Group Account Director

2 weeks ago

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa OLIVER Full time

Role:
Group Account Director***
Location:Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

ROLE MISSION


Working in partnership with our client, the Account Director will be responsible for project governance across the team, as well as monitoring and tracking performance and profitability.

This role will include line management and so you will help to mentor individuals, so they are able to learn and flourish as individuals.


THIS ROLE IS RIGHT FOR YOU IF...

  • You have the ability to lead the account management team to deliver highquality work that is on time and within budget
  • You have the ability to parachute into situations, troubleshooting and coordinating resolutions to issues related to the delivery of projects
  • You have the ability to understanding of the importance of prioritising work/shifting priorities as required to meet everchanging client requirements and deadlines.
  • You are experienced and confident in creating and maintaining project documentation and processes
  • You will be proud of your work, often taking on the final quality assurance to ensure delivery to the highest quality

ABOUT THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING


As a Account Director, you will report into the Head of Delivery and work with the Operations team to ensure smooth day-to-day activities, and continuous improvements across the department and account.


WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING IN YOUR ROLE

  • Take overall responsibility for the Account Management team's project governance, defining and upholding best practice, while driving continuous project management excellence.
  • Lead highvalue, key projects, creating robust plans and budgets, working with other project team members to execute delivery
  • Proactively review processes and recommend changes which are likely to deliver efficiencies to timings and costs
  • Monitoring all project progress, to be a point of escalation for the Account Management team and remove obstacles before they impact any deliveries
  • Effectively monitor profitability across the department, identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies to ensure projects are delivered on brief, on time and within budget.

WHAT SKILLS WILL HELP YOU BE SUCCESSFUL

  • Have 6+ years account management experience within marketing & advertising
  • Be comfortable with mentoring project managers and managing resources
  • Have a good level of skill Microsoft Office
  • Proactively manage the team and your workload while being selfsufficient
  • Have a strong analytic mindset, and be solutions orientated
  • Contribute towards growing the client relationship through a high standard of quality work, working alongside the Client Service team, collaboratively
  • Confidently communicate, and are comfortable presenting to senior clients or internal stakeholders
  • Ensure that all documents, guidelines and templates are accurate, useful and in use by the wider team
  • React quickly in a fastchanging environment and have the mindset to adapt quickly to changes
  • Have a strong commercial understanding and be adept in U-Studio financial reporting systems.

ABOUT OUR COMPANY
Lots of agencies say they're different. OLIVER is.


OLIVER believes that agencies work better inside a brand's organisation; delivering more effective work at the speed required to drive modern businesses forward.

Using our unique Inside Intelligence methodology, we build specialist, dedicated in-house agencies that collaborate with clients to form better marketing solutions.


Established in 2004, our model is now driven by over 4000 people, working across more than 200 in-house agencies globally.

Clients include The Guardian, Unilever, Barclaycard, PepsiCo, AXA, The AA, Adidas, BMW, Post Office, and 3M.

OLIVER is part of the Inside Ideas Group (IIG), which also includes a global content agency to Adjust your Set, design, experience, and engineering company DARE and property marketing specialists Aylesworth Fleming.


OUR VALUES


We are a company built on our values, we have given you a brief overview below but would love to tell you more.

Be
Ambitious to succeed

Be
Imaginative to push the boundaries of what's possible

Be
Inspirational to do groundbreaking work

Be
always learning and listening to understand

Be
Results-focused to exceed expectations

Be
actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations

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