Business Unit Director - Sandton at TBWA\ South Africa

Description

We’re looking for dynamic individual who needs to meet the following requirements:

• Be very strategic, decisive, a problem solver, a quick thinker.
• Able to understand the political playing field, and provide guidance and support to the team who need to create and implement a campaign, from both client and agency side.
• A real bridge between the party and creative teams, ear to the ground and in touch with the latest news, trends and topics that could influence our target market emotively and cognitively.
• Present the ideas to the head of the party as a strong recommendation for quick approvals.
• The campaign is going to be 24/7, fast paced, hugely impactful and measured by the number of people who we convert, and how quickly we convert them.
• The successful incumbent will be under a lot of pressure to deliver, and to pull the team together over the festive period which is traditionally time spent with family/friends and loved ones.
• The successful incumbent needs to have a strong network of contacts and be able to leverage from the same.
• Will need to understand pecking order, and who to talk to get things done.
• The successful incumbent needs to be calm, a strong leader, focused on the end goal.
• Campaign management experience with knowledge and understanding of the SA political landscape will be a huge advantage.

Requirements:

We’re looking for dynamic individual who needs to meet the following requirements:

• Be very strategic, decisive, a problem solver, a quick thinker
• Able to understand the political playing field, and provide guidance and support to the team who need to create and implement a campaign, from both client and agency side
• A real bridge between the party and creative teams, ear to the ground and in touch with the latest news, trends and topics that could influence our target market emotively and cognitively
• Present the ideas to the head of the party as a strong recommendation for quick approvals
• The campaign is going to be 24/7, fast paced, hugely impactful and measured by the number of people who we convert, and how quickly we convert them
• The successful incumbent will be under a lot of pressure to deliver, and to pull the team together over the festive period which is traditionally time spent with family/friends and loved ones
• The successful incumbent needs to have a strong network of contacts and be able to leverage from the same
• Will need to understand pecking order, and who to talk to get things done
• The successful incumbent needs to be calm, a strong leader, focused on the end goal
• Campaign management experience with knowledge and understanding of the SA political landscape will be a huge advantage