Account Manager - Advertising (Marketplace Sponsored Product Ads)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Account Manager - Advertising </strong></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">to join our Takealot Group Advertising team in Cape Town.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hardworking 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><span style="font-weight: 400;">This position reports to the&nbsp;</span><strong>Lead Sales Specialist</strong></p> <p><strong>Your responsibilities will include:</strong></p> <p>● <strong>Driving the adoption and usage of Takealot’s self-service&nbsp;advertising platform for Sponsored Advertising; by&nbsp;Marketplace sellers</strong><br>● For self-service, analyse sales metrics and advertising data to identify trends and areas for improvement.<br>● Provide sellers with clear, data-driven insights and&nbsp;recommendations.<br>● Build media plans for top-tier spending sellers and identify opportunities for upselling additional services or&nbsp;advertising solutions.<br>● Coordinate the collection of assets needed for designers&nbsp;to create and execute campaigns.<br>● Manage the integration of all booked advertising&nbsp;campaigns into the marketing calendar, ensuring they&nbsp;are communicated to retail marketing managers and&nbsp;delivered effectively and on schedule.<br>● Supervise billing and payment processes to ensure&nbsp;accuracy and timeliness.<br>● Monitor campaign performance through tracking reports,&nbsp;share results with clients, and maintain a portfolio&nbsp;documenting campaign execution.<br>● Consistently meet and surpass advertising sales targets&nbsp;for the platform<br>● Assist in development of promotional material and&nbsp;content to encourage adoption of the platform by&nbsp;Marketplace Sellers<br>● Provide support to Marketplace Account Managers to&nbsp;encourage usage of the advertising platform by their Key&nbsp;Accounts and problem solve issues with these accounts<br>● Implement new seller acquisition strategies<br>● Collect feedback from sellers about the advertising&nbsp;platform and provide useful insights to further enhance&nbsp;the platform<br>● Collaborate with the CRM team to build case studies of&nbsp;the successful usage of the tools and develop material&nbsp;for sellers to drive adoption/retention/growth<br>● Contribute to the development and/or hosting of&nbsp;educational webinars to train users on performance&nbsp;metrics, insights, and how to drive greater results<br>● Escalate any operational platform issues to the technical&nbsp;teams to resolve</p> <p><strong>Attributes Required</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">:</span></p> <p>● Smart, hard-working, with demonstrable integrity<br>● A passion for online, digital marketing and advertising is&nbsp;essential<br>● Bias towards action and solution-oriented<br>● A self-starter and fast learner with an active thirst for&nbsp;knowledge<br>● Willing to take direction and able to work independently,&nbsp;demonstrating initiative<br>● Highly organised with meticulous attention to detail<br>● Ability to multi-task and to meet tight deadlines<br>● Comfortable working under pressure in a fast-paced&nbsp;environment</p> <p><strong>Qualification, Competencies &amp; Experience:</strong></p> <p>● Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma<br>● If the degree/diploma qualification requirement isn’t met,&nbsp;<strong>at least 5 years of account management&nbsp;experience/exposure (through projects or&nbsp;responsibilities</strong>) will be required<br>● <strong>3 years experience in B2B software or advertising sales (account management)</strong><br>● <strong>Digital Marketing, Advertising and Sales experience (must have)</strong><br>● E-Commerce experience is advantageous but not&nbsp;required<br>● <strong>Demonstrated ability to consistently achieve sales&nbsp;targets</strong><br>● Strong track record of internal and external relationship management</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong><strong>The Environment:</strong></p> <ul> <li>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.</li> <li>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</li> <li>We are short on ego and high on output</li> <li>We are doers and not only thinkers, it’s all in the execution after all</li> <li>We love what we do and what we are creating</li> </ul> <p>We seek to Employ an <strong>Extra Ordinary Min</strong>d who:</p> <ul> <li>is respectful but forthright</li> <li>is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute</li> <li>is analytical, able to use data to make decisions</li> <li>is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours</li> <li>is <strong>passionate about the potential of e-commerce</strong> and delivering a<strong> world-class customer experience</strong></li> <li>is <strong>entrepreneurial, thrives under change</strong> and accepts it is a constant and always<strong> looks for solutions</strong> to do something better and faster</li> <li>is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input;</li> <li>is curious and challenge the status quo</li> <li>is innovative and enjoys iteration</li> <li>is collaborative</li> <li>will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for takealot.com</li> <li><strong>thinks like an owner</strong> of the business</li> <li>is <strong>SMART, has INTEGRITY</strong> and is <strong>HARD WORKING</strong></li> </ul> <p>If you meet the above criteria and are an<strong> Extraordinary Mind</strong>, come and join us!</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.</em></p>