Graduate and Experience Opportunities at Accenture

THE WORK

Innovate with the power of intelligent platforms: Apply digital capabilities, innovation and industry expertise on top of the leading core platforms to help clients drive large-scale, enterprise-wide transformation.

Power people with intelligent automation: Combine automation technologies and data with other AI solutions, such as text, voice, image, video, sensors and agents to make processes more efficient.

Gain deep industry and cross-domain experience: Our industry leadership and depth of insight is best in class. Approximately 224,000 Accenture employees have certified industry skills or are aligned with a specific industry.

Create customized software solutions: Turn innovative ideas into business differentiation with software customized for clients’ business, using data, the cloud, AI and other new tech.

As an Analyst you will be involved in the following:

•  Identifying Opportunities: Assessing where the client is today, so we can identify ways to improve their business: gather, synthesise, visualise and analyse client information using research, interviews, workshops and analytic tools.
•  Defining Client Needs: Identifying and documenting business requirements, so that we and the client understand and agree on what needs to change and take advantage of new opportunities.
•  Designing the Future: Working with the client to design new business processes, technology requirements, and the plan for how we bring these changes to life using processes, technology and people.
•  Guiding our Clients: Defining how the client will evolve to the new stage—define the impact of the changes and the steps we will take to help the leaders, employees, customers and others adapt quickly to new ways of working.

Set yourself apart by demonstrating the following skills and attributes: 

•  Effective communication
•  Relationship building
•  Problem solving
•  Creativity
•  High learning agility
•  Adaptability
• Taking initiative

Qualifications

• Min NQF Level 7 Required. Must have >65% Grade average across undergrad and <one year work experience.

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TTL Account Manager

• King James – Part of Accenture Song is currently looking for a proactive, hands-on TTL Account Manager who has a knack for TVC, Radio and all things TTL. We are a focused and performance driven team of individuals, who pride ourselves on delivering quality work for our clients. We are looking for someone who is loyal, accountable and wants to grow their skillset.

Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

• Responsible for the continued administration of the accounts to ensure there is a good relationship between client and agency
• Liaise with clients, attend client meetings, and write client contact reports
• Manage Workbook - write briefs received from client into Workbook
• Work closely with internal stakeholders (i.e. Client Service, Creative & Production)
• Maintain the day to day running of the account and keep reports/briefs/timings up to date and all parties informed
• Update client status documents
• Mid-level management of the strategy, media planning and buying with the assistance of the Account Director
• Work closely with the Account Director on budget control and management of billings
• Review cost estimates with Operations, and present to client
• Provide support to Account Director
• Keep abreast on competitor activity
• Keep abreast with new advertising trends in accordance with industry best practice

Qualifications
Qualifications / Experience / Skills:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Marketing or Business Management
• Proficient in Office365 (i.e., SharePoint/Word/Excel/PowerPoint etc.)
• Minimum 3 years working experience as an Account Manager in an Advertising Agency
• Experience using Workbook
• Well versed in TTL (Digital will be advantageous)
• A good command of the English language (both written and verbal)
• Strong time management skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong administrative skill
• Strong multitasking skills (ability to work on multiple briefs at any given time)

Personal Attributes

• Team player with the ability to work independently
• Ability to remain calm in a fast paced environment         
• Provide and receive constructive criticism and advice
• Accountable
• Deadline driven
• Solution driven
• Reliable
• Resilient
• Proactive
• Meticulous with attention to detail
• Other: Comfortable work on site and comfortable to work on alcohol brands

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Job Description
Responsibilities (include but not limited to):

• Work according to client’s brief; translate and generate ideas into compelling conceptual creative solutions for TVC, Radio, Print, Digital, OOH etc.
• Conduct research and understand the client’s brand and target audience
• Work closely with the wider creative team and client service teams
• Present work to the senior creative team (i.e. Creative Group Head, Creative Director etc.)
• Keep abreast with advertising trends within industry best practices

Qualifications
Qualifications / Skill / Experience:

• A tertiary qualification in Copywriting and Art Direction
• Proficient in Office 365 (i.e., Outlook / Word / MS Teams / SharePoint / PowerPoint etc.)
• Minimum 4 years working experience as a Copywriter & Art Director (snr creative team) in a TTL Advertising Agency
• Experience in (exposed to) writing and directing for TV / Radio / Print (TTL or ATL) is essential
• An excellent command of the English language (both verbal and written)
• Well versed in Digital
• Good time management skills
• Good presentation skills
• Good administrative skills
• An online portfolio demonstrating creative copywriting skills / proficiencies (i.e., Behance or Wixsite)

Personal Attributes:

• Team players
• Ability to remain calm in a fast-paced environment
• Creative “out of the box” thinkers
• Proactive
• Resilient
• Reliable
• Deadline driven
• Solution driven
• Meticulous with attention to detail
• Other: Comfortable to work on-site (at the office) and comfortable to work on alcohol brands