Latest Job Opportunities at Publicis Groupe

Job Description

Main Purpose of Job

• To negotiate, buy and place client media, using correct rates with the correct Media Owners and ensuring right and accurate documentation to allow for invoicing.

Responsibilities:

Account Management

• Responsible for delivery of buying service on portfolio
• Attend client/team/status meetings
• Maintain key stakeholder relationships  (agencies, brands,  client   portfolios)
• Develop negotiation strategy on client portfolio

Media Buying, Administration & Budget Management

• No PO, No Booking
• Implement the approved media plan across all mediums
• Provide clear briefing to media owner sales representatives
• Negotiate the best deals in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, price, quality and value added opportunities of the agreed media plan if not already included
• Strive for optimal savings on all media buying
• Issuing of chase lists to Creative Agencies / Client
• Liaising with Creative Agencies – flighting codes / material etc.
• Ensure that media schedule rates match the media flowplan
• Check all contracts timeously and flag discrepancies with planner immediately
• Check that monthly billings match expectation created by PO’s and/or flowplan and highlight discrepancies and corrections to campaign managers/media planner/BUD where applicable to enable them to correctly update their plans and PO trackers
• Supply alternative TV spots to planner where applicable and book alternatives within 48 hrs
• Amend or cancel bookings as and when required by Client, re-negotiating deals in order to avoid penalties wherever possible
• Negotiate maximum compensation for non-adherence to booking parameters or poor quality reproduction
• Respond to ad hoc buying requests from Client and planners
• Provide Resources with all relevant documentation for billing purposes, including signed Cost Estimate, Purchase Order, Signed Schedule, Updated plans from Planners/Campaign managers, Proof of Service and/or other approvals.
• 80% of Billings to be invoiced by billing closure and remaining 20% by no later than the 26th of every month
• Adherence to billing deadlines
• Weekly timesheets completion
• Adhere to audit and process protocol
• Respond to all Resources queries within 48 hours

Qualifications

Time Allocation

• Publicis = 5%
• Client= 90%
• Industry= 5%

KPA’s

• Buying Media
• Billing Accuracy
• Process /Audit Compliance
• Negotiation
• Admin/Filing Management
• Self Improvement/Training /Intern Mentoring
• Timesheet completion
• Financial Performance: Cash no more than 9.5% of book outstanding
• Client appraisals at 80% average and not less than 70% for Buying, Invoicing and Training.

Key Interfaces:

• Buying Manager
• Business Unit Director
• Media Owners
• Creative Agencies
• Planners/Clients
• Finance/Resources

Key Competencies/Skills.

• Accuracy
• Able to communicate on all levels
• Relationships
• Systematic
• Resilience and ability to work under pressure
• Strong administrative skills and attention to detail
• Aptitude for numbers
• Negotiation and problem solving skills
• Accountability
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Timeline Expectations:

Booking completed

• Within 2 working days depending on complexity.

Chaselists

• Within * hours where the booking and material deadline has expired and within 48hrs for all other deadlines.

Copy Instructions, Booking Instructions,

• Within 1 working day for all expired booking material deadlines and 48hrs for everything else.

ATL billing

• As per deadline grid shared by Buying Manager or as directed by CFO

Digital billing

• In arrears within the first two weeks of the next month (by the 10th), provided post campaigns and invoices have been received and packs complete.

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Job Description

• Ensuring that the PGA brand is successfully maintained and built on – including all marketing assets, platforms and presentations. This candidate will create and manage all PR (this includes press releases, events, speaker engagements) at a Groupe level, including that of the CEO and SVPs as well as support and oversee any major PR news from the agencies within the Groupe. This candidate will also manage all internal comms channels and initiatives, working with the Chief People Officer and Ops Director.
• Role reports into the CEO.

External Marketing:

• PGA external platforms – take full responsibility for managing and updating all the PGA external marketing channels (website, social media, press offices etc) and the content that features here.
• PGA PR – take full responsibility for the strategy and creation of any Groupe-related PR and dissemination, working with the EXCO members to ensure an aligned strategy and messaging.
• EXCO-level PR support – creating PR opportunities and content pieces for the SVPs and the CEO.
• Agency PR Support – Work with agency leaders as needed to guide and support PR initiatives and campaigns. 
• Events and Engagements – Arrangement and smooth execution of PGA events, including the annual FRESH conference.

Internal Marketing:

• Employee Experience –Together with Groupe Talent you will map this journey and will decide on the key touchpoints and communication opportunities. This role will include the planning and management of regular Groupe communication in written, video-based and event formats; intranet/ SharePoint communication; public recognition initiatives; educational/ motivational events etc.
• Recruiting – Our task is to hire the best talent in the industry and together with Groupe Talent we will identify the best sources of talent and how to position Publicis as the employee of choice. This will include organising the resources of the Groupe around college events and presentations; video content; social media and industry sites etc.
• Communication with the rest of the Groupe – assist the CEO & CPO to communicate with Publicis Groupe globally with regard to Public Relations, internal communication, knowledge sharing, best practice etc.
• Marcel – together with Groupe Talent, the management of the PGA environment within Marcel. In addition, working with the agencies to ensure that PGA are present on the platform and are posting content (thought leadership, latest work etc)

New Business Support:

• Streamline the First Round/ RFI response process – track and monitor the new business activity across the Groupe.
• World Class Assets – Together with the CCO and PGA Project Manager, you will create a library of beautifully produced, easy to use templates and assets which each brand can then access. You will build relationships and liaise with the rest of Publicis Groupe to keep our case studies, video content, brand templates, image libraries etc up to date in the Groupe Repository.
• Key Pitch Support – You will assist EXCO to manage certain “pitches of group importance” as delegated to you by the Groupe CEO or EXCO.

Qualifications

Requirements: 

• Relevant marketing/PR qualifications.
• Strong command of the English language.
• Excellent writing and communication skills, with copy-editing experience as a plus.
• Ability to multi-task and report into multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent at time management and managing multiple projects.
• Ability to work well within a team as well as independently
• 7+ years Marketing/PR experience

Behavioural Competencies:

• Analytical Thinking
• Process Orientation
• Influence through collaboration
• Directiveness
• Attention to detail
• Drive for results
• Interpersonal savvy
• Great communicator
• Good relationship builder

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Job Description

• Develop and execute outstanding work across ATL/BTL
• Understand the client’s strategy and business context, and always aim to do work that performs.
• Working closely with an Art Director to generate creative ideas and concepts to fulfil the client’s brief.
• Work closely and in co-operation with strategic planning and account management department under the direction of the Creative Director.
• Presentation of concepts and ideas internally (CD and Account Management) and to client when requested.
• Build a strongly collaborative relationship with broader team, partners and clients.
• Timeous execution of work as scheduled by the traffic manager ensuring that deadlines are met.
• Accountable for checking all the content, ensuring that it retains the highest standard
• Working on several campaigns at once, sometimes under pressure and often to tight deadlines
• Casting actors for TV and radio work, and listening to voice tapes
• Liaising with photographers, typographers, designers etc.
• Contribute to proactivity and innovative thinking on brands
• Assistance with pitches, awards and new business presentations as required.
• Push craft to make the work shine.

Qualifications

• Talented, motivated integrated Writer
• 5 years+ agency experience
• Integrated thinker
• Examples of exciting work!

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Job Description

Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

• Campaign Management: Oversee through-the-line (TTL) campaigns, predominantly focusing on digital, from start to finish with minimal senior supervision.
• Client Interaction: Serve as the primary point of contact for day-to-day client interactions, managing expectations and ensuring excellent service delivery.
• Client Partnership: Develop deep understanding of client business and relationships, positioning yourself as an indispensable partner to ensure longevity and a strong partnership.
• Strategic Understanding: Grasp client strategies and agency processes to deliver high-quality work efficiently.
• Project Ownership: Take full accountability for all work presented and delivered.
• Financial Targets: Support the Account Director and Business Unit Director in achieving financial targets.
• Information Management: Provide seniors with accurate information to ensure proper support for both you and the client.
• Client Communication: Engage in honest conversations with clients to foster trust and ensure positive outcomes.
• Strategic Partnership: Act as a strategic partner to clients, driving better work, business conversations, and building stronger business relationships.
• Creative Integrity: Maintain the integrity of the creative strategy and work throughout the campaign.
• Team Management: Manage different personalities within the team to achieve the best results from each individual.
• Industry Knowledge: Stay updated on industry trends, including broad communication trends and client competitor work, to add value to your client's business.

Qualifications

Qualifications / Experience / Skills:

• Education: Relevant tertiary qualification in Marketing or Business Communications.
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years as an Account Executive with at least 1 year as a Mid-Level Account Manager in an Advertising Agency or a similar environment.
• Technical Skills: Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and experienced with Chase.
• Industry Knowledge: Essential experience in TTL and Digital, with a strong understanding of digital marketing.
• Language Skills: Excellent command of the English language (both verbal and written).
• Presentation Skills: Strong presentation skills.
• Organizational Skills: Strong administrative and organizational skills.
• Numerical Skills: Strong numerical skills with experience in financial and budget management.
• Multitasking: Ability to manage multiple briefs simultaneously.
• Stakeholder Management: Seamlessly manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders to deliver according to brief, strategy, and high standards.

Personality Attributes:

• Team Player: Ability to work collaboratively and independently.
• Calm Under Pressure: Remain calm in highly pressurized environments.
• Accountability: Reliable and accountable for responsibilities.
• Energy: Energetic and enthusiastic about work.
• Honesty: Honest and transparent in communication.
• Assertiveness: Able to assertively manage client and team expectations.
• Proactivity: Proactive in problem-solving and driving solutions.
• Solution-Driven: Focused on delivering solutions and meeting deadlines.
• Passion: Passionate about advertising and delivering excellent results.
• Attention to Detail: Meticulous with a keen eye for detail.
• Flexibility: Willing to work beyond normal office hours, including overtime if required.
• Brand Adaptability: Comfortable working on alcohol brands if needed.

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Job Description

What you’ll do:

• As a social media manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day social media delivery on key clients assigned to your portfolio.  This includes the delivery of social media strategies, content plans, community management tasks and social media reporting. You will be required to work alongside creative teams to deliver social media concepts as part of the agency’s integrated creative solutions.

 Day to day, your role includes:

• Day-to-day social media custodian on the brand(s) you are assigned to.
• Articulate and interrogate client needs based on the brand and business strategy, ensuring the right social media opportunities are identified.
• Develop, construct and present compelling social media strategies and concepts to clients, either by originating or adapting global social media campaigns to incorporate local nuances.
• Use research and research tools to unearth original and innovative social media insights and provide a high-quality interpretation of research findings.
• Develop creative social media concepts that are in line with the overall ATL Media//Digital strategy and positively contribute to the creative review process to ensure consistent application of a big idea across multiple touchpoints.
• Develop content plans that deliver against the campaign objectives and align to the budget/time allocation of the campaign. 
• Work closely with strategic media planner to ensure integration of creative and (social) media strategies.
• Implement community management tactics as part of social media campaign plans.
• Implement social media best practice across portfolio of clients, ensuring social media page performance and creative optimisation.
• Schedule and post content in line with content plan.
• Constantly monitor social media campaigns and projects to ensure they are meeting client objectives.
• Report on the performance of all campaigns. Analyse and interpret data, research or post campaign reports and suggest solutions to optimize campaigns across all media platforms.
• Keep your finger on the pulse of all social media trends, platform developments and best practice, ensuring this is shared with direct reports, the broader account management, creative, social, content marketing and strategy team.
• Manage the performance of direct reports in line with the agency processes, inspiring excellence in Social Media and Community Management.
• Manage your time and deadlines to meet client expectations. Weekwork/Public holidays where required needs to be factored in.

Qualifications

We’re looking for a talented Social Media Manager with impressive work experience, which typically includes:

• Relevant marketing/communications diploma/degree including up to date social media platform certifications.
• Social Media Management in an agency environment of 4+ years
• Strong understanding of social and digital media best practice
• Experience with industry-specific listening, analytics and research tools (Brandwatch, Falcon Sprinklr, SproutSocial, Meltwater, or similar)
• Working within an agency environment in a similar role is an advantage

Personality:

• Curious and solution orientated mindset
• Creative and strategic mindset, applying rigor and detail in daily deliverables
• Comfortable in a high performance, fast-paced environment
• Open and active team player

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Job Description

JOB OVERVIEW

• To develop, manage and maintain the successful roll-out and execution of client campaigns and ensure the relationship with Saatchi & Saatchi and client is key

Responsibilities (include but are not limited to):

• Build and sustain strong and long-lasting relationships with clients
• Work on TTL campaigns
• Schedule and attend meetings
• Ensure constant, consistent and effective flow of communication between Agency, Client and external stakeholders
• Strategic input and understand strategies developed for client
• Manage and control the scope and planning of campaigns across the team
• Manage risk and have contingency plans in place
• Manage and oversee budgets / revenue on all campaigns to ensure profitability 
• Manage status documents, job bags, campaign costs and invoices
• Manage effective and accurate delivery of final elements to internal and external suppliers, and ensure meticulous activation
• Deliver jobs on-time, on-budget and continuously exceeding client expectations
• Keep abreast of industry and digital marketing trends

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Marketing  / Advertising
• Proficient in MS Office (i.e. Word / Excel / PowerPoint)
• At least 4 year’s experience working in an Advertising Agency as an Account Manager with 1 year being at a Snr Account Manager (or similar)
• TTL & Digital experience is essential
• A good command of the English language (both verbal and written)
• Excellent administration and organizational skills
• Strong time management skills
• Strong multi-tasking skills
• Strong leadership and presentation skills
• Social media savvy

Additional Information

Personality Attributes:

• Team player with the ability to work independently
• Able to remain calm in a highly pressurized environment
• Assertive
• Accountable
• Proactive
• Resilient
• Problem solver / solution driven
• Deadline driven
• Meticulous with attention to detail

Other:

• Flexible to work beyond normal office hours (overtime if and when required)
• Comfortabke to work from Publicis Groupe office (if and when required)
• Willing to work on alcohol brands (if and when required)

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Job Description

• As a Senior Account Executive at MSL, you are a media relations expert, seamlessly managing media relationships and all interviews. You ensure the reporting process is slick – making sure your manager receives accurate, quality reports on time, and that clients receive regular, accurate coverage updates. You have good relationships with your clients and media, and frequently write quality, media-ready content beyond media pitches. In addition, you provide guidance to your team’s Intern/AA/AE (if applicable).

Core capabilities

• Media lists: Take responsibility for work with Intern/AA/AE (if applicable) to ensure media lists are regularly updated, inform the broader agency of media changes, compile tailored media lists per client content piece, and keep master client media lists updated.
•  Media relations: Display an excellent knowledge of the South African media landscape (and an interest in the broader African media landscape), develop solid media relationships, and own the effective running of your team’s entire media relations process.
• Pitching skills: Demonstrate an ability to effectively identify, write and pitch relevant story angles to targeted media, displaying creativity and an understanding of newsworthiness.
• Writing: Regularly write basic media pitches, releases and content, beyond email communication.
• Research: Demonstrate effective research skills, and assimilation and presentation of information.
•  MSL Newsdesk: Participate in daily Newsdesk/media meetings and write up relevant news and angles in email format to share with clients (with your AD’s/AM’s approval); take notes in Newsroom meeting if asked.
• Project management skills: Assist AM/SAM with taking responsibility for specific projects from start-to-finish.
• Computer skills: Strong proficiency in all Microsoft Office packages including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook (or other company-preferred applications), taking Marcel Classes to become an advanced user of these programmes.

Client services

• Client knowledge: Continuously grow your understanding of clients’ business and knowledge of competitors, for effective idea generation.
• Client relations: Demonstrate and build on personalised, friendly rapports with clients, and show an ability to manage their expectations.
• Creativity: Confidently contribute own ideas to planning or brainstorm meetings, and encourage same in Intern/AA/AE.
• Agency operations
• Coverage: With Intern/AA/AE, take ownership of daily coverage tracking for reports and timeous client coverage updates.
• Reporting: Ensure quality, timeous monthly reports are delivered to clients.
• Timesheets: Demonstrate effective time recording and reporting (daily, accurate data logged on Chase, as per Groupe deadlines).
• The MSL Way: Know and live MSL’s company values in all professional interactions and work, and encourage same in Intern/AA/AE (if applicable).
• Know the agency and Publicis Groupe Africa (PGA): Demonstrate familiarity with both MSL and PGA's organisational structures and offerings.

People development

• Grow your supervisory skills by coaching and assisting graduates/Interns/AAs.
•  Assist your fellow AEs with skill development and peer-to-peer mentorship.

Qualifications

• Tertiary Qualification in Public Relations
• 3 Years in a PR Agency. 
• Ad Agency experience is Advantageous