TL;DR

Senior Account Director (Adtech): Responsible for delivery excellence across complex accounts, partnering with client delivery teams, production counterparts, and clients. Focus on operational discipline, commercial performance, resource optimization, and effective project execution.

Location: Must be based in Johannesburg, South Africa

Company

%hirify_global% is the Global Content Production Company, partnering with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands.

What you will do

Act as the senior Client Delivery contact across multiple clients and markets.
Oversee on-time delivery and swift resolution of delivery issues.
Lead complex projects from initiation to completion.
Drive process innovation and operational discipline across engagements.
Oversee budgets, track costs and reconcile estimates to actuals.

Requirements

Client or project management experience within integrated or digital agencies.
Strong understanding of production processes across digital, social, content and video.
Proven experience leading complex projects and multi-disciplinary teams.
Strong senior client relationship-building skills.
Commercially astute, able to build scopes, budgets and commercial models.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management tools such as JIRA, Smartsheet, Trello or Miro.
A curiosity and foundational understanding of AI and its application.

Culture & Benefits

Retirement Annuity.
Discovery Medical Aid and Risk Benefits.
Employee Assistance Programme.
15 Days of leave in addition to public holidays and an additional full day for your birthday.
Parental Leave - 4 Months and 10 Days paid leave shared between both parents for a new baby.

Hiring process

Selected candidates will be invited to a Recruitment Assessment Day in person at our Johannesburg campus in January.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a second interview via Teams, which will include an assessment/presentation.
All applicants must be available for these interviews in January and available to start in March.