Strategic Client Partner

1 week ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Talented Full time

An incredible opportunity exists for a seasoned, professional and progressive thinker. A local role within a global business. The successful individual will need to be Johannesburg/Gauteng based to engage in face-to-face meetings with clients and collaborate & build with the team (hybrid office structure). As a polished, storyteller you have the ability to connect digital to all other aspects of a client’s business in order to drive growth opportunities. We're looking for a highly competent strategic advisor/head of strategy who has experience working directly with cross-functional digital teams to develop evolving ideas marrying them to brand goals and consumer needs. Someone able to develop solutions for clients based on insights and data and an understanding of how to best leverage the marketing mix against a given set of objectives and target markets.
Expected

Understanding of digital products.
Considerable experience in digital transformation with an intimate knowledge of UX and UI thinking and principles.

**In this role, you will**:
Become a trusted advisor who understands the client’s business needs and develops robust, multi-faceted strategies that will drive and ensure customer success
Lead and deliver integrated strategic communication planning across multiple disciplines.
Support clients in building their marketing strategies and brand plans
Develop strong, trusting relationships between clients and agency partners, providing support during strategy, ideation and execution
Work with internal multi-disciplinary teams to bring strategies to life
Work with projects managers to ensure the team is aligned to client requirements & strategy.
Manage research studies that yield rich insights into consumer online behaviour and key motivational attitudes
Be accountable for the strategic outputs for clients
Work to remain on top of global innovation and trends
Manage and facilitate workshops and presentations
Required experience and qualifications
Minimum of 12 years experience at a senior management/HOD/Lead level
15 years experience working immersed in strategy

**Preferably**: More than six years working in a management consulting house, large scale tech player or digital advisory firm
Completed MBA or similar post-graduate qualification
Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
Manage and lead stakeholder relationships
Experience in putting together business strategies, robust product and brand propositions
Insatiable curiosity about the trends and the way the world is shaping
Ability to condense large quantities of data and research into decks
Problem-solving ability
A sound understanding of qualitative and quantitative research
Trend setter ahead of the curve, consistently getting info from new sources
Excellent presentation skills
Detail orientated
Critical thinking ability

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