Job Title: Creative Director
Job Role
In addition to supervisory and management functions like training, hiring and evaluating creative staff, the creative director will interact with other agency departments to maintain communication and client satisfaction.
The creative director will attend planning meetings and makes presentations to agency staff and clients to decide the strategic and creative direction of company advertising campaign.
The incumbent must have superior understanding of film, editing and advertising principles.
The creative director will plan and implement budgets to ensure both quality and efficiency, and establish schedules on short- and long-term projects.
The incumbent must have superior understanding of film, editing and advertising principles.
The creative director will plan and implement budgets to ensure both quality and efficiency, and establish schedules on short- and long-term projects.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Directing the creative function so that the environment, culture, team, capabilities, tools, processes, expectations, work style and other elements support the strategic goals and brand of the company
- Ensuring that the creative function operates in an efficient, profitable manner
- Ensuring that our creative product remains leading edge and ahead of our competition
- Ensuring that our high quality of creative and production is upheld, maintaining consistently high standards for him/herself and others on the team
- Delivering strategic communication solutions that help our clients attain their objectives
- Collaborating and contributing to the creative process as a leader of a creative team, and as a member of the account team
- Co-leading the unified creative/account management process in order to execute on client projects
- Writing and presenting cohesive and persuasive rationales for campaign approaches
- Leading the unified process of marketing/concept/design and interactive/web/video/motion graphics and post-production execution
- Ensuring the professional development and readiness of the creative team
- Managing the evolution of the agency’s technology needs and marketing technology and digital marketing capabilities.
- The creative director is responsible for translating the company’s marketing objectives into creative strategies and designs.
- The creative director must understand the company’s needs and current market conditions in order to develop successful creative campaigns.
- Oversees a number of staff such as graphic designers and copywriters. As a team, they write, design, pitch, propose and implement creative projects to meet a company’s marketing needs.
- Managing creative staff; overseeing vendors, photographers, printers and freelancers;
- Working with account executives to ensure clients’ needs are met;
- Leading brainstorming sessions; meeting with team members; conceptualizing ideas; and assigning projects to staff.
Education/Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, art, communications or related field.
- In addition, 3-5 years experience in design, brand development and project management
- Extensive knowledge of graphic fundamentals, print and web capabilities and a superior understanding of film, editing and advertising principles.
Skills
- The ability to multitask and to effectively lead a creative team, listening skills,
- Project management skills, strong persuasion and presentation skills
- The ability to give creative direction and follow projects to completion
Application Process
Interested candidates are invited to strictly email their cover letter and CV, clearly detailing their current remuneration and expectations to recruit@creatingvalue.co.ke before end of day 21 April 2013.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted
