Latest Job Vacancies at She Leads Africa
She Leads Africa is a digital media company for the modern, millennial African woman. With features in the Financial Times, BBC, CNN, Forbes and CNBC Africa, we’re creating the best digital content and offline events to help young African women build amazing careers and businesses, serve as community leaders and influencers, and eventually take over the world.
We generate revenue from brand partnerships, advertising revenue and direct to consumer sales (through our event ticket sales and digital learning opportunities).
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Head of Sales and Partnerships
Location: Lagos
Job Description
- The Head of Sales & Partnerships will be responsible for developing relationships with brands for both our online and offline products.
Responsibilities
- Position She Leads Africa as the top media platform for brands and agencies looking to reach young professional African women
- Establish and deliver monthly and quarterly revenue targets for digital marketing campaigns and event sponsorship
- Deeply understand the products and services of the company and be able to articulate their benefits effectively
- Research brands, agencies, public relations companies and management teams and generate leads for outreach via phone call or meetings
- Attend networking events and industry conferences to develop relationships with marketing decision makers
- Understand the budget cycle and decision makers at relevant brands and create a database for future engagement
- Manage the sales process and develop ways to improve the conversion rate
- Create compelling marketing materials and proposals
Requirements
- The ideal candidate will have the confident ability to research, identify, contact and partner with top brands and businesses, and ample experience seeing the sales funnel process through to closing
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Sales Associate
Location: Lagos
Job Summary
- We’re looking for a hustler to help us build and grow a sales machine.
About the Role
- The Sales Associate will be responsible for helping develop relationships with brands for both our online and offline products and taking client-facing meetings to help close deals with brand partners.
- The Sales Associate will report directly to the Head of Sales & Partnerships.
Responsibilities
- Position She Leads Africa as the top media platform for brands and agencies looking to reach young professional African women
- Help the Head of Sales & Partnerships establish and deliver monthly and quarterly revenue targets for digital marketing campaigns and event sponsorship
- Sell She Leads Africa’s digital advertisement space – this includes on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Newsletter, and Website
- Keep our rate card updated and ensure our rates are competitive and realistic
- Follow through with clients from first e-mail outreach to ensure their payment has been made, content has been posted and analytics report is received
- Consistently ensure the ads process is smooth and adapt it to fix any problems
- Ensure that monthly and quarterly revenue targets are met
Requirements
We're looking for somebody who:
- Already does or has the ability to live and work in either Lagos, Nigeria or Cape Town, South Africa
- Has the ability to use Customer Relationship Management tools: You’ll be sending, tracking and following up on hundreds of conversations at the same time
- Has great communication and customer service skills: Some people are frustrating, but you have to be professional, patient and nice (ALWAYS)
- Has fabulous negotiation skills: Knowing the next best alternative price or content you can agree upon so you can close the deal while keeping everybody happy
- Has knowledge of MS Excel and graphics creation/design (especially using Canva).
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Application Deadline 31st October, 2018.