Overview
Senior Account Manager – Pr – Automotive Jobs in Dubai, UAE at Ogilvy Sydney
Position: Â SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER – PR – AUTOMOTIVE
About Memac Ogilvy
Memac Ogilvy is one of the leading creative networks in MENA with its flagship office in the UAE and a strong local footprint in the GCC and North Africa.
It is part of the formidable worldwide Ogilvy network. It’s the only truly integrated comms network – with Brand & Advertising, a deep PR & Influence, Social Media Performance andCustomer Engagement& Digital capability under one P&L and the singleleadershipof Patou Nuytemans, the CEO of MENA.
Memac Ogilvy is about Making Brands Matter. We deliver on this by combining expert and new capabilities formodernmarketing solutions – we are not just a traditional advertising agency anymore – with solidproject managementexpertise for agile and effective delivery through our passionate and committed individuals.
Memac Ogilvy has had a formidable couple of years with proven revenue and profit growth, winning multiple pitches in the region including prestigious assignments such as being appointed as the Global Creative and PR agency for Expo
2020 Dubai. The agency is the most awarded Middle Eastern agency in Cannes as well as a big winner at the local award show Lynx. It counts around 600 staff members.
What We Are Looking For
The Senior Account Manager will be running mid-size accounts, providing insights-driven campaigns, strengthening client & partner agency relationships, collaborating with cross-departmental teams, while managing a team.
The individual should understand the power of digital and social media and can think creatively to solve problems. The candidate requires aforward-thinkingability to identify digital and social trends and put these into practice for our clients.
The ideal candidate brings anentrepreneurial spiritto client work and develops new,creative solutionsto transform their clients’ digital practices with passion in afast-paced environment.
What To Do
To be responsible for the smooth running of key accounts and the production of its advertising & communications.
To build strong relationships and foster good team spirit with both clients and members of the agency team.
To play a pivotal role in the development of advertising and creative strategies.
To showleadershipand drive in thinking ofinnovative solutionsto business/strategic problems and inmerchandisingthe Agency’s services (particularly Brand Stewardship).
Key Responsibilities:
To be ultimately responsible for ensuring work is produced on time and within budget.
To assist other departments with forward planning on future projects.
To have a thorough working knowledge of all agency systems.
To have a thorough understanding of the client’s business and the major factor/s trends shaping their market(s).
To be the client’s port of call for all administrative issues.
To be the agency team’s first port of call for all questions relating to client issues.
To build relationships with clients based upon trust/mutual understanding.
To foresee any client issues/questions or internal resourcing issues before they arise.
To be the creative teams’ main day to day contact, providing direction on creative briefs and generating enthusiasm/trust from the team with which they work.
To be a sound judge of creative work and is able to coherently argue the case, for work being on or off brief.
To oversee the production of all campaigns produced.
Should master a range of presenta…
Title: Senior Account Manager – Pr – Automotive
Company: Ogilvy Sydney
Location: Dubai, UAE
Category: Marketing / Advertising / PR, Management
