Job Description

Company Description

Saatchi & Saatchi has grown from a start-up advertising agency in London in 1970 to a global creative communications company with 114 offices in 67 countries and over 6500 employees. Saatchi & Saatchi is part of the Publicis Groupe, the world's third largest communications group We are a full service, integrated communications network and we work with 6 of the top 10 and over half of the top 50 global advertisers. We're in the business of getting people to fall in love with our clients' products and services. We have an unshakeable spirit and unbeatable attitude that Nothing is Impossible, a concept we apply to all our clients and work. We believe in effecting positive change through creativity, always. While we seek out the most brilliant minds to help us on our quest, we're also passionate about nurturing the best talent from within. Which is why when you join us, your journey can be one of continuous evolution.



Responsible for both building client relationship and monitoring a team, while collaborating with senior leadership (Business Lead / CEO), the various departments of the agency (creative, strategy, production) and other potential partners from Publicis Group (media, Vertical, epsilon, sapient)


Be able to ensure the smooth development of the brands' strategies and integrated communication, translating business needs to creative challenges and ensuring a timely delivery milestone.


Identifying and developing opportunities to drive new business proposals involving the group capabilities


Inspire, mentor, and guide the career development of junior team members

Technical & Product


Leading the entire development of end-to-end campaigns in collaboration with the agency 's departments (strategy, creative services, creative, production) and when required, with other Publicis Group 's team such as media, Publicis Content, Data & Sciences, e-commerce, Sapient or Epsilon etc.


Responsible for developing, leading, and owning the agreed SOW per clients


Manage the day-to-day relationship with clients and having the ability to work with wide spectrum of clients

Business Acumen & Operational Efficiency


Build trusted relationships with clients to transform the traditional work/exchanges into an advisor/consulting conversation: understanding business needs and requirements to proactively support your clients' business growth.


Understand and be curious about client business, the industry, the competition, trends and innovations


Demonstrate strong project management skills and ability to prioritize, and work under pressure


Ensuring campaigns or projects are delivered on time and brief, with a keen sense of attention to detail and high standard of work


Constantly exceed client expectations and ensure KPI's are met


Confidently manages multiple projects, multiple clients on multiple markets as well as internal stakeholders


Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting and P&L and be able to do periodically reviews with the finance department


Lead the full operational side of projects and support coordination tasks, managed by the account managers /executive who need to be supported and guided around key campaigns and deliverables.


Set clear roles and responsibilities at the start of each project for your team, allowing for their constant development and learning

Innovative & Analytical Mindset


Ability to think strategically, creatively, and analytically to challenge the clients' partners and propose innovative solutions to briefs


Identify growth opportunities and solutions within the assigned clients for Publicis group's vertical or services (media, CRM...)


Proactively share ideas and innovations supporting current products and services or with new partnerships


Proven strong communication and negotiation skills with a sharp problem-solving mindset


Produces insightful, innovative, and clearly articulated presentations

People & Leadership


Takes initiative to challenge an established point of view with respect and openness.


Able to use storytelling to connect with internal and external stakeholders in a compelling manner to influence and inspire.


Able to handle complex issues and make decisions even when missing information.


Capable of proactively developing meaningful relationships with key decision makers.


Accepts responsibility for client problems, manages conflict and actively works to solve issues internally and externally.


Able to build succession plans and grow and mentor future talent.

Self


Able to adjust performance based on experiences and feedback and showcases agility and flexibility.


Displays openness to the ideas of others and leverages them when beneficial for the business.


Demonstrates the growth mindset and proactively adapts behavior and performance for sustained success.


Able to set high impact objectives and goes above and beyond to exceed performance.


Able to demonstrate agility and flexibility to respond and reprioritize based on different situations.


Able to constructively challenge the status quo and take risks to challenge internal and external perspectives.


Approaches situations and individuals with honesty, integrity, transparency and humbleness.

Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in marketing or related field
• Min 9-10 years' experience in related field (communication, digital or marketing)
• Fluency in Arabic would be preferred
• Agency experience is a must