[HN][Agency] T&A Ogilvy: Looking for Traffic Manager

T&A Ogilvy is part of Ogilvy & Mather Vietnam, a company of WPP Group, one of the world's largest communications services organizations. In Vietnam, T&A Ogilvy provides strategic public relations counsel to a variety of clients across its consumer marketing, corporate, healthcare, technology, public affairs and social marketing practices. The agency also offers government affairs and crisis management expertise.

We are now looking for Traffic Manager based in HCMC

Role:

The Traffic Manager is the key person who allocates resources for the agency/groups projects that require creative and studio time. Traffic must have the best knowledge of company’s processes, procedures, structure and policies. Their key role would be to allocate creative resources, within the group, to ensure, timeliness and quality can be met at all times.

Job Specification:

*TRAFFIC:
- Track all jobs from A-Z, opening through to closing

- New jobs assigned to creative should be discussed with the team prior to work commencing at this stage Traffic must ensure firm dates (review/presentation) have been agreed upon with Creative and Account Service

- Overseeing daily workload and capacity of Creative department
- Communicating client services and creative team for clear expectations of deliverables and negotiating timeline
- Liaising with client services and creative teams on project's status and resources
- Updating workload with client services weekly to prepare for the coming week
- Leading WIP of Creative team and ensure WIP documents are up-to-date
- Ensuring creative reviews and that no work leaves agency without Creative leads signing off
- Liaising with client services teams and finance regarding suppliers’ contracts, invoices and payment
- Motivating creative staff and delivering quality work to the brief and standards in co-ordination with the creative leader

- Minimise additional design hours, ensure creative delivers briefs, on time and to budget
- Advise Account management of any potential delays and problems with schedules during concept & visual stage
* PRODUCTION: (Still shoot, Radio record, Video edit, Art buying)
- Liaising and negotiating with production houses for the best price
- Coordinating with production houses for meeting timeline, chasing them for deliverables according to given timeline
- Liaising with client services teams and finance regarding supplier’s contracts, invoices and payment
- Art buyer: negotiating with Stock image suppliers and ensure the image they deliver can meet the requirement

Functional Competencies & Requirement:

- 3 - 5 years of experience (Agency experience is preferred).

- Pro-active trouble shooting and problem solving

- Communication, planning, time-management and follow-through skills

- Task orientated – excellent attention to detail

- Has a good understanding of the creative expectation and creative resources involved in the project

- Superior leadership and collaboration skills

- Superior problem solving and decision-making skills

- Excellent communication and persuasion skills

- Characteristics – Calm – Confident – Able to deal with lots of different personalities

Please send your CV to: [email protected]

Thank you!