LOCKDOWN DOESN'T MEAN SHUTDOWN
If you have no idea what you’re after, we’ll think of something for you. And we’ll make sure it’ll knock your audience’s socks, brogues, trousers and underwear right off.
We’ll create a detailed blueprint for how we’re going to build your brand, before we bring in the jumping castles and declare you open for business.
Every great on-screen romance begins at the desk of a lonely scriptwriter, in a remote corner of the office, hammering at the keys after everyone else has gone home. Don’t worry, we make sure they eat.
Our middle name is ‘After Effects plugin’. Okay, except for Finance where it’s actually ‘Mabel’. We’ll take care of your promo’s every last bevel, emboss and motion blur.
You know the old maxim: a picture tells a thousand words? So do our Avid editors, who are so well-versed in the art of visual storytelling, they communicate with each other through mime.
Imagine your well-edited promo as a Greek salad. Now imagine it garnished with cherry tomatoes, a splash of balsamic, seasoned to perfection and accompanied with a chilled glass of white. Yummy.
From product launches to conferences, and roadshows to rallies, we'll get your show on the road!
We’ll set the perfect score to match your promo. We’ll get especially enthusiastic if it involves melodicas.
We’re not confined to just fiddling with footage. We’ll go greenscreen, shoot live and produce on-location, as and when necessary.
This is where we’ll add all the reverb, creepy violin music and Cher-effects your heart desires.
Only need our little black book and awesome organizational skills? Big or small we're at your service
Our studio is well-stocked with just over thirty animators, directors, writers, producers, creative directors, editors and designers, plus an assortment of people whose idea of a good time is an Excel spreadsheet macro. Between all of us, we have something like 375 years of experience in the studio. Although we’d probably need to check the Excel macro on that one.
In 2019, Studio Zoo completed its B-BBEE transaction with Frontier Impact Fund Management, a media focussed organisation under the leadership of Ofentse Pelle. Together, Studio Zoo and Frontier aim to make a meaningful contribution to the new and changing South African media landscape. Studio Zoo is a 51% Black-Owned company as per the Department of Trade and Industry codes of Good Practice.
If you put the ‘no’ in normal, we might just find a spot for you. Volunteer coffee makers are always welcome, other positions listed below:
PROMO DIRECTOR
Promos…..they’re like normal ads only better. We’re looking for someone special. Someone so special that when we meet you we’ll say, “wowzers, you’re a special kind of special”! Making promos for broadcasters and channels is easy, making great promos is hard work. That’s why we’re looking for a hard-working and talented promo-maker to join our award-winning team.
From clip-based promo creation to full-on shoot-based campaigns, Studio Zoo has been in the advertising game for 19 years and has the silverware to prove it.
So if that sounds like a place you’d like to be and you’re a talented creative with a proven history in promo-making, give us a shout!
If you fit the criteria below and see yourself in the setting above – contact us!
REQUIREMENTS
- Over 2 years promo-making experience (traditional advertising agency creatives may apply as well)
- You’re a creative thinker – being able to conceptualise promos/campaigns is key
- Excellent writing skills are an absolute must
- Experience directing shoots would be a massive bonus (but not a requirement)
- A good eye for design – we don’t just think up pretty ideas, we need to make them look pretty too.
We’re not asking you to actually design stuff, but you must be able to separate the ugly from the ‘I’d
like to paint you’.
- It’s TV – deadlines are tight and you need to manage them
- Able to not only read a brief, but apply it, live it and make it a reality
- Strong showreel a plus
NB: PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU HAVE LESS THAN 2 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE
DETAILS
Type: Contract/Permanent
Level: Mid to Senior
Remuneration: Neg with experience
Randburg-based
Send a Detailed CV with Cover Letter to jobs@studiozoo.co.za
Subject Line: PROMO DIRECTOR
PS: If you have not heard from us in 30 days consider your application unsuccessful.
Studio Zoo,
264 Kent Avenue,
Randburg, Johannesburg,
2194
