General Manager Career Opportunity - True North Consult Limited ~ Ugandan Jobline Jobs

Organisation: True North

Consult Limited

Reports to: Agency

Director

TrueNorth is an

HR Consultancy company which seeks to recruit for its valuable client, a

leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions. They would like to

recruit for a valuable client.

Job Summary:  The General Manager will oversee the

operational running of the Agency.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

1.

Agency Sales and Business Development:

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Manage Agency pitches to prospective clients and

grow agency top line revenue.

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Create strategic proposals to promote services.

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Front end and manage the client relationship.

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Research for marketing opportunities and participate

in tenders to attract high value agency projects.

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Manage every communication element of advertising

and marketing including creative, copy, layouts and production.

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Manage service providers, suppliers and onsite

requirements.

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Meticulously run day to day operations of a full

service Integrated Ad Agency, supervise the team’s output and troubleshoot

problems and issues.

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Manage the Finance Strategy by coordinating overall

budget process, annual budget plan and taking responsibility for achieving the

agreed profitability and monthly targets.

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Oversee the Marketing Strategy by image building,

corporate communications, and brand projection to rapidly grow company’s

exposure to both corporate and government sector.

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The incumbent will draw and implement the HR &

Admin Strategy by training and developing the team to learn and adapt to the

latest advertising trends, improving quality of proposals and evaluate

employees’ work performance.

2.

Manage the marketing department and mentoring:

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Manage job cards, daily work sheets, all design and

creative content, media and PR management website development and

conceptualization.

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Approve all peripherals being created for events and

external clients.

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Develop and implement ideas to ensure the smooth

operation of the department.

Qualifications, Skills and

Experience: 

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The applicant should hold a Bsc/BA and / or a Master’s

degree in Marketing, Communications, Business or related field

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At least four years’ experience in managing a

profitable, commercially driven agency with advertising and marketing

experience in the areas of lead generation, collateral development, brand

building and online advertising.

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Computer literacy i.e. Familiar in Microsoft office

applications and excellence in Microsoft excel.

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Exceptional oral, written communication skills

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Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.

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Possess the ability to manage a team to hit

aggressive deadlines with high quality work.

All suitably

qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send updated CVs and

application letters to: jobs@truenorthafrica.com and clearly indicate the job

applied for in the subject. The applications should not exceed 2MB. Only

Shortlisted applicants shall be contacted

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda