Senior Account Executive

About us 
 
We’re a people-centric creative agency obsessed with ideas that make our clients deliriously happy. At Happy Friday, we believe that happy people make happy work. (That’s a lot of happiness, right?) 

We're a team that thrives on creativity, collaboration, and delivering outstanding results for our clients. We’re looking for a driven and organised account executive to join our Cape Town office for 6 months, starting 15 May 2025. 

About the role 

As a senior account executive, you’ll work closely with an account manager /director to facilitate the day-to-day running of a few client accounts. 

Responsibilities 

• Act as internal liaison between the account management team to which you are assigned and other relevant departments 
• Liaise with clients and ensure their requests are dealt with efficiently 
• Ensure smooth-running of the production process through liaison with production department – with responsibility of proofreading work before sending to client 
• Help to ensure deadlines are met and budgets managed efficiently 
• Manage the coordination of meetings and brainstorms, and ensure that the team have all appropriate materials at hand 
• Prepare and issue all relevant paperwork required to monitor the progress of work; such as status reports 

Personal profile 

• Ideally a graduate in marketing who has more than 3 years’ experience in a TTL/ATL agency in a Client Service role 
• Strong administrative and organisational skills with great attention to detail 
• Demonstrable initiative and enthusiasm, and the ability to multi-task 
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines 
• Good interpersonal communication skills 

Posted on 22 Apr 13:15, Closing date 21 May