Senior Art Director – Conceptual Integrated Designer

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.

As a part of The Brandtech Group, we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.

Role: Senior Art Director – Conceptual Integrated Designer (12-Months FTC)

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa 

About the role:

Join our dynamic and innovative in-house creative agency, working with our client. Our team is dedicated to crafting engaging and persuasive content that resonates with audiences across both social and digital platforms. We collaborate with diverse departments to ensure our campaigns amplify our brand voice and presence. As a Conceptual Art Director for Integrated Design, you will play a pivotal role in driving creative concepts and optimising content for various platforms, all while working in an energetic and fast-paced environment.

As the Senior Art Director for Integrated Design, you’ll work closely with the local and regional client, manage your own work on the day-to-day running of local campaigns, working within specified timeframes and budgets. The right candidate will also have the ability to ensure quality and consistency of deliverables are met by self-QC.

What you will be doing:

• Collaborate with the team to conceptualise campaigns, roll out design and adaptation to the client’s brief and exacting standards from the outset until completion, including OOH, digital, in-store, print, and social.

• Positively influencing clients with creative input in addition to undertaking and pitching new creative concepts when appropriate.

• Ensure consistency and quality across all design deliverables while adhering to brand guidelines and project specifications in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

• Work with in house automation tools to set up large volume campaigns for production.

• Produce high volume campaigns across all moving image channels.

• Utilising After Affects to manually build bespoke requests for local markets.

• Have a strong knowledge of the brand guidelines to act as a brand guardian.

• Communicate and present projects & campaigns effectively to internal stakeholders and clients, incorporating feedback to refine and iterate designs as needed.

• Create inspiring and exciting content – from repurposing, reformatting of assets to ideation.

• Be an entrepreneurial lead on the development of creative and output.

• Keenly evaluate and monitor industry trends and brands, AI, research industry developments in branding, automation and marketing to be at the forefront of creative excellence.

• Proactivity and strong project management skills, teamed with an aptitude for managing multiple varying sized projects seamlessly.

• Ability to deliver final artwork and toolkits on campaign, digital and print based material. 

What you need to be great in this role:

• Equivalent of a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or related field

• 8+ years of professional experience in design, artwork and production

• Strong portfolio showcasing a range of design work across various platforms and mediums

• Experience working with multiple campaigns, languages, and digital channels.

• Ability to engage and build rapport with clients, and organise and influence them

• Ability to take initiative, think creatively, and solve problems independently

• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, basic Figma and an understanding of future-facing platforms – with a desire to embrace new software and efficiency-led AI platforms

• Strong design skills and comprehensive understanding of Adobe After Effects and Premier Pro and rendering/output settings.

• Strong experience in Graphic Design and the full Adobe suite of programmes.

• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with multiple delivery needs – right first time

• Appreciation of contemporary photography, positioning and cropping, with a skill for basic retouching

• Strong typography, layout and technical skills with excellent attention to detail

• An understanding of responsive design across all digital platforms

• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in design, AI, social, technology, and marketing to continually enhance the quality and effectiveness of our work

• Experience working with motion using After Effects and Premiere Storyboarding Animation concepts & brand films.

• An understanding of automation software and willingness to embrace them

• The ability to talk through your ideas confidently with the team and clients

• 4 + years of relevant experience in:

• Graphic Design

• Digital

• Motion Graphics

• Web Design

• Artwork

• Print

• Production

• Automation/AI

Req ID: 16850

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Our values shape everything we do:

Be Ambitious to succeed 

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible 

Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work 

Be always learning and listening to understand 

Be Results-focused  to exceed expectations 

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations 

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws. 

 OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.