MID-WEIGHT ACCOUNT DIRECTOR: PACKAGING & BRANDING AGENCY
Advertising (Integrated)
JHB – Gauteng, Hybrid
A superb, hybrid working opportunity has become available for a red-hot, Mid-Weight Account Director with Branding agency experience, to join the Packaging team at a multi-disciplinary ad agency specialising in Packaging & Branding in Johannesburg’s Northern Suburbs.
Note: This hybrid role will see you 2 days in office and 3 at home.
The successful candidate will have solid Packaging experience and ideally have come from a Branding agency. We’re looking for someone who has a strong ability to engage with people around them; both internally – establishing good working relationships with creative and strategy teams; and externally – establishing strong relationships with the client and instilling trust.
This is one of SA’s top branding, packaging and innovation agencies, making this an outstanding opportunity – not to be missed. Apply today!
Responsibilities
- Act as the primary liaison between the company and client ensuring clear lines of communication between client and team
- Own and continue to build positive client relationships by continuously providing strategic and brand expertise
- Continuously strive to understand client’s business and add value strategically
- Proactively drive upcoming and new business within client portfolio to ensure monthly targets are met
- Collaborate with internal and partner agency teams
- Work alongside creative director to ensure quality creative and brief objectives are being met and challenged
- Demonstrating agility and taking responsibility for billings each month (pipeline / forecasting and targets – on a project-to-project basis)
- Accurate and ongoing forecasting of current and new potential business
- Manage client service staff under you with regards to cost estimates / proposals, timing plans, contact reports, status reports etc. Mentoring and fostering their growth.
- Contributing to a positive company culture.
Requirements
The successful candidate must have/be:
- Graduate calibre
- 6+ years proven employment record in Packaging and Branding agency environment
- 2+ years in Account Director role (majority ATL or Digital experience NOT suitable)
- Driven and ambitious
- Efficient and extremely organised
- Good multi-tasker
- Personable and engaging
- Team player with a can-do attitude
- Confident in liaising with senior-level clients
- Ability to take ownership of, and grow a portfolio of clients (project to project basis)
- A big picture thinker who can cultivate new opportunities from current clients
- Mature approach to problem solving and conflict resolution with a win-win attitude.
If you don’t have the relevant experience required for this role, please consider your application unsuccessful.
City: Johannesburg
Level of Expertise: Mid
Remuneration: Negotiable
Consultant: Viv
Reference Number: #Viv3116
