Account Director

ninety9cents; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

99c in Cape Town seeks an Account Director to lead the relationship with a major financial services client, guiding integrated communications and media strategies. You will partner with the creative lead, drive proposals, budgets, and performance across touchpoints, while mentoring junior team members.

You’ll stay ahead of industry trends, manage multiple projects, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with client collaboration and proactive portfolio management from Cape Town.

Responsibilities

• Building strong, trusted client relationships and acting as a strategic partner
• Bringing understanding of integrated communications across ATL and digital channels
• Managing budgets, invoicing and financial administration

Job description

99c is a full-service, integrated advertising agency with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, and one of South Africa’s largest independently owned agencies.

We are looking for a strategic, operationally strong Account Director to lead the relationship with a new financial services client joining our Cape Town office. You will act as a strategic partner to the client, bring a strong understanding of integrated communication and integrated media strategies, and lead alongside the creative lead to deliver work that performs across every touchpoint.

Role includes but is not limited to:

• Building strong, trusted client relationships, acting as a strategic partner rather than only a service provider
• Bringing a strong understanding of integrated communication across ATL and digital channels, and of integrated media strategies
• Staying well read on the industry and the client’s market, reacting quickly to news, trends, forecasts and key financial diary days to manage the portfolio proactively
• Partnering with and leading alongside the creative lead, sharing ownership of the work and the team’s direction & Managing multiple projects simultaneously, forward planning and prioritising workflow
• Producing top-quality proposals, presentations and reports, and presenting to clients
• Managing client and agency budgets, ensuring invoicing and financial administration follow best practice
• Identifying opportunities to grow the client’s business with the agency
• Managing and developing junior team members, including training and appraisals
• Ensuring status reports, contact reports, and quarterly and annual reviews are completed on time
• Delivering all projects on time and on budget