• Leads user-led discovery and experience definition, translating future-state journeys into actionable experience architecture • Establishing experience principles that inform decision-making • Leading user, stakeholder, and operational discovery to uncover root problems and opportunities • Synthesizing research and insights into clear problem statements, opportunity areas, and experience priorities • Shaping strategic choices, influencing priorities, and unblocking complex decisions • Designs end-to-end services and workflows to align user needs and operational processes • Creating journey maps and service blueprints • Supporting agile product teams in defining MVPs and sequencing work • Enabling the organization to convert strategy and experience vision into clear, actionable delivery direction • Facilitating alignment across value streams on problems, priorities, and transformation direction

Role Description We're looking for an established Senior Creative Team—an Art Director and Copywriter who already work exceptionally well together—to join our growing creative division supporting leading UK and international brands. This is not a traditional agency role. You'll become a dedicated creative team embedded within a portfolio of global clients, producing integrated campaigns across digital, social, brand, content, and advertising. We're looking for creatives who combine world-class conceptual thinking with modern creative workflows, including the intelligent use of AI to enhance ideation, production, research and execution. What You'll Do - Develop breakthrough creative concepts from brief to execution. - Produce integrated campaigns across digital, social, print, video and experiential. - Present ideas confidently to internal stakeholders and clients. - Create compelling brand storytelling and campaign messaging. - Develop copy across advertising, digital, social, web, CRM, video and thought leadership. - Create visually exceptional creative work aligned with strategic objectives. - Collaborate closely with strategists, designers, producers and account teams. - Leverage AI tools to accelerate research, ideation, content creation, concept development and creative production while maintaining exceptional creative quality. - Use AI as a creative partner—not a replacement for strategic thinking or original ideas. - Maintain exceptional creative standards while delivering at pace. - Contribute to pitches, new business opportunities and creative innovation. Qualifications - Art Director: 8+ years' experience in an advertising agency or creative studio. - Outstanding portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking and craft. - Expert in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma and modern AI-assisted creative workflows. - Experience using tools such as Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Runway, Kling, Veo, or similar AI platforms. - Strong experience across integrated campaigns. - Digital-first mindset with exceptional typography, layout and visual storytelling skills. - Copywriter: 8+ years' experience writing for major brands. - Exceptional conceptual thinking and storytelling ability. - Experience writing across advertising, digital, social, brand and content. - Skilled in using AI tools to enhance research, brainstorming, content generation and campaign development while maintaining an authentic brand voice. - Excellent presentation and client-facing communication skills. - Ability to adapt tone of voice across multiple industries. Requirements - South African citizens or permanent residents. - Based in South Africa. - Available to work full-time remotely. - Reliable fibre internet and professional home office. - Fluent English (written and spoken). - Comfortable collaborating across UK business hours when required. - Demonstrated experience using AI tools within the creative process. Bonus Points - Experience with UK or international clients. - Integrated agency experience. - FMCG, retail, financial services, technology, healthcare or B2B experience. - Award-winning work (Loeries, Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show, The ANDYs, etc.). - Experience creating AI-generated imagery, video, presentations or rapid creative prototypes. - Experience developing AI-powered creative workflows or prompting frameworks. Benefits - R120,000 - R130,000 per month, per person. - Fully remote role. - Long-term opportunity with international clients. - Work on globally recognised brands. - Collaborative, high-performing creative culture. - Exposure to world-class briefs and international campaigns. - The opportunity to help shape the future of AI-enabled creative work. How to Apply Please submit: - Your CV. - A combined portfolio (or individual portfolios). - Examples of campaigns where you've incorporated AI into the creative process (please specify the tools used and your role). - A short introduction explaining why your creative partnership works so well. - Links to any award-winning or standout campaigns. Please note: This opportunity is open only to applicants currently based in South Africa. We are specifically recruiting an existing Art Director and Copywriter team, and individual applications will not be considered.

• Provide creative leadership across multiple client accounts. • Review concepts, designs, motion assets, and content before client delivery. • Ensure creative aligns with platform best practices, audience behavior, and client goals. • Raise the overall quality bar across the agency. • Remain hands-on in creative execution when needed. • Develop static, motion, and campaign-based creative across social platforms. • Contribute to high-profile client work and new business opportunities. • Lead by example through the quality of your own work. • Mentor and coach designers across varying experience levels. • Provide constructive feedback that improves skills and confidence. • Help build stronger creative systems, workflows, and standards. • Identify opportunities for training and growth. • Partner with strategists and account teams to translate insights into creative concepts. • Help shape content frameworks, creative campaigns, and storytelling approaches. • Contribute ideas that improve both engagement and business outcomes. • Stay on top of emerging design trends, creator trends, platform changes, and AI-powered creative tools. • Help the agency evolve with the changing social landscape. • Bring new ideas, formats, and creative approaches to the table. • Support pitches, proposals, and prospective client opportunities. • Help communicate Sociallyin's creative vision and capabilities.

• Partner with the VP of Marketing and the CMO to define and execute a cohesive visual brand identity and creative strategy that reflects SpecterOps’ positioning in the cybersecurity market • Establish and maintain brand and style guidelines, ensuring consistency across all internal and external touchpoints, including web, digital, print, event, and social • Develop and govern a scalable design system that enables the creative team to produce high-quality, on-brand work efficiently as the organization grows • Oversee the creative development of assets across the full marketing mix, ensuring quality, consistency, and alignment with SpecterOps’ brand voice and business objectives • Serve as the internal creative authority, providing direction and feedback across campaigns, product launches, and content programs • Lead the creative direction for SpecterOps’ web presence, collaborating with stakeholders and web developers to ensure the site reflects current brand standards and delivers a strong user experience • Direct the design and execution of key digital assets including website pages, landing pages, social media graphics, digital advertisements, and email templates • Work closely with the product UI/UX team to ensure seamless brand integration across digital platforms and product interfaces • Collaborate with content, product marketing, and subject matter experts across the organization to develop high-impact visual storytelling for reports, research, and thought leadership • Develop high-quality creative materials for executive speaking engagements, investor presentations, and corporate events in close partnership with senior leadership • Manage relationships with external creative agencies, freelancers, and production vendors to extend creative capacity and maintain high standards of execution • Integrate AI-powered tools into creative workflows. Including generative image, video, and layout tools to accelerate production, scale output, and maintain brand quality; coach the creative team on responsible and effective AI use • Build and develop a high-performing creative and web team as the organization scales, including hiring, mentorship, and workload management • Establish creative workflows, project intake processes, and production standards that enable the marketing team to move quickly without sacrificing quality