- Co-ordinate the brand and creative teams by receiving briefs from the brand team and correctly allocating to the creative team based on workflow, capability, and seniority.
- Work proactively and collaboratively with the creative and brand teams to ensure that the workload is distributed evenly.
- Ensure all briefs are loaded on Wrike, and continuously update Wrike to include any changes, reverts etc.
- Continuously monitor the status of projects to ensure deadlines of campaigns are met and are delivered according to the brief, update heads accordingly.
- Ability to redistribute work and come up with contingency plans when required, to ensure brief timelines are still met.
- Set up status update & creative review meetings with brand and creative teams, take note during the meeting of any changes to timelines and amend in Wrike accordingly.
- Continuously chase up creative or brand team where required to ensure that brief is delivered on time.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience within a traffic management role, preferably in an advertising agency.
- Marketing \ brand \ project management \ communications qualification
- Project management skills
- Thorough understanding of the creative production process from brief to final output
- Knowledge of digital and print production workflows
- Strong planning and time management abilities
- Organized, systematic and detail orientated
- Good interpersonal skills, Ability to work under pressure in a close-knit team environment, Attention to detail.
Mr Price Group Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity.
Skills Required
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a traffic management role, preferably within an advertising agency
- Marketing, brand, project management, or communications qualification
- Project management skills
- Thorough understanding of the creative production process from brief to final output
- Knowledge of digital and print production workflows
- Strong planning and time management abilities
- Organized, systematic, and detail-oriented
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure in a close-knit team environment
- Attention to detail
What We Do
Mr Price Group Limited is an omni-channel, fashion value retailer. The Group retails Apparel, Homeware and Sportsware and is one of the fastest growing retailers in South Africa. Our History: 1885 - The first John Orrs store opens 1934 - The first Hub store opens 1952 - John Orrs is listed on the JSE 1967 - Acquisition of two Miladys stores 1986 - Laurie Chiappini and Stewart Cohen, together with BOE, acquire a major shareholding in John Orr Holdings 1987 - The first Mr Price store opens 1991 - Laurie Chiappini and Stewart Cohen acquire control of the Group from BOE 1993 - Launch of the Mr Price Group Share Partnership Initiative 1996 - Acquisition of Galaxy & Co. and Sheet Street 1997 - Alastair McArthur is appointed as CEO 1998 - Mr Price Home launched 2000 - Mr Price opens stores in Botswana and Namibia 2001 - Specialty Stores becomes MR Price Group 2005 - Over 100 million units are sold across the group 2006 - Sale of the Hub and Galaxy divisions 2007 - Launch of Mr Price Sport stores and Mr Price Franchising 2008 - Miladys wins the Orange Index award for excellence in customer service 2008 - Mr Price Apparel is voted the most loved and most frequented retail apparel brand for the first time 2008 - This year Mr Price Home is voted the most loved and most frequented homeware retailer 2011 - Retail sales exceed R10 billion and profit attributable to shareholders exceeds R1 billion for the first time 2011 - The group celebrates the 25th anniversary of change in control, recording a CAGR share of 25.3% and headline earnings per share of 23.5% over this period 2012 - First Corporate owned Mr Price store opens in Lagos, Nigeria 2013 - Mr Price launches its online store
