M&C Saatchi Abel Cape Town is looking for a highly experienced Strategy Partner with a proven track record. Smart, sharp thinkers need only apply.

In this role, you will work as part of a senior leadership team with a Business Partner and Creative Partner to oversee, build and lead respected and admired relationships with key clients, including Takealot.com, Superbalist and MR D.

The ideal candidate will have industry cred and meet the following criteria:

• Eight+ years in a strategy role (preferably in an advertising agency environment)
• The ability to be an all-around strategic thinker across channels and disciplines
• Self-starter with relentless energy and tenacity
• Highly creative thinker who comes to the table with an informed point of view
• Thrive in an entrepreneurially orientated environment with fast turn-around times
• Experience in fashion and online retailer would be an added bonus.
• A hunger for the industry and an interest to grow
• A strong agency pedigree and will add to the culture of the agency 
• Highly positive, interesting, and effortless to work with

This is a great opportunity with a lot of scope for development and career growth.

We don’t do ego.
We solve in the positive.

While we look at every CV submitted to us in detail, given the sheer volume of applications we’re not able to respond to every applicant personally. Rest assured that if we like what we see, we’ll be in touch as soon as possible. Alternatively, we’ll keep your details on record for future consideration. 

If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful.

Posted on 18 Oct 07:54

M&C Saatchi Abel Cape Town is looking for a highly experienced CD/ECD level Creative Partner with a proven track record of producing both talked about and award-winning work.

In this role, you will work as part of a senior leadership team with a Business Partner and Strategy Partner to oversee and build respected and admired relationships with key clients, including Takealot.com, Superbalist, MR D, Hollard and Nando’s.

 The ideal candidate will have industry cred and be able to:

• Inspire a team, gain the confidence of clients and push thinking to a better space.
• Have a good grasp of all aspects of the agency process – from strategy to final production.
• Digital experience will be a huge plus and experience in fashion and online retailer would be an added bonus.
• A varied (and award-winning) portfolio book which contains a mix of real work and a strong conceptual ability
• A hunger for the industry and an interest to grow
• A strong agency pedigree and will add to the culture of the agency 

This is a great opportunity with a lot of scope for development and career growth.

We don’t do ego.

We solve in the positive.

While we look at every CV submitted to us in detail, given the sheer volume of applications we’re not able to respond to every applicant personally. Rest assured that if we like what we see, we’ll be in touch as soon as possible. Alternatively, we’ll keep your details on record for future consideration.

If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful.

Posted on 17 Oct 15:41

Job description

As Africa’s leading safari company, Rhino Africa is tasked to provide a community of international clientele with access to a vast collection of luxurious African experiences across our glorious continent. Our devotion to Africa, paired with our unabashed passion for travel and the world of digital marketing, is underpinned by our vision to be the undisputed authority on African travel. 14 years into our journey, we are now seeking our first ever Head of Performance Marketing.

As our Head of Performance, you will play an integral part in the management of our in-house marketing agency, taking responsibility for all paid performance marketing related aspects of our business, namely: PPC/SEM/SEA, affiliate-, programmatic social media and display marketing. As part of Rhino Africa’s management team, you will align our marketing strategies with other relevant departments, especially our product and sales divisions. You will design, implement and manage marketing concepts for a cohort of luxury brands, markets and languages; simultaneously measuring and improving your campaigns and channels according to specific KPIs.

Your roles and responsibilities will include (but will not be limited to):

• Managing one of South Africa’s largest Google Adwords accounts across 5 languages and multiple brands, with the assistance of our digital agency
• Implementing our cutting edge, programmatic social media strategy in close collaboration with our CMO and developing social beyond organic posts and community management
• Owning, managing and monitoring lead- and sale generation all the way to enquiry conversion across all of Rhino Africa’s online channels and websites – ensuring positive ROAS/ROI
• Developing, testing and deploying new tools, tactics and automation to increase efficiencies across Rhino Africa’s portfolio of websites
• Ensuring the delivery of accurate performance tracking, insights and measurement roadmaps across the business, through our analytics team
• Conceptualizing and implementing digital marketing campaigns in close collaboration with our creative department
• Hiring, managing and developing marketing talent, with the support of our outstanding Talent Department
• Encouraging and engaging in knowledge sharing aimed at the continuous advancement of the marketing team

Requirements

As our first Head of Performance Marketing you have:

• At least a Bachelor’s degree in a related field (with communication, marketing, or business majors)
• 5+ years of relevant experience in a digital industry or related field, including the management of employees
• A proven track record in hands-on implementing and optimizing large campaigns and budgets in PPC/SEM/SEA, Facebook DAT as well as Display Ads
• An analytical and programmatic mindset with a deep understanding of paid channel metrics, performance KPIs, Google Analytics and other BI tools (like Power BI, Tableau, Looker, etc.)
• Advanced experience with MS Excel and/or Google Sheets
• A decent understanding of the Facebook, adWords, doubleClick stack and other common platforms
• Outstanding leadership, communication and problem-solving skills
• The ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines
• An excellent grasp of (and flair for) English. Knowledge of at least one of our other core languages: German, French, Spanish or Portuguese would be highly advantageous!

Please note: Strict preference will be given to previously disadvantaged South African citizens

Posted on 16 Oct 15:51

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