Account Director

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Company

hirify.global is a global production company combining content producers, studios, craft expertise, and technology to deliver multi-channel content systems at scale for WPP clients.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day global and multi-market client delivery across assigned accounts.
• Manage medium-to-complex projects from initiation through completion, including scope, timelines, deliverables, risks, and reporting.
• Coordinate geographically dispersed Client Delivery, Production, Finance, partner, agency, supplier, and market teams.
• Maintain client satisfaction through clear communication, status updates, expectation management, and appropriate escalation.
• Gather briefs, assets, technical requirements, and local advertising regulation and clearance requirements.
• Manage budgets, costs, billing, profitability, contractual obligations, and SLAs while protecting margins and identifying organic revenue opportunities.

Requirements

• Professional experience delivering global and multi-market work across multiple countries or regions.
• Experience managing global stakeholders and aligning priorities, expectations, and decision-makers across markets and time zones.
• Confidence working with geographically dispersed, cross-functional teams.
• Hands-on experience navigating multi-market advertising regulation, compliance, and clearance procedures with local stakeholders and approval bodies.
• Client or project management experience in an integrated, production, or digital agency.
• Strong understanding of production processes across broadcast, digital, social, content, and video channels.
• Experience managing complex projects and multidisciplinary teams across markets, and building senior-level client and stakeholder relationships.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, globally matrixed environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project management tools such as JIRA, Trello, Smartsheet, or Miro; foundational understanding of AI and its applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a collaborative, borderless global environment focused on craft excellence and innovation.
• Use AI and next-generation tools to amplify human creativity in content production.
• Access diverse projects and global career opportunities through WPP’s international network.
• Work in an inclusive environment committed to respect, equal opportunity, development, and career progression.

Hiring process

• Submit an application through the hirify.global application page.
• Contact careers@wppproduction.com to request the advert or application form in another format.