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Lucinda Alfonica
Account Executive
| Remuneration: | basic plus commission |
| Location: | Cape Town |
| Remote work: | Some remote work allowed |
| Education level: | Degree |
| Job level: | Mid |
| Own transport required: | Yes |
| Travel requirement: | Occasional |
| Type: | Contract |
| Company: | Independent Media Recruiter |
The successful incumbent will be responsible for:
- Manage a portfolio, clients and agencies.
- Prepare media campaigns and plan media strategies.
- Forecast and report on sales figures, trends and agency movements and monitor competitors’ performance.
- Negotiate group discounts to ensure market share commitment.
- Do weekly sales reports and liaise with National Inc departments.
- Achieve monthly sales targets.
- Contract negotiation and management.
- Gather and report market intelligence.
- Presentations to clients and agencies.
- Develop new business opportunities.
- Grow digital sales within the within the agency market
- Have a good understanding of Digital Advertising Industry and the media that support it.
- Four years advertising sales experience - with at least 2 years’ experience dealing with advertisement agencies.
- A post-matric qualification in Sales/Marketing/Media Planning/Buying.
- Extensive knowledge of the media industry.
- Proven sales record and achievements.
- Valid code 08 drivers licence and own transport.
- Must be self motivated and a team player.
- Having newspaper selling experience and newspaper production process knowledge will be an advantage.
- Be computer literate with Microsoft Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point)
- Sell across all Independent Platforms
- Have the ability to identify and exploit sales opportunities in the market place
- Have a good command of the English language.
- Be confident and have the ability to deal with clients and management at all levels.
- Be able to work accurately to deadline with minimum supervision in a highly pressurised team environment.
- Digital knowledge
All interested and suitably qualified applicants should submit a written application and detailed CV by no later than 30 April 2025 to: az.oc.ecivresetaroproc@amutup.awsidnil
If you have not heard from us within two weeks of submitting your application, please regard your application as unsuccessful
Posted on 06 Mar 10:44, Closing date 30 Apr
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Independent Media is one of South Africa's leading print media production companies. Our stable of fine, quality publications include 18 of the country's most prominent newspapers with The Star in Johannesburg,Cape Times and Cape Argus in Cape Town and The Mercury in Durban firmly entrenched in millions of households throughout South Africans.
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