Description:
This role will suit a hands-on entrepreneurial individual with a start-up mentality, great writing skills and attention to detail. Ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment and experience across high-end branded and digital projects.
This is great opportunity to be involved at the sharp end of an expanding office with a thriving region and a highly reputable existing client base.
Responsibilities will include:
- Contribute to developing proposals and responding to pitches to secure contracts and partnerships;
- Lead the creative process and delivery for a new MENA client, this includes content capture at a number of events under the Tennis, Golf and Electric Motorsport Calendar. This will involve travelling overseas for short periods of time throughout the year;
- Ideation and writing of creative and editorial ideas, storyboards;
- Present creative and editorial concepts to clients or as part of a competitive pitch process;
- Manage existing slate of content across current portfolio of clients;
- Working with existing clients to plan content output for specific events, projects;
- Scripting of shoot briefs for creative team;
- Working on location to guarantee quality of project delivery;
- Support the hiring and management of production and creative teams as the business scales;
- Oversee the delivery of projects, ensuring local relevance and high production standards; and
- Quality control of all output.
Skills and Qualifications Required
- At least eight years’ experience in media, advertising/branded content, or social media production at producer or senior directing level;. Ability to manage projects across multiple verticals, including short and long form formats, across digital, branded and social content;
- Excellent copywriting, storytelling, and creative content development abilities; Familiarity with the nuances of producing for both local and international markets;
- Able to work in a fast-moving and ever-changing environment, working with initiative to take on responsibility and proactively problem solve; and
- Highly self-motivated individual, excellent at negotiating with strong interpersonal skills and ability to work cross-functionally across many different departments and stakeholders.