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Offlimit Communications, Senior Account Manager
| Remuneration: | negotiable |
| Location: | Cape Town, Green Point |
| Education level: | Degree |
| Job level: | Senior |
| Own transport required: | Yes |
| Travel requirement: | Occasional |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Reference: | #SAM_CT |
| Company: | Offlimit Communications |
Job description
Job overview
The senior account manager often forms the main point of contact between the client and the company. The role of senior account manager involves spear heading and taking accountability for all the marketing outputs for their clients, managing the success of their campaigns and or brand activity, ensuring effective delivery, manage their client’s campaign budget and timelines and ensure that the client pays timeously. The SAM will assume responsibility for leading a team of talented professionals, organising a successful new business effort, managing the office for growth and profitability, and representing the agency at large.
Ensuring growth of the client’s brand is often a key priority and the senior account manager will work closely with the creative department to ensure the brand identity, messaging, actions and vision remains consistent.
In managing the client’s account, the senior account manager takes ownership over Strategic outputs (management thereof), Accounting, Creative and Production on all campaigns.
The senior account manager is a problem solver with good project management experience and good financial acumen across the numerous channels
Role and responsibilities
- Must take full responsibility for a portfolio of accounts – including responsibility for revenue, growth and profitability of the agency
- Responsible for all requirements and issues on behalf of Client
- Budgetary responsibility (achievement of revenue and adherence to expenditure budgets) for Agency and Client
- Must be able to provide input design, lead and manage complex campaigns
- Attendance and steering all relevant internal and external meetings (including 3rd party partners, suppliers and clients), i.e. New briefs, creative briefs, debriefs, reviews, presentations, key status sessions and liaison with key client
- Ensuring that all staff in all departments are updated regularly on all aspects to the business of Clients
- Coordination and delivery of major presentations to Clients, chairing of Client review meetings, creative presentations.
- Management of the portfolio in a way that consistently achieves all the requirements of direct subordinates
- Ensuring that all systems rules and set procedures are adhered to.
- Overseeing planning and co-ordinating all promotions and sponsorship activities
- Timeous contact reports and feedback to the agency
- Scheduling, delegation and tracking of resources and resource time on a specific job project
- Must hold a full working knowledge of all accounts and be able to actively manage key accounts
- Must be able to guide client on strategic issues and interact with strategists on more extensive strategic requirements
- Must have good leadership and team management skills
- Maintenance of a high level of staff motivation and proficiency
- Organisation of internal and external training (both on-going and ad hoc) and assisting with new staff induction
- Monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness of subordinate staff members
- Completion of staff evaluation reports
- Annual budget compilation and quarterly reviews
- Must have social media experience for planning and posting.
Requirements
- Tertiary qualification in either Marketing, B. Comm. or Advertising preferred
- 5 – 8 years experience in senior account management within an advertising agency specifically within telecoms clients, only candidates with TTL experience will be considered for this role.
- Exceptional presentation skills
- Strong financial acumen is imperative
- Strong organisational/project management skills.
- Must have good leadership and team management skills.
Posted on 06 Apr 14:01, Closing date 3 May RECRUITINGSUBMIT A JOBRECRUITMENT LOGIN
AllMarketing & MediaPR & CommunicationsProvinceHOMEINDUSTRIESCOMPANIESJOBSEVENTSPEOPLEVIDEOAUDIOGALLERIESMY BIZADS & RATESMY ACCOUNTSUBSCRIBE×All jobs Western Cape Marketing & Media PR & CommunicationsSenior Account Manager | EMAIL | PRINT | PDF Remuneration:negotiable Location:Cape Town, Green PointEducation level:DegreeJob level:SeniorOwn transport required:YesTravel requirement:OccasionalType:PermanentReference:#SAM_CTCompany:Offlimit CommunicationsJob descriptionJob overviewThe senior account manager often forms the main point of contact between the client and the company. The role of senior account manager involves spear heading and taking accountability for all the marketing outputs for their clients, managing the success of their campaigns and or brand activity, ensuring effective delivery, manage their client’s campaign budget and timelines and ensure that the client pays timeously. The SAM will assume responsibility for leading a team of talented professionals, organising a successful new business effort, managing the office for growth and profitability, and representing the agency at large.Ensuring growth of the client’s brand is often a key priority and the senior account manager will work closely with the creative department to ensure the brand identity, messaging, actions and vision remains consistent.In managing the client’s account, the senior account manager takes ownership over Strategic outputs (management thereof), Accounting, Creative and Production on all campaigns.The senior account manager is a problem solver with good project management experience and good financial acumen across the numerous channelsRole and responsibilitiesMust take full responsibility for a portfolio of accounts – including responsibility for revenue, growth and profitability of the agencyResponsible for all requirements and issues on behalf of ClientBudgetary responsibility (achievement of revenue and adherence to expenditure budgets) for Agency and ClientMust be able to provide input design, lead and manage complex campaignsAttendance and steering all relevant internal and external meetings (including 3rd party partners, suppliers and clients), i.e. New briefs, creative briefs, debriefs, reviews, presentations, key status sessions and liaison with key clientEnsuring that all staff in all departments are updated regularly on all aspects to the business of ClientsCoordination and delivery of major presentations to Clients, chairing of Client review meetings, creative presentations.Management of the portfolio in a way that consistently achieves all the requirements of direct subordinatesEnsuring that all systems rules and set procedures are adhered to.Overseeing planning and co-ordinating all promotions and sponsorship activities Timeous contact reports and feedback to the agencyScheduling, delegation and tracking of resources and resource time on a specific job projectMust hold a full working knowledge of all accounts and be able to actively manage key accountsMust be able to guide client on strategic issues and interact with strategists on more extensive strategic requirementsMust have good leadership and team management skillsMaintenance of a high level of staff motivation and proficiencyOrganisation of internal and external training (both on-going and ad hoc) and assisting with new staff inductionMonitoring and evaluation of effectiveness of subordinate staff membersCompletion of staff evaluation reportsAnnual budget compilation and quarterly reviewsMust have social media experience for planning and posting.RequirementsTertiary qualification in either Marketing, B. Comm. or Advertising preferred5 – 8 years experience in senior account management within an advertising agency specifically within telecoms clients, only candidates with TTL experience will be considered for this role.Exceptional presentation skillsStrong financial acumen is imperativeStrong organisational/project management skills.Must have good leadership and team management skills.Posted on 06 Apr 14:01, Closing date 3 May
