Account Director / Client Service (Durban)
| Remuneration: | negotiable Basic salary |
| Benefits: | medical aid, provident fund |
| Location: | Durban |
| Education level: | Degree |
| Job level: | Mid/Senior |
| Own transport required: | Yes |
| Travel requirement: | Occasional |
| Job policy: | Employment Equity position |
| Type: | Temporary |
| Reference: | #CSAD |
| Company: | Career Station |
Job description
Leading Advertising Agency looking for a professional & experienced Account Director.
Advertising Experience is ESSENTIAL
ACCOUNT DIRECTOR
Account Director is primarily responsible for the management of relationships with clients. As the senior point of contact for an agency’s customers, the Account Director also co-ordinates the resources needed to service projects, builds strategic operational plans and balances the expectations of clients with the execution of creative work.
Often they will be expected to plan campaigns, and successfully develop business accounts creatively and financially, while playing a positive role in your agency’s new business programme.
Typical activities
– Taking a lead in clients’ marketing and advertising strategies
– Leading a team to provide the utmost level of client service
– Liaising with clients at a senior level on a day-to-day basis
– Promoting the expansion of business with existing clients
– Working with other senior managers to generate new accounts
– Completing projects to a specific schedule and within an agreed budget
– Using your skills to push clients, and the agency, creatively and strategically
Requirements
Skills required
Account Director needs a wide range of abilities. These include:
- Significant experience in professional client relationship management
- A background in advertising, design or marketing
- The ability to plan and strategise at a senior level
- A persuasive and confident approach to creative projects
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Effective team management capabilities
- A keen attention to detail and budgetary restraints
- Full awareness of creative processes and techniques – including digital platforms
The AD will spend time in meetings and briefings, as well as remaining in close contact with key clients. Occasional travel is usually required for client visits, new business presentations, planning and brief taking. Although your commitment will tend to be standard office hours, deadlines or the demands of a client may see you working early or late to ensure continued success.
Posted on 31 Jan 21:30