We are a highly entrepreneurial and opportunity focused company who want to be the most desired creative company on the African continent and beyond. 

We believe that “the people with the best people win” and our Cape Town Agency is looking for a dynamic and experienced Creative Group Head to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. 

You will be responsible for identifying and guiding bold creative ideas, copywriting, art direction, design and motion and storytelling across all channels for recognisable, blue-chip brands. 

The ideal candidate will be able to ideate and execute brave, innovative work. We’re looking for a motivated individual capable of generating new ideas and then implementing them; someone who gets passionate about what technology can do for creativity and what creativity can do for the world.  We like hungry. We like strategic. We like kind. We like crazy. We like brutally simple, original thought. We like brand builders. We like insightfulness. We like diversity of thought. We like people who’re never satisfied with their list of awards already won; who remain obsessed with continually building their portfolios. 

Extra skills, like the ability to draw, art direct, take photos, make movies, write strategies, illustrate, animate, edit, debate, be funny, multiple languages, other super powers, will aid your cause.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The idea. The sell. The execution.  (Be brilliant at all three. Inspire brilliance in all three from those you work with.)

Your number one job is to work with your Art Director / Copywriter to crack big, hairy, fresh ideas and then sell them hard and execute them perfectly. You’ll be expected to function well in a team, and bring a spirit of collaboration with you when you walk through the door every morning. 

6 SPECIFIC THINGS YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

1. Concepts: You are ultimately responsible for the quality of thinking that you and the teams under you produce. This should be of a consistently high quality. You should be able to both develop and inspire great, fresh, impactful and integrated thinking. You need to seek out and encourage diverse thinking and ideas.
2. Execution: You are the benchmark of quality and the standard for your discipline in the agency. Your Art Direction / Writing should be beyond question and be the envy of all below you. You should display an intolerance for the ordinary.
3. Digital Platforms: A thorough understanding of digital platform formats and how to produce work for them. 
4. Selling and Presenting: You can present work with conviction to the most senior clients and organisational heads. You will be responsible for presenting your teams pitch work. You will need to be able to present work right from strategy to creative execution.
5. Production: You will be responsible for the all production decisions: choice of suppliers and the quality of work you extract from them. You should feel confident having the final say on work before it goes to client and the media.
6. People and Relationship Management: Probably the most important part of your job. Rallying all agency disciplines from Strat - AM - Production - Creative Teams - Traffic behind solving problems and creating great work. You are also solely responsible for the happiness, performance and motivation levels of the entire creative department. You are both manager and mentor - you need to facilitate and inspire great work. You need to have the excellent interpersonal skills and buy-in from all. Employ the right, diverse people for your team.

A FEW THINGS YOU MUST HAVE IN ORDER TO APPLY:

1. A varied (and award-winning) portfolio book, which contains a mix of powerful, beautiful, real work that highlight both strong conceptual ability as well as a mastery of the craft of creating work. Please include your portfolio in your submission.
2. Experience in leading teams and growing talent
3. A hunger for the industry and an interest to grow.
4. An opinion on what the best work in the world is and why.
5. A proven track record in reputable advertising agencies 
6. A list of awards won – and a driving hunger to add to it.

WHAT WE NEED TO SEE:

• Your solid creative portfolio with a variety of projects
• Proof of campaigns you have shaped. 
• Your awards list 
• Your work history/CV

1 WAY YOU WILL BE MEASURED:

1. Remarkable (and award winning) work that works.

While we look at every CV submitted to us in detail, given the sheer volume of applications we’re not able to respond to every applicant personally. Rest assured that if we like what we see, we’ll be in touch as soon as possible. Alternatively, we’ll keep your details on record for future consideration. If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. 

 

jobs@mcsaatchiabel.co.za

We are a highly entrepreneurial and opportunity focused company who want to be the most desired creative company on the African continent and beyond. 

We believe that “the people with the best people win” and our Cape Town Agency is looking for a dynamic and experienced Mid Weight Copywriter with 3-7 years' experience to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. 

You will be responsible for using words to bring to life bold creative ideas, conceptual development and crafted storytelling across channels for recognisable, blue-chip brands. 

The ideal candidate will be able to ideate and execute brave, innovative work. We’re looking for a motivated individual capable of generating new ideas and then implementing them; someone who gets passionate about what technology can do for creativity and what creativity can do for the world.  We like hungry. We like strategic. We like kind. We like crazy. We like brutally simple, original thought. We like brand builders. We like insightfulness. We like diversity of thought. We like people who’re never satisfied with their list of awards already won; who remain obsessed with continually building their portfolios. We’re looking for a strong TTL writer, ideally with genuine digital ATL experience, but if you really can’t say goodbye to your current Art Director (and they’re at least as good you) we’ll consider applications from teams too.

Extra skills, like the ability to draw, art direct, take photos, make movies, write strategies, illustrate, animate, edit, debate, be funny, multiple languages, other super powers, will aid your cause.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The idea. The sell. The execution.  (Be brilliant at all three. Inspire brilliance in all three from those you work with.)

Your number one job is to work with your Art Director to crack big, hairy, fresh ideas and then sell them hard and execute them perfectly. You’ll be expected to function well in a team, and bring a spirit of collaboration with you when you walk through the door every morning. 

6 SPECIFIC THINGS YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

1. Concepts: Not only will you have to bring brave, new and diverse thoughts to brainstorms, but you will have to deliver strong integrated thinking. You will need to understand a brand's overall strategy and develop work that answers to this. You may also need to facilitate brainstorms where you are able to build on other's ideas and come to solutions quicker with the output being simplicity and thinking that is sharp and beautiful.
2. Digital Platforms: A thorough understanding of digital platform formats and how to write for them is essential. 
3. Execution: You will need to have mastered the art of writing in various tones of voice and to produce work quickly. 
4. Selling and Presenting: You should be able to confidently present internally and externally to senior clients without the CD being there. You will need to be able to have meaningful conversations with clients around the strategic direction of their brand and the brand's tone of voice - and present creative off the back of strategy, while linking the two seamlessly.
5. Production: You will need to be able to choose the correct suppliers (directors/audio engineers/voice artists) and as such you should always be appraised of the latest and best people to partner with, in order to have an opinion on who executes your work. You will be expected to harness the best from those suppliers and build relations with them for the ultimate good of the work.
6. People and Relationship Management: You should be able to form and hold close and respected relationships across all departments and people need to genuinely enjoy working with you. You may need to work with and get the best out of junior teams and be open to culturally diverse ideas that don't match your world view.

A FEW THINGS YOU MUST HAVE IN ORDER TO APPLY:

1. A varied (and award-winning) portfolio book, which contains a mix of powerful, beautiful, real work that highlight both strong conceptual ability as well as a mastery of the craft of writing. Please include your portfolio in your submission.
2. A hunger for the industry and an interest to grow.
3. An opinion on what the best work in the world is and why.
4. A proven track record in reputable advertising agencies (at least 3 years)
5. A list of awards won – and a driving hunger to add to it.

WHAT WE NEED TO SEE:

• Your solid creative portfolio with a variety of projects
• A distinctive writing style. 
• Your awards list 
• Your work history/CV

1 WAY YOU WILL BE MEASURED:

1. Remarkable (and award winning) work that works.

While we look at every CV submitted to us in detail, given the sheer volume of applications we’re not able to respond to every applicant personally. Rest assured that if we like what we see, we’ll be in touch as soon as possible. Alternatively, we’ll keep your details on record for future consideration. If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. 

jobs@mcsaatchiabel.co.za

We are a highly entrepreneurial and opportunity focused company who want to be the most desired creative company on the African continent and beyond. 

We believe that “the people with the best people win” and our Cape Town Agency is looking for a dynamic and experienced Mid Weight Art Director with 3-7 years' experience to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. 

You will be responsible for bold art direction, creative ideas, conceptual development and crafted storytelling across channels for recognisable, blue-chip brands. 

The ideal candidate will be able to ideate and execute brave, innovative work. We’re looking for a motivated individual capable of generating new ideas and then implementing them; someone who gets passionate about what technology can do for creativity and what creativity can do for the world.  We like hungry. We like strategic. We like kind. We like crazy. We like brutally simple, original thought. We like brand builders. We like insightfulness. We like diversity of thought. We like people who’re never satisfied with their list of awards already won; who remain obsessed with continually building their portfolios. We’re looking for a strong TTL writer, ideally with genuine digital ATL experience, but if you really can’t say goodbye to your current copywriter (and they’re at least as good you) we’ll consider applications from teams too.

Extra skills, like the ability to draw, art direct, take photos, make movies, write strategies, illustrate, animate, edit, debate, be funny, multiple languages, other super powers, will aid your cause.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

The idea. The sell. The execution.  (Be brilliant at all three. Inspire brilliance in all three from those you work with.)

Your number one job is to work with your Copywriter to crack big, hairy, fresh ideas and then sell them hard and execute them perfectly. You’ll be expected to function well in a team, and bring a spirit of collaboration with you when you walk through the door every morning. 

6 THINGS YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

1. Concepts: Not only do you bring brave, new and diverse thoughts to brainstorms, but you come up with strong integrated thinking. You understand the brand's overall strategy and is able to develop work that answers to this. You may also need to facilitate brainstorms where you are able to build on other's ideas and come to solutions quicker. You listen and take on board diverse view points and encourage different viewpoints in the team.
2. Digital Platforms: A thorough understanding of digital platform formats and how to art direct for them is essential. 
3. Execution: Your experience now means that you must be able to produce work faster and you should by now have mastered the art of composing the right visual look and feel, in the right visual style to communicate the concept.
4. Selling and Presenting: You confidently present internally and externally to senior clients without the CD being there. You will need to be able to have a meaningful conversations with clients around the strategic direction of their brand and the brands' visual persona and present creative off the back of strategy and link the two seamlessly.
5. Production: You will now have a lot more autonomy in choosing suppliers (directors / photographers / illustrators / designers / animators / editors) and as such you stay appraised of the latest and best people to partner with, in order to  have an opinion on who executes your work. You will be expected to harness the best from those suppliers and build relations with them for the ultimate good of the work.
6. People and Relationship Management: You hold close and respected relationships across all departments and people genuinely enjoy working with you. You may need to work with and get the best out of junior teams and be open to culturally diverse ideas that don't match your world view.

A FEW THINGS YOU MUST HAVE IN ORDER TO APPLY

1. A varied (and award-winning) portfolio book, which contains a mix of powerful, beautiful, real work that highlight both strong conceptual ability as well as a mastery of the craft of writing. Please include your portfolio in your submission.
2. A hunger for the industry and an interest to grow.
3. An opinion on what the best work in the world is and why.
4. A proven track record in reputable advertising agencies (at least 3 years)
5. A list of awards won – and a driving hunger to add to it.

WHAT WE NEED TO SEE

• Your solid creative portfolio with a variety of projects
• A distinctive art direction style. 
• Your awards list 
• Your work history/CV

1 WAY YOU WILL BE MEASURED

1. Remarkable (and award winning) work that works.

While we look at every CV submitted to us in detail, given the sheer volume of applications we’re not able to respond to every applicant personally. Rest assured that if we like what we see, we’ll be in touch as soon as possible. Alternatively, we’ll keep your details on record for future consideration. If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful.

jobs@mcsaatchiabel.co.za

We are a highly entrepreneurial and opportunity focused company who want to be the most desired creative company on the African continent and beyond. 

We believe that “the people with the best people win” and our Cape Town Agency is looking for a dynamic and experienced Creative Director to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. 

You will be responsible for identifying and guiding bold creative ideas, copywriting, art direction, design and motion and storytelling across all channels for recognisable, blue-chip brands. 

The ideal candidate will be able to ideate and execute brave, innovative work. We’re looking for a motivated individual capable of generating new ideas and then implementing them; someone who gets passionate about what technology can do for creativity and what creativity can do for the world.  We like hungry. We like strategic. We like kind. We like crazy. We like brutally simple, original thought. We like brand builders. We like insightfulness. We like diversity of thought. We like people who’re never satisfied with their list of awards already won; who remain obsessed with continually building their portfolios. 

Extra skills, like the ability to draw, art direct, take photos, make movies, write strategies, illustrate, animate, edit, debate, be funny, multiple languages, other super powers, will aid your cause.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

The idea. The sell. The execution.  (Be brilliant at all three. Inspire brilliance in all three from those you work with.)

Your number one job is to work with your Art Director / Copywriter to crack big, hairy, fresh ideas and then sell them hard and execute them perfectly. You’ll be expected to function well in a team, and bring a spirit of collaboration with you when you walk through the door every morning. 

6 SPECIFIC THINGS YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

1. Concepts: You are ultimately responsible for the quality of thinking that you and the teams under you produce. This should be of a consistently high quality. You should be able to both develop and inspire great, fresh, impactful and integrated thinking. You need to seek out and encourage diverse thinking and ideas.
2. Execution: You are the benchmark of quality and the standard for your discipline in the agency. Your Art Direction / Writing should be beyond question and be the envy of all below you. You should display an intolerance for the ordinary.
3. Digital Platforms: A thorough understanding of digital platform formats and how to produce work for them.
4. Selling and Presenting: You can present work with conviction to the most senior clients and organisational heads. You will be responsible for presenting your teams pitch work. You will need to be able to present work right from strategy to creative execution.
5. Production: You will be responsible for the all production decisions: choice of suppliers and the quality of work you extract from them. You should feel confident having the final say on work before it goes to client and the media.
6. People and Relationship Management: Probably the most important part of your job. Rallying all agency disciplines from Strat - AM - Production - Creative Teams - Traffic behind solving problems and creating great work. You are also solely responsible for the happiness, performance and motivation levels of the entire creative department. You are both manager and mentor - you need to facilitate and inspire great work. You need to have the excellent interpersonal skills and buy-in from all. Employ the right, diverse people for your team.

A FEW THINGS YOU MUST HAVE IN ORDER TO APPLY

1. A varied (and award-winning) portfolio book, which contains a mix of powerful, beautiful, real work that highlight both strong conceptual ability as well as a mastery of the craft of creating work. Please include your portfolio in your submission.
2. Experience in leading teams and growing talent
3. A hunger for the industry and an interest to grow.
4. An opinion on what the best work in the world is and why.
5. A proven track record in reputable advertising agencies 
6. A list of awards won – and a driving hunger to add to it.

WHAT WE NEED TO SEE

• Your solid creative portfolio with a variety of projects
• Proof of campaigns you have shaped. 
• Your awards list 
• Your work history/CV

1 WAY YOU WILL BE MEASURED

1. Remarkable (and award winning) work that works.

While we look at every CV submitted to us in detail, given the sheer volume of applications we’re not able to respond to every applicant personally. Rest assured that if we like what we see, we’ll be in touch as soon as possible. Alternatively, we’ll keep your details on record for future consideration. If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. 

 

jobs@mcsaatchiabel.co.za

We are a highly entrepreneurial and opportunity focused company who want to be the most desired creative company on the African continent and beyond. 

We believe that “the people with the best people win” and our Cape Town Agency is looking for a dynamic and experienced Digital Creative Director to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. 

You will be responsible for identifying and guiding bold creative ideas, copywriting, art direction, design and motion and storytelling across all digital channels for recognisable, blue-chip brands. 

The ideal candidate will be able to ideate and execute brave, innovative work. We’re looking for a motivated individual capable of generating new ideas and then implementing them; someone who gets passionate about what technology can do for creativity and what creativity can do for the world.  We like hungry. We like strategic. We like kind. We like crazy. We like brutally simple, original thought. We like brand builders. We like insightfulness. We like diversity of thought. We like people who’re never satisfied with their list of awards already won; who remain obsessed with continually building their portfolios. 

Extra skills, like the ability to draw, art direct, take photos, make movies, write strategies, illustrate, animate, edit, debate, be funny, multiple languages, other super powers, will aid your cause.

Responsibilities include:

• The idea. The sell. The execution.  (Be brilliant at all three. Mentor brilliance in all three.)
• Push everyone you work with to push the limits of original thought, creativity, craft, technology and innovation to help our clients build the strongest, most iconic and most awarded brands in the world.
• Help to drive award-winning, digital-first thinking on TTL briefs.
• Assume responsibility for the quality of the digital creative work across the agency and client portfolios.
• Drive innovation and best practice when it comes to all aspects of digital.
• Oversee creative teams: art directors, writers, designers, animators, editors, content managers and any other content creators that may work on your briefs. (all development is done externally) 
• Look after the details: the integrity of the craft and the idea of every execution from beginning to end.       
• Mentor & manage your team – keep the people you lead happy, inspired and motivated.
• Allocate work to teams in collaboration with traffic and other CDs and Business Partners.
• Inspire creatives and the agency at large to always know and continually supersede the best creative work, locally and in the world.
• Lead with strength, respect, honesty, compassion, discipline. 
• Give recognition and encouragement to those that work with you and those that report to you.
• Build strong, open and trusting relationships with your clients.
• Do your own award-winning work. 
• Have more fun, more often. Help those you work with to do the same.

Your success measure: Is the agency's digital work winning? Is the digital creative department happy and productive? Are you seamlessly integrated with the rest of the agency teams?                         

Key focus areas
People

• Probably the most important part of your job. Rallying all agency disciplines from strat - account management - production - creative teams - traffic behind solving problems and creating great digital and of course digitally led TTL work.
• You are also responsible, along with the other CDs, for the happiness, performance and motivation levels of the entire digital creative department.
• You are both manager and mentor - you need to facilitate and inspire great work. You need to have the excellent interpersonal skills and buy–in from all.

Conceptual

• You are ultimately responsible for the quality of thinking and executions that you and the teams under you produce.
• This should be of a consistently high quality. You should be able to both develop and inspire great, fresh, impactful thinking.
• Drive a strong digital agenda that is integrated with the rest of the agency.
• Having an integrated view on work is essential. Channels do not live in isolation.

Execution

• You are the benchmark of quality and the standard for your discipline in the agency.
• The crafts of ideation, strategic thinking, writing, art direction, design, animation and so on for digital should be beyond question and be the envy of all, inside and outside the agency.

Presentation

• You will need to be able to present work well to the most senior clients and organisational heads.
• You will be responsible for presenting your teams' pitch work.
• You will need to be able to present work right from strategy to creative execution. 

Production

• You will be responsible for all production decisions: from the choice of suppliers to the quality of work you extract from them.
• You should feel confident having the final say on work before it goes to client and the media.

A FEW THINGS YOU MUST HAVE IN ORDER TO APPLY

1. A varied (and award-winning) portfolio book, which contains a mix of powerful, beautiful, real work that highlight both strong conceptual ability as well as a mastery of the craft of creating work. Please include your portfolio in your submission.
2. Experience in leading teams and growing talent
3. A hunger for the industry and an interest to grow.
4. An opinion on what the best work in the world is and why.
5. A proven track record in reputable advertising agencies 
6. A list of awards won – and a driving hunger to add to it.

WHAT WE NEED TO SEE

• Your solid creative portfolio with a variety of projects
• Proof of campaigns you have shaped. 
• Your awards list 
• Your work history/CV

1 WAY YOU WILL BE MEASURED

1. Remarkable (and award winning) work that works.

While we look at every CV submitted to us in detail, given the sheer volume of applications we’re not able to respond to every applicant personally. Rest assured that if we like what we see, we’ll be in touch as soon as possible. Alternatively, we’ll keep your details on record for future consideration. If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. 

 

jobs@mcsaatchiabel.co.za

WHO WE ARE

Razor is the highly entrepreneurial public relations (PR) and reputation management company of the M&C Saatchi Group. Like the larger group, we believe that “the people with the best people win”, and we are rallying  to become Africa’s most desired creative company. 

WHAT WE DO 

We have an audacious vision to build the PR agency of the future. Every day, the world feels more complex and confusing. Our goal is to create beautifully simple reputation solutions with exponential business impacts for our clients. All our work is premised on the belief that “words have power”. We believe the most powerful brands and reputations are built upon the most powerful words, conversations and stories. 

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

As a senior writer within our team, you are a huge part of crafting the powerful words and stories that take our clients forward. 

You’ll need to be: 

1. Conceptually strong: We need brave and bright ideas that answer the brief. You won’t always have the luxury of time and will need to be quick-thinking and on-point. 
2. A great writer: It sounds obvious, but you need to be able to tell powerful, convincing and inviting narratives, not just in a one-liner but in longer-form opinion editorials that would be worthy of SA’s premium news titles. 
3. Versatile enough to take on new topics: You’ll be thrust into creating content for businesses and sectors that may know very little about. You must be able to work through the jargon and deliver engaging work that gets us coverage in the media.
4. Understand how the messages fits the medium: You should feel just as comfortable writing a 900-word opinion editorial as you do writing an infographic, a Facebook carousel, a video script, interview speaking points and position papers. 
5. Selling and presenting: You must be able to confidently present internally and externally to clients. This includes having meaningful conversations with them around the strategic direction of their brand,  the brand's tone of voice and opportunities for new work. Sometimes you’ll host a roundtable discussion to get points of view before coming up with content angles for the media.
6. Execution: You must be able to produce excellent work, even when you have limited time. To meet a deadline, we often have to work quickly without compromising quality. 
7. People and relationships: You hold close and respected relationships across all departments and people genuinely enjoy working with you. You may need to work with, and get the best out of, junior teams and be open to culturally diverse ideas that don't match your world view.

3 THINGS YOU MUST HAVE

1. A varied portfolio book that contains real work and shows strong conceptual ability. Please include your portfolio in your submission
2. A hunger for the industry and an interest to grow
3. A proven track record in reputable advertising agencies and/or PR agencies.

While we look at every CV submitted to us in detail, given the sheer volume of applications we’re not able to respond to every applicant personally. Rest assured that if we like what we see, we’ll be in touch as soon as possible. 

To apply email: jobs@razorpr.co.za

Alternatively, we’ll keep your details on record for future consideration. 

If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. 

 

 

jobs@razorpr.co.za

CONNECT is a dynamic media company, which operates as part of the M&C Saatchi Group of companies in South Africa.

We employ brave and bright individuals with an entrepreneurial attitude to build and evolve our offering in a fast-changing, competitive landscape.
We work on some of the best brands in South Africa within diverse categories.

Our Cape Town office is looking for a Business Unit Director to join our team.
This role sets the vision for all partnerships on a portfolio of exciting clients and ensures seamless delivery across the media  team in place (media strategists, media planners, implementation team.)

The candidate must be prepared for a fast-paced, collaborative, creative and high-performance environments.

Five focus areas:

• Business Lead  - This role includes all aspects of business management, including revenue, overall business growth, networking, team development, development and maintenance of relationships with key accounts and senior-level clients, and managing expectations with the agency senior management team.
• Strategy – the candidate needs to have the ability to develop and package smart, well-constructed strategies.
• Stakeholder & Integration Management – the role include working closely with other functions (inside the M&C Saatchi Group and outside partner agencies)  to develop  and refine strategies to achieve client goals and execute strategies.  As such, your orientation is to drive collaboration and integration in an effort for your teams to work better together. 
• Digital  – We are looking for someone that is fully versed in the digital landscape and will lead conversations around digital partnerships and strategies
• All rounder -  You pay attention to the detail and care about the little things, with strong organization, admin and time management skills.  

Qualities we are looking for:

• Media Savvy: You have the ability to have your finger on the pulse when it comes to the media landscape: you are genuinely interest in how people consume media.  You actively seek out to access the latest data and understand the SA research landscape
• Proactive Problem Solver - Your ability to solve in the positive, makes all the difference, because you not only find and implement solutions, but you do so by consulting with relevant stakeholders to ensure no opportunity is missed. You never panic, and instead provides calmness to the storm.
• Integrated: You are able to "connect the dots" and willing to work as an integrated part of our media team.  
• Can-do attitude:  We are a small business, so this person will need to have a can-do attitude and willing to work and learn in a fast-paced, exciting environment without feeling overwhelmed.
• Mentor:   we are looking for someone with leadership qualities to develop a team and help them realise their potential  

Four things you must have:

• Must have at least 6 years' advertising background with TTL (ATL, & Digital) experience and an understanding of the key departments, processes and structures within a Media Agency
• Media industry  expert with a focus on digital:  You must enjoy networking and being an active player in the media industry
• Good understanding of the SA research landscape and the various studies to profile media consumption
• Proven track record of successful client relationships

While we look at every CV submitted to us in detail, given the sheer volume of applications we’re not able to respond to every applicant personally. Rest assured that if we like what we see, we’ll be in touch as soon as possible. Alternatively, we’ll keep your details on record for future consideration. 

If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful.

recruitment@mcsaatchiconnect.co.za

We are a highly entrepreneurial and opportunity focused company who want to be the most desired creative company on the African continent and beyond. 

We believe that “the people with the best people win” and are looking for a world class Cape Town based Account Manager to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. We are looking for a brave, bright, optimistic problem solver.

Six Core qualities that we are looking for:

1. Passion for creativity - Fights for brilliant creative work and actively seeks to drive enviable creative solutions and opportunities on every brief.
2. Connector of dots – someone who can work across a complex client business & drive cohesion by bringing the right people together to solve problems quickly.
3. Operational smarts – ability to get work out in an efficient & effective manner
4. Relationship builder –  A natural leader who is able to work with multiple stakeholders both within the agency environment and when dealing with client.
5. Passionate about admin & the detail: Pays attention to the details and worries about the little things and has strong organization, admin and time management skills.
6. Drives positivity -  is energetic with a go-getter attitude and injects this into the team

Four simple ways you will be measured:

1. Happy People: Build relationships of trust, respect and partnership within our culture that allows people to be  and do their best. 
2. Happy Clients: Responsible for day-to-day client integration on active projects and ensure client is up to speed wrt status on jobs. Able to lead conversations and meetings regarding specific projects. Client must have a strong sense of confidence in you and must be able to depend on you for all the detail on projects.
3. Happy Money: With an understanding of how the agency makes money and how the account should be charged, you confidently manage the financial administration on your portfolio.
4. Happy Work: You have a trusted relationship with your creative and production teams and is able to conduct creative meetings and assess the work against the clarity of a well written brief.  

Three things you must have:

1. Three to five years' experience in the account management function (big agency experience is preferable)
2. Experienced in working with senior clients across multiple stakeholders
3. A natural leader with fantastic people skills - both within the agency environment and when dealing with client

While we look at every CV submitted to us in detail, given the sheer volume of applications we’re not able to respond to every applicant personally. Rest assured that if we like what we see, we’ll be in touch as soon as possible. Alternatively, we’ll keep your details on record for future consideration. 

If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. 

tarryn.rautenbach@mcsaatchiabel.co.za

We are a highly entrepreneurial and opportunity focused company who want to be the most desired creative company on the African continent and beyond. 

We believe that “the people with the best people win” and are looking for a world class Cape Town based Account Director to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. We are looking for a brave, bright, optimistic problem solver.

Six Core qualities that we are looking for:

1. Passion for creativity - Fights for brilliant creative work and actively seeks to drive enviable creative solutions and opportunities on every brief.
2. Connector of dots – someone who can work across a complex client business & drive cohesion by bringing the right people together to solve problems quickly.
3. Operational smarts – ability to get work out in an efficient & effective manner
4. Relationship builder – A natural leader who is able to work with multiple stakeholders both within the agency environment and when dealing with client.
5. Passionate about admin & the detail: Pays attention to the details and worries about the little things and has strong organization, admin and time management skills.
6. Drives positivity - is energetic with a go-getter attitude and injects this into the team

Four simple ways you will be measured:

1. Happy People: Build relationships of trust, respect and partnership within our culture that allows people to be and do their best, as well as be responsible for managing and growing the core skills of their junior team members.
2. Happy Clients: Client has full trust and confidence in you to lead projects; take briefs; and manage client presentations without senior involvement.  You are able to identify opportunities to build on and grow the client relationship – You are able to surprise and delight beyond the day-to-day.
3. Happy Money: You are responsible for ensuring the brand team charges for work correctly, and ensures the necessary "checks and balances" are in place to drive seamless financial administration of the account. You can also confidently do first drafts of fee proposals and has a very clear understanding of how the agency makes money.
4. Happy Work: You have a trusted relationship with your creative, strategy and production teams and is able to conduct creative meetings and assess and push the work against the clarity of a well written brief. You continuously ensure that there is consistent brand alignment in all the work produced.

Four things you must have:

1. Five + years' experience in the account management function (digital agency experience is preferable)
2. Strong financial acumen and experience managing Client and Agency revenue streams
3. Working knowledge of the digital production and project management process
4. A natural leader with fantastic people skills - both within the agency environment and when dealing with client

While we look at every CV submitted to us in detail, given the sheer volume of applications we’re not able to respond to every applicant personally. Rest assured that if we like what we see, we’ll be in touch as soon as possible. Alternatively, we’ll keep your details on record for future consideration. 

If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. 

chris.spencer@mcsaatchiabel.co.za