Creative Director

Remuneration:	market-related
Location:	Sandton
Job level:	Junior
Type:	Contract
Reference:	#CREATIVEDIRECTORHLJH
Company:	TBWA South Africa

Role profile

Job title:

Creative director

Key purpose:

Develop strong relationships with both existing and potential clients, gaining a deep understanding of the brands under management to interrogate any brief or strategy effectively. Guide clients, creative teams, and production to deliver world-class strategy, ideas, execution, and results.
1) Strategic responsibilities (clients)

• Define and support the desired corporate vision and values, utilising disruptive methods when appropriate.
• Set the optimal strategic direction aligned with the corporate vision, using disruptive techniques when possible.

2) Operational responsibilities (creative department)

• Assist executive creative directors in building the creative reputation of Hunt Lascaris.
• Take accountability for ensuring all creative output consistently meets high-quality standards.
• Lead creative teams to produce and craft original and impactful ideas, art direction, and copy, proactively or in response to briefs.
• Present creative work clearly, professionally, and impactfully, both internally and externally.
• Stay informed on trends, popular culture, and relevant ideas to ensure the work remains innovative and contemporary.
• Demonstrate a passion for continual refinement and improvement of craft.
• Contribute to enhancing the company’s reputation through local and international awards.

3) Key relationships (strategy and account management)

• Maintain strong relations with senior members of client teams.
• Collaborate with strategy and account management to manage creative team expectations and seek opportunities to improve the work.
• Work with strategy and account management to understand the client’s brand, helping manage projects that support the delivery of iconic work.
• Foster collaboration within the creative department and across other Hunt Lascaris departments.

4) Business management

• Develop and nurture client relationships to support the delivery of outstanding creative work.
• Help schedule work efficiently, prioritising workload within creative teams to meet client expectations.
• Participate in new business pitches and business development as needed.
• Promote positive sentiment internally and externally to uphold the reputation of Hunt Lascaris.
• Serve as an inspirational role model.

5) People and collaboration

• Help shape the creative department to meet the evolving needs of Hunt Lascaris and its clients.
• Communicate business goals to teams and articulate the creative contribution of these goals to the chief creative officer or executive creative directors.
• Inspire, coach, and guide creative teams to foster individual and collective improvement.
• Support proactive recruitment and staff development.
• Assist in setting objectives for the department and in managing budgets.
• Lead accurate work time recording for yourself and your teams.

Knowledge and experience required

• Over five years as a creative director in a leading creative agency or company with the capability to generate, guide, sell, and produce world-class ideas for Hunt Lascaris and its clients.

Skills and educational requirements

• Exceptional creative ability
• Strong leadership skills
• Proficient presentation skills
• Strategic thinking
• Diverse creative skills (art, copy, and beyond)
• Decisive and clear communicator
• Technical understanding of TV and content production, edits, sound, music, voice, and direction

Optional extras:

Influence and thought leadership, lecturing experience, blog or editorial skills, poetry, After Effects, 3D rendering, illustration, editing, design, songwriting, sound production, or artistic skills.

Behavioural attributes:

Inspirational, ambitious, determined, courageous, collaborative, creatively expressive, adaptable, with a strong sense of accountability for the accounts and work managed.

Posted on 28 Oct 12:20, Closing date 26 Nov