Client Services Manager
| Remuneration: | basic salary |
| Location: | Johannesburg, Ilovo - Sandton |
| Education level: | Diploma |
| Job level: | Junior/Mid |
| Own transport required: | Yes |
| Travel requirement: | Often |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Reference: | ##CSM NB 2026 |
| Company: | CBR MARKETING SOLUTIONS |
Job description
Client Service Manager – Job specificationJob purpose- To co-own a portfolio of clients alongside the Senior CSM while acting as a key operational partner to new business leads. The junior CSM is responsible for day-to-day client delivery, reporting, and brief quality, and plays a central role in receiving, onboarding, and operationalising new business that lands in the agency, ensuring seamless execution and handover into ongoing delivery.
Key responsibilities - Take full day-to-day responsibility for your assigned portfolio(s), ensuring deadlines are met, work is delivered to brief, and issues are resolved quickly.
- Lead weekly WIPs and proactive client check-ins, ensuring clients are kept updated and aligned.
- Review AE-prepared briefs for quality, accuracy, and clarity before handing over to Paid, Studio, or Content.
- Ensure client deliverables are aligned to SLA hours and proactively flag scope creep or overuse before it becomes a problem.
- Track performance metrics across your portfolio and support in preparing monthly reports or QBR decks.
- Draft and scope out-of-scope requests and upsell opportunities, and hand over to your senior CSM for commercial validation or escalation.
- Maintain strong internal communication with delivery teams and follow up on timelines to keep workflow moving.
- Manage day-to-day client escalations and escalate to your senior CSM if issues persist or grow in complexity.
- Ensure adequate handovers and continuity of deliverables should you not be available. AEs to be briefed to assist and senior CSM informed and updated.
- Own your learning plan – complete external training at least once every 6 months and apply new thinking to your portfolio work.
- Complete any other reasonable task as directed by senior CSM and/ client services lead and/or CEO.
Ideal background- Degree or diploma in marketing, digital marketing, or related.
- 3+ years in a client-facing, project management, or agency role.
- Preferably with experience in an agency environment / digital advertising knowledge required.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to manage multiple streams of work.
- Detail-oriented with excellent problem-solving and follow-through.
- Must have own reliable transport.
Reports to- Senior client service manager and new business lead on day-to-day /client services lead
All applications can be sent to:
az.oc.gnitekramrbc@rahsinCommunications will only be made with shortlisted candidates. If you have not received communications within two weeks of submitting your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Requirements
As per above .
Posted on 27 Jan 13:16, Closing date 28 Mar