Ogilvy & Mather South AfricaAccount Executive (Revlon South Africa)
Feb. 2013 - Oct. 201341 Sir Lowry Rd, Cape Town- Responsible for briefing projects into the Agency’s different departments, and ensuring synchronization from each project's conception to execution
- Ensured quality work was produced and delivered on time and within budget
- Prepared monthly budget forecasts and campaign budget trackers for the account’s Director
- Facilitated kick-start meetings, reviews, status meetings and proposals between various internal and external departments, as well as with Clients
- Built strong internal and external relationships within O&M, and its partners
- Managed the billing system for three of Revlon’s major brands (Mitchum, Colorsilk and Revlon Mass Fragrance); reconciled and closed jobs on a weekly basis
- Produced weekly status reports of all the jobs in the system to Client
- Composed timing plans for upcoming campaigns, distributed to all the necessary parties, and ensured these timings were met as successfully as possible
- Successfully negotiated deadline extensions with third party Suppliers for delayed projects
- Researched information about brands before briefing campaigns into the Agency so that the Creative Teams received gapless briefings
- Contacted Competition Winners, maintained good and constant communication, and managed prize delivery for select campaigns
- Formulated competition terms and conditions; revised competition contracts and managed legalities before major campaigns were launched
- Presented artwork to Clients; ensured feedback was executed correctly; meticulously checked all artwork before sending revisions to Client
- Prepared professionally flawless Client presentations
- Facilitated the relationship between the Production Manager and Printers
- Fulfilled the duties of an Account Executive and an Account Manager for four months of my employment
- Managed projects ranging from print ads, TVC’s, audiovisuals, digital mechanics, online applications and media, point-of-sale elements and social media conversation calendars