Our Cape Town office is looking for a Junior Art 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. Advertising agency
experience is a bonus. 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.
REQUIREMENTS
Minimum relevant experience and skills/attributes required:
- Relevant tertiary qualification
- 1 to 2 years’ experience as an art director in a large/integrated
Advertising Agency is a bonus
- or 2 years’ previous experience in a high-volume environment would be a benefit
- 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
- Knowledge and proficiency using AI tools
- 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
