Business and Brand Projects Lead at International Breweries

• The key purpose of the Business and Brands Project Manager is to be responsible for day-to-day running of the agency and ensuring the effectiveness of the relationship between draftLine and the brand teams. You are responsible for driving insightful communication strategies and creative work; being proactive on the brand’s business; and driving output. You will be responsible for the effective management of campaigns, from third party costs, to agency hour management, to the timely delivery of campaigns.
• As a Business and Brand Project Manager you will be the main point of contact for the brand team. Part of this role entails effective management of expectations regarding timelines, reverts and deadlines.

Main Purpose or Function of Position:

• Actively drive and manage campaigns from start to end from briefing through the creative ideation phase to execution and delivery
• Actively lead a team to ensure accurate and timeous delivery of campaigns across multiple brands
• Generate and manage project plans that are used to actively track and monitor the work as it moves through the various departments to ensure timeous delivery of great creative work
• Ensure the effective and efficient running of the agency, including resource management and financial management

Key roles and responsibilities:

Brand Projects

• Meet and liaise with the brand teams to discuss and identify their requirements
• Work with agency colleagues to devise campaigns that meets brand team’s brief and budget
• Present (alongside agency colleagues) the campaign ideas and budget to the brand team
• Foster a team environment across agency team and partner agencies
• Lead and liaise with, and act as the link between, the brand team and the rest of draftLine
• Ensure that communication flows effectively
• Negotiate with the brand teams and agency staff about the details of campaigns
• Present creative work to brand team for approval or modification
• Manage campaign costs and billing
• Monitor the effectiveness of campaigns by working with the data & BI team
• Accountable for all accounts and brands output

Business Management

• Prepare and manage budgets and finance for the draftLine business
• Put your entrepreneurial hat on in growing service offering and chasing portfolio expansion opportunities that bring in income to draftLine
• Must have a good work ethic (punctuality, time keeping, accountability, healthy relationship with colleagues across the business) is required in this role
• Responsible for keeping Head of draftLine Nigeria in the loop on key matters relating to staff, accounts and brands

Minimum Requirements:

• (Higher Degree) or relevant tertiary qualifications/ certificate/Diploma
• 3+ years experience as an Account/Business/Marketing/Project Coordinator/assistant with proven track record
• 4+ years in Marketing, Project or Agency industry
• Comprehensive and current knowledge of company offerings and industry trends
• The drive and energy to manage multiple accounts while looking for new opportunities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to understand client needs and handle the negotiation process.
• Strong time management skills.
• Financial aptitude and the ability to manage budgets
• A positive attitude with the ability to rally a team – proactivity is key in this role
• The ability to effectively manage multiple brands simultaneously

Key Competencies:

• Learns fast and is able to understand what is being asked for by the brand team, extract the relevant information, simplify and brief the team on the requirements.
• Lead, manage and build strong relationships with the brand team and our other agency partners
• Is highly organized and detail orientated.
• Loves advertising, digital and project management
• Works effectively under pressure while keeping the team calm and motivated. 
• Takes initiative and doesn’t wait for instruction and can manage their own time. 
• Is completely dependable. 
• A natural problem-solver and able to pull a project back on track when the unexpected comes up.
• Has an entrepreneurial spirit