Senior Art Director needed at Avatar International

Duties

Creative Excellence

• To act as directed by the CD/ECD/CCO as per the creative briefGenerate effective, innovative, and compelling creative concepts for individual ads or campaigns based on sound strategies.
• Direct and produce effective, impactful, and compelling advertising that reflects insight into the task, the brand and the target market.
• Craft and finish to the highest possible standard all artwork relating to a specific job or campaign.
• Proactively identify creative trends and opportunities.
• Assist with selecting voices, sound effects, music, and music composers that fit the project and the budget.
• Direct radio and TV soundtracks toward a high-quality final product.
• Strive for excellence (relevant, current, ground-breaking).
• Present competently in reviews and to clients, articulating clearly the creative rationale for the work being presented.
• Develop a valuable relationship with internal teams.
• Create integrated “solutions” as opposed to “one-off” ads.
• Work with internal teams at reviews and client presentations.
• Clarify the exact purpose/deliverables of a brief before developing the work.
• Embrace a culture of ‘solutions not problems’ within the creative department.

Qualifications & Experience

• Matric
• Relevant Diploma / Degree
• Experience in Financial Services will advantageous
• Technical skills include Design, Art Direction, Illustration, Rendering, Storyboarding, Retouching, and photo manipulation, understanding of web/online media, Photo Shoot direction, understanding of music, vocals and the TV Production process
• A portfolio that reflects creative conceptual proficiencies.
• Flair for art direction/design, broad, intrusive, creative, and original work
• Ability to deliver creative work of distinction
• Capability to take on campaigns with multi-element tasks that require a concept and a thought-through process
• Experience with software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe After Effects, Video Editing, Flash, etc
• Has achieved merit-worthy excellence by winning awards in their field of expertise