MW Art Director

Remuneration:	market-related
Location:	Cape Town
Job level:	Junior/Mid
Type:	Permanent
Reference:	#TTL0008
Company:	ninety9cents

Our Cape Town office is looking for a mid-weight art director with a focus on retail advertising to join our creative team on one of our retail clients.

Role summary:

We are looking for a passionate art director with retail client experience, someone with the skill set to capture promotional excitement and create breakthrough designs for a national retail client. The successful applicant will be tasked with carrying visual and conceptual skills from the 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, high work volume, and demanding pitches. 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 layout skills, know a thing or two about art direction in an agency environment, and play well with others – we want to see your portfolio.

Job scope includes but is not limited to:

• Working in a team under the leadership of a group head and creative director to conceptualise and execute campaigns based on both client and internal briefs.
• Presenting work imaginatively and confidently to clients and senior creatives.
• Being skilled in design and conceptualisation.
• Maintaining exceptionally high standards for execution and attention to detail.
• Collaborating and communicating well with the team and other departments.
• Having an eternally positive disposition, especially when the going gets rough.

Minimum relevant experience and skills/attributes required:

• Relevant tertiary qualification.
• At least two years’ experience as an art director in a large/integrated advertising agency.
• At least two years’ previous experience in a high-volume environment.
• Demonstrated experience with social media design across various social media platforms.
• Strong skills in design software such as InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator are non-negotiable.
• Experience in digital and experiential advertising is advantageous.
• Strong interpersonal skills; a team player, persuasive negotiator, positive and innovative thinker.
• Maintain high standards for execution and attention to detail.
• Highly motivated and a high level of initiative; ability to work independently, in support of the agency’s creative goals and the client’s business objectives.

Posted on 23 May 15:10, Closing date 21 Jun