Junior Art Director
| Remuneration: | market-related |
| Location: | Cape Town |
| Job level: | Junior |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Reference: | #NF5C |
| Company: | ninety9cents |
Our Cape Town office is looking for a
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rt director focusing on retail advertising to join our Creative Team on one of our retail clients.
Role summary:We are looking for a passionate Junior Art Director with Advertising agency experience, someone with a strong creative portfolio that showcases the skill set to capture promotional excitement and breakthrough designs for a national retail client. The successful applicant will carry visual and conceptual skills from the initial brief to the final artwork.
Our ideal candidate must have a keen eye for little and big details, and work extremely well under pressure with quick deadlines, high work volume and demanding pitches. We want someone resourceful, a self-starter and a conceptual thinker. If you are all of the above and then some, have great communication skills, exceptional lay-out 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.
- Present work imaginatively and confidently to clients and senior creatives
- Be skilled in design and conceptualisation.
- Maintain exceptionally high standards for execution and attention to detail.
- Be skilled in design and conceptualisation.
- Collaborate and communicate well with the team and other departments.
- Have an eternally positive disposition especially when challenges and deadlines arise.
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 non-negotiable
- Knowledge and proficiency in Figma
- 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 21 Oct 15:18, Closing date 19 Nov
