Head of Agency (Marketing) at Educor Holdings

Job Description

Head of Agency (Marketing) 

Durban

Market Related

A marketing services company is seeking a Head of Agency, Bringing together thinkers, content creators and production experts. The Head of Agency will use a combination of strategy, insight, design, multichannel production, and delivery. Devise, manager and execute marketing and communications for brands across the group. The Head of Agency will be a leader, a creative, an inspirational and proactive self-starter with and entrepreneurial and problem-solving mindset who thrives on challenge. First class management skills with creative flair and interpersonal skills.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or similar
• 4-5 years of agency experience (managerial experience highly recommended)
• Good leadership and people skills
• Proven track record of planning campaigns at senior level
• Track record of achieving results and affecting change
• Established and credible leader with a track record of leading on and off-site teams
• Outstanding communication skills
• Sound financial commercial skills
• High level Organisation of time and people management
• Strategic thinker and decisive

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Management and leadership of group agency
• Motivate, lead, and inspire agency team across creative, digital, strategy and planning and account/brand management
• Design and deliver strategies/objectives for the agency
• Generate ideas to improve performance and converting opportunities
• Work collaboratively across the group on the development of opportunities of new and existing for Organisation
• Researching current industry/market trends and using knowledge of business improvement
• Reporting weekly, monthly, and quarterly on agency activity keeping management up to speed on performance
• Hands on performance to drive sales
• Lead on strategy on key projects and marketing departments
• Lead on planning and developing insight- based marketing strategies based on quantified business targets
• Improve brand awareness and collateral produced
• Responsible for agency P & L and budgetary management
• Responsible for leading the agency as channels and technology transforms interactions
• Work with Senior Leaders to continue to integrate agency services with the wider group propositions to deliver the organizations objectives
• Budget Management
• Analysis and reporting of results
• Campaign planning and strategy
• Drive traffic to group and work towards conversion optimization
• Track and evaluate performance and behavior

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or similar
• 4-5 years of agency experience (managerial experience highly recommended)
• Good leadership and people skills
• Proven track record of planning campaigns at senior level
• Track record of achieving results and affecting change
• Established and credible leader with a track record of leading on and off-site teams
• Outstanding communication skills
• Sound financial commercial skills
• High level Organisation of time and people management
• Strategic thinker and decisive