Account Executive

Job description

Duck and Craig is a full-service agency working with ambitious brands across South Africa. From strategy and creative thinking to campaign execution, we partner with our clients to bring ideas to life and deliver work that makes an impact.

We’re looking for a highly organised and solutions-driven Account Executive to join our team and support the delivery of campaigns and projects across the agency.

The Role

This is a highly involved, hands-on role where you’ll assist across multiple aspects of projects and campaigns, helping to ensure everything runs smoothly from start to finish. This is an in office role. 

You’ll support the team in managing timelines, coordinating tasks, tracking deliverables, and ensuring the many moving parts of agency life stay on track. The ideal person is someone who is proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable getting involved wherever needed to move projects forward.

What You’ll Be Doing

Project Support

• Assist in managing campaigns and projects from brief through to delivery
  

• Help maintain timelines, schedules, and deliverables
  

• Support the team with the day-to-day running of active projects
  

Execution and Coordination

• Assist across multiple aspects of campaigns and project delivery

• Help coordinate materials, updates, and approvals
  

• Ensure deliverables are completed on time and according to brief
  

Organisation and Workflow

• Keep projects well organised and properly documented
  

• Track tasks, deadlines, and deliverables across multiple projects
  

• Ensure briefs, feedback, and changes are clearly communicated
  

Team and Client Support

• Assist with preparing presentations, meeting notes, and updates
  

• Support communication between the team and clients where required
  

• Help identify challenges early and contribute to solutions
  

• 1–3 years experience in an agency, marketing, or project coordination role
  

• Exceptional organisation and attention to detail
  

• A solutions-driven mindset
  

• Strong communication and coordination skills
  

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously
  

• Someone who thrives in a fast-paced agency environment