Medium Art Director

Ogilvy South Africa is part of one of the largest marketing communications networks in the world. Operating in 83 countries, we offer a doorway for clients to access innovative creative solutions that give their brands the competitive edge in a complex, hyper-connected world.

In a fragmented marketplace, a brand with meaning and coherence is a powerful business asset. At Ogilvy, we design brands, turn them into an experience and communicate their story. We make brands matter.

ROLE

Since we believe in creative work that disrupts, we are looking for someone who is going to embrace modern marketing principles and a person who is a self-starter. Someone who challenges the norm and embodies our philosophy of divine discontent (Never stop chasing brilliance attitude).

We are therefore looking for a Medium Digital Designer. Must have 3+ years experience.

To complement the above, well also be looking for:

• Highly conceptual individual (Must show at least 4 projects)
• Execution of digital campaigns (Show minimum of 1 examples)
• Must demonstrate in-depth understanding of new and existing digital platforms
• Must have some industry recognition in a form of international and or local awards (i.e. Cannes, One Show, Loeries, Clios, Bookmarks etc.)

RESPONSIBILITIES

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

A Medium Art Director can expect to be craft-led and platform neutral conceptual thinkers, in particular having an understanding of all major social platforms. Should have a desire to transform companies by creating beautiful, intuitive, and human-centred products and experiences.

The successful candidate 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.

Must be able to work on one sizable and one medium size project at any one time. Have the ability to attend every review on a project with new 3 ideas.

What you'll do everyday

Responsibilities

• Be au fait with digital marketing
• Manage your creative process on projects
• Work with other disciplines (Strategists, Developers, Media, Accounts, etc.)
• Be a champion for digital innovation on every project you touch
• Drive real-time optimisation of the digital work in partnership with strategy and media
• Participate in pitches for new business
• Define or apply the aesthetic of overall campaigns
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Generate ideas and sell them into clients and other members of the team
• Mock up creative ideas
• Design across multiple channels
• Consistently produce creative elements against a deliverables list
• Participate in brainstorms & conceptualisation
• Lead the craft & design of your idea
• Compile presentations for clients
• Attend client briefings & present to clients

What you're made of:

• Great time management
• Ability to work under pressure & meet tight deadlines
• Adopt problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills with ability to provide rationales for creative choices made
• Strong presentation skills
• Working knowledge of existing and emerging technologies & platforms
• A strong understanding of best practice interaction and visual design principles
• An understanding of strategic processes
• Able to work with team members

Working knowledge of these tools:

• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• After Effects
• KeyNote / PowerPoint
• InVision (UX / UI)
• Spark AR Studio
• Google Web Designer & DV360
• Facebook Creative Hub

Additional skills

• An Illustrator by night
• Animator on weekends
• 3D Animation & Production
• Editing skills