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 a wide range of clients including FMCG, Automotive, Financial Services & e-Retail.

We are looking for someone to join our growing operation as part of the Johannesburg or Cape Town office with at least 5 years media strategy experience and a proven track record of accountability owning all aspects of client delivery in a Media Agency.  

You will need to lead a small team of media & digital planners & build strong strategic relationships with our client base and partner agencies. We are looking for someone who is culturally savvy, apply innovative thinking and are interested in solving clients' business problems.  

Someone able to 'connect the dots' and willing to get stuck into all parts of our clients' business.

We are a small business, so this person will need to be involved across all elements of what is expected to be delivered by a media agency.  

Requirements:

•    Entrepreneurial and independent mindset who is hungry for the opportunity to help grow a dynamic business
•    Strong client relationship builder
•    Ability to lead and inspire a team
•    Great  understanding of touchpoint and media principles; including a strong view on digital
•    Confident to write and present brilliant media strategies
•    Grounded in media planning basics and experienced in particularly TV and radio planning
•    Excellent project manager – able to prioritise and work calmly under pressure
•    Attention to detail and organised to work in an efficient way
•    Genuine interest in people and how they consume media and content
•    Excellent knowledge of standard media tools and the ability to draw insights from data
 
We don’t do egos.
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 or Johannesburg based Head of Talent & HR to help us attract, grow and retain the very best talent to help achieve this audacious vision

We are looking for a brave, bright, optimistic problem solver who likes partnership & accountability as a way of being

One Measurement of Success:

1. You will create the greatest possible impact in our company though your innovative and progressive thinking – from finding new, unusual and interesting ways to find, attract and recruit the best talent, to unlocking and unblocking opportunities for talent growth and retention, and ultimately in building a powerful, motivated and inspired workforce in an admired and celebrated agency culture.

Five core qualities we are looking for:

1. Technical expert: you can draw on many years of deep expertise, best practice & technical smarts in the field of HR and/or Talent Management to ensure compliance across critical HR related matters (incl BCEA, Employment Equity, BBBEE, Labour Law, Skills Development and SETA)
2. Ultimate distiller: you can take complex & varied information and data, and distil it into tangible & actionable strategies for talent management 
3. Passionate about precision: you love a precise rhythm around HR operations and the financial metrics and measurement of salary expenditure, to ensure smarter decisions for all stakeholders involved.
4. Performance obsessed: you can inspire, lead and bring diverse people & stakeholders together in a focussed way to guarantee better outputs.
5. Opportunity focussed: you look beyond the immediate operational matters to implement and lead innovative thinking and a fresh perspective into our agency for the benefit of our people, our culture and our company. 

Six Core Responsibilities:

1. Overall control and responsibility of the HR & Talent function to define, implement and manage talent strategies across the M&C Saatchi Group of Companies.
2. Monthly salary reporting & forecasting across the Group 
3. BBBEE Strategy and implementation to maintain level 1 scorecard across the group – particularly around Employment Equity, Management Control and Skills Development. 
4. Maintaining of robust, compliant and efficient HR systems and processes. 
5. With a broad and sound knowledge around Labour Law, is able to manage all procedural matters pertaining to performance management, misconduct, grievances, CCMA, restructures etc.
6. While you will not personally be responsible for managing day to day recruitment, your ability to help us find and attract the best talent will be critical in ensuring for our meaningful transformation, to achieve set objectives and targets

Three things you must have :

1. A proven track record in a Top/Senior Management position, responsible for Talent and talent growth.
2. A proven ability to lead a department of people across different geographies and companies. 
3. Experience in, and a sound knowledge of BBBEE & Labour Law.

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. Please submit CV and application to: jobs@mcsaatchiabel.co.za

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 / Group 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. 
 

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 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

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

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