Steph Powell Email & Phone Number

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Post the merge of Gloo and Ogilvy One (Gloo@Ogilvy) the digital department and outputs required a shift in priority and leadership. I was promoted to Head of Digital Production with my remit very simply put; to assist in the merge of the work-types, educate and champion the new delivery structure (and those within in it) and drive technology and innovation to our people and clients.I currently sit on the Senior Management team for Ogilvy Cape Town, Digital Board Exco and work in partnership with building wide Business Units to grow and drive their digital outputs. I also mentor and manage the wider digital production teams throughout our other campuses in JHB and Durban.Within Cape Town campus I manage respectively the production team, development and QA teams with oversight of all ongoing projects, new business, RFP/Pitches and ongoing process. A requirements as part of the business relationships and management is to ensure monthly and quarterly finances are delivered, oversee annual forecasting for all business units on digital production work, drive operations within the building and find new business opportunities.It has been a great and exciting challenge. The team has grown significantly over the last 3 years with some amazing digitally focused individuals and a full team of all levels of which I am grooming and educating.

Cape Town

The first of its kind for Ogilvy, Tech Ops Manager is a newly created position within the Gloo@Ogilvy digital division of Ogilvy. Inclusive of people/team management, financial and project management, this position requires accuracy, evaluation and process driven mind set.With a heavy focus on driving the project management and development team, establishing standard of quality on delivery and effective integration between skill is key. A huge focus is working out best standard practices for development, code reviews and technical project management/scrum and agile abilities.Main deliverables include: accurate scoping of project, scrum master for each project kick start (plus daily scrum for the development team), overseeing technical deliveries, creating functional specifications, overseeing and growing the project management team and building stronger relations between production and client service.The main aim – improve the quality of output, improve the ability to deliver timeously and improve the skill and capability of the team.

Cape Town

A newly created position at this company, I manage a team of project managers and work closely with the client service team to ensure seem-less, effective and on budget delivery. As part of an inter-agency hub, this requires a driven focus on people management as much as project management.Inclusive of managing a client base (internal retainers and project roll outs), new business leads, pitch work and all major technology based web builds, my role embraces challenge on a daily basis. The main goal, being to drive the team forward encouraging talent and creativity within the realms of meeting targets and innovative use of technology.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

During this time I managed 14 Brands, 4 account managers and a studio of creative and developers. I am also Project Manager for our CRM and CCMS products – working with inter-agency and client relationship building structural enhancements to meet the requirements of both consumer and brand. This job entails a ‘Think on your feet’ and solution driven attitude. It requires the ability to manage expectation, different personalities, time of both yourself and resources and technical knowledge to be able to assist with any project (brand) when needed. The balance of understanding client needs/want and process to deliver that end product within scope of budget drives my leadership to manage all elements of a build from start to finish.CRM and CCMS management is highly technologically driven and requires my ability to engage with developers, understand limitations, platforms and frameworks to a high level.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

The DMMA (now known as IAB SA) was an NPO association which provides education and trackable measurement to its member websites in the Digital Industry. My role is diverse from implementing and managing media plans, meeting potential members and existing members, organize and manage DMMA events/workshops, website updates, accounts management and budget allocations. Furthermore I also work closely with the appointed Steering committee to build new relationships within the industry in formulating partnerships with the DMMA to improve the quality of service to our member database.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

The DMMA (now known as IAB SA) was an NPO association which provides education and trackable measurement to its member websites in the Digital Industry. My role is diverse from implementing and managing media plans, meeting potential members and existing members, organize and manage DMMA events/workshops, website updates, accounts management and budget allocations. Furthermore I also work closely with the appointed Steering committee to build new relationships within the industry in formulating partnerships with the DMMA to improve the quality of service to our member database.Working as part of the Bookmarks committee and Project Manager overseeing the event this was an exciting challenge which begins with placing the building blocks for the committee roles/appointments to managing a full campaign. This role included procuring sponsorships and suppliers to fund the final awards event, managing the website (creating and uploading content), managing roles of the committee, social media management and vetting all entries. Part in package of my role is to keep the committee in communications and on track with their specific tasks, oversee the International judges selections and local judges nominations, prepare the line-up and manage the workshops, make all arrangements for the Media event and press conference all whilst keeping within and ensuring plentiful sponsorship to deliver on budget.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

This position demanded the utmost attention to detail, forward thinking and reliability to my direct boss (company CEO) and Commercial Director (365 Digital CEO). My responsibilities entailed confidential materials, business financials, advertising administration, liaising with PR and Marketing (both in-house & out sourced) and direct relations with the CEO.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Answering directly to the Scottish Director, I was responsible for all the Scottish and Northern English Advertising/Marketing financials, press releases and any other media relations necessary to the company. I also worked with the ROP team at the Scotsman in adsales and with in-house design and marketing.