Key Account Manager- Advertising

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Who are we: A young, dynamic, leading South African online retailer.

Who are we looking for: Key Account Manager - Advertising 

What will you do:

· Developing and managing long-term partnerships with key advertising agencies

• Educating advertising agencies on the advertising proposition
• Create advertising proposals to drive strategic objectives
• Drive more revenue spend from advertising agencies by adding value and insights
• Work collaboratively with other teams in the organisation to deliver strategic campaigns
• Provide insightful reporting to agencies with suggestions for future campaigns
• Achieve and exceed advertising revenue targets
• Identify opportunities to improve the experience of the agencies

What will you need

· Solid network of Advertising Agency contacts

• Experience working with Ad Agencies and Media Agencies in South Africa
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to translate advertiser strategy into advertising plans to meet expectations
• Proven track record of consistently hitting goals and targets
• Competence in Excel, PowerPoint and Google Workspace
• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma
• If the degree/diploma qualification requirement isn’t met, 5+ years of account manager experience selling and actively pitching to media agencies
• 5 to 7 years minimum (at least 3 years key account experience)

Skills, knowledge and abilities:

· Account Management experience

• Strong knowledge of the Digital Advertising & e-commerce landscape
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail and follow-through
• Enthusiasm for being a part of an entrepreneurial, start-up environment
• Ability to collaborate effectively with team members within the organisation
• Ability to work independently to achieve sales targets
• Ability to identify key advertising sales opportunities and translate these into implementable solutions and action plans
• Ability to manage and influence teams across various business units

The Environment:

We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.

· We are short on ego and high on output

· We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all

· We love what we do and what we are creating

We seek to Employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who

· is forthright but respectful

· is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute

· is analytical, able to use data to make decisions

· is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours

· is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience

· is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster

· is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input

· is curious and challenge the status quo

· is innovative and enjoys iteration

· is collaborative

· will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.

· thinks like an owner of the business.

· is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARDWORKING