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Planners are the backbone of our operations and the glue between strategy, reporting and Ad Operations.

• Our clients relay on us to provide well thought-out media schedules that bring the strategic direction to life and work closely with the strategic team
• Our planners know how to calculate reach, set costs, volume-metrics and KPI targets.
• Planners track budgets, raise CE’s, produce and update media schedules.
• Planners need to be able to run reach curves and calculate CPM rates across the relevant platforms. 
• Our planners work closely with the Ad Operations and campaign management teams, ensuring that the plans they build are correctly set-up, executed and optimized by the campaign manages. For this reason, planning needs to work hand-in-hand with the campaign managers.
• Our planners will brief campaigns into the Ad Operations workflow management tool, ensuring our campaigns are tracked and managed from briefing to reporting. 
• Planners need to have a solid relationship with media owners and manage direct campaigns with care and precision.
• Campaign managers need to ensure that their Google, Facebook and Twitter certifications are kept up to date - in line with Publicis training requirements.
• Our clients and teams need to be kept up to date with the progress of all campaigns, so our planners need to be 100% on top of their portfolios and ensure that status sheets and progress reports to kept up to date and verbally reported back on in regular status meetings. 
• Planners at Starcom need to work closely with our digital analytics and strategy teams to deliver reports on time, every time.
• Our clients expect value at every corner, so our planners need to remain hungry to negotiate value for every client in every opportunity.
• Our Media Investment team rely on our planners to keep an accurate record of media investments and forecasts through our media planning and budget management tools – MEPlan and Powerhub.
• Our Power of One teams and creative agency partners need our planners to deliver chase lists on time, every time and engage with our traffic managers to ensure creative delivered on time.
• Our planners are required to meticulously follow our internal Buying, Ad Operations and Power of One account processes.
• We actively seek strategic talent with the personality, ‘smarts’ and attitude to manage multiple work streams and multiple stakeholders. 
• Starcom wants you to grow and thrive in an environment that demands strategic excellence. 
• In return, we provide a culture where everyone’s opinions count, where your ideas and inputs are valued and where you are given the autonomy to push yourself as far as your ambition leads you.
• Every person on our team is asked to chip in on birthday reminders, organizing social events and keeping an eye out on content opportunities for our social media pages.

Responsibilities

• The Digital Media Planner is expected to be data driven, insights lead and a creative thinker, who strives to make meaningful impact on the business. 
• This role demands confidence, presence and the skills to make a meaningful impact. Never just taking and executing orders, Starcom Planners are expected to direct, inspire and add value at every turn.
• A high level of collaboration, a willingness to teach others and a real desire to push the boundaries is what will be expected.
• In addition, this role requires a high degree of accountability and responsibility over the digital media investments we are entrusted to manage.  
• Some working outside the standard working hours may be necessary.  

Daily Activities:

• Creating CE’s
• Sending CE’s to clients
• Managing CE’s
• Sending CE’s to buyers for PO tracking purposes
• Drawing up media schedules
• Delivering Media schedules
• Obtaining Media Schedule approvals from clients
• Creating Chase Lists, delivering chase lists to creative partners and Power of One partners
• Chase outstanding creative
• Briefing campaigns into Ad Operations
• Compiling and delivering Proof of Life documents.
• Attend internal meetings with strategists, Ad Operations and Traffic management
• Following up on the status of campaigns in Ad Operations
• Maintain a good relationship and understanding of Medi Owner platforms
• Maintain good relationships with the campaign management and Ad Operations teams

Qualifications

• Google Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
• Google Analytics
• Google Ads Video
• Google Shopping Ads
• Google Display Ads
• Google Ads Search
• Facebook Blueprint Planning

Additional information

Experience:

• At least 3 years of digital media planning experience

Hard Skills:

• Able to effectively project manage
• Numerically strong and analytically able
• Strong communicator with effective interpersonal relationships across team and clients
• Advanced IT skills including Microsoft Word, best-in-class Power Point, Excel, Outlook and web-based applications.
• The ability to synthesize and reduce different inputs to create a well-considered and accurate representative view.
• English fluency and language skills for effective business writing
• Strong presentation skills
• Solid data interpretation and analytics skills
• Be able to exercise strategic principles and structured thinking to tackle business development projects assigned by client
• Be able to select appropriate frameworks, tools and approaches to use in solving client problems
• Develop strategies that interpret cultural and social trends as well as data relevant to client business

Soft Skills

• Is open to constructive feedback and challenges accordingly.
• Is effective at building relationships and working as a team
• Shows leadership and decision-making ability
• Manages change well – adapts and remains flexible to business priorities
• Ability to collaborate without ego as well as work effectively independently
• Is willing to transfer skills and share knowledge openly
• Ability to self-start and self-manage
   

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• As a Multimedia Designer you will work with our passionate, multi-talented studio delivering on exceptional, integrated concepts and designs to exceed client briefs and expectations.
• A Multimedia Designer can expect to be craft-led and platform neutral conceptual thinkers, in particular having an understanding of all major social platforms as well as being comfortable executing work on these platforms as well as any digital format. You should have a desire to transform companies by creating beautiful, intuitive, and human-centred products and experiences.
• You will 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.

Responsibilities

Duties include, but not limited to:

What you’ll do everyday

• Design social media and digitally led creative, utilizing animation and digital design best practices with a good technical understanding for outputting files in the correct format, size (data and dimensions) with visual accuracy.
• Be able to work methodically and according to brief and brand specification.
• Be able break down brief requirements and timeously flag any potential issues that may arise.
• Create presentation decks to showcase work.
• Be able to collect and file artwork work correctly for archiving and handovers.
• Be able to accurately capture time against completed briefs.
• Define or apply the aesthetic of overall campaigns
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Design across multiple channels
• Consistently produce creative elements against a deliverables list
• Participate in brainstorms & conceptualisation
• Lead the craft & design of your idea

Qualifications

OPERATIONAL KPI’S

• Ability of design work (Show minimum of 4 examples)
• Must show an understanding of various programmes

Working knowledge of these tools

• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• After Effects and Adobe Creative Suite
• KeyNote / PowerPoint
• 3D Animation & Production (Advantageous)

BUSINESS KPI’s

• Must be able to work on one sizable and one medium size project at any one time.
• Have the ability to attend every review on a project with 3 new ideas.

THE PERSON

• Great time management
• Must have a minimum of three years of experience
• Ability to work under pressure & meet tight deadlines
• Adopt problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills with ability to provide rationales for creative choices made
• Strong presentation skills
• Working knowledge of existing and emerging technologies & platforms
• A strong understanding of best practice interaction and visual design principles
• An understanding of Strategic processes
• Able to work with team members

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• As a Multimedia Designer you will work with our passionate, multi-talented studio delivering on exceptional, integrated concepts and designs to exceed client briefs and expectations.
• A Multimedia Designer can expect to be craft-led and platform neutral conceptual thinkers, in particular having an understanding of all major social platforms as well as being comfortable executing work on these platforms as well as any digital format. You should have a desire to transform companies by creating beautiful, intuitive, and human-centred products and experiences.
• You will 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.

Responsibilities

Duties include, but not limited to:

What you’ll do everyday

• Design social media and digitally led creative, utilizing animation and digital design best practices with a good technical understanding for outputting files in the correct format, size (data and dimensions) with visual accuracy.
• Be able to work methodically and according to brief and brand specification.
• Be able break down brief requirements and timeously flag any potential issues that may arise.
• Create presentation decks to showcase work.
• Be able to collect and file artwork work correctly for archiving and handovers.
• Be able to accurately capture time against completed briefs.
• Define or apply the aesthetic of overall campaigns
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Design across multiple channels
• Consistently produce creative elements against a deliverables list
• Participate in brainstorms & conceptualisation
• Lead the craft & design of your idea

Qualifications

OPERATIONAL KPI’S

• Ability of design work (Show minimum of 4 examples)
• Must show an understanding of various programmes

Working knowledge of these tools

• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• After Effects and Adobe Creative Suite
• KeyNote / PowerPoint
• 3D Animation & Production (Advantageous)

BUSINESS KPI’s

• Must be able to work on one sizable and one medium size project at any one time.
• Have the ability to attend every review on a project with 3 new ideas.

THE PERSON

• Great time management
• Must have a minimum of three years of experience
• Ability to work under pressure & meet tight deadlines
• Adopt problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills with ability to provide rationales for creative choices made
• Strong presentation skills
• Working knowledge of existing and emerging technologies & platforms
• A strong understanding of best practice interaction and visual design principles
• An understanding of Strategic processes
• Able to work with team members

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• We’re looking for a passionate Senior Account Manager to join our team.
• As a Senior Account Manager, you are someone who views marketing and advertising as a career and not a job. You are passionate about brands, strategy and memorable campaigns. You will report to the Account Director and Business Lead across multiple clients and multiple disciplines. You need to be able to hit the ground running from day 1 – a self-starter who drives excellence.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities (include but not limited to):

• Manage TTL campaigns and communication on a day-to-day basis
• Manage client expectations and service delivery by being a focal point for day-to-day interaction
• Master client business and relationships to be a client partner - indispensable to their business, ensuring longevity and partnership
• Take ownership of accounts - accountable for all work presented and delivered
• Ability to manage campaigns / projects from conception to completion with minimal senior support
• Manage expectations of multiple stakeholders seamlessly to deliver according to the brief, strategy and with the highest standard
• Support the Account Director in driving and meeting all financial targets
• Empower your seniors with the correct information to ensure they correctly support you and the client
• Communicate openly and honestly with your client to enable your team to deliver excellence thus building trust through positive outcomes
• Be a strategic partner to clients thus enabling you to guide and drive better work, better business conversations and build business
• Maintain the integrity of the creative strategy and work throughout the campaign
• Exceptional management of client expectations
• Always strive to get the best out of everyone within the team
• Understand the client, the agency, the strategy and the process in order to deliver efficiently and to the highest quality
• Build strong relationships across the business
• Keep abreast of current trends and industry best practice (broad communication trends and client competitor work) in order to add  additional value to your client’s business

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in Advertising / Marketing / Business Management
• At least 4 years’ experience as an Account Manager with 1 year being a Snr Account Manager in an Advertising Agency
• Proficient in MS Office (Word / Excel / PowerPoint)
• Proficient using Apple products (i.e. Mac)
• TTL experience is essential (i.e. Radio / TVC / Production / Digital)
• Experience “driving out” the production of high-quality printed material (essential)
• Knowledge of and experience using Chase
• A good command of the English language (both written and verbal)
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Strong multitasking skills (able to work across multiple briefs at any given time)
• 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
• Proactive
• “Out of the box” thinker
• Mature
• Honest
• Accountable
• Resilient
• Confident
• Energetic
• Solution and deadline driven
• Meticulous with attention to detail

Other:

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

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Overview

• We’re looking for a passionate Group Account Director to join our team.
• As an Group Account Director, you should be someone who views marketing and advertising as a career and not a job, driven by an innate entrepreneurial spirit. You are passionate about brands, strategy and memorable campaigns, while building long-lasted and trusted relationships with your client to ensure continual business growth both for the agency and the client brand.
• We are looking for someone with an entrepreneurial, growth mindset – always looking to understand what keeps your clients up at night to proactively propose creative solutions and build their business. We are looking for someone who is passionate about brands from various sectors, no matter how big or how small, with the ability to flex across multiple clients. You should be comfortable and proficient with varied communication scales, from ATL and BTL to digital and content marketing, with equal gusto across all.
• You will be reporting into the Business Lead across multiple clients and disciplines. You need to be able to hit the ground running from day 1, considering yourself to be a self-starter with a passionate drive for excellence.
• If you are curious, driven and hungry for ownership, then this role is for you!

Responsibilities

• Management of TTL campaigns and communication on a day-to-day basis  (experience on ATL – TV, OOH, Radio - and print production is preferable as well as digital campaign experience) across multiple client portfolios.
• Management of digital Content Marketing (editorial) content for multiple client portfolios
• Management of client expectations and service delivery by being a focal and trusted point for day-to-day interaction.
• Assisting your line manager / Business Lead in driving organic business growth within your portfolio as well as flexing into areas of new business / client wins that are acquired over time.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Master the clients’ business and relationships to be a true and valued client partner, being indispensable to their business, ensuring longevity and partnership
• Flex across multiple Clients and multiple communication disciplines
• Ensuring that you empower yourself with full knowledge and understanding of your client brands and with the technicalities of the deliverables so that you have smart and productive conversations
• Implement and drive efficient and effective processes that allow for consistent tracking and powerful conversations
• Full ownership of your accounts, taking accountability for all work presented and delivered
• Empower yourself to set up new Clients quickly and effectively
• Support your Business Lead in driving and meeting all financial targets
• Empower your seniors with the correct information to ensure that they correctly support you and the Client
• Have tough and honest conversations with your clients to enable your team to deliver excellence and you create trust through positive outcomes
• Have confident presentation skills with the ability to sell work effectively
• Be a strategic partner to your clients, enabling you to guide and drive better work, better business conversations, and build business
• Maintain the integrity of the creative strategy and work throughout the campaign
• Exceptional management of Client expectations
• Can manage all kinds of personalities and always strive to get the best out of each individual
• Have an excellent knowledge understanding of the Client, the agency, the strategy, and the process to deliver efficiently and to the highest quality
• Communicate with excellence, maturity and intent when writing or speaking
• Keep abreast of what is happening in the market (broad communication trends and Client competitor work) to add additional value to your client’s business
• Continuously have bigger business conversations with senior Clients to understand what’s keeping them up at night in order to proactively propose creative solutions
• Be prepared to work long hours as and when is necessary in order to deliver according to the deadline and to support the broader team
• Join in the agency culture to build strong relationships across the business

Qualifications

• Marketing qualification essential, ideally educated to a Diploma level
• 6 - 8 years’ experience in Account Management in Communication/ Advertising Industry
• Seamless managing the expectations of multiple stakeholders (internally and externally) to deliver according to brief, strategy and to the highest standard
• You must have experience running jobs, projects, and campaigns from start to finish with minor senior support. You should have the drive to take ownership, and develop your portfolio
• Experience driving out the production of high-quality printed material is critical 
• ATL, TV and print production is preferred
• Experience in digital is preferrable

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The Reality of This Role

• This is a senior leadership position with real creative and technical authority in a globally connected agency. The pace is energetic, the project mix is diverse, and no two weeks look the same. You will be the go-to person across multiple departments; a trusted voice for both creative quality and technical excellence.
• The role rewards those who are adaptable, proactive and take genuine pride in their craft. In return, you'll have the platform, the team and the brand portfolio to do some of the most meaningful work of your career.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do

Creative & Technical Leadership

• Review and approve all video output across the department before delivery
• Define and oversee technical specifications across pre-production, production and post-production
• Direct the full post-production pipeline: offline edit → colour grade → online → audio → cutdowns → toolkit
• Guide and direct colourists and online artists remotely via screen sharing sessions
• Direct and review work produced by a team of multimedia animators and editors
• Collaborate closely with creative directors, designers, art directors and partner agencies to deliver cohesive creative output
• Create offline edits from RAW footage captured on set

On-Set Responsibilities

• Attend key production shoot days (approximately 20 days per year)
• Direct editorial flow on set, guiding shot continuity, plate requirements and what is achievable in post
• Liaise directly with the DIT to ensure correct raw formats, transcodes and hardware setup
• Ensure drives and data management workflows are in place for a seamless edit process
• Advise confidently on what is technically and creatively achievable in post-production
• Bring a strong understanding of on-set hierarchy and production culture

Global Delivery & Adaptations

• Manage the preparation and packaging of After Effects toolkits for global language adaptations
• Ensure clean body video outputs are correctly structured for regional teams to amend titles and pack shots
• Oversee file organisation so that only designated elements (titles, packs) are accessible for regional language changes
• Build strong relationships across multi-cultural stakeholders within a complex global network

People & Department Management

• Directly manage and inspire a team of multimedia animators and video editors
• Provide mentorship, creative direction and technical guidance that helps your team grow
• Serve as a trusted cross-departmental resource, supporting producers, client service and creative teams with knowledge and creative problem-solving
• Manage workload distribution and team priorities across multiple simultaneous projects

Production & Operations

• Partner with producers on scheduling to ensure edit timelines are realistic and set up for success
• Advocate confidently for quality and team capacity when timelines need to be shaped
• Define and maintain department workflows and pipeline standards that keep the team operating at their best
• Oversee a rich and varied content output including recipe videos, television commercials, animated awards videos, case study videos, digital banners, social media content, campaign cut-downs and global toolkit deliveries

Content We Produce

• Television commercials
• Recipe and product videos from raw content
• Animated awards videos
• Case study videos
• Social media posts and campaign cut-downs
• Digital banners
• After Effects toolkits for global language adaptation

What You'll Bring
Technical Skills

• Expert proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects
• Working knowledge of DaVinci Resolve
• Strong understanding of camera formats, transcoding workflows and on-set data management
• Proven experience directing colour grading, online finishing sessions and audio post-production
• Experience packaging and structuring After Effects files for third-party global adaptation

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of industry experience across production and post-production
• Demonstrated experience within an advertising agency environment, an understanding of agency structures, client relationships and campaign workflows is essential
• Proven on-set experience with a strong understanding of production hierarchy and technical requirements
• Experience managing and mentoring a creative team
• A portfolio demonstrating a broad and impressive range of video output across commercial, digital and social formats
• Tertiary education is preferable as we value critical thinking and the creative foundation it builds, but equivalent professional experience with an exceptional portfolio will always be considered