Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowFirst seen 5 days ago

Account Director

Ogilvy South Africa26 open roles

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowAccount DirectorOgilvy South Africa

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on Ogilvy South Africa's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

12.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.1%1 day
  2. 4.5%3 days
  3. 12.3%7 days
  4. 19.3%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 58.1%60 days
This job: first seen 5 days ago

The posting

Job Description: Account Director

As the Account Director, you are the strategic and operational lead on the client account, responsible for driving the overall relationship, commercial success, and creative excellence of the business. You will lead and mentor the account management team, ensuring the agency delivers integrated, high-quality work that makes a measurable impact on our clients business. You will report directly to the Group Account Director.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Client & Relationship Leadership

  • Serve as the primary relationship owner for senior client stakeholders such as Marketing Directors and Senior Brand Managers.
  • Build trusted, long-term partnerships by proactively identifying opportunities to add value and drive growth.
  • Lead strategic conversations with clients, influencing marketing direction, creative strategy, and commercial decisions.
  • Champion collaboration, trust, and efficient ways of working between client and agency.
  • Understand client business dynamics, category trends, and audience insights to guide strategy and creative output.
  • Be a cultural and creative ambassador who inspires teams to deliver work that is both effective and award-winning.

Strategic & Project Leadership

  • Lead and oversee the delivery of all projects across the account, ensuring work is strategically grounded, creatively ambitious, and executed flawlessly.
  • Drive integration across disciplines such as strategy, creative, production, digital, and media to ensure cohesive brand thinking.
  • Translate client business goals into actionable agency briefs with clear objectives, deliverables, and timelines.
  • Anticipate challenges, manage risks, and ensure consistent delivery against client expectations and deadlines.
  • Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture within the account team through effective communication and coaching.

Financial Management

  • Own and deliver the financial performance of the client account, ensuring profitability, accurate forecasting, and growth.
  • Lead the development of quarterly forecasts, budgets, and fee negotiations in collaboration with the Group Account Director and Finance team.
  • Identify opportunities for organic growth and scope expansion, ensuring all out-of-scope work is correctly quoted and approved.
  • Monitor account profitability, manage job reconciliations, and oversee billing accuracy and timesheet discipline.
  • Support the Group Account Director in driving overall client revenue targets and margin improvements.

Reputation & Growth

  • Drive the creation of case studies, thought leadership, and award submissions that build the agency's profile and credentials.
  • Champion diversity, inclusion, and equitable representation within client work and team structures.
  • Ensure creative and strategic work meets Ogilvy's standards for quality, innovation, and effectiveness.
  • Represent the agency at client, industry, and networking events, embodying Ogilvy's values and vision.

People Leadership

  • Lead, mentor, and develop Account Managers and Executives to ensure high performance and career growth.
  • Foster a collaborative and empowered culture that encourages ownership, curiosity, and excellence.
  • Conduct regular check-ins, performance reviews, and career development discussions.
  • Support and participate in internal recognition initiatives such as the Impact Awards.

Professional & Technical Skills

  • Proven leadership and strategic client management experience.
  • Exceptional presentation and communication skills at a senior stakeholder level.
  • Strong commercial acumen with the ability to manage complex budgets and forecast revenue.
  • Deep understanding of advertising, digital, and integrated marketing processes.
  • Skilled in interpreting data, insights, and trends to shape strategic recommendations.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
  • Excellent negotiation, problem-solving, and relationship-building abilities.

Level of Experience

  • Relevant degree in Communications, Marketing, or Business Management.
  • Minimum 5-7 years of agency experience, with at least 2-3 years in a senior client service role.
  • Strong experience in integrated marketing (ATL, BTL, Digital, and Retail).
  • Proven track record of managing large accounts and leading teams.

Job Behaviours

  • Creatively Driven: Passionate about great ideas and inspiring teams to deliver outstanding work.
  • Strategically Grounded: Understands the intersection of creativity, data, and business impact.
  • Adaptively Connected: Thrives in collaboration across disciplines and the wider Ogilvy network.
  • Relentlessly Curious: Always learning, exploring, and challenging the status quo.
  • Commercially Savvy: Balances creativity with business realities to drive sustainable growth.
From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against Ogilvy South Africa's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on Ogilvy South Africa's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    Ogilvy South Africa's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.