Account Director

Job description

We’re looking for a whip-smart Account Director who can stun our clients with leadership, creativity, vision, and eloquence. Sounds like you? Read on.

Responsibilities:

Day to day, your role will include:

You’ll spearhead the strategy and development for integrated projects and ensure ever-improving service across multiple clients. Day to day, your role includes:

· Partnering with clients to develop their goals and marketing strategies, adding strategic value, and ensuring that they get the best results from the whole agency team

· Displaying powerful presentation skills that invite participation and effect desired outcomes

· Ensuring work is client-ready by paying astute attention to detail

· Leading cross-capability teams to deliver creative thinking and powerful ideas that meet client objectives

· Spearheading media and CRM teams to deliver connected, data-driven strategies and integrated execution that drive measurable performance across the full customer journey.

· Using analysis to drive decisions (as opposed to taking orders) in a way that yields sustained, measurable results

· Serving as the voice of the client internally and the voice of the agency externally – and acting as the trusted voice of the customer by bringing insights into creative strategy and marketing program development

· Fostering an environment of partnership with other capabilities (e.g., Brand Strategy, Integrated Production)

· Acting as mentor and trusted advisor to team members

· Keeping sustainable, long-term client relationships by mitigating risk and ensuring account profitability

· Partnering with Senior Leadership to set goals and plan for future fiscal year(s), and working closely with Delivery Management and Client Finance on forecasting, billing, and reconciling fee and PT budgets

Qualifications:

We’re looking for a talented Account Director with impressive work experience, which typically includes:

· An unwavering passion for marketing, and an unstoppable drive to bring the best work to life

· Four years of college education and seven to nine years of experience – including five years at a creative agency (both client side and digital agency experience desirable);

· Strong experience managing client relationships, managing a marketing team, and developing marketing strategy

· Superior analytical skills and strategic thinking – you’re strong on both IQ and EQ, as adept at reading data as you are at reading clients

· Effective time-management, impeccable organization, and the flexibility to adapt quickly to changes

· Proven project management and performance management skills – you’re known for your ability to coach and develop talent, inspire and drive change, and bring varied groups together to collaborate effectively

· Superb communication and presentation skills – you’re articulate, straightforward, and engaging

· Demonstrated budget management and resource planning experience

· Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.

Got the sparkle? Apply if you believe your unique skills are a fit.


Additional Information

Digitas is an equal opportunity employer.

Culture commitment:

· We are approachable & globally supportive.

· We are in this together and solution orientated.

· We always do the right thing.

· We are never afraid.


Miscellaneous:

· This role with oversee two sites, one in Cape Town and one in Johannesburg, so travel will be required from time to time.



About Digitas South Africa

Digitas South Africa has Head Offices in JHB and CT with over 80 Unicorns delivering connected end-to-end solutions for our clients across SSA. Visit https://www.digitas.com/en-za/ for more about us and what we do. We are also connected to 5 500 Digitas Unicorns across over 43 countries and 65 offices around the world, (110 000 Publicis colleagues too). For more about Publicis Commerce please visit: https://www.publiciscommerce.com/

Digitas is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits any forms of Discrimination or Harassment. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees in line with our Employment Equity Plan. All appointments will be based on qualifications, experience and best fit but preference will be given to candidates from designated groups.

Interested candidates must please submit a concise CV including a link to your portfolio.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks after submitting your application, please consider your application as unsuccessful.

Company Description

Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media, and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing, and Total Commerce. Celebrated by Ad Age as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year, and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries, including South Africa.

The Digitas culture is made up of fearless, inventive, and generous Unicorns of all kinds.

Posted on 18 Feb 10:25, Closing date 19 Apr