New Business Lead - Sandton at Dentsu Creative

Job Description:

Responsibilities: 

• Manage the Business – delivers the service proposition to clients and full end to end management of the business on individual clients 
• Relationship Management – owns the client relationships as per the defined relationship  
• strategy for the client 
• Proactively Identifies Client Development Opportunities – flags specific client cross sell and  
• upsell opportunities.  
• Commercial and service ownership of client relationship – drives seamless delivery and  
• profitability of account 
• Team Management – manages and motivates team around the clients’ objectives and culture 
• Supports Client Director to deliver innovative and creative solutions to client briefs 
• Works collaboratively across Dentsu and across network as needed – uses good knowledge of  
• products and services to drive business value for clients and Dentsu 
• Project manages clients’ communications plans including timelines and budget 
• Reviews plans to drive greater margin and value through innovation and better and different ways of working. 
• Effectively lead and motivate internal team to produce best in class work 
• Provides accurate plan details and updates to clients 

Requirements: 

• Great admin skills 
• Detailed financial acumen. 
• Knowledge of Dentsu as one cohesive agency (of can be taught) 
• Knowledge of Dentsu tools for cross sell and upsell opportunities (or can be taught) 
• Senior Full-service agency experience 
• Critical knowledge of media, data, creative, content 
• Ability to lead discussions on data, creative and content at a top line level as well as media. 
• Ability to brief and lead cohesive team deliverables. 
• Ability to take ownership of multi Dentsu agency deliverables. 
• Ability to lead a vast team in a singular direction.