Careers

We are looking for a Graphic Designer to create visual concepts, using Adobe Creative Cloud softwares to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, or captivate consumers. They develop the overall layout and production design for advertisements, brochures, magazines, and corporate reports. You will be the brand guardian for the brands that you are working on and you are responsible for generating attention-grabbing ideas that will entice the consumer/target audience. Members of the creative team will work together to develop conceptual campaigns designed to stand apart from our competitors. You are to be resourceful when it comes to ideation of a design. You are required to be confident to share and sell your ideas to the management and clients. You are also required to be strategic in your thinking.

• Be involved in creative briefs, brainstorms, and idea generation sessions.
• Assist the creative team in creating original concepts and designs for communications campaigns.
• Provide support in the production of TVC, KV, digital assets, illustration etc.
• Aid in the preparation of presentation materials where necessary.
• To work on film, animation and motion-graphic projects within digital campaigns and assisting the art directors and production houses with design revisions in film and motion-graphics mediums.
• To create content for digital and social media platforms.
• To meet deadlines set by the management team.
• Keep up-to-date with popular culture and trends, and digital innovations

• Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills.
• A proactive attitude, with the ability to use initiative.
• The ability to work under pressure and assimilate large quantities of information quickly, while maintaining attention to detail.
• Effective teamworking skills, an enthusiastic team player who believes in collaboration and cooperation.
• Commercial awareness.
• A passion for advertising and an understanding of what makes a good advertisement.
• A willingness to learn.
• Resilience, to enable you to deal with problems and constructive criticism.
• Resourceful, ability to find and share resources when dealing with a roadblock.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, bonus if you are great in After Effects.
• Creative and curious, with an outgoing personality!

The Company reserves the right to vary, modify, add or remove any item into the Job Description by giving written notice to you.

We are looking for Art Directors to work on creative projects from the start to completion. You are the overall sign-off on the appearance of the final product. You are required to have the ability to champion and sell your creative work. You are also required to actively evolve design strategies which promote excellence and be the point of contact for work moving through the creative studio. You are required to be a natural visual thinker, ready to expand your skillsets and learn from the senior creatives. You are required to have the urge of creativity, drive for imagination and multidisciplinary capability across all digital media platforms. You are to be pro-active in your approach and be resourceful when it comes to ideation of a design. You are required to be confident to share and sell your ideas to the management and clients. You are also required to be strategic in your thinking.

• Interpreting creative briefs and applying expert art direction to the visual elements of creative projects.
• Ensuring a high standard of visual execution across all media and campaigns.
• Reviewing the works of junior designers and providing sound direction and feedback.
• Taking ownership of the visual elements of creative work for new business pitches.
• Uncovering new ways to incorporate emerging and new media formats into campaigns.
• Be involved in creative briefs, brainstorms, and idea generation sessions.
• Assist the creative team in creating original concepts and designs for communications campaigns.
• Provide support in the production of TVC, KV, digital assets, illustration etc.
• Aid in the preparation of presentation materials where necessary.
• To work on film, animation and motion-graphic projects within digital campaigns and assisting the art directors and production houses with design revisions in film and motion-graphics mediums.
• To create content for digital and social media platforms.
• To meet deadlines set by the management team.
• Keep up-to-date with popular culture and trends, and digital innovations.

• Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills.
• A strong knowledge of typography, image manipulation, illustration and animation.
• Generating strong original ideas and visual concepts.
• The ability to build creative and unique ideas.
• Ability to confidently communicate your ideas and sell them to your peers and clients.
• A proactive attitude, with the ability to use initiative.
• The ability to work under pressure and assimilate large quantities of information quickly, while maintaining attention to detail and work quality.
• Effective teamworking skills, an enthusiastic team player who believes in collaboration and cooperation.
• Great awareness of digital media and the ways in which advertising is carried.
• A passion for advertising and an understanding of what makes a good advertisement.
• A willingness to learn.
• Resilience, to enable you to deal with problems and constructive criticism.
• Resourceful, ability to find and share resources when dealing with a roadblock.
• High level skills in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Creative and curious, with an outgoing personality!

The Company reserves the right to vary, modify, add or remove any item into the Job Description by giving written notice to you.

The Account Executive is responsible for the day to day project management within the account that he is handling. He needs to have a strong understanding of the advertising/marketing landscape and be passionate about the job. An Account Executive is responsible for managing the client, receiving new briefs and building a strong relationship with the client. He is also required to grow the account, securing bigger budgets and retain the account year on year. He also acts as the middle person for the agency team and the client. Where information is given by the client needs to be translated into a proper brief for the managers and the creative team. He is also required to strictly follow the processes set out in place by the management and to manage campaign budgets, making sure the campaign is profitable.

• Assist the Account Manager and Account Director with management of clients and projects.
• Maintains assigned relationships with clients, establishing self and DSTNCT as an invaluable long-term partner for marketing and communications services
• Meeting and liaising with clients to discuss and identify their advertising requirements;
• Working with agency colleagues to devise an advertising campaign that meets the client’s brief and budget;
• Presenting alongside agency colleagues (particularly the account manager), the campaign ideas and budget to the client;
• Working with the account manager to brief creative team and strategy team and assisting with the formulation of marketing strategies;
• Liaising with, and acting as the link between, the client and the advertising agency by maintaining regular contact with both, Ensuring that communication flows effectively;
• Negotiating with clients and agency staff about the details of campaigns;
• Presenting creative work to clients for approval or modification;
• Handling budgets and managing campaign costs;
• Writing client reports;
• Monitoring the effectiveness of campaigns;
• Undertaking administration tasks;
• Arranging and attending meetings;
• Making ‘pitches’, along with other agency staff, to try to win new business for the agency.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• A proactive attitude, with the ability to use initiative;
• Excellent organisational skills;
• The ability to work under pressure and assimilate large quantities of information quickly, while maintaining attention to detail;
• Effective teamworking skills;
• Influencing and negotiation skills;
• Oral and written communication skills;
• Commercial awareness;
• A passion for advertising and an understanding of what makes a good advertisement;
• A willingness to learn;
• Resilience, to enable you to deal with problems and constructive criticism;
• IT literacy and an awareness of how the industry is developing in light of new communication technologies.
• Monitoring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

The Company reserves the right to vary, modify, add or remove any item into the Job Description by giving written notice to you

The Senior Account Executive is responsible for the day-to-day project management within the account that he is handling. He is also responsible to oversee the activities of the junior executives. The Senior Account Executive is responsible for managing the client, receiving new briefs and building a strong relationship with the client. He is also required to grow the account, securing bigger budgets and retain the  account year on year. He is also required to strictly follow the processes set out in place by the management and to manage campaign budgets, making sure the campaign is profitable.

• Assist the Account Manager and Account Director with management of clients and projects.
• Develop and implement marketing strategies.
• Retain and renew key business accounts.
• Building management skills by mentoring and managing junior executives
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Working with the Account Manager to brief creative team and strategy team and assisting with the formulation of marketing strategies;
• Handling budgets and managing campaign costs;
• Writing client reports;
• Making ‘pitches’, along with other agency staff, to try to win new business for the agency.

• 3-4 years of working experience in integrated marketing communications preferably in an agency setting
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Any leadership experience in mentoring a junior will be a bonus
• A proactive attitude, with the ability to use initiative;
• Well-organised, detail-oriented, digitally and socially-savvy
• The ability to work under pressure and assimilate large quantities of information quickly, while maintaining attention to detail;
• Effective teamworking and time management skills;
• Influencing and negotiation skills;
• Oral and written communication skills;
• Commercial awareness;
• A passion for advertising and an understanding of what makes a good advertisement;
• A willingness to learn;
• Resilience, to enable you to deal with problems and constructive criticism;
• IT literacy and an awareness of how the industry is developing in light of new communication technologies.
• Monitoring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

The Company reserves the right to vary, modify, add or remove any item into the Job

We are looking for an experienced Account Manager to lead and manage the Account Management team. He needs to have a strong understanding of the advertising/marketing landscape and be passionate about the job. While leading the Account Management team, he is also required to manage multiple clients and oversee the ongoing projects in the agency.

Client Relationships:
You are required to be client facing, receiving new briefs and building a strong relationship with the client. You are also required to grow the account, securing bigger budgets and retain the account year on year. Effective management of client expectations is essential; support your teams to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of all aspects of campaign management, identifying improvements to ways of working where required.

Team Management:

• You will have to manage the Account Management team, grooming and nurturing the team to be better leaders of their own which include the setting of personal objectives and performance reviews.
• A weekly work-in-progress check-in is required to be carried out in the team.
• Delegation of the appropriate amount of task to ensure acceptable workload.
• Identifying opportunities for your executives to take ownership of task or projects (under your supervision) to aid his development.
• Giving the executives adequate room for them to grow within their roles and eventually beyond.

Project Management:

• You are to handle all aspect of client campaigns from planning to delivery.
• You are also required to be the quality control officer, ensuring that all content that goes out is vetted through and to meet the standards of the Agency.
• Integration of Teams:
• You will be in contact with the Management, Creative and Finance Team on a weekly basis.
• You are also required to respond to information request from the Management and the Account Directors.
• Work closely with the Managing Director and Business Director to deliver new business RFPs and pitches as required.

Processes:

• You are to ensure that processes are tightly managed and that the Account Management team follows these processes.
• Financial Management:
• You are required to set and manage campaign budgets.
• To enforce on the Account Management team that they have to strictly follow the budgets that are set aside for every campaigns/projects that they are working on.
• To assist with financial reporting and smooth running of the finance function.
• Be responsible for the accurate recording and billing of client media spend and fees. Follow the defined processes and timelines to ensure you have a clear view of revenue performance.
• Ensuring your teams and the Finance department are completing billing and reconciliation of campaign spend / income in a timely and accurate manner so suppliers are paid on time, and clients are invoiced on time.

• Minimum 3-4 years’ agency side experience in a digital strategy and/or execution role.
• Experience managing a team to deliver best in class client campaigns.
• Experience managing senior client relationships.
• Excellent organisational skills – Efficient and great project management skills.
• Pro-active attitude and determined – Willing to take on any challenge and task assigned to you.
• An eye for details.
• Strategic thinker.
• The ability to work under pressure and assimilate large quantities of information quickly, while maintaining attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Articulate presenter, with the ability to present to senior clients and internal agency teams, comfortable with showing what data means and how we can take action based upon it.
• Commitment to delivering first-class work every time, and never leave a quality issue unchecked.
• Highly commercial – selling value, negotiation, client relationship management skills, how to be a trusted business advisor.
• The Company reserves the right to vary, modify, add or remove any item into the Job Description by giving written notice to you.