Business Unit Director

Job Overview:
The Business Unit Director often forms the main point of contact between the client and the company. The role of Business Unit
Director involves spear heading and taking accountability for all the marketing outputs for their clients, managing the success of their campaigns and or brand activity, ensuring effective delivery, manage their client's campaign budget and timelines and ensure that the client pays timeously. The BUD will assume responsibility for leading a team of talented professionals, organising a successful new business effort, managing the office for growth and profitability, and representing the agency at large.
Ensuring growth of the client's brand is often a key priority and the Business Unit Director will work closely with the creative department to ensure the brand identity, messaging, actions and vision remains consistent.
In managing the client's account, the Business Unit Director takes ownership over Strategic outputs (management thereof),
Accounting, Creative and Production on all campaigns.
The Business Unit Director usually is a problem solver with good project management experience and good financial acumen across the numerous channels
Role and responsibilities
Must take full responsibility for a portfolio of accounts - including responsibility for revenue, growth and profitability of the agency
Responsible for all requirements and issues on behalf of Client
Budgetary responsibility (achievement of revenue and adherence to expenditure budgets) for Agency and Client
Must be able to provide input design, lead and manage complex campaigns
Attendance and steering all relevant internal and external meetings (including 3rd party partners, suppliers and clients),
New briefs, creative briefs, debriefs, reviews, creative pit stops, presentations, key status sessions and liaison with key client staff
Ensuring that all staff in all departments are updated regularly on all aspects to the business of Clients
Coordination and delivery of major presentations to Clients, chairing of Client review meetings, creative presentations.
Management of the portfolio in a way that consistently achieves all the requirements of direct subordinates
Ensuring that all systems rules and set procedures are adhered to.
Overseeing planning and co-ordinating all promotions and sponsorship activities
Timeous contact reports and feedback to the agency
Scheduling, delegation and tracking of resources and resource time on a specific job project
Must hold a full working knowledge of all accounts and be able to actively manage key accounts
Must be able to guide client on strategic issues and interact with strategists on more extensive strategic requirements
Must have good leadership and team management skills
Maintenance of a high level of staff motivation and proficiency
Organisation of internal and external training (both on-going and ad hoc) and assisting with new st