Vacancies Available at Avatar International

Duties 

Client Management: 

• Assumes responsibility for the smooth and efficient running of the account(s) – operationally, creatively, and financially and for inspiring the highest standards and ensuring quality agency output
• Has a good understanding of the client's business and the key broader factors, challenges, and trends shaping their market and categories, leveraging these insights and knowledge to engage in broader business dialogues 
• Writing inspiring and accurate briefs / debriefs and displaying a keen interest in the conceptualizing of the work and development of campaigns
• Actively manages project/job timelines, client queries, expectations, and requirements and timeously red flags any challenges of delivery by monitoring progress on work outputs
• Builds strong and enduring relationships with clients and making a positive impact on our business and theirs
• Driving a culture of creativity and making an impact within the agency
• Ensure that contact, status reports, marketing communication, etc are compiled and distributed timeously
• Assisting seniors on the portfolio with assigned tasks and deliverables   

Finance: 

• Working understanding of client contract / retainer / in-scope / out-of-scope / WIP / forecasting of client billing / income budgets
• Assists with timeous and accurate billing processes, ensuring that preparation and presentation of accounts are executed, invoices are checked against quotes and budgets, and all CEs / POs are billed timeously and before jobs are closed
• Contributes to good financial management, growing projects, managing scope creep, and assisting with meeting overall profit margins and targets
• Ensures timesheets are always up-to-date and accurate 

Operations: 

• Builds respect and loyal commitment of team members, other departments, and of the agency as a whole
• Champion the agency’s philosophy of brilliant basics and imaginative provocation
• Report to line manager on client health, financials, operational challenges and opportunities 
• Contribute by effecting innovation that builds a positive agency culture and work environment through collaboration and knowledge sharing 

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualification in relevant field
• Must have a minimum of 3 years of working experience in the marketing, advertising, digital, or communications industry
• Must be an adrenaline junkie with high attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects
• Must possess a good understanding and experience in advertising, strategy, and production processes
• Has a working knowledge of the ASA Advertising Code and Consumer Protection Act  

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Duties

Creative Excellence

• To act as directed by the CD/ECD/CCO as per the creative briefGenerate effective, innovative, and compelling creative concepts for individual ads or campaigns based on sound strategies.
• Direct and produce effective, impactful, and compelling advertising that reflects insight into the task, the brand and the target market.
• Craft and finish to the highest possible standard all artwork relating to a specific job or campaign.
• Proactively identify creative trends and opportunities.
• Assist with selecting voices, sound effects, music, and music composers that fit the project and the budget.
• Direct radio and TV soundtracks toward a high-quality final product.
• Strive for excellence (relevant, current, ground-breaking).
• Present competently in reviews and to clients, articulating clearly the creative rationale for the work being presented.
• Develop a valuable relationship with internal teams.
• Create integrated “solutions” as opposed to “one-off” ads.
• Work with internal teams at reviews and client presentations.
• Clarify the exact purpose/deliverables of a brief before developing the work.
• Embrace a culture of ‘solutions not problems’ within the creative department.

Qualifications & Experience

• Matric
• Relevant Diploma / Degree
• Experience in Financial Services will advantageous
• Technical skills include Design, Art Direction, Illustration, Rendering, Storyboarding, Retouching, and photo manipulation, understanding of web/online media, Photo Shoot direction, understanding of music, vocals and the TV Production process
• A portfolio that reflects creative conceptual proficiencies.
• Flair for art direction/design, broad, intrusive, creative, and original work
• Ability to deliver creative work of distinction
• Capability to take on campaigns with multi-element tasks that require a concept and a thought-through process
• Experience with software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Video Editing, Flash, etc
• Has achieved merit-worthy excellence by winning awards in their field of expertise

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Duties 

Creative Excellence:

• Drive the overall quality of the creative product whilst maintaining accountability to client objectives. 
• Establishes a culture where powerful advertising combines with creativity and quality.
• The Avatar through-the-line approach is supported by you and this sentiment is filtered down to junior staff. 
• Ensure the quality of work is maintained/improved under your guidance. 
• Creative work that is presented is fully thought-out solutions rather than options (including detailed thinking, budgets, and timings).
• Produce TV ads that rank amongst the most liked ads in each emerging and developed market.
• Gains respect from the client and develops a valuable relationship with the internal teams.
• Create integrated “solutions” as opposed to “one-off” ads. 
• Work with strategy and media at reviews and client presentations.
• Clarify the exact purpose/deliverables of a brief before developing work.
• Create a culture of ‘solutions not problems’ within the creative department. 

Talent Management: 

• Manage, grow, develop and empower junior team members. 
• Contribute by effecting innovation that builds a positive agency culture and work environment through knowledge sharing, mentorship and guidance. 

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience 

• Matric
• Tertiary qualification in Copywriting or English 
• Courses in Copywriting 
• Conceptual and exceptional writing ability  
• A portfolio that reflects creative copywriting proficiencies  
• Flair for writing imaginative, broad, intrusive, creative, and original work 
• Ability to deliver creative work of distinction.
• Capability to take on campaigns with multi-element tasks that require a concept and a thought-through process 
• Finely honed copywriting skills and the latest techniques  
• Is articulate.   
• Experience with software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Video Editing  Flash etc 
• 7+ years’ experience in the creative industry. 
• Has achieved merit-worthy excellence by winning awards in their field of expertise and is recognized by industry peers as setting new industry standards.