Creative Coordinator / Team
Somewhere
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. The estimated monthly salary is R37,000 – R55,500 ZAR. This role is suited for senior-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
Creative Coordinator / Team LeaderFull-Time | Remote | Creative Operations
We are looking for a warm, organized, emotionally intelligentCreative Coordinator / Team Leaderto support, guide, and motivate our growing creative team. This role is the glue that keeps video editors, graphic designers, creative strategists, and asset managers aligned, supported, and performing at their best.
The ideal candidate is a people-first leader who can maintain smooth day-to-day communications, elevate the quality of our creative output, and foster a positive, motivating work environment.
About Us
We are a fast-growingcreative performance companyfocused on producing high-quality ad creatives at scale. Our team blends creativity, strategy, and streamlined operations to support multiple internal brands through compelling visual storytelling.
We believe in a supportive, collaborative environment where talented people can do their best work. Our culture values open communication, accountability, positivity, and continuous improvement. We’re passionate about helping our team members succeed, and we’re looking for someone who shares that mission.
Key Responsibilities
Creative Quality & Consistency
* Identify recurring creative or quality issues and recommend actionable improvement guidelines.
Identify recurring creative or quality issues and recommend actionable improvement guidelines.
* Maintain strong brand consistency across all design, video, and creative assets.
Maintain strong brand consistency across all design, video, and creative assets.
* Perform initial checks to ensure assets meet team standards before escalation.
Perform initial checks to ensure assets meet team standards before escalation.
Team Communication & Daily Operations
* Maintain daily communication with video editors, designers, asset managers, and strategists to uncover issues, gather updates, and proactively problem-solve.
Maintain daily communication with video editors, designers, asset managers, and strategists to uncover issues, gather updates, and proactively problem-solve.
* Report relevant issues and progress to leadership clearly and promptly.
Report relevant issues and progress to leadership clearly and promptly.
* Ensure team members are utilizing new learning material and SOPs.
Ensure team members are utilizing new learning material and SOPs.
* Provide ongoing positive feedback and encouragement to keep motivation high.
Provide ongoing positive feedback and encouragement to keep motivation high.
* Document key action points and ensure follow-through on all commitments.
Document key action points and ensure follow-through on all commitments.
* Deliver weekly performance and pipeline reports with insights and recommendations.
Deliver weekly performance and pipeline reports with insights and recommendations.
People Leadership & Development
* Conduct weekly 1:1s with creative team members.
Conduct weekly 1:1s with creative team members.
* Provide mentoring, skill-building suggestions, and growth-focused feedback.
Provide mentoring, skill-building suggestions, and growth-focused feedback.
* Track individual and team performance, identifying trends early.
Track individual and team performance, identifying trends early.
* Identify training needs for editors, designers, and other creatives.
Identify training needs for editors, designers, and other creatives.
* Help mediate interpersonal issues or workflow conflicts.
Help mediate interpersonal issues or workflow conflicts.
* Keep morale high and maintain smooth, enjoyable communication across the team.
Keep morale high and maintain smooth, enjoyable communication across the team.
* Create a psychologically supportive environment where creatives feel appreciated.
Create a psychologically supportive environment where creatives feel appreciated.
* Identify workload balance issues and assist with resource allocation.
Identify workload balance issues and assist with resource allocation.
Leadership Behaviors & Mindset
* Warm, empathetic, and approachable—someone team members feel comfortable talking to.
Warm, empathetic, and approachable—someone team members feel comfortable talking to.
* Exceptional listener with high emotional intelligence.
Exceptional listener with high emotional intelligence.
* Calm under pressure and skilled at de-escalating stressed or overwhelmed creatives.
Calm under pressure and skilled at de-escalating stressed or overwhelmed creatives.
* Solutions-first thinker who remains proactive, not reactive.
Solutions-first thinker who remains proactive, not reactive.
Requirements
* Experience coordinating creative teams or managing creative workflows.
Experience coordinating creative teams or managing creative workflows.
* Strong understanding of basic creative processes (video editing, design, asset management).
Strong understanding of basic creative processes (video editing, design, asset management).
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent written a
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
At R37,000/month, this role is competitive with the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($2,000/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Somewhere
Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 614 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →