Senior Art Director
Accenture
Date: 20 hours ago
City: Midrand, Gauteng
Contract type: Full time
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance public services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability.
We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes through our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):
Collaborate with a Snr Copywriter to conceptualise advertising strategies according to client brief
Research and understand clients marketing initiatives, strategic positioning, and target audience
Attend and participate in stand-up / brainstorming sessions
Produce sketches and storyboards to visualise ideas
Art Direction for all forms of communication including but not limited to: TVC (ability to conceptualise TV campaigns), print, digital, social media etc.
Ensure the level of creative work is high before presenting work to Creative Directors, Group Heads etc.
Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure deadlines are met
Assist with mentoring and training junior creatives
Keep abreast with adverting trends within industry best practice
Qualifications / Experience / Skill:
Tertiary qualification in Art Direction
Proficient in MS Office (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote etc.)
Proficient in Adobe Suite
Minimum 4 years’ experience as a Snr Art Director in an Advertising Agency
Digital & TTL experience is essential
Experience with brand design and brand identity
Experience working on WorkBook will be advantageous
A good command of the English language (both verbal and written)
Strong presentation skills
Strong multitasking skills (ability to work on more than one brief at any given time)
Strong time management skills
A porti showcasing both TTL & DIgital
Personal Attributes:
Team player with the ability to work independently
Ability to remain calm in a fast-paced environment
Creative “out the box” thinker
Proactive
Resilient
Confident
Accountable
Reliable
Solution driven / problem solver
Deadline driven
Meticulous with attention to detail
Other
o Comfortable to work on-site
o Comfortable to work on alcohol brands
As per spec
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance public services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability.
We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes through our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):
Collaborate with a Snr Copywriter to conceptualise advertising strategies according to client brief
Research and understand clients marketing initiatives, strategic positioning, and target audience
Attend and participate in stand-up / brainstorming sessions
Produce sketches and storyboards to visualise ideas
Art Direction for all forms of communication including but not limited to: TVC (ability to conceptualise TV campaigns), print, digital, social media etc.
Ensure the level of creative work is high before presenting work to Creative Directors, Group Heads etc.
Work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure deadlines are met
Assist with mentoring and training junior creatives
Keep abreast with adverting trends within industry best practice
Qualifications / Experience / Skill:
Tertiary qualification in Art Direction
Proficient in MS Office (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote etc.)
Proficient in Adobe Suite
Minimum 4 years’ experience as a Snr Art Director in an Advertising Agency
Digital & TTL experience is essential
Experience with brand design and brand identity
Experience working on WorkBook will be advantageous
A good command of the English language (both verbal and written)
Strong presentation skills
Strong multitasking skills (ability to work on more than one brief at any given time)
Strong time management skills
A porti showcasing both TTL & DIgital
Personal Attributes:
Team player with the ability to work independently
Ability to remain calm in a fast-paced environment
Creative “out the box” thinker
Proactive
Resilient
Confident
Accountable
Reliable
Solution driven / problem solver
Deadline driven
Meticulous with attention to detail
Other
o Comfortable to work on-site
o Comfortable to work on alcohol brands
As per spec
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