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ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR | SOCIAL (South Africa) Jobs in South Africa at Bald Agency
Title: ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR | SOCIAL (South Africa)
Company: Bald Agency
Location: South Africa
Remote: South Africa
Lead social-first creative that people actually want to engage with.
Social moves fast. Trends change overnight. Algorithms evolve constantly. None of that matters if the work isn’t good.
We’re looking for an Associate Creative Director (Social) to help lead the creative output across our social clients. You’ll partner with strategists, creatives, account teams and clients to create social work that’s platform-native, culturally relevant and creatively ambitious.
This is a hands-on creative leadership role. You’ll concept, create, art direct, mentor, challenge ideas, elevate the work and help shape the creative direction across multiple brands.
You’ll know when to chase trends, when to ignore them completely, and how to make brands feel like they belong in culture instead of interrupting it.
Your Responsibilities
You’ll help lead the creative direction of social projects from concept through delivery while supporting and developing the wider creative team.
Your day-to-day will include:
- Leading creative thinking across multiple social brands and campaigns.
- Developing platform-first creative concepts that work natively across channels.
- Providing creative direction, feedback and mentorship to designers, copywriters and junior creatives.
- Partnering with strategists to translate insights into standout creative.
- Presenting ideas internally and to clients with confidence and clarity.
- Reviewing work to ensure it meets Bald’s creative standards before delivery.
- Collaborating closely with Account Management to balance creativity, timelines and client needs.
- Identifying opportunities to push work further rather than simply delivering the brief.
- Staying across platform trends, emerging formats and cultural moments without chasing every trend.
- Helping shape creative processes that improve quality and efficiency across the department.
Who We’re Looking For
- You understand social isn’t a smaller version of advertising. It’s its own discipline.
- You’re someone who:
- Has significant experience concepting and art directing social-first campaigns.
- Proactive leadership and project ownership
- Can develop ideas that feel native to each platform rather than repurposed from traditional campaigns.
- Gives thoughtful, constructive creative feedback that makes the work – and the people around you – better.
- Balances speed with quality.
- Is comfortable leading creative conversations with clients.
- Understands brand systems while knowing when to break convention.
- Thrives in collaborative environments with low ego and high standards.
- Is curious, commercially aware and constantly learning.
Requirements
- 6+ years in creative roles with strong social experience.
- Previous experience as a Senior Art Director, Senior Creative or similar role.
- A portfolio demonstrating excellent social-first thinking and execution.
- Experience leading or mentoring creatives.
- Strong understanding of TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and emerging platforms.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- Comfortable working remotely across global teams and clients.
Nice to Have
- Experience working within an agency environment.
- Experience leading integrated social campaigns.
- Motion, animation or video direction experience.
- Experience with creator-led content.
- AI-assisted creative workflows.
What Success Looks Like
After your first few months you will:
- Consistently raise the quality of social creative across the team.
- Be trusted to lead key client creative conversations.
- Help develop junior creatives into stronger thinkers.
- Produce work that clients are excited to buy and audiences actually engage with.
- Contribute to making Bald one of the strongest social creative teams in the industry.
Our Culture
People often ask what the best thing about Bald is.
The answer is always the same: our people.
We’re a fully remote creative agency working across the US, Canada, Europe and beyond. We care deeply about doing exceptional work, but we care just as much about how we treat one another while doing it.
We believe creativity thrives in environments built on trust, autonomy, curiosity and kindness. We challenge ideas, not people. We move quickly without compromising quality. We celebrate wins together and support each other when things get hard.
If you’re looking for somewhere you can do the best work of your career alongside genuinely good humans, we’d love to meet you.