Ogilvy Social Lab is setting global benchmarks in digital marketing and is driven by offering our expertise to both local and international clients through a multi-market footprint.
We have enabled 'borderless ways of working', operating as connected teams and providing Creative, Content, Media and Intelligence capabilities to Ogilvy agencies and clients in more than 20 countries.
Join our globally connected team and work on challenging projects that transcend borders. Embrace a career that takes you to new horizons and make a global impact!
We are looking for an Midweight Art Director
Attention all creative rockstars! Join Ogilvy Social.Lab South Africa as our new Midweight Art Director! Picture a vibrant, collaborative space where minds ignite, crafting solutions that dazzle, thrill clients near and far, and lure talent and brands with extraordinary brilliance.
We redefine branding by merging genius creative with laser-focused distribution and optimization. Imagine a high-energy, open-plan office – a haven for innovation, fuelled by a friendly vibe that welcomes audacity.
Embrace our entrepreneurial spirit and reshape marketing and communications. Let's rewrite the rules together. Elevate brands in today's dynamic world. Ready to lead the charge?
About you
You've got an eagle eye for detail that could spot a needle in a haystack! Nothing gets past your keen senses – you're the detail superstar we need. And when it comes to communication, you're the rockstar of confidence. Whether it's speaking or writing, you do it with a flair that leaves everyone in awe!
Strategy? Operation? You handle it all like a pro. You're not just about the big ideas – you make them happen, and boy, do you deliver! Results-driven campaigns? That's your playground! Fast-paced? That's where you thrive! You've got a track record of conquering whirlwinds with a smile, turning chaos into pure awesomeness.
So, are you ready to light up the stage, dazzle our clients, and turbocharge Social Lab's business results? Show us what you've got!
Responsibilities
- Develop exciting marketing experiences that tell compelling stories, connecting with customers and raising awareness.
- Lead brainstorms and conceptualisation
- Lead the craft and art direction of an idea across multiple channels
- Provide a clear, focused creative vision to both internal and external partners, refining and improving continuously.
- Manage external partners to create effective solutions across platforms, tailoring content for each channel.
- Inspire and uplift our internal teams and external partners (e.g., META, TikTok) to ensure campaigns shine with creativity and innovation.
- Direct the creation of diverse creative assets, from key art to trailers, encompassing brand-building and direct response ads through our tech tools.
- Collaborate with the Creative Operations Director to establish and maintain our Tech Stack, ensuring its adoption and consistency across our client portfolio.
Qualifications and Experience
- 5-8-years’ experience preferably within an advertising agency environment
- Strong conceptual background
- Award winning digital work within your portfolio &/or Experience/Key role in Digital transformation within an agency/team.
- Experience working with junior-mid team members and growing them simultaneously.
Offer
- A opportunity to work within a growing and trendsetting agency
- Global client portfolio
- Attractive package and benefits
- Continuous trainings. Career conversation and growing opportunities
- Flexible homeworking policy
What We Do
In 1948, David Ogilvy founded the agency that would become Ogilvy & Mather. Starting with no clients and a staff of two, he built his company into one of the eight largest advertising networks in the world with more than 500 offices and 20,000 staff across 169 cities.
Ogilvy South Africa’s origins lie with a small hot shop in Cape Town, founded by Bob Rightford, Brian Searle-Tripp and Roger Makin in 1976. After merging with Ogilvy in 1984, Ogilvy & Mather RS-TM dominated the local creative scene during the first decade and over the next twenty years was recognized as a brand-focused agency that acted with integrity.
During the 1990’s, Ogilvy South Africa soared creatively under the leadership of Robyn Putter (1950-2010), who eventually went on to become the global creative head of WPP.
Today, Ogilvy South Africa is the leader in the industry, focused on building and transforming brands. Employing more than 900 staff across three offices, Ogilvy remains true to David’s vision; we still see ourselves as a company that does more than ads and have proven that by maintaining our humility and an almost divine discontent at our past successes, we can do more than stay relevant. For more than 50 years, Ogilvy South Africa has created iconic advertising for clients such as KFC, VW, SAB, BP, DStv and Mondelez amongst others, and we continue to live by our founders credo of existing to “Make brands matter”.
