Creative Director

Western Cape
Permanent
Full-time

21 days ago

Company:A well-established brand with a global strategy, that prides itself on making people’s lives easier through frontier technology that creates enabling opportunities.Culture:At FLASH, we realise that “the way we do things around here” drives our business and enables us to achieve our purpose of “Making People’s Lives Easier”. Our 3 values are the drumbeat of our business:

We are all in
We have each other’s backs
We are brave

These values help us to make our People’s lives easier by creating a culture where people come to work because it’s a place where they can engage in meaningful work, in a supportive environment where they can be the best version of themselves and achieve the remarkable!Job Role:This job is for a dynamic strategic-creative genius to work collaboratively alongside the brand, marketing and digital leads to manage, guide and grow our in-house agency team, driving impactful creative campaigns and aligning our creative approach and outputs with business, brand and digital strategies.Responsibilities:

People management & mentorship - manage every aspect of a creative team – individually and as a collective - including learning & skills development, career growth, ongoing performance, product and brand knowledge & alignment

Stakeholder management – work with the business directors, division GMs and marketing leads to drive overall business-marketing alignment and effectiveness
Brand & product marketing – work with marketing leads and product owners to build stronger brands and drive relevant and impactful product marketing campaigns
Creative development and reviews – responsible for driving all creative outputs
Conceptual thinking – You’re able to solve problems creatively and drive better conceptual thinking across all creative disciplines
Creative excellence – work to deliver the best on-brand creative result and ensure consistency over time
Creative workflow processes – Optimise or strengthen existing workflow processes to ensure campaign deadlines are met
Production – Assist with production management for relevant campaigns
Media strategy – Contribute to media strategy, planning and best practice across all campaigns

Requirements:

10+ years’ experience working in the creative advertising/marketing space
3+ years managing creative teams
3+ years managing creative marketing outputs
Conceptual creative development across design/art direction, copy and content
Creative thinking and development across media channels and platforms
Experience working in an advertising agency

Required Knowledge / Technical Skills:

Creative brand strategy/ copywriting/ art direction or design background (but, must be able to consider all of these)
Working with project management tools like Slack and Asana

Advantageous Experience:

Experience working with and/or in a fintech business
Experience working with or in retail
Experience developing brand-led campaigns
Media strategy and planning
Production experience
Studio and workflow management
Digital marketing best practice
Working with mass/main market brands

Competencies / Attributes:

People management and mentorship.
You have the ability to work across creative disciplines (art direction/design, copy, content, video) and bring them together to form considered, brand-led campaigns.
You work collaboratively with other marketing leaders to drive the effectiveness and culture of a broader marketing team.
You love to make the complicated and/or mundane simple and interesting.
You value creative solutions to help drive both consumer resonance and business results.
You strive for creative excellence in even the smallest jobs.
You care about the business problems to be solved.
You put people first.
You thrive on getting your hands dirty and can wear multiple hats to help get the job done, from solutions to brand strategy to campaign messaging to actual execution.
You care about the bigger picture and not just individual tasks at hand.
You put people first and ego aside.
You’re brand-led in everything that you do.
You possess a deep understanding of South African people, culture and behaviours.

Thank you for your interest in joining our team. We carefully review all applications, and if your qualifications meet our needs, we will contact you within 14 days. If you do not hear from us within this timeframe, please consider your application unsuccessful. We appreciate your understanding and encourage you to apply for future opportunities that match your skills and experience.

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