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takealot.com, a leading South African online retailer, is looking for a Account Manager - Advertising to join our Takealot Group Advertising team in Cape Town.  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. This position reports to the  Lead Sales Specialist Your responsibilities will include: ● Driving the adoption and usage of Takealot’s self-service advertising platform for Sponsored Advertising; by Marketplace sellers ● For self-service, analyse sales metrics and advertising data to identify trends and areas for improvement. ● Provide sellers with clear, data-driven insights and recommendations. ● Build media plans for top-tier spending sellers and identify opportunities for upselling additional services or advertising solutions. ● Coordinate the collection of assets needed for designers to create and execute campaigns. ● Manage the integration of all booked advertising campaigns into the marketing calendar, ensuring they are communicated to retail marketing managers and delivered effectively and on schedule. ● Supervise billing and payment processes to ensure accuracy and timeliness. ● Monitor campaign performance through tracking reports, share results with clients, and maintain a portfolio documenting campaign execution. ● Consistently meet and surpass advertising sales targets for the platform ● Assist in development of promotional material and content to encourage adoption of the platform by Marketplace Sellers ● Provide support to Marketplace Account Managers to encourage usage of the advertising platform by their Key Accounts and problem solve issues with these accounts ● Implement new seller acquisition strategies ● Collect feedback from sellers about the advertising platform and provide useful insights to further enhance the platform ● Collaborate with the CRM team to build case studies of the successful usage of the tools and develop material for sellers to drive adoption/retention/growth ● Contribute to the development and/or hosting of educational webinars to train users on performance metrics, insights, and how to drive greater results ● Escalate any operational platform issues to the technical teams to resolve Attributes Required : ● Smart, hard-working, with demonstrable integrity ● A passion for online, digital marketing and advertising is essential ● Bias towards action and solution-oriented ● A self-starter and fast learner with an active thirst for knowledge ● Willing to take direction and able to work independently, demonstrating initiative ● Highly organised with meticulous attention to detail ● Ability to multi-task and to meet tight deadlines ● Comfortable working under pressure in a fast-paced environment Qualification, Competencies & Experience: ● Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma ● If the degree/diploma qualification requirement isn’t met,  at least 5 years of account management experience/exposure (through projects or responsibilities ) will be required ● 3 years experience in B2B software or advertising sales (account management) ● Digital Marketing, Advertising and Sales experience (must have) ● E-Commerce experience is advantageous but not required ● Demonstrated ability to consistently achieve sales targets ● Strong track record of internal and external relationship management   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 Afri