Business Director CT

Location: De Waterkant, CT
Salary: Senior / Highly Negotiable

Opportunity available for an experienced business director to lead an important, strategic portfolio in a Cape Town agency.

Requirements:
8+ years of experience in the Account Management function
Critical business understanding - achieving and exceeding forecasting, managing client budgets and agency revenue/income reporting
Experience in running big blue chip businesses for an agency successfully for several years
Strong mentoring and coaching instincts, supporting growth for a team from AEs to ADs
Has experience in ATL, BTL, Activations and digital
Would enjoy the responsibility and freedom that comes from reporting directly into the MD of the company

Responsibilities:
Project management:
As the most senior consultant on your portfolio of business, you will embed innovative thinking and strategic direction in your client business. You can "connect the dots" and actively seek to improve the agency's role within the client business
Client management:
You hold relationships with the most senior clients (marketing director/CEO) and engage meaningfully to drive a partnership model
Creative management:
You hold a partner relationship with the ECD and embed innovative thinking into the core of the business
Strategy management:
With a clear understanding of the broader business objectives of the client, you can act as a strategic consultant on all marketing and communication requirements
Finance management:
You manage and steer the financial fitness of the accounts (profitability, staff and income ratios) while driving and identifying additional revenue and business opportunities to increase forecast.
People management:
You will build a respected and acknowledged account management team, taking full responsibility for finance, profitability, team structures and operational efficiency on your portfolio of business.