What are the responsibilities and job description for the Account Director position at VML South Africa?
Who we are looking for :
VML is seeking an Account Director to oversee and lead the brand’s commerce initiatives in a holistic manner (digital e-commerce and in-store) by providing strategic leadership and direction for the client's commercial program(s) to win at retail. You will be responsible for managing the overall business and ensuring all team members are together delivering brilliant work to our clients ongoing. You will provide strategic leadership and direction to both the internal team and to the client across the specified business unit. You will serve as the primary agency contact for the business as it pertains to larger strategic initiatives and assignments.
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What you’ll do :
- Manage activity workflow and align expectations within the account team
- Manage the creative process and brief the creative team either personally or through close oversight of the account team, reviewing concept and comp materials
- Proactively identify opportunities for practice evolution
- Work with the team in the development of concepts and supporting tactics
- Function as primary liaison to middle and senior clients on behalf of the agency regarding strategy, service-related, legal, and policy issues
- Support / provide strategic leadership to clients / client leads / agency and help in identifying growth opportunities and action plans for client’s marketing communications goals
- Provide support to the client lead to effectively manage high-level global clients
- Manage internal client income projection and identify sources of incremental growth
- Manage resources to ensure client profitability
- Oversee tracking of financial forecasting / tracking and reporting and flag any potential projected income variance to Senior Management
- Work with client lead for overall staffing / resource allocation
- Manage client billing and financial status reports at a higher level
- Partner with strategic planning and creative teams for concept development
- Interact with all agency department heads to clearly outline current and projected workload on a quarterly basis for planning purposes
- Nurture the career development of junior staff by mentoring and providing ongoing informal and formal performance feedback
Who you are :
What you’ll need :
What we offer :
VML is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military / veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or other protected group status. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.
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