlines
- Be on the forefront of trends and innovations on the local & international landscape for social media, photography, videography and editing techniques.
Minimum education:
- 3-5 years' relevant experience (against this job spec)
- Portfolio displaying your own conceptual and strategic design online
- Proven experience working on TikTok like content
- Experience with different types of production equipment
- Experience with TikTok software
- Experience in designing brand content for online platforms including social, email, website, app and/or paid media
- Responsible and trustworthy
- Excellent creative skills and a great eye for detail
Technical skills/knowledge:
- Design Platforms: Adobe Creative Cloud & Figma
- Photography Platforms: Photoshop & Lightroom, Social in app Editing
- Videography Platforms: After Effects, Premier, Social in app Editing
- Social Platform Experience: Facebook & Instagram Studio, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, Twitter, Whats App etc.
- Bonus: Digital Platforms: Google Web Design
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Description
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and creative content creator to take responsibility for the content marketing output of our clients, working alongside the Digital Content Producer.
You must be well organized and have excellent creative and communication skills, be flexible, be self-motivated, multi-task, and most importantly, be adaptable. A positive and enthusiastic problem-solving attitude will get you far.
The ability to drive strategic thinking and creativity to deliver top of the range visual content essential for this role.This role calls for a talented all-rounder with initiative & drive to keep ahead of the digital content space. Ideally, you will be excited about technology, enjoy playing with tools and see challenges as opportunities.
Role: We are seeking a talented Mid-Weight Content Creator to join our creative team.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in content production, from conceptualization to shooting and editing. They will be responsible for creating visually compelling content that meets client briefs and aligns with the latest social media trends.
Duties:
- Collaborate with clients and the creative team to develop and interpret production briefs.
- Plan and execute video and photo shoots using DSLR cameras and professional lighting.
- Manage the editing process to create polished, engaging content for various digital platforms.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest social media trends and integrate these insights into content creation.
- Oversee multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring deadlines are met and content quality is maintained.
- Provide creative input and contribute to brainstorming sessions to develop innovative content ideas.
- Ensure all content aligns with clients' brand guidelines and marketing objectives.
- Coordinate with other departments (e.g., marketing, design) to ensure cohesive project execution.
- Troubleshoot production and post-production issues as they arise.
Requirements
- Relevant years of experience in content production, preferably within the retail or FMCG sectors.
- Proficiency in using DSLR cameras and professional lighting equipment.
- Strong skills in video editing software - Davinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro, After effects (advantageous) and photoshop (basic)
- Excellent understanding of social media platforms and content trends.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
- Strong creative vision and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Minimum education:
- Relevant degree and/or qualifications (against this job spec)In summary, we are looking for someone with creative flair.
- A keen storyteller at heart and the desire to want to explore the budding world of Content Marketing.
- Someone who is in touch with the world socially, and excited at the thought of creating stories with some of South Africa’s best loved brands – using video and visual medium.
- If this speaks to you, then we want YOU. And we want you to want us too.
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