Digital Account Manager

SUMMARY:
We are looking for a Digital Account Manager to compose, sell and manage online media campaigns to media agencies and clients with the aim of achieving marketing objectives, with an acute focus on maximizing online. We have a permanent role Johannesburg

POSITION INFO:
Responsibilities
- Achieve and exceed allocated overall digital sales revenue budgets
- Achieve and exceed allocated digital sales revenue budgets per digital publisher in the company
- Key focus on both Programmatic and Direct/ Customised sales ensuring all revenue channels are covered and technical knowledge is up to date on both forms of buying
- Being an active and highly effective networker, having and developing strong relationships with agency and client contacts within the top South African media agencies and advertisers
- Retain and grow revenue on a designated portfolio of Digital clients and agencies.
- Actively seek out and cultivate new business opportunities.
- Actively develop and deepen industry relationships
- Initiate, develop, and present relevant opportunities to the relevant Clients and agencies utilizing data and insight in proposals and presentations wherever possible to support the sales challenge
- Actively engage all available datapoints/touchpoints/information platforms to ensure solutions and market conversations remain relevant and impactful.
- Efficient management of all sales processes and systems.
- Experience and good understanding of digital platforms.
- Promote the company's multi-channel portfolio to clients - being an authority on their brands’ positioning, and objectives.
- Promote the company and Digital Platforms to clients - being seen as an authority on their brands’ positioning, and objectives
- Use data and insight in proposals and presentations to support the sales solution.
- Monitor campaigns executed to ensure all deliverables are met working with Ad Operations to guarantee the best possible campaign outcome thus underpinning the opportunity for return business

Education & Training
- Qualification in Sales / Communication / Media / Marketing
- Tertiary education preferably Degree
- An established Agency and Client Network within the Digital Domain and beyond

Please call us on 0100300127

NB: Should you not hear from us within 6 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.