Consultant - Rosebank Verfied

R 25000 per month Rosebank, Gauteng Rosebank, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 23-03-2017 9:27:45 AM
20-04-2017 9:27:45 AM
Consultant/Account Manager – Marketing Agency - Parktown North – R 20 to R25 000.00 negotiable
We have a new and exciting vacancy for an experienced consultant to join our client’s consulting, team. Interested parties need to have a minimum of 4 years’ experience as a project manager, campaign manager and/or account manager preferably within the Marketing industry.

A bit about the company
This dynamic company is a specialist internal marketing agency. The structure consists of the following areas: Creative, client service (consultants), strategy and business support
The culture is considered to be extremely performance driven, fun, flexible, and quirky.

A day in the life of a consultant:
A typical day for a consultant assistant involves managing key projects from strategy to implementation. This means:
? Attending client meetings
? Preparing meeting contact reports
? Booking and coordinating diaries for meetings and reviews
? Liaising with the operations manager and ensuring that chase list deliverables are being completed within the agreed timelines
? Preparation and management of CE process, costs and budgets
? Collating data for cost reconciliations
? Sourcing supplier quotes on minor production where necessary
? Capturing and collating notes from workshops to inform client briefs
? Doing research for briefs and/or communication plans. In a nutshell the consultant must be excellent with clients, be a team player and a problem solver of note.

Requirements:

Education
? Preferably a degree but a diploma will suffice if the person has compelling experience and is a good cultural fit
Experience
? Minimum 4 years working experience in a communications, media or project management field
? Must have own transport
? Good previous employment references and a drive to succeed
? Corporate experience would be preferred
? Small agency experience would be a bonus
? Great communicator (as above)
? High drive, ambition and work ethic. (Average working hours are 50 hours per week and include some evenings and the occasional weekend)

Knowledge and skills set
? Computer literacy (MS Office – Word & Excel; Internet and Email)
? Excellent writing skills (must be able to articulate him/herself in written English)
? Excellent communication and organisational skills
? Project and/or campaign management skills
? Attention to detail essential almost bordering on OCD

Attitude and behaviour
? Self-driven and motivated, and able to take direction and run with things
? Willing and able to work independently without much supervision
? Can and will work long hours and be flexible and able to adapt easily
? Enjoy working with people
? Resilient and able to take and give feedback
? Solution oriented and the ability to get stuff done