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  • Posted: Aug 25, 2022
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Takealot.com is the leading ecommerce retailer in South Africa and one of the largest, most innovative ecommerce retailers on the African continent. Our mission is to be the most customer-centric online shopping destination in Africa, built around the simple concept that the customer comes first. All of our focus is dedicated to improving the customer ...
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    Group Advertising Sales Specialist

    Your responsibilities will include:

    • Maximise value from existing Takealot Group relationships (brands and sellers)
    • Directly attracting new brands, agencies and non-retail advertisers to invest in new and existing advertising inventory
    • Initiating, designing and ensuring implementation of group advertising campaigns
    • Target suppliers and sellers (working with internal teams) to offer additional value through group advertising options
    • Customise group advertising campaigns for high value clients
    • Continuously contribute to the enhancement of the group rate card and pitch deck for standard campaigns
    • Obtain assets required for designers to implement campaigns
    • Ensure all booked advertising campaigns are added to the marketing calendar (briefed into retail marketing managers) and executed effectively and on time
    • Oversee billing and payment
    • Oversee campaign tracking reports and communicate outcomes to clients, building a campaign execution portfolio
    • Consistently meet and surpass advertising sales targets
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

    Attributes Required

    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail and follow-through
    • Excellent presentation skills
    • Excellent campaign proposal design and management skills
    • Ability to work independently to achieve sales targets
    • Skilled in managing high-value accounts and managing relationships at an senior level
    • Entrepreneurial mindset
    • Strong understanding of the digital advertising environment including sales, product, tools and campaign management
    • 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

    Qualification & Experience:

    • Bachelor’s degree and postgraduate qualification (Digital Marketing, Advertising and or Sales qualifications are advantageous)
    • 3-5 years advertising sales experience as an individual contributor
    • Demonstrated ability to consistently initiate sales opportunities and generate revenue
    • Strong track record of internal and external relationship management
    • Proven consultative approach in previous roles and a good understanding of the digital advertising landscape

    The Environment

    • 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.
    • 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, it’s all in the execution after all. We love what we do and what we are creating.

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to takealot.com on boards.greenhouse.io to apply

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