Senior Conceptual Art Director

Machine_ Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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Company Description

Machine_ is a creative solutions agency represented across Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, and is home to over 75 adventurous minds.

At Machine_, we don't believe that intuition and gut feel are enough.

That's why everything we do starts with an insight.

Our team of experts uses these insights to create impactful and accountable solutions that touch consumers at every point in their connected world.

Machine_ is part of Publicis Groupe, one of the fastest-growing global networks.

Machine's mantra, Never Afraid, underpins our values of doing the right thing, being curious, solution-oriented, and at its core 'giving a s...t!'.

Living this mantra daily helps grow our Clients' businesses and these are the values we look for when recruiting new talent.

The right personality is just as important as the right experience.

We're here to work hard and have fun while doing it.

Overview

Responsible for the execution and on-time delivery of high-quality creative campaigns across all media touchpoints.

As a senior creative, you will work with our passionate, multi-talented studio delivering on exceptional, integrated concepts and designs to exceed client briefs and expectations.

As a Senior Art Director, you can expect to be craft-led and platform-neutral conceptual thinkers, in particular having an understanding of all major social platforms.

You should have a desire to transform companies by creating beautiful, intuitive, and human-centred products and experiences.

You will be tuned into all aspects of South African popular culture and the platforms and media it plays in, as well as have a strong point of view on what it takes to win in this space.

Responsibilities

1. Be a conceptual thinker
2. Be up to date with platforms
3. Manage your creative process on projects
4. Work with other disciplines (Strategists, Developers, Media, Accounts, etc.)
5. Be a champion for creative innovation on every project you touch
6. Participate in pitches for new business
7. Define or apply the aesthetic of overall campaigns
8. Manage multiple projects simultaneously
9. Generate ideas and sell them into clients or other members of the team
10. Mock up creative ideas
11. Design across multiple channels
12. Consistently produce creative elements against a deliverables list
13. Participate in brainstorms & conceptualisation
14. Lead the craft & design of your idea
15. Compile presentations for clients and learn to present
16. Attend client briefings & be prepared to present to clients

Qualifications

1. Tertiary qualification in Art Direction / Graphic Design
2. Must have a minimum of 5-6 years experience, preferably within an advertising agency.
3. Strong conceptual and design skills
4. Proficient in MS Office
5. Knowledge of and experience in Adobe Creative Suite applications
6. Good communication & presentation skills
7. Good multi-tasking skills (ability to work on more than one brief at any given time)
8. Great time management
9. Ability to work under pressure & meet tight deadlines
10. Adopt problem-solving skills
11. Strong communication skills with ability to provide rationales for creative choices made
12. Adequate presentation skills
13. Working knowledge of existing and emerging technologies & platforms
14. A strong understanding of best practice interaction and visual design principles
15. Able to work with team members

Working Knowledge Of These Tools

1. Illustrator
2. Photoshop
3. Indesign
4. After Effects
5. KeyNote / PowerPoint
6. Figma
7. Google Web Designer & DV
8. Facebook Creative Hub

Additional Information

1. Demonstrate innovative ideas to the team to improve how we communicate our proposition
2. Must be able to work on one sizable and two small size projects at any one time with oversight
3. Have the ability to attend every review on a project with 3 new ideas

THE PERSON

1. Team player with the ability to work independently
2. Ability to work well in a highly pressurized, fast-paced environment
3. Curious, imaginative creative mind with a passion for everything advertising related
4. Meticulous with attention to detail
5. Proactive - a 'can do' attitude and willing to go the extra mile
6. Accountable
7. Solution and deadline driven

Other

1. Flexible to work beyond normal office hours (overtime - if and when required)
2. Able to work on alcohol brands (if and when required)

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Design, Art / Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

Advertising Services