Job Vacancies at Ogilvy South Africa

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities

• Ensure the accuracy of payroll preparation and processing
• Apply for tax numbers for new employees
• Update payroll records including transfers, job title changes, deductions and other changes
• Supervision of Payroll Administrators
• Payroll related employee termination calculations
• Partner with Talent Management regarding payroll related matters
• Preparation of payroll schedules and submissions
• Process payroll related entries in the accounting system
• Reconciliation of all control accounts
• Manage payroll related SARS submissions
• Monthly reconciliation of 12 month report to general ledger
• Preparation of headcount schedule for all business units
• Deal with Department of Labour / Workmen's Compensation queries
• Manage payroll related audit queries
• Manage day to day payroll related queries

Education and Experience

• Diploma in Finance/ Bookkeeping/ Payroll
• Minimum of 10 years experience working in a finance environment with payroll related experience
• Office 365
• SAGE Payroll System
• ESS
• EASYFILE (SARS)
• Accounting system ( Pastel/Evolution / Navision)

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• For this role, we are looking for a Director of Design and Creative. Must have 7+ years experience, and at least 3 managing a team.
• The successful candidate should be a broadly capable project and people manager; they should have excellent problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude when it comes to managing work in the system and supporting the broader Ogilvy PR team.
• This person needs to be a reliable leader, but also have the requisite technical skills and ability to develop excellent creative design work and to be able to guide and grow the team in this area. Experience and an understanding of below and through the line are essential to this role.
• The incumbent will be working on all sorts of projects in a highly pressurised environment and should be able to handle and manage medium to large campaigns. Their thinking should include big, multi-media ideas.
• This person must be able to tell the difference between an idea and an execution an idea being the bigger picture though, and an execution, is a way (perhaps one of many) of bringing that idea to life. The successful candidate needs to be able to assess ideas both strategically and creatively.
• This person would need an understanding of the digital mediums, banners, social media posts, graphic design, video and animation etc

To complement the above, we'll also be looking for:

• Highly conceptual individual (Must demonstrate with at least 2 projects)
• Demonstrate exceptional strategic thinking (Provide 2 examples)
• Must demonstrate an understanding of digital platforms and traditional platforms
• Must demonstrate an ability to use multimedia programmes (Editing, recording etc.)
• Execution of award-winning work is an advantage.
• Must demonstrate examples of leadership skills & problem-solving
• Demonstrate how you've previously dealt with conflict
• In-depth working knowledge of existing and emerging technologies & platforms
• A strong understanding of best practice interaction and visual design principles.
• Must be able to implement on ideas effectively and efficiently in an agile operating environment.
• As a Director of Design and Creative, you will help lead our passionate, multi-talented studio guiding all members to deliver exceptional, integrated concepts to exceed client briefs and expectations.
• The successful candidate is a thought leader within the agency, so they can expect to be craft-led, strategically driven, and platform-neutral conceptual thinkers and practical implementer with a desire to transform brands by creating beautiful, intuitive, and human-centred products and experiences.
• The individual must be tuned into all aspects of South African popular culture and the platforms and media it plays in, as well as have a strong point of view on what it takes to win in this space.

What you'll do everyday

Responsibilities

• You will lead a team of creatives including designers, animators, and cinematographers and determine KPIs, and strategic direction and set ways of working to maintain client relationships
• Drive integration, with the client service teams
• Scope, plan and manage the creative process on projects
• Manage and mentor creative teams
• Work with other disciplines (Client service teams, Strategists, writers etc.) to ensure cohesive team integration and alignment with broader business objectives
• Be a champion for innovation on every project you touch
• Play an active role in campaign planning and brainstorming with teams
• Drive real-time implementation of the digital and design work
• Participate in pitches for new business
• Define the direction for overall campaigns including look and feel
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Generate ideas and sell them into clients and other members of the team
• Mock-up creative ideas
• Create across multiple channels
• Consistently produce creative elements against a deliverables list
• Lead brainstorms and conceptualisation
• Oversee the craft. Whether it be the writing, design of an idea etc.
• Ensure the quality of products leaving the newsroom and perform the final QC on all creative work
• Ensure efficiency and productivity of the team through the implementation of effective and efficient processes
• Compile presentations for clients/figure out new ways of selling
• Attend client briefings and presentations
• Demonstrate thought leadership by keeping updated on industry trends

You'll also be required to develop the following:

• Good understanding of influencer, Mobile, Podcast, out-of-home, guerrilla, activations and direct marketing
• Great time management
• Demonstrate the ability to work under immense pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Adept problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills with the ability to provide rationales for creative choices made
• Strong presentation skills
• Able to work with team members and delegate effectively
• Understand the clients business requirements and understand how our services should be applied to solve business problems
• Have a good understanding of earned media and how this can be achieved through creatively
• Demonstrate a willingness to help and be the solution

Working knowledge of these tools:

• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• Acrobat
• InDesign
• Lightroom
• Premier Pro
• After Effects
• Bridge
• Keynote / PowerPoint
• 3D Animation & Production (Would help)
• Video editing (Would help)
• Google Web Designer & DV360 (Would help)
• Facebook Creative Hub (Would help)

Additional Skills

• An Illustrator by night
• Animator on weekends
• A Javascript wiz
• Editing skills

Impacting relationships

• Establish a cohesive and productive relationship with the client services team
• Proactively suggest ideas with an excellent understanding of PR clients and their needs
• To foster excellent supplier and freelancer relationships
• To foster and nurture good working relationships within the Newsroom team
• To drive a positive, can-do culture in the agency

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• The Product Manager will be an extension of the client team (a leading car manufacturer) and will be required to be based in the client’s office for a portion of the week (COVID office regulations dependant).

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities

• Create and maintain different work processes for all websites (PHP & Content). Guidance from product owner.
• Prioritise backlog to streamline execution and implementation of client requirements
• Create documentation for development work and processes.
• Work closely with Product Owner, Client, Account Management & Development teams to ensure all jobs required are completed on spec and on time
• Plan, conduct and monitor testing and inspection of Design to Development and to ensure that the finished product is within QA quality with supporting documents
• Work closely with Design to plan future projects and ensure current projects are kept to spec
• Plan development specs for jobs so that they are future proof according to the clients environments
• Work with the client’s IT teams to ensure smooth operations with regards to their servers and domain management
• Plan site architecture and define user journeys for client so that the information between all their sites is consumed correctly
• Keep up to date with the technologies used in the client ecosystem and ensure that the team are able to work across the multiple versions of the platforms used
• Review all development work to ensure it has been built according to the designs and specifications
• Find new and innovative technologies to improve the quality and digital standards of product delivery to client requirements
• Own the Quality Assurance tests for the client websites, including always on QA, as well as QA for briefs/ projects.
• Document internal audits and other quality assurance activities
• Work with the data team to implement measurement metrics for site performance
• Analyse User Interface/User Journey Experience to identify areas for improvement in the Web system and quality
• Prepare reports to communicate outcomes of quality activities
• Evaluate audit findings and implement appropriate corrective actions

Education and Experience

• 3+ years QA experience and 2+ years Digital Project Management Experience
• Knowledge of tools, concepts and methodologies of QA, SEO and Data Analytics
• Excellent knowledge of responsive, cross-platform and browser testing for multimedia delivery.
• Active working knowledge of industry standard bug tracking software, for example Jira.
• Providing feedback to the development and project management team, ensuring that the work is carried out in accordance with the schedule and the quality requirements.
• Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
• Knowledge of OS X and Windows environments; Android and iOS.
• Experience in the Automobile industry advantageous

Key Competencies

• Self-starter
• Goal driven
• Manage pressure well
• Proactive
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Communication skills - verbal and written
• Problem analysis and problem solving
• Planning and organizing
• Critical thinking
• Team player
• Ability to work alone or as part of team in order to achieve deliverables
• Strong hands-on manual testing abilities with minimal specification documentation.
• Strong attention to detail, accurate, and quality conscious.

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• We are looking for a Senior Strategic Planner, responsible for developing and implementing strategic plans and initiatives that drive business growth and success. To work closely with other departments in understanding their needs and developing strategies that align with company goals and objectives.

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities

• Senior planner who can lead a brand, foster great client relationships and partner with creative.
• Creating effectively lead strategies that impact both business, society and culture.
• Responsible for partnering with creative to deliver impact with modern capabilities with digital being a core skillset.
• Mentoring and growing junior planners

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Define and understand the core target audience
• Demographic, psychographic, behavioural and attitudinal
• Apply insight to shape brand development and product platform ideation
• Ability to craft strategic platforms, communication strategies and brand positioning that allows for a leap creatively.
• Leverage data in shaping strategies
• Creative brief writing, developing messaging hierarchy.
• Stay current and connected to culture
• Trends, insight and foresight
• Be available as a strategic sounding board in working end-to-end across disciplines.
• Take part in agency pitches when called upon.

Education & Experience

• 3-5 years of experience as a senior strategist.
• Research friendliness - understands how to apply qualitative and quantitative learning.
• Cultural voyeur - knows how to tap into pop culture.
• Critical thinking skills - analytical, creative and lateral.
• Marketing insight, in looking for actionable insights.
• Strategic provocateur, in being curious and questioning.
• Can tell and sell a story - with strong presentation and writing skills
• Can trawl for insight wide and deep - business, consumer, brand, touch points
• Digital savvy and can leverage the power of social media for insights

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• We are looking for a Social Media Account Director, The role is hybrid between Account and Project Management within a dedicated social media content studio that specializes primarily in creating a variety of content for Facebook, Instagram, Tik-Tok, Twitter, and more.
• The purpose of this role is to drive, manage and implement the Clients social media strategy and ensure the output of top quality social media content.

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities

• Oversees all activities related to social media services, with an emphasis on content creation.
• Prioritize and manage clients expectations.
• Planning and oversight of Social Campaigns, including Display, Video, Social etc.
• Lead effective and efficient cross-functional interaction within the agency to deliver on client requirements
• Ensure the strategic and creative excellence of team outputs in response to client briefs.
• Ensure that unplanned / proactive content is proposed regularly.
• Manage and implement the Social Media strategy and content calendar.
• Maximise team output and efficiencies through co-ordinating team workflow, with responsibility for all team work in progress.
• Effectively delegate to team members and manage team workload.
• Act as an expert on all areas of social media management, advertising, trends, and updates.
• Leads daily and weekly team meetings geared toward improving social media/advertising tactics and processes utilized by the digital marketing team.
• Manage team projects and ensures they are completed on time and on budget.
• Ensure client satisfaction and quality standards are met with all team projects.
• Maintain current knowledge of online marketing opportunities and trends, web analytics, and optimization techniques, particularly in the realm of social media marketing through Tik Tok and Instagram Reels, to ensure social activities are aligned with consumer engagement

Key Skills

• Experience with various social listening tools and reporting platforms.
• Thorough understanding of digital marketing and social media marketing strategies.
• Strong project management experience.
• Excellent problem solving skills, especially in client relationship management.
• Deep understanding of existing and emerging social media platforms.
• Proven track record of delivering digital marketing campaigns that drive impactful results and engagement.
• Proven ability to manage a team of skilled professionals planners and creatives.
• Excellent verbal, written, and video communication skills.
• Excellent leadership and managerial skills.
• High level of self-awareness.
• Broad knowledge of current events, including political, social, and technological trends.
• Strong organizational skills with superior attention to detail.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines.

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Senior Strategist

• A senior role within the strategy team who takes the lead in developing brand strategies that tackle clients business issues.

Strategy:

• Develop and communicate innovative and effective branding strategies and concepts including but not limited to positioning, messaging, naming, portfolio strategy and employee engagement.
• Champion of our brand philosophy and ideas within the agency and to clients

Creativity

• Master the art of writing a single-minded and ideas-led creative brief.
• Ensure regular constructive feedback to creative teams where appropriate to ensure work is on brief

Relationships

• Develop and maintain long term client relationships and be responsible for bigger key clients
• Ensure regular upward communication takes place to line manager and exec director to share work and get feedback
• Develop strong working partnerships with project and pitch teams including Client Services, Creative and New Business

Management:

• Support Directors with team management as and when required
• Help mentor junior members of the strategy team

Thought Leadership

• Drive the continued improvement of strategic brand solutions within Superunion
• Work with the team to establish best practice new ways of working and develop new tools and methodologies
• Stay abreast of latest published thinking on branding, market based trends, brand successes, failures and industry business activity (mergers, acquisitions, opportunities)
• Support Superunion marketing efforts by writing actively for the blog, WPP Atticus, white papers and articles

Skills

• Excellent understanding of all branding deliverables and associated disciplines such as positioning, architecture, messaging, segmentation, research, engagement and interaction
• Ability to develop influential and effective relationships (internally and externally) across a global network and client base
• Able to independently manage larger projects and sell big ideas by inspiring a senior client group
• Commercially astute, with the ability to identify revenue opportunities and risks whilst working on projects
• Able to identify connections between projects, trends, emerging issues and basis for prospecting
• Able to craft and deliver client presentations and facilitate workshops at a senior or board level
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Experience:

• Demonstrable experience of leading corporate and FMCG/consumer brand projects
• Previous experience in similar role, client or agency or client side marketing
• Educated to degree level or equivalent

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Digital Project Manager

• The Digital Project Manager coordinates various digital projects from briefing to delivery, including resource and time planning. A thorough understanding of (and appreciation for) UX/UI, Development, SEO and Data is required to fulfill this role.

Responsibilities:

• Partners with capability leads in ensuring that project objectives are defined and clear, and team capabilities and skills are engaged successfully to achieve objectives.
• Resource Forecasting - Plan accurate resource forecast based on an objective view of the current and future project pipeline.
• Project Spend Reporting - Understands how project success impacts on margin. Can partner with the account and product management team to course correct overspend. Applies change management process within projects to drive efficiencies.
• Post Project Analysis - Partners with leads on analysis of the total project budget against the total project cost (based on timesheet hours) ensures that all learnings form part of future briefs.
• Staff Forecasting - Forecasting the resources needed to staff a portfolio. Ensuring that the skill set, and experience matches requirement.
• Presenting - Capability of clearly presenting thoughts, ideas, structure, and form, both verbally and visually.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate would have the following background:

• Digital PM experience with exposure to Development (A Must).
• Ability to accurately scope out new projects: breaking down deliverables and requirements, structuring the projects, identifying correct resources, putting together costs/time. (PM tool experience with Smartsheets, Workbook, Trello, Asana and Jira).
• Ability to schedule, track and prioritise the work correctly with critical deadlines and milestones.
• Tracking project spend, burn rate and resource capacity.
• Can deal with any day-to-day issues but still able to have a bigger picture view of project portfolios.
• Flagging any risk upfront and solving any blockages.
• Liaising with product management and account management to ensure all deliverables are met and Budgets are adhered too.
• Ability to keep a team motivated and moving forward.

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• The librarian will be responsible for organizing and maintaining images and product information in the product image library as well as digitally filing all published work on a digital platform according to the respective campaigns.
• The Product Library plays a pivotal role in the smooth running of the Agency and requires a highly detail oriented and organised Librarian to manage and maintain images and product information in the Digital Asset Management system.

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Sorting and categorizing product images
• Ensuring that images are properly labelled
• Working with designers and photographers in creating and using new product images
• Maintaining a high-quality and organized collection of product images
• Collaborating with client service to ensure that product images are used effectively
• Implementing and maintaining image management systems and processes
• Providing support and training to other team members on how to use the image library
• Keeping up to date with industry trends and best practices for product image management

KEY SKILLS

• Mac literate
• Able to work with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
• Familiar with using Digital asset management systems
• Ensure images are of the highest quality, and meet the client's specifications
• Highly organised
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills and able to work well with a team
• Able to work well under pressure
• Pro-active
• Punctual and willing to work long hours if required

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• The best candidate will be an all-rounder with the ability to combine technical, on page and off-site elements together to the best possible effect.

Key responsibilities:

• Plan, develop and implement effective SEO strategies specific to client business objectives, from start to finish comprising of technical, on page and off-site organic elements
• Ensure all client websites are performing at world class standards and that organic search traffic is consistently growing into revenue. Manage client expectations, deliverables and communication
• Work closely with specialist departments such as Data & Technology, UX and Paid Media to achieve the main goal, while also communicating daily with Project Managers and Account Managers
• Build and execute successful SEO strategies as well as manage the full reporting cycle showing maximum value
• Perform organic audits identifying broken elements as well as areas of opportunity. Make core recommendations from a technical SEO perspective, On Page SEO perspective as well as to plan and execute and extensive outreach campaign to gain quality backlinks (Off-Site)
• Conduct technical health checks and identify new search engine algorithm updates to ensure strategies stay relevant according to SEO best practices
• Be able to provide organic recommendations in a clear and concise manner to clients and developers and implement SEO fixes via a CMS where developer resources aren't available
• Versatile and creative reporting which disrupts traditional reporting methods to stay ahead of the game, keep clients happy and consistently drive to produce better results

Qualifications and skills:

• Min 3 years experience in SEO in a respected agency or on the client side
• Experience identifying technical fixes as well as identifying missing technical elements
• SEO copywriting experience where keywords where contextually implemented
• Knowledge of link building and how links can be strategically generated
• SEO auditing and competitor analysis
• Ability to formulate SEO strategies with auditing and competitor analysis data

Tools:

• Google analytics
• Google search console
• Google Data Studio
• Google my business
• Screaming frog
• SEMrush
• AHRefs
• Backlink analysis tools
• Various speed & load time checking tools
• AMP tools
• Strong understanding of HTML, JavaScript and CSS, while actual coding ability would be advantageous
• Experience with CMS such as WordPress, Drupal, Umbraco, Joomla etc.
• Have impeccable attention to detail
• Strong organisational skills and ability to always meet deadlines
• Adaptable to change and able to multi-task
• Drive to learn and ask questions of management and senior team members
• Carry a proactive approach to working and not a reactive approach
• Strong analytic skills which result in the ability to relate results to client business objectives
• Advanced computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong English copywriting and verbal communication skills (including presentation skills)

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Primary Function

• Prepare Client Revenue Rolling Forecasts
• Breakdown and analyse revenue by client, business unit and revenue stream
• Review of monthly revenue adjustments and revenue recognition based on completed timesheets
• Analyse WIP / production jobs to identify potential problems
• Analyse and manage accrued revenue / income in advance
• Analyse and ensure revenue recognition is in line with IFRS 15 and group revenue policies
• Assist the Financial Director and Financial Controller with any ad hoc requests

Secondary Function

• Prepare and reconcile all Intercompany Recoveries.
• Approve Monthly Expenses in line with the approval matrix and budgets
• Preparation of Intercompany Recovery Schedules.
• Review of Monthly Expenses Actual vs Budget schedules and manage variances
• Review Monthly Profit/Loss Statements
• Assist in collating information required for audits
• Prepare Monthly Management Accounts
• Prepare Monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Prepare Monthly Internal Audit File for approval.
• Prepare Monthly VAT Reconciliation.
• Prepare and submit monthly VAT returns.
• Complete schedules required for IFRS year end reporting
• Assist on New Business Tenders as and when required.
• Assist in collating information for BBBEE compliance

Requirements

Role Requirements:

• Minimum B-Com Accounting or similar degree
• 3 to 5 years post study experience
• Workbook and Navision experience is preferable (job production system experience required)
• Internal Control Experience advantageous
• Advanced excel skills is not negotiable
• Knowledge of IFRS 15

Personal Attributes

• Reliable and Accurate
• Must be able to work under pressure without supervision
• Takes initiative and is resourceful in identifying solutions
• Team player
• Problem solving skills
• Must be able to work some overtime
• Whilst we can work remotely, the expectation should be to be office based

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• The Concept Creative for this role must can have a Copywriting background but should have a strong grasp of Art Direction and should be willing to learn & upskill where needed. Concept Creatives are client facing, conceptual thinkers who are able to work alone and in collaboration with other conceptual creatives & creative specialists. They have sufficient communication skills to visualise and sell creative ideas.  When it comes to their thinking, they are channel and brand agnostic. We consider Concept Creatives to be able to think through the funnel, from big attention-grabbing platform ideas to functional bottom of the funnel conversion ideas.
• We sell or else should be the guide through everything we do.
• This role needs someone who can work efficiently under pressure, in collaboration with media and strategy from the get-go. We thrive in a fast pace environment in an ever-changing landscape, having a solution orientated mindset is key to succeed in this role. 

THE ROLE REQUIRES

• Must have relevant qualification plus at least 8 years of experience at reputable advertising agency.
• We are looking for someone who has worked within the retail environment or worked on retail clients.
• Experience with fashion retail brands is a plus.

Copy skills required:

• Strong Retail TV and radio script writing capabilities, experience in directing voice over artists and sound engineers, good ear for music and background tracks and ability to write retail headlines and copy. Must also be a strong conceptualiser. Should have a good grasp of Art Direction (ie the partner discipline) and able to work across multiple channels.

Other skills required:

• Good presentation and client relationship skills, be a good team player and mentor, be innovative and solutions driven, able to plan workloads, collaborate with production to meet deadlines.
• The successful candidate will work across several projects from initial conceptualisation of monthly campaigns to TV and radio scripts, social engagement ideas, headlines and copy for roll out onto various media platforms.

RESPONSIBILITIES

CREATIVE

• Under the supervision of a Creative Director, you will be responsible for the concept and ideation of campaign ideas.
• You will be expected to mock-up ideas, and create internal and external presentations to sell in ideas to clients
• You will be required to either see those ideas through to finished work or guide your supporting team roll out the work
• You will either lead art direction and planning on photographic and TV shoots
• Or you will lead all copy requirements, develop TV and radio scripts, direct voice performances and direct social content
• You ensure that the creative team/traffic manager/production manager are aligned throughout projects, to meet deadlines
• You are responsible for overcoming any difficulties and finding solutions during the project while keeping your Creative Specialists informed throughout.
• You build strong relationships and foster good team spirit with both clients and members of the agency to bring great ideas and creative work to life
• You will have a solution focused attitude

MINISTRATION

• You have a thorough working knowledge of all agency systems: timesheets, resource, planning
• You are ultimately responsible for ensuring your work is produced efficiently and on time
• You will work in close collaboration with your seniors who will set in place a structured way of working.

PROFILE

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• CC Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Keynote (Art Director background)
• Microsoft: PowerPoint, Word, Excel (Copywriter background)
• ±10 years retail experience, ± 5 years in a senior role
• Portfolio of work shown must demonstrate your ability to perform this role.

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• We're seeking a seasoned Business Partner to serve as a trusted advisor to our clients, providing exceptional client support with a focus on driving growth within existing accounts and making strategically sound recommendations that align with the client's business objectives.
• Reporting into the Head of Account Management, the Business Partner will lead the day-to-day operational and communication needs for existing accounts across a wide array of different verticals, encompassing both performance and brand-building accounts.
• The Business Partner will support business growth strategies and take responsibility for delivering exceptional service to our clients and grow our reputation for strategic thinking, quality of work, and perception as a trusted partner.
• In this role, you will be responsible for developing a strong business pipeline and building our brand. As a key member of the business development management team, you will provide overall leadership to achieve sustainable and profitable growth as well as working across organizational boundaries to assist other businesses and functional leaders where possible.
• You will work with Managing Partners and Management Team to lead, manage attainment of all contractual performance requirements, customer satisfaction, and achievement of all cost, schedule, and quality objectives, through leadership and collaboration with local market line managers and business development management team. The position level is key in developing strong business pipeline and building our brand within the connected community's arena in line with our growth and business development efforts.

Here's what you'll bring to the table:

For this role we are looking for a Business Partner. Must have 15+ years' experience within Advertising, Communication, Business or related field. 8+ years of agency advertising experience.

• An ideal candidate has project implementations experience, strategic and consulting initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to strategically advise and drive account revenue.
• Success at building and maintaining senior-level relationships, and work cross-functionally with internal and external teams.
• Strong communication skills - ability to command a room and tell a compelling story, persuade, and negotiate.
• Ability to thrive in a constantly changing, fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
• Proven ability to partner and build constructive relationships with key customers, and shape and capture business opportunities.

To complement the above, well also be looking for:

Functional Knowledge.

• Demonstrates broad and comprehensive understanding of different practices as well as the changing business environment.

Business Expertise.

• Applies in-depth knowledge of own segment/function, business and commercial expertise to differentiate itself from the competition.

Leadership.

• Leads generally through multiple levels of managers of diverse activities, develops and executes strategy to achieve key business objectives.

Problem Solving.

• Evaluates key business challenges, directs the development of new or innovative solutions.

Impact.

• Guided by company strategy and business objectives, impacts results of segment/function.

Interpersonal Skills.

• Influences and negotiates at the top executive levels, with great latitude on outcomes, presents and defends complicated or delicate issues

Here's what you'll be doing to lead Agency and Client growth.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

The list of tasks or duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive, candidates may be expected to carry out additional duties or responsibilities, which fall reasonably within the ambit of the job description, or in accordance with operational requirements.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to our clients, operate as the day-to-day lead for brand and agency partners to resolve issues, provide status and ensure peak campaign performance while maintaining excellent client service.
• Collaborate with functional departments and co-develop plans, while identifying areas of opportunity and leading strategic client conversations.
• Drive long-term portfolio growth by building multi-year account plans.
• Consistently identify needs that clients may not recognize and ensure that solutions are linked to objectives and demonstrable results that meet or transform the client's business and needs.
• Continually increase knowledge of the client's business (and industry trends) often serving as the clients first line consultant.
• Expand contacts with key client executives and maintain strong relationships that produce new opportunity pipelines.
• Act as an escalation point to remove barriers for the delivery team to ensure work is delivered on budget and ensure clients billings are according to the contracted terms in a timely and accurate manner.
• Work across multiple agency departments, i.e., strategy, brand content and innovation teams, to deliver successful campaigns.
• Other duties may be assigned as needed

You'll also be required to advance the following:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills across all platforms.
• Expert organizational skills, great attention to detail and ability Q/A work.
• Ability to implement and meet deadlines and project manage multiple campaigns.
• Excellent client relationship and management skills.
• Proven problem-solving skills and ability to think outside of the box for solutions.
• Detail oriented and responsive, deadline-driven with strong quantitative reasoning skills.
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking capability.

Additional skills:

• You have dexterity in creating reports and presentations using Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote, etc.
• Demonstrates strong attention to detail.
• A team player, smart, adapt well with change and have a positive attitude.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, exciting environment and across external and internal teams to deliver creative, fresh campaigns.

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• This role needs someone who can work efficiently under pressure, in collaboration with media and strategy from the get-go. We thrive in a fast pace environment in an ever-changing landscape, having a solution orientated mindset is key to succeed in this role.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Under the supervision of an ACD or Creative Director, you will be responsible for the concept and ideation of campaign ideas. Leading ideas through the funnel from big idea through to purchase.

Key requirements include:

• Strong Conceptual ability (top of the funnel excellence).
• Confidence and good communication skills as the role involves a high level of client engagement
• Creative leadership that understands and promotes platform storytelling.
• Financially conscious.
• Culture of creative collaboration with the System (paid media) and Story (strategy) teams.
• Good design skills across a wide range of creative mock-up executions & presentation designs (internal & external) e.g. Keynote, Photoshop, QuickTime Player, etc.
• Culture of agility (rapid turn-around).
• Culture of innovation.
• Strong and up-to-date knowledge of communication platforms and formats & channels.
• Understanding of, and ability to, develop bottom of the funnel performance content. Understanding of the ever-changing consumer landscape.

Requirements

Internal Mandatories

• You ensure that the creative team/traffic manager/production manager are aligned throughout projects, to meet deadlines.
• You are responsible for overcoming any difficulties and finding solutions during the project while keeping your team members informed throughout.
• You build strong relationships and foster good team spirit with both clients and members of the agency to bring great ideas and creative work to life.
• You will have a solution focused attitude.

Administration

• You have a thorough working knowledge of Workbook (timesheets).
• You are ultimately responsible for ensuring your work is produced efficiently and on time.
• You will work in close collaboration with your seniors who will set in place a structured way of working.

PROFILE

• Min 4 years Art Director experience.
• Relevant tertiary qualification.

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Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities

• Capture supplier invoices that relate to Items to be billed, ensuring that it balances every month end.
• Billing of all client invoices & credit notes daily across all business units.
• Maintain a minimal WIP throughout the month.
• Approve all PQs on a daily basis across all business units.
• Extensive recons of jobs on daily basis close as many jobs before month end.
• Arrange, prepare and host monthly WIP meeting for every client include CS and possibly the production department.
• Maintain all Fee/Retainer jobs.
• Balance WIP every Monday and action the Final month end recon.
• Monitor Morse system on a weekly basis, ensuring all the entries have exported. Liaise with relevant department on errors if needed.
• Train and assist all Ogilvy departments Workbook system (Finance related functionalities).
• Assist CS or action any month end adjustments needed by the Financial Controller.
• Capture approved expense claims on WB.
• Pull reports of timesheets for any client.
• Open & manage the house jobs when necessary increase/decrease budgets requested by the FMs.
• Distribute any client POs to the relevant CS person.
• General electronic filing, ensuring all documents are names and attached correctly.
• Audit requests: collating information for various audits (Internal & External audits).

Requirements

• 3 -5 years working experience in the Finance department.
• Deadline driven: ability to work in a fast pace working environment.
• General knowledge / experience of the Debtors/Creditors department.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in job reconciliation, WIP and revenue etc.
• Advantage: Advertising industry background.
• Team player.
• Attention to detail.
• Good communication skills.

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• This role needs someone who can work efficiently under pressure, in collaboration with media and strategy from the get-go. We thrive in a fast pace environment in an ever-changing landscape, having a solution orientated mindset is key to succeed in this role.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Under the supervision of an ACD or Creative Director, you will be responsible for the concept and ideation of campaign ideas. Leading ideas through the funnel from big idea through to purchase.

Key requirements include:

• Strong Conceptual ability (top of the funnel excellence).
• Confidence and good communication skills as the role involves a high level of client engagement.
• Creative leadership that understands and promotes platform storytelling.
• Financially conscious.
• Culture of creative collaboration with the System (paid media) and Story (strategy) teams.
• Good design skills across a wide range of creative mock-up executions & presentation designs (internal & external) e.g. Keynote, Photoshop, QuickTime Player, etc.
• Culture of agility (rapid turn-around).
• Culture of innovation.
• Strong and up-to-date knowledge of communication platforms and formats & channels.
• Understanding of, and ability to, develop bottom of the funnel performance content.
• Understanding of the ever-changing consumer landscape.

Requirements

Internal Mandatories

• You ensure that the creative team/traffic manager/production manager are aligned throughout projects, to meet deadlines.
• You are responsible for overcoming any difficulties and finding solutions during the project while keeping your team members informed throughout.
• You build strong relationships and foster good team spirit with both clients and members of the agency to bring great ideas and creative work to life.
• You will have a solution focused attitude.

Administration

• You have a thorough working knowledge of Workbook (timesheets).
• You are ultimately responsible for ensuring your work is produced efficiently and on time.
• You will work in close collaboration with your seniors who will set in place a structured way of working.

PROFILE

• Min 4 years Copywriter experience.
• Relevant tertiary qualification.