Digital Account Manager - Retail Media

takealot.com,South Africa's leading e-commerce platform and a proud member of the Prosus ecosystem, is seeking a driven and commercially minded Digital Advertising Account Manager to join our Takealot Group Advertising team in Cape Town.

• English proficiency (spoken and written) — essential for seller communication, platform training, and skills transfer with sellers as well as all stakeholder communication.
• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Marketing, Business, Commerce, or a related field. In the absence of a formal qualification, a minimum of 5 years of demonstrated account management experience will be considered.
• Minimum 3 years' experience in advertising/media sales and/or account management, with a proven track record of achieving or exceeding revenue targets.
• Solid experience in digital marketing and advertising (search, display, sponsored ads, or programmatic).
• Demonstrated ability to use data and campaign metrics to drive commercial recommendations and client decision-making.
• Strong consultative sales skills with a track record of managing and growing a portfolio of accounts.
• Excellent relationship management skills — ability to build trust and rapport

• Experience working in or with e-commerce marketplaces (e.g. Takealot, Amazon or similar).
• Familiarity with retail media platforms and self-service advertising tools
• Experience with campaign analytics platforms.
• CRM platform experience and comfort working with performance dashboards and reporting tools.

• 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.

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.