Senior Traffic Manager at Publicis Groupe

Job Description

The Role:

• This exciting role is for a Senior Traffic Manager in our Cape Town office.  We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills and that can work along-side account managers to ensure projects are resourced to maximum efficiency, while keeping the business, the people and client priorities top of mind. The role requires admin, accuracy and strong attention to detail; you will be a well-organized and unflappable. We are looking for someone with extensive experience in advertising agencies (Digital, TTL, Social).

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Schedule and traffic work into studio, social media, strategy and content marketing from small tasks to large workflows across digital, social and TTL campaigns. 
• Facilitate creative workflow planning with Projects Managers, Account Managers, and department heads.
• Interact with Account Managers and the Production team
• Plan and facilitate planning & key account management meetings
• Plan and find solutions and lead capacity planning with the rest of the traffic team
• Help guide the junior traffic team on their career paths along-side the Operations Director
• Manage timesheets and reports
• Manage freelancers and submission of invoices

Qualifications

• A relevant tertiary qualification
• Minimum 5 years’ working experience as a Traffic Manager within an advertising agency with 1 year working as a Senior Traffic Manager
• Proficient in MS Office (i.e. Word / Excel / PowerPoint etc.)
• Knowledge of and experience in Chase is essential
• Knowledge and experience working with Resource Guru will be an added advantage. 
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to manage key stakeholders
• Strong admin and organizational skills
• Strong multitasking skills
• Strong time-management skills
• Understand advertising and the creative process

Additional Information

Personality 

• Team player with the ability to work independently
• Ability to remain calm in a highly pressurized environment
• Self-starter who can inspire others
• Problem solver and solution driven
• Confident
• Curious
• Resilient
• Assertive
• Accountable
• Trustworthy
• Meticulous with attention to detail
• A can-do attitude and a willingness to go the extra mile

Other:

• Flexible to work beyond normal office hours (if and when required)
• Willing and comfortable to work on alcohol brands