Brand Story, Media24’s content agency seeks an experienced Art Director.

Step into a leadership role where creativity meets strategy. As an Art Director, you'll shape and implement innovative design solutions, elevating our publications by crafting exceptional creative output for our brands and its commercial partners.

 
What the role entails:

• Develop and execute innovative digital and print design solutions for our brands.
• Collaborate with the sales division to execute briefs for commercial partners.
• Design commerce-driven content for all platforms, maintaining brand-specific requirements.
• Align creative output with strategic business objectives.
• Ensure compliance with editorial standards and enhance visual storytelling across platforms.
• Lead and mentor the design team, fostering creativity and professional growth.
• Review and approve all design layouts, ensuring deadlines are consistently met.
• Drive audience engagement and brand growth through exceptional art direction.
  

What you should have:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in graphic design, Fine Arts, Information Design, or related field.
• +6 years diverse design experience, ideally within a publishing environment.
• Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Portfolio showcasing creative solutions in digital design.
• Proven leadership experience.

What we require:

• Strong conceptual and visual design capabilities.
• Exceptional leadership and team mentoring abilities.
• Extensive knowledge of visual brand identity development.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Proficiency in managing multiple projects while meeting deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to foster creative innovation within established brand guidelines.
• Expertise in transforming business objectives into compelling visual content.

Join Media24’s digital native advertising studio, Brand Story. This commercial content agency works with our publications and its clients to create innovative and custom content storytelling solutions. We’re the team behind the award-winning Sponsors of Brave, Beyond the Business Headlines and The Anthem Project campaigns.  

If this sounds like a role you can thrive in, then apply today!

Given the employment equity policy of Media24, preference will be given to suitable candidates from the designated groups.