Art Director Opportunity

Job description

A very nice opportunity for a mid – senior art director to work at a leading Jozi agency has come up and it could have your name splashed on it! This role calls for someone with conceptual ability who enjoys the detail and is passionate about producing top quality creative. You will be need to conceptualise and design pitch-winning creative work for through-the-line campaigns. What we’re looking for is someone who is able to drive copy and guide the response mechanisms by understanding promotional activities and experiential marketing disciplines. You need to have some finely honed design skills. Show us your understanding of layout, your fondness for typography and this sought-after position could be yours for the taking.

Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:

• Working from a brief with a copywriter and generating concepts
• Working on designs to produce an effective advertising or marketing campaign
• Working with suppliers like photographers or illustrators every so often
• Managing a time schedule and working under pressure
• Executing and setting up each job in a precise and concise manner prior to sending to repro and print
• Analysing a brief and conceptualising pragmatic creative solutions
• Work closely with Copywriter and Client Service team to develop award-winning strategic advertising and promotional campaigns within the parameters of the creative brief
• Designing & crafting concepts into original, relevant and impactful communications
• Following through to the completion of jobs whilst maintaining attention to detail and adhering to time frames
• Giving constructive input during a shoots and/or recordings

Education & Experience Required
The successful candidate should ideally have/be:

• Degree/Diploma from relevant institution
• Minimum of three years BTL experience
• Fully Mac literate in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign. Other software knowledge welcome but not essential.
• Art Directing/Designing experience
• A conceptual wizard

Skills and Attributes Required:

• Team Player
• Hardworking, conscientious
• Attention to detail.
• Be able to excel under pressure
• Work well as part of a team, with a range of personalities
• Creative thinker – crossing those boundaries to conceptualize
• Work under pressure
• Goal orientated achiever
• Proactive thinker

Company Description

Viv Gordon Placements (VGP) is a specialist recruitment agency in the advertising, marketing, media, public relations and publishing industries.

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