Creative Director - Johannesburg, South Africa - Praekurement (Pty) Ltd

Description

• Inspire, mentor, collaborate or manage teams involved in the development of online content, including designers, motion graphic designers and writers
• Lead team discussions and drive decision making during planning and strategy meetings
• Collaborate with brand and marketing agencies to align on digital objectives and direct the team to ensure brand continuity across channels
• Uptodate with the latest digital trends and tactics to engage, inform and convert our customers awesomely
• Drive brainstorm sessions to conceptualise original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to customer focussed messages and interactions
• Collaborate with marketing, product, creative and development teams shape the requirements into compelling customer centric propositions
• Supervise the department's daily workflow, scope and assign projects, monitor deadlines and budgets
• Review, provide critical feedback and signoff on creative assets developed by the team
• Present industry trends and competitor activities through reviews and inspirational showcases
• Present and defend design decisions in key milestone reviews with peers and executive level stakeholders
• Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards

• Creative & analytical dexterity
• Expertise in the design and communication disciplines including visual design and communication principles, layout, photo editing, video editing, animation, illustration, typography, copywriting, etc
• Be highly creative and imaginative — and curious about our products or services and the triggers that motivate our target audiences
• Proven ability in developing gamification, engagement and content driven experiences that deliver business results
• Strong interpersonal skills and the openness to drive collaborative processes between stakeholders, creative team and management
• Formulate design and communication solutions that supports and shapes our digital brand strategy
• Help drive the successful achievement of our business metrics through the development of digital experiences
• Expertise in industry standard software such as Sketch, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite and Keynote
• Experience working directly with developers to implement designs with good knowledge around CSS and HTML
• Application of design and communication best practices and web production techniques
• Presentation skills to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients
• Passionate about driving conceptual ideation, communication and design excellence