takealot.com
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="takealot.com">takealot.com</a>, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a <strong>Account Manager - Retail Media</strong></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to join our Takealot Group Advertising team in Cape Town.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard working people to join us. We offer market related benefits, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.</span></p> <p><strong>This position reports to the Advertising Sales Specialist - Team Lead</strong></p> <p><strong>Your responsibilities will include: </strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maximise value from existing Takealot Group relationships (brands and sellers)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directly attracting new brands, agencies and non-retail advertisers to invest in new and existing advertising inventory</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Initiating, designing and ensuring implementation of group advertising campaigns</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Target suppliers and sellers (working with internal teams) to offer additional value through group advertising options</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Customise group advertising campaigns for high value clients</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Continuously contribute to the enhancement of the group rate card and pitch deck for standard campaigns</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Obtain assets required for designers to implement campaigns</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ensure all booked advertising campaigns are added to the marketing calendar (briefed into retail marketing managers) and executed effectively and on time</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oversee billing and payment</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oversee campaign tracking reports and communicate outcomes to clients, building a campaign execution portfolio</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Consistently meet and surpass advertising sales targets</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leverage Takealot’s innovations and insights to find, attract, and engage intended audiences to ensure that advertising campaigns meet the success criteria set by the client</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Utilize a range of flexible pricing and buying models, including self-service, managed service and programmatic ad buying to put solutions in place that will help businesses build brand awareness, increase product sales and more</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Act as a strategic partner to advertising clients and sell a broad range of advertising solutions that will ensure that their business goals are met</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Attributes Required</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail and follow-through</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excellent presentation skills</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excellent campaign proposal design and management skills</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ability to work independently to achieve sales targets</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Skilled in managing high-value accounts and managing relationships at an senior level</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Entrepreneurial mindset</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong understanding of the digital advertising environment including sales, product, tools and campaign management</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ability to identify key advertising sales opportunities and translate these into implementable solutions and action plans</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ability to manage and influence teams across various business units</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Qualification & Experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma<br>- If the degree/diploma qualification requirement isn’t met, at least 6 years of account management experience/exposure (through projects or responsibilities) will be required</li> <li>3 years experience in advertising sales (account management-individual contributor) </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience in Digital Marketing, Advertising and or external Sales; a good understanding of the digital advertising landscape</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">E-Commerce experience is advantageous</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Demonstrated ability to consistently achieve sales targets</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong track record of internal and external relationship management</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>The Environment:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are short on ego and high on output.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all. We love what we do and what we are creating.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We seek to employ</span><strong> Extraordinary Minds</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, people who are:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experts at DOING, they can not only design but also execute</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Analytical, able to use data to make decisions. Letting data decide but not consume</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Competitive. Although innovation is important, GREAT requires a lot of work. This does not happen only in business hours</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Curious. Always questioning the status quo</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Not averse to risk</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Business smart. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Self-directed, taking action based on own initiative</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collaborative</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thorough</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">User focused, always trying to understand a product from the users perspective</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Able to communicate clearly and not afraid to voice an opinion, no matter how unpopular</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We seek to Employ an </span><strong>Extra Ordinary Mind</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> who:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">is forthright but respectful</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">is analytical, able to use data to make decisions</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">is </span><strong>passionate about the potential of e-commerce</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and delivering a </span><strong>world-class customer experience</strong></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">is </span><strong>entrepreneurial</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><strong>thrives under change</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and accepts it is a constant and always </span><strong>looks for solutions</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to do something better and faster</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">is able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">is curious and challenge the status quo</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">is innovative and enjoys iteration</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">is collaborative</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>thinks like an owner</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the business.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">is </span><strong>SMART, has INTEGRITY</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><strong>is HARDWORKING</strong></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you meet the above you are an </span><strong>Extraordinary Mind</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> so come and join us!</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.</span></em></p>