Responsibilities
- Leadership in accountability for overall performance and management of the team
- Leadership in business planning, direction, development and growth opportunities of Clients business and brand
- Owning and driving creative excellence, solidly rooted in data and insights across all Client’s marketing and integrated communications
- Provide thought leadership and best practices to creative strategy and planning
- Drive internal and external agency stakeholder partnerships and work with cross functional discipline leaders
- Leadership bringing together the unique blend of creative thinking, media platform innovations and keen understanding of client’s brand to drive greater business impact
- Responsible for implementation of plans and strategies developed for Client
- Responsible for revenue targets and profitability of the business including financial housekeeping and reporting to management team
- Responsible or pushing boundaries in delivering multi-channel creative communication solutions to client
- Lead team’s day to day relationships and efficiencies in operations, delivery with quality and creative excellence
- Overall leadership and ownership of senior clients' relationships, translating their vision into business requirements
- Responsible in managing, guiding and nurturing the team on their overall performance and growth
- Create a good and conducive environment/culture for the team and client
- Responsible for building culturally resonant brands that enable business growth
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with Agency team leads across the network
Job Specifications
1. Knowledge and Experiences Required
▪ Minimum 10-15 years’ experience in the advertising industry
▪ Understanding of the overall business operations, needs, challenges and objectives
▪ Leadership experience in managing an account servicing team
▪ A proven track record of previous success, as well as a determination to continue to succeed
▪ Sound financial planning and budget management experience
▪ Experience working within a business development role within an agency or similar organisation
2. Competencies Required
▪ Strategic Business Management
▪ Selling and Pushing creative Standards + Delivery
▪ Client Partnership Management
▪ Driver of Business Growth - Revenue Generation + Profitability/Efficiency
▪ Leadership Capabilities - taking the lead, Decision Making
▪ Building up your own brand, positive influencing skills
▪ Results Oriented in Business and Creative Output
3. Attributes
▪ Commitment to TBWA\ Group – whatever it takes attitude
▪ Team player who is able to work under pressure to deliver and adhere to tight deadlines
▪ Accuracy and attention to details
▪ Pro-active, meticulous and efficiency
▪ Ability to work independently
▪ Reliability with positive attitude
▪ Hungry for more – driving / striving
▪ Unlimited potential – an expert in their role
▪ Manages down as well as up
▪ Passionate – about your role, creativity and the agency
▪ Exhilarated by change –pushing and thinking about what’s next
▪ Easy to engage with and engages with others as well
▪ Cultural fit and contributes to culture
▪ Open to feedback and acts on it accordingly and quickly
▪ Disruptive in their thinking and approach to problem solving (strategy, creative, account handling, project management, finance, HR, front of office, basically everyone)
