Publicis Groupe Africa Recruitment for Senior Strategist

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for Publicis Groupe Africa Recruitment for Senior Strategist.

Publicis Groupe Africa is the fastest growing network of communication agencies in Africa. It is a part of the Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s largest communications holding companies, and consists of companies that specialize in all aspects of the modern communication mix. Publicis Groupe Africa encompasses Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis Worldwide, Leo Burnett, Arc, Starcom MediaVest, Zenith Optimedia and Digitas, and serves a wide range of multi-national and local client companies across the continent.

Job Description

  • Company: Publicis Groupe Africa
  • Location: Ghana
  • State: Accra
  • Job type: Full-Time

Responsibilities

  • Ownership of annual brand planning and ensuring support on all activities including brand campaigns, activations and promotions.
  • Partner with client and research agencies to unlock insights and contribute to research including BHT, link tests, post tests, FGD’s and consumer immersions.
  • Develop and nurture a clear understanding of all client businesses, market and category dynamics as well as the fast-emerging consumers in the region.
  • Keep abreast of competitive activity/new market communication and share with client and team timeously as required.
  • Development of business and communications solutions for new and existing business.
  • Develop strategic frameworks and creative platforms for creative teams to conceptualize from on new and existing business.
  • Build close and enduring relationships with senior clients (including global clients).
  • Assisting the Managing Director on an operational platform, by ensuring work is conceived, created and presented in a structured way.
  • Ability to lead agency teams, from writing creative briefs for all major campaigns to the supervision of the work in progress and the final review and presentation to client.
  • Demonstrate to clients, existing and potential, through the work we deliver – the power of creative excellence in addressing business issues.
  • Inspiring the agency team to develop alternative innovative channel solutions to

meet client’s business needs and grow their business overall

  • Growing the overall agency business through the deliverables and services above.
  • Responsible for maintaining an archive of all the research and helping develop the agency team’s knowledge and competence in planning and strategy.
  • Deep understanding of the agency culture, credentials, philosophy, working tools and worldwide knowledge.
  • Be pro-active, add value, and manage clients’ expectations.

In summary:

  • Fostering open, supportive and dynamic relationships with client and agency teams
  • Demonstrating leadership through example
  • A clear understanding of client’s business, market environment, and products/brands
  • Keep abreast of competitive activity/new market communication and share with client and team timeously.
  • Translating client briefs into creative briefs that fuel and nurture exceptional creative development
  • Ensuring that the creative work developed adds value to the client’s business and brand
  • Writing of strategic and creative presentations that help the Agency to sell its creative work and thinking
  • Persuading the clients about the power of creative excellence in addressing business issues.
  • Growing the overall Agency business
  • Influencing and shaping the client’s marketing strategy
  • Instil a business partner attitude
  • Building close and enduring relationships with senior clients (including global clients).

Requirements

  • Suitable tertiary education
  • At least 5 years of agency experience
  • Proficiency in creating integrated marketing comms. (ATL, BTL, CRM, Promotions, Digital. Media)
  • A very well organized person who knows the industry and how to prioritize and coordinate multiple responsibilities and tasks in a pressured and dynamic environment.
  • MUST have a strong personality- “no Nonsense” attitude – be results orientated –professionally and fairly and the desire to take up the challenge of excelling in a difficult region.
  • PC Literacy essential (All MS Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet and GroupWise e-mail)
  • Sound business acumen.
  • Excellent, open, confident communicator
  • Has Leadership potential, is tenacious and the ability to deal with pressure
  • Energetic, enthusiastic, willing “to go the extra mile”.
  • Pro-active with a great a sense of urgency
  • Integrity is essential in view of confidential information
  • Detail orientated
  • Organizing, planning, control, and administrative skills are essential

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should Click here to apply.

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