Intern at Dentsu

Job Description:
Minimum Requirements:

• Matric Certificate
• South African ID
• Must understand the basics of media and marketing
• Have a key visual eye when it comes to designing in PowerPoint and Excel
• Keen eye for detail
• Must be able to question and drive innovation – always looking for a way forward
• Content creation is an added advantage
• Identify key and relevant trends
• Ideal candidate will be knowledgeable on social media platforms and understand how they operate
• Ability to work both as part of a team and independently is crucial

During your internship we will upskill you on but not limited to the below:
People (30%)

• Uphold the Dentsu culture throughout everything you do. At Dentsu we put our people first, be empowered to learn and grow, whilst always striving for excellence.
• Manage all stakeholders - Internal team, Clients and Media Owners. Share information appropriately, manage expectations and be accountable.
• Know when to escalate accordingly, to bring the right people in to ensure your client has the best experience of our network and product.

Product (50%)

• Know and understand the client, their business/brand, their consumers, their industry who their competitors are.
• Ensure you are trained and capable in all Dentsu tools and frameworks. Namely, Intersections, CCS Survey, CCS Planner, Telmar etc.
• Deliver consistently, uphold content quality, detail and accuracy.
• Be meticulous about detail, formatting and presentation, so as to only put forward work that is of a high standard, both in content and appearance.
• Ensure that all communication sent to clients (e-mails, reports, schedules, presentations) are clear and coherent, paying attention to details such as spelling, grammer and accuracy in all numbers put forward.
• Time Management - learn to prioritise, work quickly but accurately, manage your time so that you stick to deadlines and manage expectations.

Profit (10%)

• Understand your portfolio’s financial targets and how this impacts your role.
• Understand the Trading agenda, the Media Partners that are involved and how this impacts your portfolio and products delivered to client.
• Connect credibly with media partners and stakeholders to build and foster strong relationships.

Operations (10%)

• Ensure that you have adopted all workflow systems including Chase, MEPlan, METime and Salesforce.

Personal Goal 

• To identify your development areas within People and Product.

If you require leadership, ATL/ Digital training, strategy, or tools etc., these are personal goals that you need to discuss and align with you Client Lead/ MD.