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Lauren Petersen

Senior Account Director
Cape Town

Summary

Professional advertising Account Director with over 9 years of experience. Skilled in marketing, advertising strategies, campaign development, and client relations.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Account Director

Promise
10.2024 - Current

• Accountable, hard-working and proactive

  • Reliable, and organized with an excellent attention to detail
  • Team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to cope with pressure, work to tight deadlines and handle diverse activities
  • Ability to research and self-study
  • Exceptional time management skills
  • Commercial awareness
  • Proficiency in MS Office suite (incl. Mail, Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
  • Mentor Account Executives and Account Managers under me
    Currently Working on the below Accounts:

PEP Clothing and Footwear - TTL

Account Director

Accenture
11.2023 - Current
  • Accountable, hard-working and proactive
  • Reliable, and organized with an excellent attention to detail
  • Team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to cope with pressure, work to tight deadlines and handle diverse activities
  • Ability to research and self-study
  • Exceptional time management skills
  • Commercial awareness
  • Proficiency in MS Office suite (incl. Mail, Word, PowerPoint and Excel)

Currently Working on the below Accounts:

  • Massmart - TTL
  • PepsiCo - TTL
  • Internal Accenture work - BTL

Account Executive - Account Manager

King James
10.2018 - 10.2023

I began my career at King James as an Account Executive and was subsequently promoted to Account Manager in 2020 and then to Account Director in 2023.

During this period I worked on the below accounts:

  • Pick n Pay - TTL - 2018 - 2023
  • Johnson's & Johnson's - Social and Digital - 2021 - 2022
  • Tyme Bank (Retail) - TTL - 2023
  • PepsiCo - Social - 2022 - 2023

Account Executive

Hirt and Carter
11.2014 - 09.2018
  • Act as a link between Sales, Production, and client to ensure client satisfaction
  • Accountable for and dedicated to the delivery of quality goods and services
  • Perform required administrative tasks to aid in the smooth running of the account on a day-to-day basis
  • Traffic jobs different through various departments
  • Prepare jobs for costing/invoicing and dealing with queries thereof.

Education

National Diploma - Journalism

Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Cape Town, Cape Town

Skills

Customer Service

Digital marketing

Certification

02/01/2021, Fire Marshall

Accomplishments

Started off as an Account Executive at King James and was promoted to an Account Manager and then an Account Director.

Personal Information

Title: Account Director

Timeline

Senior Account Director

Promise
10.2024 - Current

Account Director

Accenture
11.2023 - Current

Account Executive - Account Manager

King James
10.2018 - 10.2023

Account Executive

Hirt and Carter
11.2014 - 09.2018

National Diploma - Journalism

Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Lauren PetersenSenior Account Director