Business Unit Director - Sandton, South Africa - PXP

PXP Sandton, South Africa

1 day ago

Full time

Description

Job Description

We are looking for someone who views marketing and advertising as a career and not a job. If you are passionate about production, content across digital channels and brand building, then we would love to meet you Our expectation is that you will build strong relationships with both our clients and internal agency stakeholders.

You will be reporting into the Studio Lead, having ownership of three global coffee brands delivering multiple projects with through-the-line solutions and productions. You need to be able to hit the ground running from day 1, be a self-starter and consistently drive excellence with your team.

The Business Unit Director plays an essential role in servicing the Client by ensuring their and their teams' timeous and accurate execution of briefs, project management of all jobs and the management and tracking of all finances. Attention to detail and strong risk mitigation skills are therefore a critical success factor and requirement for this role.

The successful candidate must demonstrate the skills to be credible at this level, with the ability to problem solve and escalate as needed to senior client partners when needed and be able to stay in control of the roll out of client projects, building lasting and trusting relationships.

Scope of the role:

Champion

Ensure delivery of projects against agreed timelines and milestones of development and execution plan.

Mentor and lead junior team members while driving their successful output of project execution.

Execute integrated campaigns in partnership with multiple agency stakeholders, ensuring that our campaigns work across all digital touchpoints.

Proactively escalate issues to the Client as needed, to prevent project milestones being missed or budgets being negatively impacted

Actively pursue opportunities to learn and grow within the portfolio

Living shared values and core behaviours of Publicis Groupe.

Maintain excellent intercompany and interdepartmental communication and knowledge transfer

Growth and Profitability

Assist the team in identifying and maintaining opportunities for optimization and harmonisation / integration of the various departments and Publicis Groupe agencies.

Maintain efficiencies, economies of scale & resource optimisation, ensuring jobs are delivered according to the allocated budget

Talent

Act as a role model for Account Management members

Support knowledge transfer, knowledge sharing and up skilling through relevant & appropriate learning / teaching channels

Strive to learn and grow, pro-actively seek opportunities and become involved in projects outside of allocated tasks

Operational Excellence

Implement, monitor and manage the workflow process as tasked, escalating to the Client where necessary

Proactive management of all project timelines, always ensuring on time and in full delivery of projects

Monitor standards by checking all work is on the brief and to the desired quality of level before sending it to client

Assist to optimise internal resource allocation and utilisation

Solid writing, communication and presenting skills in English (a good command of the English language)

Ownership of client scopes of work

Monthly management of client retainer recons to ensure accurate time tracking against budgets.

Weekly management, updating and tracking of finances (CE's, PO's, Billings) and reporting to ensure cashflow management

Qualifications

Relevant industry qualification (i.e. Advertising / Marketing / Business Management)

At least 10 years' working experience in an Agency

At least 2 years' working experience as an Group Account Director on Top 100 brands.

Proven production experience

Experience in Digital campaign delivery across all digital channels

Strong experience in production, understanding the process and requirements to take a shoot from concept to delivery through the entire pre-production, production and post-production ecosystem.

A good command of the English language (both written and verbal)

Proficient in MS Office (i.e. Word / Excel / PowerPoint etc.)

Proficient in use of Chase Software for financial tracking

Proficient in conflict management, ensuring you are able to communicate clearly and respectfully

Personal Profile:

The successful new candidate will be passionate about the advertising and communications industry, highly motivated with excellent communication and problem-solving skills. The following attributes are also essential:

Highly organised

Detail orientated

Multi-tasker

Easily self-manage

A team player

Working independently and collaboratively with key team members

Hungry to learn and grow and always willing to try something new

Thrive in an ever-changing environment

A passion for storytelling

A keen eye for detail and a drive for perfection

Deadline awareness and ability to handle all kinds of pressure

Taking initiative and ownership of your projects, don't be a paper-pusher

Pro-actively solving problems

An acute sense of responsibility and accountability

Cool, calm and optimistic

Enjoying the thrill of a challenge

Motivated by a desire to add value to your clients' business

A sense of humour

Celebrate the small stuff

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