Intern - Sandton at Dentsu

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.