Senior Account Director

We’re looking for an experienced and passionate s enior account director to join our team, either working from our Johannesburg office.
As a s enior account director, you should be someone who views marketing and advertising as a career and not a job. You are passionate about digital, brand building, strategy and memorable campaigns. All the while building strong relationships with both our clients and internal agency stakeholders.
You will be reporting to the Business Unit Director across one key client (potentially two) and multiple disciplines. You need to be able to hit the ground running from day 1, be a self-starter and consistently drive excellence. We’re looking for someone who can take true ownership of campaigns from start to finish.
We’re looking to build something awesome, and for that to happen we need the right people. In other words, we’re going to be rather fussy. In fact, the right personality is just as important as the right experience. We’re here to work hard and have fun. So, if this sounds like the perfect fit for you, keep reading.
Experience:
Educated to a degree level
Marketing qualification essential
Six+ years’ experience in account management in communications or advertising industry
Managing the expectations of multiple stakeholders seamlessly to deliver according to brief, strategy and to the highest standard
You must have experience running jobs, projects and campaigns from start to finish with little senior support
Experience driving out the production of high-quality printed material is critical
Digital and social experience is essential
Experience on Chase is essential
Previous alcohol brand experience preferred 
Financial and budget management experience is preferred
Specific responsibilities:
Have direct contact with the client on a daily basis and foster a solid relationship
Be consistently responsive and accessible to your client and team at all times
Have tough and honest conversations with your client to enable your team to deliver excellence and to create trust
Have an excellent relationship with clients where they can rely on you, you proactively update them, and you assist them in delivering their requirements on time by reminding them as required
Have the ability to manage all kinds of personalities and always strive to get the best out of each individual
Have an excellent knowledge understanding of the client, the agency, the strategy and the process in order to deliver efficiently and to the highest quality
Ensure status is consistently up-to-date and correct
Ensure that all meetings have thorough agendas, driving a productive outcome
Ensure that contact reports are delivered timeously with key deliverables and then drive out those deliverables to the agreed timings
Create timing plans for all jobs and campaigns in order to drive delivery
Know the status