Creative Director

Position Title: Creative Director

Activation Date: 23 February, 2025 Announced Date: 23 February, 2025 Expire Date: 23 March, 2025

• Job Location: Kabul
• Nationality: National
• Category: Design Media-Journalism
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Salary: As company salary scale
• Vacancy Number: YRMPT-HR-058
• No. Of Jobs: 1
• City: Kabul
• Organization: YRMPT
• Years of Experience: 2 +
• Contract Duration: Longterm
• Gender: Male
• Education: Bachelor degree in Arts, Media, Journalism.
• Close date: 2025-03-23
  
  

About YRMPT:

Yama Ramin Media Production and Technology Company (YRMPT) is a leading media production and technology firm registered with the Ministry of Commerce and Industries of Afghanistan. We collaborate with various companies and organizations across the country. Our primary clients in the technology sector include Telecom Operators (MTN, Roshan, Etisalat, AWCC), International NGOs, GIZ, IFRC, ARCS, UN Agencies, and many others. For additional details, please visit our website at www.yrmpt.com.

Job Description:

Job Overview:

The creative director is charged with determining the best ways for us to visually represent our company’s identity and play an essential role in the marketing, creative, communications and digital departments. He is responsible for leading their team, developing creative guidelines and directing creative work, including print collateral, websites, email campaigns, television and radio advertising, and many related tasks. It's very much a people-oriented job, involving development of high-level concepts for design projects. It also involves working with internal and external clients, pitching designs, and understanding client needs. At times, we require him/her to develop visual designs and required concepts.

Job Description:

• Lead brainstorming sessions and concept development to generate fresh and innovative ideas for client campaigns and productions.
• Oversee the creative process from concept to completion, ensuring high-quality execution across all deliverables.
• Present creative concepts, pitches, and proposals to clients, incorporating feedback and ensuring satisfaction.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, offering creative solutions that drive results and exceed expectations.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of writers, designers, and other team members.
• Foster a collaborative and innovative work environment, encouraging creativity and professional growth.
• Assign tasks, set deadlines, and ensure the team delivers high-quality work on time and within scope.
• Oversee all aspects of production, including pre-production, production, and post-production, ensuring creative consistency and excellence.
• Collaborate with producers, cinematographers and other project team members to ensure seamless execution of projects.
• Review and approve all creative deliverables, ensuring they meet client expectations and brand standards.
• Develop concepts, stories, scripts for production projects.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, emerging technologies, and audience preferences to keep our work fresh and relevant.
• Identify opportunities to push creative boundaries and elevate the quality of our productions.
• Develop strategies to differentiate our work in a competitive market.
• Allocate resources effectively and manage external vendors or freelancers as needed.
• Ensure all projects meet the highest standards of creativity, storytelling, and production quality.
• Conduct regular reviews and provide constructive feedback to the team to maintain excellence.
• Perform any other tasks assgined by supervisor.
  
  

Job Requirements:

• Must possess a thorough understanding of interactive communications and delivery systems, processes, and user interface design as well as industry best practices.
• Knowledge of layouts, graphic fundamentals, typography & limitations of the web; must understand Flash and have the ability to storyboard or translate ideas to designers and develop innovative motion graphics solutions.
• Ability to lead projects from concept to completion. Apply best practices in user interface and interactive design, including image optimization and site mapping.
• Experience with software such as Adobe Premier, Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design & Flash.
• Experience with Adobe After Effects & video editing (a plus) needed for this position.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to supervise and train employees, to include organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments.
• Good hand on Dari, Pashto and English.
  
  

Submission Guideline:

Interested Afghan candidates with the required qualification and experience should submit their applications electronically through [email protected] email. To avoid confusions, disagreement and conflicts during recruitment process all applicants are required to clearly mention position title (Creative Director) and vacancy announcement number (YRMPT-HR-058) in the subject lines of their emails. otherwise, their CV's will not be considered for this vacant post.

please do not submit any other supporting documentation or educational certificates with your application. If you are short listed you will be asked to submit electronic copies of your educational certificates or in case, you are invited to written test you will be required to present the original certificate.

Submission Email:

[email protected]