Executive Creative Director: MTN | JHB

MTN is the most valuable African brand on the continent, the 4th biggest business in Africa and the 7th biggest Telco in the world. This means that the depth and breadth of opportunities are endless and career defining as they transition from being a Telecommunication company into a Future Fit Technology company. 

 We’re looking for high performance talent that wants to take the next, big step in their career and do definitive and deeply meaningful work that will undoubtedly be seen by over 65 million South Africans.

We area highly entrepreneurial and opportunity focused company who want to be the most desired creative company on the African continent and beyond. To achieve this, we set out to inspire our people and define ourselves as a Group with one powerful orientation at our core: WE BOLDLY GO. These few words serve as both an invitation and challenge to all our people to always do the BOLD thing, together. The idea that, in the face of considerable challenges &change, we would be daring enough to do something audacious. Challenge yourself. Be bold. Join us.

We believe that “the people with the best people win” and as such, are looking fora dynamic Executive Creative Director to join our JHB agency and be part of this audacious vision.

To this end we are looking for the following:

 

6 CORE QUALITIES:

1.     DAILY INNOVATOR: You love improving the way we work, the work that we deliver and the way we are perceived in the market. You push boundaries and inspire others todo so

2.    CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVER: You obsess about building a collaborative culture of entrepreneurship and excel at truly creative problem solving. You are assertive and have no tolerance for the ordinary

3.    RELATIONSHIP BUILDER: You thrive on tight working relationships by actively leading meetings, conversations and outcomes yourself. You rally all agency disciplines to solve problems and create great work

4.    ACTIVE PASSIONATE LEADER: You create a happy, inspired & close-knit team and agency. An agency that enjoys & embraces diversity of thought and has loads of fun whilst solving client challenges. You are a master collaborator and lead your people to greatness

5.    PERFORMANCE OBSESSED: You are able to drive high performance yourself and in others as you bring diverse thinkers together in a focussed way to guarantee world class outputs

6.     COMMUNICATIONS MASTER: You are a wordsmith of note and have clients at your feet when you confidently share the creative genius

 

4 MUST-HAVES:

 Conceptual thinking:

·       You are ultimately responsible for the quality of thinking that you and the teams produce. This should consistently be of exceptional quality

·       You should both develop and inspire great, fresh, impactful and integrated thinking

·       You need to seek out and encourage diverse thinking and ideas

 Execution:

·       You are the benchmark of quality and the standard for your discipline in the agency

·       Your copy should be flawless, beyond question and the envy of all around you

·       You should display and intolerance of the ordinary

 Production:

·       You will be responsible for all production decisions. You will be expected to stay up to date with the latest trends/technologies and best people to partner with

 Presentation:

·       You present work with conviction – from strategy to creative execution

 People& Relationship management:

·       Probably the most important part of your job. You need to successfully rally all agency disciplines to help solve problems and create great for work the client

·       You are also responsible for the happiness, performance and motivation levels of the entire creative department

·       You need to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and leadership skills

 

Minimum of 10 year experience in Advertising industry with a minimum of 4 years as Creative Director

 

Please submit your CV and application to: jobs@mcsaatchiabel.co.za

 

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