171 Account Director jobs in Qatar

Ogilvy was founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy. David created a culture that deeply respects and cares about its people and clients. Our mission is to inspire people and brands to make an impact and we are committed to attracting, growing, and retaining the best talent in the industry.

We are seeking a talented and experienced

Purpose of role

• Responsible for identifying news Business Opportunities and with the clear target to becoming a trusted advisor / partner to the client
• Responsibility for overall pipeline, forecasting and demand generation, to agreed personal KPI’s and financial targets.

Through

• Achievement of a mix of strategic, consultative and relationship selling, the successful candidate will be expected to create, nurture and grow relationships within their assigned areas to deliver new business.
• Have an understanding of client’s needs and by developing a range of strategies to address both customer proposition and broader competitive environment requirements.
• Leverage relationships across ZTE to ensure its propositions are presented pro-actively to the client and drive incremental business opportunities

Detail Description:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Telco sector and experiences with Ooredoo, would be a plus and with proven demonstrable success
• Fluent in English Speaking, reading and writing
• A clear stakeholder engagement approach supported when necessary with a clear communication plan
• Strong technical understanding of mobile networks technologies: Wireless Network, CN/IN/IT. Expertise in at least one of them; cross-area expertise an added advantage
• Self-reliant and self starting / proactive
• Ability to translate technical solutions into business and financial benefits to a customer – what the solution does for the customer rather than what the technology contains
• Be able to travel globally

About us

McCann Content Studios is a new to market concept introduced by world leading advertising Agency McCann. McCann Content Studios is a global centre for social and creator capabilities. Aiming to simplify the process for clients working on social and creator-led campaigns, this new studio offers creative services, audience development, creator partnerships, and performance measurement — combining full-service social and creator strategy and execution into a single entity. This role is within the Influencer arm of McCann Content Studios, the team are culturally curious and innovative, delivering Global influencer focused marketing solutions at scale.

We are on a mission to create work which drives purpose, passion and results, building communities through Influence.

The role + purpose

You are responsible as the lead for concepting, managing and supporting the development of influencer marketing campaigns and proposals on behalf of one of our key tourism clients. In this role you will be responsible for creative execution, activation of campaigns, on ground support, logistics and bookings as well as media and measurement. For this client we will facilitate on average 20 influencers a month, with increases around key events. The nature of the role means some out of hours work will be required to support at events or to respond to influencer comms. Your role is critical in the seamless day-to-day client servicing at McCann Content Studios and involves managing junior team members as well as being supportive to the Global MCS team.

You are a self-starter who demonstrates resourcefulness and initiative to own and lead the day-to-day approach and logistics of defining strategies – from theory through to creative ideation, casting, analysing and reporting on robust data and insights and managing the talent/talent team and client relationship through to campaign completion. You understand that our role as the influencer marketing agency for our tourism client is to seamlessly activate campaigns, deploying creators and influencers to inspire.

Key duties and responsibilities

Work with relevant team to execute and enhance a best-in-class influencer marketing service offering, including insight/analytics, innovation, social trend, tools, platforms and campaign measurement

Utilise creative thinking to best deliver creator activations for our tourism client

Drive best practices around campaign delivery using influencer marketing tools alongside championing the implementation of new tools and processes as required

Perform competitive analysis, industry research, assessment of best practices and KPIs in a consistently changing landscape

• Lead negotiations on behalf of the client to procure the appropriate influencers and preferable ROI for campaigns and clients

Act as key liaison during negotiations, contract execution and live campaigns

Inherent contractual understanding – ability to draft, negotiate and execute robust influencer agreements, ensuring templates are up to date with the ever-evolving nature of the industry

Use an existing network of contacts / relationships and industry knowledge to build and fast-track opportunities

Keep abreast of current projects in development; collaborate with wider team to brainstorm and create opportunities for clients

Best-in-class activation and project management skills. You will regularly be required to meet with or host talent, this can take place outside of regular working hours (when special events are on weekend or evening work may be required)

Maintain a complete grasp of client’s business, needs and objectives – what they do and what they want to achieve, taking ownership and accountability for work and projects

Lead by example, providing adequate support and mentorship to junior members of the team, ensuring effective communication and collaboration, including managing upwards to the senior team as required

Oversee the formal client review process and take responsibility for the internal “Wash Up” process on completion of each project

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