Senior Traffic Manager

Company Description

At Le Pub we elevate Brands into Culture. With Heineken as our founding client, we designed, setup & launched Le Pub - a new model agency crafted by combining one of the top creative agencies in the world (Publicis Italy) & best-in-class data, media, and technology expertise from Publicis Groupe.
We exist to help brands earn a permanent seat at the table of culture through experiences that add value to people’s lives. Our magic lies in our open-source operating model, which combines the methodologies of an innovation consultancy, the power of big brand creativity, Data & tech expertise of Epsilon & Sapient, with the distribution & scale of Publicis Media’s modern solutions.

Job Description

The Role:

This exciting role is for a Senior Traffic Manager in our Cape Town office. We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills and that can work along-side account managers to ensure projects are resourced to maximum efficiency, while keeping the business, the people and client priorities top of mind. The role requires admin, accuracy and strong attention to detail; you will be a well-organized and unflappable. We are looking for someone with extensive experience in advertising agencies (Digital, TTL, Social).

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Schedule and traffic work into studio, social media, strategy and content marketing from small tasks to large workflows across digital, social and TTL campaigns. 
• Facilitate creative workflow planning with Projects Managers, Account Managers, and department heads.
• Interact with Account Managers and the Production team
• Plan and facilitate planning & key account management meetings
• Plan and find solutions and lead capacity planning with the rest of the traffic team
• Help guide the junior traffic team on their career paths along-side the Operations Director
• Manage timesheets and reports
• Manage freelancers and submission of invoices

Qualifications

• A relevant tertiary qualification
• Minimum 5 years’ working experience as a Traffic Manager within an advertising agency with 1 year working as a Senior Traffic Manager
• Proficient in MS Office (i.e. Word / Excel / PowerPoint etc.)
• Knowledge of and experience in Chase is essential
• Knowledge and experience working with Resource Guru will be an added advantage. 
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to manage key stakeholders
• Strong admin and organizational skills
• Strong multitasking skills
• Strong time-management skills
• Understand advertising and the creative process

Additional Information

Personality 

• Team player with the ability to work independently
• Ability to remain calm in a highly pressurized environment
• Self-starter who can inspire others
• Problem solver and solution driven
• Confident
• Curious
• Resilient
• Assertive
• Accountable
• Trustworthy
• Meticulous with attention to detail
• A can-do attitude and a willingness to go the extra mile
• Other:
  • Flexible to work beyond normal office hours (if and when required)
  • Willing and comfortable to work on alcohol brands

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks after submitting your application, please consider your application as unsuccessful

Publics group is proud to be an Equal opportunity employer and prohibits any forms of Discrimination or Harassment. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees in line with our Employment Equity plan. All appointments will be based on Qualifications, experience and best fit but preference will be given to all affirmation action candidates or designated groups.