Junior Art Director

October 19, 2024

99 Cents

Cape Town

FULL TIME

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 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 2 years experience as an art director in a large/integrated Advertising Agency
At least 2 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 In Design, 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