TBWA is The Disruption Company: the cultural engine for 21st century business. We create disruptive ideas that locate and involve brands in culture, giving them a larger share of the future.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Your role would require you to bring together the vision of the creative team and the overall brand approach of Mercedes Benz. With an eye for detail, you feel comfortable designing TTL elements by bringing your design flare to the table, while still delivering quality designs to the clients.
You thrive well within a team but also function well on your own. You are great at taking creative direction from your peers and exceptional communication skills.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own the client creative strategy and the client relationships from a creative perspective
- Establish and maintain creative brand guidelines
- Developing exceptional and well-crafted creative that help solves client pain points
- Understanding of how to develop an integrated and multi-channel campaign within automotive industry
- Collaborate with the Client Services & Planning in the development of client strategies, analyzing results and identifying opportunities
- Enforce & support all creative operations with team members, striving for operational excellence
- Help identify area for improved efficiencies in the department and in working with other departments
- Stay informed of trends, competitor brands; ensuring creative campaigns stay on the front line of exceptional campaigns.
- Build and mentor a strong creative team
- Participate in employee 1 on 1s on a quarterly basis
- Have a pulse of the team’s workload and identify hiring needs
- Participate in the training of new and current team members
- Conduct interviews of new talent
VALUES
- Can do attitude
- Process and performance driven
- Team player
- Empathetic
- Enthusiastic
You will be part of an international team x across multiple markets and hubs, including a support network of team members and training to develop your skillsets, with opportunities to participate in training across all team x marketing disciplines.
REGIONS OVERSEAS
Region Overseas(RO) is an incredibly diverse region – spanning LATAM, Australia, Turkey, Russia, South East Asia, Japan, South Korea and beyond.
Body of work that demonstrates account/campaign planning, creative direction, visual design skills, and interactive/digital advertising experiences·
Requirements
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- 10+ years industry experience
- Minimum of 3 years people management experience
- Proven ability to ideate for film, print, digital, out-of-home, experiential and social
- Experience as a Creative Director at either agency or advertiser, with a copywriter or art director background
- Experience working with automotive and luxury brands
- Relentlessly high creative standards and exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly entrepreneurial environment with multiple different stakeholders and regulatory requirements
- Data-driven and obsessed with measurable impact of a campaign
- Ability to juggle many projects and consistently deliver results despite competing priorities
- Excellent presentation skills and ability to gracefully defend creative decisions to leadership, driving creative alignment with leadership and stakeholders
- Have a professional, pro-active, and positive attitude that sets an example to others
- Ability to take direction, and a willingness to learn new things
- Collaborative attitude with the ability to work independently and lead as required
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Relevant qualification in Graphic Design, Art, or equivalent experience
Work Level
Senior
Job Type
Permanent
Salary
Market Related
EE Position
No
Location
JHB North
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ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for an Integrated Producer with integrated experience to join our team. The role requires the management of internal teams, production companies, clients and other external suppliers, to ensure the smooth delivery of complex branded content campaigns across TV, online, social media and digital.
We deliver creative, ambitious content projects (ranging significantly in type and size), often creating innovative content firsts, so we are looking for a Producer to help guide these projects to delivery as efficiently as possible.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Project Management
- Creating and maintaining complex project schedules.
- Preparing and maintaining project documentation including SOWs and timelines.
- Act as a point of contact and counsel for members of the Client Service team when communicating changes, control and risks to clients or other critical stakeholders
- Organizing and setting clear expectations in regard to tasks and deliverables across departments
- Recommending process improvements and continuously looking to improve quality
Monitoring and Reporting
- Serving as the key liaison between internal teams to communicate and prioritize project tasks based on business value.
- Triaging production issues and work with internal and external teams to identify root cause and potential solutions and work together with key stakeholders to find solutions.
- Providing clear and accurate communication, materials and documentation to team and clients.
- Communicating a project’s progress to senior internal and client stakeholders.
VALUES
- Can do attitude
- Process and performance driven
- Team player
- Empathetic
- Enthusiastic
You will be part of an international team x across multiple markets and hubs, including a support network of team members and training to develop your skillsets, with opportunities to participate in training across all team x marketing disciplines.
REGIONS OVERSEAS
Region Overseas(RO) is an incredibly diverse region – spanning LATAM, Australia, Turkey, Russia, South East Asia, Japan, South Korea and beyond.
Body of work that demonstrates account/campaign planning, creative direction, visual design skills, and interactive/digital advertising experiences·
Requirements
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 5+ years of production experience in an agency environment
- Broadcast production experience (i.e. TV, Digital, Social) a must
- Experience in automotive sector is a plus
- Experience with developing budgets and scope document
- Familiar with budget tracking and accounting software
- Driven, energetic and goal-oriented
- Effective communication with stakeholders at all levels
- Team-player and can drive projects too successful delivery
- Ability to perform well under pressure with great problem solving skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong sense of initiative, proactiveness, and entrepreneurial spirit
- Effectively able to manage multiple projects with great multi-tasking skills
- Have/develop and maintained strong relationships with key suppliers of various size and cost, including but not limited to directors, production and post-production houses, talent and casting agents.
- Has an incredibly high creative standard
- Has a built-in radar to know when and how to pivot on a job, and on a dime.
- Doesn’t believe solutions are always black & white, i.e. thrives in the grey.
Work Level
Mid-Level
Job Type
Permanent
Salary
Market Related
EE Position
No
Location
JHB North
Gmail
Yahoomail