Job Description

Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities - plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector's most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We're passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.



To partner with a dedicated portfolio of Marketing, Communication and Business stakeholders in order to translate their requirements into a creative output aligned to business objectives. Provide consultation and recommendations to stakeholders to ensure Marketing and Communication deliverables meet client needs and are aligned to strategic objectives.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• A Degree in Communications is required as well as in Marketing.

• Agency account management experience would be a critical requirement for this role

• Build and maintain relationships with Studio team, Marketing & Communication managers and Business stakeholders in order to establish trust and shape the optimal Marketing and Communication solutions that will deliver on business objectives and create distinctive client experiences. Collaborate with studio, marketing and communication managers and business stakeholders in order to ensure a quality input that will positively impact the ideation and aggregation component of our process and ultimately deliver creative solutions that impact positively at a client level. Control the project budget to ensure no overspend on budgets. Develop a deep understanding of the strategic objectives of the business portfolio in order to partner with business stakeholders and challenge their Marketing and Communication needs to ensure impact and realisation of the business strategic aspirations/objectives.
• Develop a detailed understanding and interpretation of the strategies and challenges of a relevant portfolio of Business lines and/or Corporate Functions in order to effectively partner with stakeholders.
• Develop the Studio creative brief in order to accurately capture and describe the business and marketing objectives, and translate these objectives into a single-minded proposition for the campaign which will inspire the creative teams to create work that will will deliver on business objectives and create distinctive client experiences. Effective management of the relevant portfolio by preparing and submitting campaign status reports and effectively communicating (managing expectations) to all stakeholder, ensuring successful delivery as per the agreed time, cost and quality requirements.
• Lead all engagements with Business stakeholders within the portfolio in order to establish trusting relationships, understand their strategic aspirations, reevaluate the Marketing and Communication requirements, shape the optimal solutions and brief the design teams to deliver creative solutions that impact positively at a client level.
• Manage the outsourced production (print, AV, sound, photographic, etc) supplier in order to produce finished collateral as per the campaign requirement (time, cost & quality) and within the service level agreement. Monitor creative delivery and engage with Creative Leads, Lead, Account Manager and Operations and Quality Assurance Specialists in order to ensure consistent quality delivery

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Checking Details
• Developing Strategies
• Directing People
• Embracing Change
• Establishing Rapport
• Exploring Possibilities
• Interacting with People
• Making Decisions
• Resolving Conflict
• Showing Composure

• Analysing and Interpreting Information
• Digital Analytics and Reporting
• Digital Media Applications
• Insurance Principles
• Managing Promotional Items
• Measuring Marketing and Communication
• Neuromarketing

Standard Bank