Magna Carta: We’re Hiring!
Account Manager Position, Cape Town
Magna Carta Reputation Management Consultants Cape Town (part of the TBWA\ network), one of South Africa's most award-winning and established PR firms, is looking for an Account Manager to join our Consumer PR Team.
If you're not scared of hard work, have PR agency experience and a passion for influencer management, events and promotions, media liaison and/or traditional PR, we would love to hear from you.
This is an in-office job with some flexibility. This is not a remote working vacancy. Magna Carta Cape Town is based in Woodstock.
You need to demonstrate a can-do attitude and have a passion for excellence.
Key attributes
- A self-starter and independent worker.
- Highly organised and attentive to small details.
- Curious (loves to learn, broad general knowledge and love for social media and PR).
- Must be able to write content – short form and long form (social media copy, press releases, etc).
- Would be described as a strong communicator, highly collaborative and considers themselves a team player.
- Must have intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel, Word, PPT etc; and
- Must be willing to travel (ad-hoc as required).
Tasks /Responsibilities
- Brainstorm and research fresh ideas for PR campaigns.
- Manage content creators/influencers and proof content.
- Pack goodie bags and organise media drops.
- Organise and assist with events and promotions.
- Write media briefs, press releases and social media content plans.
- Prepare reports and ensure they're concise, accurate and presentable.
- Manage the supplier payment process and budgets.
- Manage junior staff – together with AD and SAD.
Skills
- Excellent verbal and writing ability, including proficiency in English.
- Critical thinking skills.
- Outstanding people skills.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Reliability and efficiency.
- Client liaison, status reports and traffic management including robust project management skills, meeting deadlines and time management.
Minimum qualifications
Diploma or undergraduate qualification (such as BCom, BA, BSoc Science or BTech) in Marketing, Journalism, Communication, PR or a relevant field);
- National Senior Certificate.
Requirements
- Proven experience in account management in a PR agency (3 – 4 years).
- Retail/FMCG consumer PR experience preferable.
- Proficient with Chase software.
