Mr D - Retail Media Key Account Manager_Food

The role

The Retail Media Key Account Manager_Food will serve as the primary liaison between stakeholders, clients, and the Mr D Advertising team. You will manage long term partnerships with national restaurant brands and drive advertising revenue.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary liaison between internal & external stakeholders, clients and the Mr D Advertising team.
• Create advertising proposals to drive strategic objectives
• Generate campaign cost estimates (CEs) and oversee the invoicing process.
• Generate regular performance reports, analyse data trends, and provide actionable insights to clients.
• Collaborate with various creative, analytics, and campaign management teams.
• Provide actionable, insightful reporting to Advertisers with suggestions for future campaigns
• Achieve and exceed advertising revenue targets
• Identify opportunities to improve the experience of the advertiser.
• Developing and managing long term partnerships with key national restaurant brands and act as their primary point of contact for Advertising.

Required qualifications

• Enthusiasm for being a part of an entrepreneurial, start-up environment
• Ability to work independently to achieve sales targets
• Ability to identify key advertising sales opportunities and translate these into implementable solutions and action plans
• Demonstrated success in managing client relationships
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proven track record of collaborating across different departments or teams
• Familiarity with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in digital marketing
• Strong proficiency in Google Workspace
• Strong knowledge of the Restaurant Industry
• Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Marketing, Advertising or Media
• Minimum 5 years Advertising Account Management experience or 3 years Digital Account Management experience
• If the Degree/Advanced Diploma qualification requirement isn’t met, 6+ years’ experience in a digital/advertising account management role in digital marketing, advertising or similar environment with

Nice to have

• Experience in advertising and media sales within the Restaurant Industry
• Strong knowledge of the Digital Advertising & e-commerce landscape

Benefits

• Market-related, Total Remuneration Package
• Online Learning with free access to courses on Prosus Academy and more
• Regular social events and out-of-office activities
• Birthday leave
• Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance
• Free parking

About the company

Mr D is a division of the Takealot.com Group. It is a young, dynamic, hyper growth company.