99c is a full-service, integrated advertising agency with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, and one of South Africa’s largest independently owned agencies. We are looking for a highly conceptual Senior Art Director to lead the visual and conceptual work on a new financial services client joining our Cape Town office. You will be fully integrated across ATL and digital channels, and you will work closely with a dedicated Designer who will support you in bringing campaigns to life and rolling them out. Our ideal candidate is a genuinely strong Art Director who thinks in ideas first, understands how a campaign lives across every channel, including digital and CRM, and stays well read on the industry and the financial sector. You will help manage the client’s portfolio proactively, reacting to news, trends, forecasts and key financial diary days over and above the day-to-day campaigns in development. Role includes but is not limited to: Conceptualising and executing integrated campaigns from initial brief to final artwork, under the leadership of the creative directorLeading creative thinking across ATL and digital channels, including CRM (emailers and newsletters), web and social mediaStaying up to date with industry, market and financial-sector developments, and responding quickly to news, trends, forecasts and financial diary days with relevant, timely workDirecting and supporting the designer on the account, ensuring roll-outs and adaptations stay true to the campaign ideaPartnering with the account director to shape the client’s portfolio beyond day-to-day briefsPresenting work imaginatively and confidently to clients and senior creativesMaintaining exceptionally high standards of execution and attention to detailCollaborating and communicating well with the team and other departmentsMinimum experience and skills required: Relevant tertiary qualificationAt least 5 years’ experience as an art director in a large or integratedadvertising agencyA highly conceptual portfolio demonstrating fully integrated ATL and digital campaignsProven experience on digital channels and CRM (essential)Strong skills in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator (non-negotiable)Experience with Figma and digital design best practiceFinancial services experience (highly advantageous)Well read, with a genuine curiosity about the industry, media landscape and financial sectorExperience presenting campaigns to creative heads and clientsHighly motivated, with a high level of initiative and the ability to work independently and under pressureStrong interpersonal skills; a team player and positive, innovative thinker