If you are amazing with people, organised and have a deep passion for digital marketing and want to work a leading global digital performance agency we would like to talk to you.
Saatchi & Saatchi Synergize is looking for a young Account Manager with character born to assist in managing a range of our big brand clients. You will be a critical point of contact between the client and agency; a role that requires strong client and team relationship skills, account and project management skills.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Clear understanding of the Client’s business, market environment and products/brands
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with Clients
- Efficient scheduling of work into the various departments and ensuring that all deadlines are met
- Maintaining the highest standard of creativity and quality throughout the development and implementation of all work
- Striving for excellent admin/housekeeping at all times
- Planning ahead for upcoming projects
- Ensuring that your accounts are profitable
- Fostering strong relationships throughout the agency and with our partners
- Writing detailed contact reports and sending them out timeously
- Updating status reports timeously and with as much detail as possible
APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS
- 3-5 years experience in account management within an advertising agency
- Knowledge of Social Media, Paid Media, SEO and Analytics
- Experience working on Chase will be an advantage
- Must be able to write detailed, strategic briefs and to acquire the necessary information from Clients for these briefs
- Strong communication skills (grammar & spelling very NB)
- Good diagnosis and listening skills
- Attention to detail is most important
- Self-starter than can work independently and with a team
- Multi-tasker, able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Willing to put it that extra effort with the rest of the team when necessary
- You know how to have some fun while you work
ABOUT US
If you’re looking to make a name for yourself in a leading, global digital agency, then this is the place to do it. Saatchi & Saatchi Synergize is a full-service digital agency with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, London and Budapest leveraging pull strategies, SEO, paid media, social media, analytics, content generation, integrated services and design to build unrivalled brand love and loyalty. If you’ve never heard the word ‘Lovemark’ then you’d better Google it because we’re all about them here. Oh and we have just won a whole heap of 2016 Bookmark Awards.
HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
Step 1:
Send us your CV (najwa.millward@saatchi.co.za), including a motivational letter (that tells me more about you than your CV does) and references.
Use the reference ‘Digital Account ManagerJhb’ in the subject line.
Step 2:
If we like you, you’ll get to interview with the Senior Account Director.
Step 3:
If she likes you, you’ll get to interview with the Head of the Johannesburg office.
