Art Director for Social Media
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Maadi, CairoPosted 5 years ago45Applicants for1 open position
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Job Description
- Brend Agency located in Maadi is looking for a full-time talented Junior Art Director with +2 years experience in directing and a proficiency in any form of art (Graphic Design, Photography, Motion Graphics...etc ). He/she will work from Cairo office but will also need to communicate and supervise other staff members in Saudi Arabia.
He / She will be mainly responsible for the following:
- Grasp client brief and campaign concept.
- Coordinate with Social Media Manager to further understand client requirements and needs.
- Come up with ideas and ways to best execute the creative vision of the campaign visually.
- Craft the campaign plan, timeline, budget, staff members and foresee needed resources.
- Determine which photographs, art, or other design elements to use.
- Review and approve designs, artwork, photography, and graphics developed by other staff members.
- He/she is responsible to lead, direct and mentor the creative team throughout campaigns. Including giving feedback to help them grow and also communicate their needs to the creative director and other parties.
- Document campaigns and concepts to present them to clients and include them in our portfolio to feature the value and logic in our creativity.
Challenges of the rule include:
- Coaching creative professionals along the way of execution. (coaching to execute, and to teach).
- Setting Meaningful KPIs and Meeting them.
- Execution with limited resources.
- Occasionally reach out to freelancers and work with them.
Job Requirements
We imagine the art director to be:
- Creative (Duh!): He/she should be able to systematically innovate ideas and campaigns.
- Excellent in written and visual communications.
- Understands basic concepts of design, layout, color theory and has a distinguished visual style.
- Detail-oriented in a way and strategic in another (We believe It’s not rocket science to be both.)
- Knowledgeable of the market scheme in Gulf countries especially Saudi Arabia (knows that “tal 3omrak” doesn’t break the ice with Saudi clients.)
- A team player who cares about their and the team's’ growth.
- Passionate about Data and Critical Thinking (we just ask you to justify your decisions with specific data and logic).
- Self-aware and emotionally intelligent: knows their limitations and capacities, needs and passions and is capable of empathy and active listening.
- Dependable and accountable (the CEO has Highlighted this in yellow!).
- Ability to work and deliver under pressure of tight deadlines (Well, it’s not like we are enriching uranium. We just expect you to process priorities fast and don’t freak out)
Now a little about us?
- We serve clients in Saudi Arabia to better achieve their business goals and communicate with users effectively. We are building a culture around value and results that contain 4 main elements that we expect you to share with us:
- Passion for value and impact.
- Effective Communications for Impact.
- Achieve results
- Agility
And we do believe in a work-life balance ;)
An important heads up:
- We are in the process of transitioning from an Agency that manages social media accounts and produces graphic illustrations to clients to a Hybrid Digital Agency that add long lasting value to clients through (Professional Marketing, Effective Campaigns and Branding Strategies).
- This means we are gradually shifting from single-task clients to campaign-based deals and clients who benefit from (Ideation, Strategic counselling, design, execution and analytics).
This is a chance for individuals who are:
- Creative and motivated to drive changes.
- Open and appreciate autonomy and ownership.
- Looking to advance quickly in their career and build something that adds to their portfolio.
We are currently working to cover employees with health insurance. We expect you to work from office most of the week. And we are looking forward to having you on-board!
