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 dynamic Cape Town based Digital Traffic Manager to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. We are looking for a brave, bright, optimistic problem solver.

Four focus areas:

• Project Management- You take ownership of your portfolio of allocated jobs in studio & the respective creative teams assigned to them.  Your timing plans are considered & accurate and you strive to adhere to the commitments made to the various stakeholders
• Financial Management - With an understanding of the agency rates and how jobs are costed the Traffic Manager scopes out the project and together with the Head of Traffic and relevant ECD and CD's, allocates resources accordingly to ensure for projects run profitable.
• Stakeholder & Integration Management - You understand that your role is not in isolation of the other Agency departments - like Production, DTP, Account Management and even Strategy. As such, your orientation is to drive collaboration and integration in an effort for your teams to work better together. 
• Administrative Management: You pay attention to the detail and worry about the little things, with strong organization, admin and time management skills.

Four qualities we are looking for:

• Clarity: You leave no room for questions as you ensure that all stakeholders are clear on what happens, by when and by whom.
• Business Savvy: You have the ability to have your finger on the pulse when it comes to finances: Managing of time vs money/ budgets and do this in a manner that leads to the most productive output/solutions for the jobs.
• High-level EQ: You act as a barometer when it comes to people/workload and the general happiness factor in studio – You are able to raise, flag and manage this in an efficient and effective manner.
• Relationship Builder –You hold positive relationships with your studio resources, production and the suits you engage with on jobs. They enjoy working with you, because you support the fight for great work and are able to connect dots across departments seamlessly to drive solutions.
• 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 deadline is missed. You never panic, and instead provides calmness to the storm.

Three things you must have

• Matric certificate with college or university exemption
• Must have at least 3 years' advertising background with digital traffic experience  and an understanding of the key departments, processes and structures within an Advertising Agency
• Must be PC literate: Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel - preferably with experience working CHASE software

We don't do ego.
We solve in the positive.
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 are looking for a dynamic Cape Town based Digital Creative Director: Design to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. We are looking for a brave, bright, optimistic problem solver

Responsibilities include:
•    Ultimately responsible for the quality of the digital creative work across the agency and client portfolios
•    Driving innovation and best practice when it comes to all aspects of digital
•    Oversee Creative teams, including designers, writers, social media and content managers. (all development is done externally)                                    
•    Mentor & Manage the studio team – keep them happy, inspired and motivated.
•    Allocate work to teams in collaboration with traffic
•    Inspire creatives and the agency about work.
•    Give recognition and encourage those under you.
•    Do your own award-winning work. 

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 work.
•    You are also solely responsible 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 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.
•    As well as drive a strong digital agenda that is integrated with the rest of the agency.
•    Having an integrated view on work is essential.

Execution
•    You are the benchmark of quality and the standard for your discipline in the agency.
•    Your design for digital should be beyond question and be the envy of all below you.

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: 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.

We don’t do ego.
We solve in the positive.

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 as such, are looking for a dynamic Digital Copywriter with 3 – 5 year’s experience to join our JHB agency and be part of this audacious vision.

We are looking for a brave, bright, optimistic problem solver who has a natural curiosity about people, ideas and the world we live in. You will be responsible for bold creative ideas, copywriting for digital, conceptual development and crafted storytelling across digital channels for recognisable, digitally-forward, blue-chip brands.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

Lead and execute social media content and strategy for M&CSaatchi Abel client campaigns: 

•    Creating content in line with a brand’s social media strategy and tone
•    Partner with a digital designer to create break-through, award-winning digital communications
•    Writing content that is suitable for various social media platforms
•    Helping to drive campaign ideas and creative brainstorming sessions
•    Driving engagement and conversations with the community and ultimately establishing brand loyalty
•    Identifying tactical and relevant opportunities to engage with the community
•    Working closely with the Analytics team to drive positive sentiment and optimise on content opportunities
•    Executing and optimising content during campaigns to ensure momentum and optimal visibility
•    Live streaming/tweeting/Instagram stories from events
•    Keeping up-to-date with the latest trends within the digital and social media landscape
•    Executing social media competitions and collating entries
•    Monitor effective benchmarks (best practices) for measuring the impact of Social Media campaigns. 
•    Analyse, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns in an effort to maximise results

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

•    A varied (and award-winning) portfolio book which contains a mix of real work and a strong conceptual ability
•    Clear copy skills – craft, insight, argument
•    A hunger for the industry and an interest to grow
•    A proven track record in reputable advertising agencies with a portfolio of work
•    A strong agency pedigree and will add to the culture of the agency 
•    Humorous work will be a big plus.
•    Time management and multitasking skills – Ability to prioritise and track time
•    Displays in-depth knowledge, understanding & proficiency of Social Media platforms, their respective participants (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn and Pinterest, as well as emerging platforms etc.) and how each platform can be deployed in different scenarios
•    Conceptualisation of campaign ideas according to client briefs and proactive agency work
•    Minimum of 3 years’ experience fulfilling the Social Media Manager role agency or client-side
•    Critical analysis of social media data in order to pull out key learnings to client
•    You’re a team player with the confidence to take the lead and guide other employees when necessary (i.e. content development, creation and editing of content, and online reputation management)
•    Maintains excellent writing and language skills
•    Understanding of design principles

We don’t do ego.
We solve in the positive.

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 are looking for a dynamic  JHB based Head of Traffic / Senior Traffic Manager to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. We are looking for a brave, bright, optimistic problem solver.

Five focus areas:

• Project Management: With your years of experience, you are able to implement best practice in your department, ensuring that the studio resources and workflow runs like a well-oiled machine. You know what, when, who, why & where on all clients in the studio - always.
• Financial Management: You understand that time = money and you can confidently and accurately scope and cost resource time for a project/brief.
• People Management: Your teams truly enjoy working with you because you support the fight for great work and your careful overview and management of the studio "health and wellbeing" supports the ECD's drive for a happy studio.
• Problem Solving: Because you actively consult with Production, Account Management and your ECD, you are able to identify risks and opportunities in the studio. Your decisions are respected and the manner in which you deal with a crisis alleviates anxiety for all.
• Collaboration & Integration: You understand that your role is not in isolation of the other Agency departments. As such, your orientation is to drive collaboration and integration in an effort for your studio to deliver remarkable work.

Five qualities we are looking for:

• Clarity: You leave no room for questions as you ensure that all stakeholders are clear on what happens, by when and by whom.
• Business Savvy: You have the ability to have your finger on the pulse when it comes to finances: Managing of time vs money/ budgets and do this in a manner that leads to the most productive output / solutions for the jobs.
• High level EQ: You act as a barometer when it comes to people / workload and the general happiness factor in studio – You are able to raise, flag and manage this in an efficient and effective manner.
• Relationship Builder –You hold positive relationships with your studio resources, production and the suits you engage with on jobs.
• 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 deadline is missed. You never panic, and instead provides calmness to the storm.

Three things you must have

• Matric certificate with college or university exemption
• Must have 10+ year’s advertising background with TTL (ATL, BTL, DTP & Digital) traffic experience and an understanding of the key departments, processes and structures within an Advertising Agency
• Must be PC literate: Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel - preferably with experience working CHASE software

We don't do ego.
We solve in the positive.

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 JHB Agency is looking for a dynamic and experienced mid-weight copywriter with 3-5 years' experience to join our team and be part of this audacious vision.
You will be responsible for bold creative ideas, copywriting, conceptual development and crafted storytelling across channels for recognisable, blue-chip brand.

5 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 are to pursue simplicity and ensure your thinking is sharp and beautiful.
2. Execution: Your experience now means that you must be able to produce work faster and you should by now have mastered the art of writing in various tones of voice.
3. 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 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 and link the two seamlessly.
4. Production: You will now have a lot more autonomy in choosing suppliers (directors/audio engineers/voice artists) 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.
5. 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.

3 THINGS YOU MUST HAVE

1. A varied (and award-winning) portfolio book which contains a mix of real work and a strong conceptual ability. 
2. A hunger for the industry and an interest to grow
3. A proven track record in reputable advertising agencies (at least 3 years)

1 WAY YOU WILL BE MEASURED

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

MANDATORY WITH YOUR APPLICATION
Please include your portfolio of advertising work and campaigns in your submission. If you do not include your portfolio, we will be unable to consider your application

We don't do ego.
We solve in the positive.
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 JHB Agency is looking for a dynamic and experienced mid-weight Art Director with 3-5 years' experience to join our team and be part of this audacious vision.
You will be responsible for bold creative ideas, art direction, conceptual development and crafted visual storytelling across channels for recognisable, blue-chip brand.

5 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. 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.
3. 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 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.

3 THINGS YOU MUST HAVE

1. A varied (and award-winning) portfolio book which contains a mix of real work and a 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 (at least 3 years) 

1 WAY YOU WILL BE MEASURED

• Remarkable (and award winning) work that works.

MANDATORY WITH YOUR APPLICATION 
Please include your portfolio of advertising work/campaigns in your submission. If you don't include your porti, we will be unable to review your application.

We don't do ego.
We solve in the positive.

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 JHB Agency is looking for an experienced Proofreader to join our team and be part of this audacious vision.
You will be responsible for proofing, and editing written and digital content in a fast-paced agency environment.
 
The two critical aspects for success:

1. An excellent command of English as a 1st language.
2. A natural perfectionist who is meticulous and has an obsession for detail.

Two things you will be responsible for:

1. Proofreading work for spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, usage, consistency, and brand voice.
2. Cross-checking references and data to ensure the accuracy of content.

Required skills and qualifications

1. A Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 years in a similar role, along with the following:
2. Computer proficiency 
3. Detail oriented –whether on paper or on-screen, you’ll need to have a knack for catching the most basic of errors.
4. Quick reader – with deadlines always around the corner, you’ll read and edit quickly without sacrificing quality
5. Multitasker – as your priorities may change from day to day, so you will need to be both flexible and persistent in your pursuit of the perfect copy

We don't do ego.
We solve in the positive.

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 are looking for a dynamic  JHB based Traffic Manager to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. We are looking for a brave, bright, optimistic problem solver.

Four focus areas:

1. Project Management- You take ownership of your portfolio of allocated jobs in studio & the respective creative teams assigned to them.  Your timing plans are considered & accurate and you strive to adhere to the commitments made to the various stakeholders
2. Financial Management - With an understanding of the agency rates and how jobs are costed the Traffic Manager scopes out the project and together with the Head of Traffic and relevant ECD and CD's, allocates resources accordingly to ensure for projects run profitable.
3. Stakeholder & Integration Management - You understand that your role is not in isolation of the other Agency departments - like Production, DTP, Account Management and even Strategy. As such, your orientation is to drive collaboration and integration in an effort for your teams to work better together.
4. Administrative Management: You pay attention to the detail  and worry about the little things, with strong organisation, admin and time management skills.

 
Five qualities we are looking for:

1. Clarity: You leave no room for questions as you ensure that all stakeholders are clear on what happens, by when and by whom.
2. Business Understanding: You have your finger on the pulse when it comes to finances: Management of time vs money/ budgets and you do this in a manner that leads to the most productive output / solutions for the jobs.
3. High-level EQ: You act as a barometer when it comes to people / workload and the general happiness factor in studio – You are able to raise, flag and manage this in an efficient and effective manner.
4. Relationship Builder –You hold positive relationships with your studio resources, production and the suits you engage with on jobs. They enjoy working with you, because you support the fight for great work and are able to connect dots across departments seamlessly to drive solutions.
5. 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 deadline is missed. You never panic, and instead provides calmness to the storm.

 
Three things you must have

1. Matric certificate with college or university exemption
2. Must have 2-4 year’s advertising background with TTL (ATL, BTL, DTP & Digital) traffic experience  and an understanding of the key departments, processes and structures within an Advertising Agency
3. Must be PC literate: Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel - preferably with experience working CHASE software

 
We don't do ego.
We solve in the positive.

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

M&C Saatchi Abel JHB  is looking for a Strategist.  

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 as such, are looking for a dynamic Strategist to join our JHB agency and be part of this audacious vision.

We are looking for a brave, bright, optimistic problem solver who has a natural curiosity about people, ideas and the world we live in.

You're a great fit for this position if you:

·         Are obsessed with culture 
·         Understand what turns the consumer on
·         Have a natural ability to find lateral solutions to problems
·         Are flexible and can easily adapt 
·         Love to roll up your sleeves and dig into a challenge
·         Have a knack for storytelling and narrative

 

Five simple ways in which you will be measured:

1.      Simplifier: Ability to distil broad information into a clear and interesting story
2.      Diligent: Always takes the time to understand the brief better: brand, competitor and consumer contexts
3.      Pro-active: Constantly brings new, interesting and relevant case studies, examples and inspiration on the clients they work on
4.      Curious: Always looks beyond the brief to find more interesting consumer insights and inspiration for the brief
5.      Contributor: Offers original thoughts and fresh perspectives. Adds value to discussions. Drives brainstorms.

We don’t do ego.
We solve in the positive.

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

M&C Saatchi Abel JHB  is looking for a Senior Strategist.  

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 as such, are looking for a dynamic Senior Strategist to join our JHB agency and be part of this audacious vision.
We are looking for a brave, bright, optimistic problem solver who likes partnership & accountability as a way of being.

You’re a great fit for this position if you:

1. Are obsessed with culture
2. Understand what turns the consumer on
3. Have a natural ability to find lateral solutions to problems
4. Are flexible and can easily adapt
5. Love to roll up your sleeves and dig into a challenge
6. Have a knack for storytelling and narrative
7. Can rally people around a great idea
8. Take ownership to grow client relationships
9. Have a proven track record of both brand strategy and integrated communication solutions

 
Five simple ways in which you will be measured:

1. Simplifier: Your ability to distill complex, layered problems into a clear, simple and actionable story
2. Lateral thinker: You think outside the box by looking beyond the brief at hand and at other categories, human behaviour and insights to inform more lateral thinking?
3. Creative inspirer: You bring a critical assessment of benchmark case-studies & references in and out of category that inspires the creative solution
4. Indispensable partner: You have close, respected partnerships with agency teams and clients
5. Thought leader: You inspire the agency and client with pro-active thought leadership on topics and events relevant to the brand

We don’t do ego
We solve in the positive.
Please note: If you don’t receive a response within two weeks, please consider your application as 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 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.

6 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
Three to five years' experience in the account management function (big agency experience is preferable)
Experienced in working with senior clients across multiple stakeholders
A natural leader with fantastic people skills - both within the agency environment and when dealing with client
 
We don't do ego.
We solve in the positive.

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 are looking for a world-class Jhb based Account Manager to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. We are looking for a brave, bright, optimistic problem solver.

6 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.

We don't do ego.
We solve in the positive.

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 are looking for a world class JHB based Business Unit Director to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. We are looking for a brave, bright, optimistic problem solver.

Experience required 

·         Ten+ years of experience in the account management function 
·         Critical business understanding - achieving and exceeding forecasting, managing client budgets and agency revenue/income reporting
·         Experience in running big blue chip businesses for an agency successfully for a number of years
·         Strong mentoring and coaching instincts, supporting growth for a team from AEs to ADs 
·         Has experience in ATL, BTL, Activations and digital, and preferably has experience working on financial services
 
 
4  Criteria for Success
 
Happy Clients: 
Clients absolutely value your input on their business as you hold the relationship with the most senior clients and engages meaningfully to drive a partnership model. You demonstrate the ability to provide advice and direction to clients to meet marketing and communication objectives while identifying opportunities to improve our role within the client business
 
Happy Work
You hold a trusted and valued partnership relationship with creative teams and embed innovative thinking into the core of the business. Your involvement with the team actively promotes the development of creative and impactful work by embedding innovative thinking and strategic direction to the delivery of the work.
 
Happy Money
You confidently manage the client budgets and the financial fitness of the account (profitability, staff and income ratios) while driving / identifying additional revenue & business opportunities to increase forecasts.
 
Happy People
You are jointly responsible for the performance of your teams and setting a high benchmark for excellence in your department. You lead by example and build a respected and trusted team under your wing. You are the coach that imparts knowledge and the mentor that inspires the team to be and do their best.
 
 
We don't do ego.
We solve in the positive.

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 JHB Agency is looking for a dynamic and experienced mid-weight copywriter with 3-5 years' experience to join our team and be part of this audacious vision. 

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

5 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 are to pursue simplicity and ensure your thinking is sharp and beautiful.
2.    Execution: Your experience now means that you must be able to produce work faster and you should by now have mastered the art of writing in various tones of voice.
3.    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 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 and link the two seamlessly.
4.    Production: You will now have a lot more autonomy in choosing suppliers (directors/audio engineers/voice artists) 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.
5.    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.

3 THINGS YOU MUST HAVE
1.    A varied (and award-winning) portfolio book which contains a mix of real work and a 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 (at least 3 years)

1 WAY YOU WILL BE MEASURED
1.    Remarkable (and award winning) work that works.

We don't do ego.
We solve in the positive.
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 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.

6 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 (big agency experience is preferable)
2.    Experienced in working with senior clients across multiple stakeholders
3.    Good knowledge of media landscape (traditional & digital)
4.    A natural leader with fantastic people skills - both within the agency environment and when dealing with client

We don't do ego.
We solve in the positive.

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