Account Director

Edelman

Johannesburg

ZAR 400 000 - 500 000

Job description

About the Company

We are a leading global communications marketing firm helping businesses and organisations evolve, promote, and protect their brands and reputations. We are independent and family-owned, which allows us the freedom to deliver original thinking and invest in our clients.

Edelman Africa is a leading Pan-African communications consultancy that partners with businesses and organisations to evolve, promote, and protect their brands and reputations. We develop powerful ideas and tell magnetic stories that move at the speed of news, make an immediate impact, transform culture and spark movements.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership of Corporate Reputation account teams, overseeing corporate reputation programmes, developing multi-market campaigns and thought leadership
Counselling clients confidently and maturely on communications marketing including PR, digital, social and content creation
Overseeing client programmes and driving creative campaigns
Drive sustainability-focused campaigns for multi-national organisations and act as a subject matter expert in this space
Writing PR proposals and other strategic communications materials to grow existing accounts
Taking responsibility for a portfolio of accounts and managing teams, developing junior team members, and line management responsibilities
Directing media engagement strategy for clients and coaching teams to activate and deliver coverage, leading from the front
Full responsibility for overall financial management – forecasting, hours allocation for team members, project & plan budgeting, managing servicing levels.
Support and develop Edelman’s IP and marketing initiatives, helping to develop our position in the market and maximising the role of the Edelman Trust Barometer for existing and potential clients

The ideal candidate for this role will have/be:

A background in corporate PR/reputation management for South Africa and Africa experience a plus
An understanding of how Corporate Reputation intersects with other communications disciplines, including Financial communications
Experience in handling complex client issues and an ability to provide senior clients with clear, confident, and well-informed strategic counsel under pressure
An understanding of sustainability, its importance to businesses and how they operate
Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills, with an ability to deliver a project against budget and deliver results
A track record of handling complex stakeholders with ability to influence decisions
Capability to think and apply solutions quickly
Strong communications skills, verbal and written
Strong knowledge of international business media landscape and digital platforms with a network of contacts
Experience of multi-market coordination, working within integrated teams and across practices
Creative, ambitious, entrepreneurial with good initiative, strong organisation and attention to detail