Senior Account Manager at Terragon Group

Terragon Group - We pride ourselves as a new Media business focused on Africa. We have built a strong competence across the new media ecosystem comprising mobile, online and content. Within digital we understand the interplay between content and platform and we have business verticals that deliver on both components of the digital world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Account Manager

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Monitor accounts and ensure that activities are up to date
• Ensure that key deliverable required for each account is delivered on time
• Attend status update meeting
• Liaise with client to ensure smooth running of account
• Liaise with social media and give them maximum support for the smooth running of the social media accounts
• Managing a portfolio of accounts
• Ensuring that clients needs and requests are delivered on time and to specifications
• Dealing with all aspects of a campaign
• Leading and training other members of the account team
• Managing the work of account executives
• Delivering sales presentations to high-level executives
• Manage and grow key customer relationships within existing accounts whilst developing new business opportunities
• Plan and manage(monitor) major campaigns from start to finish
• Work with creative to deliver the creative required for the execution of campaigns
• Attending client meetings
• Drive peak performance by way of increased revenue and profit
• Periodical analysis and reporting business performance as required
• Devising and implementing strategies for meeting account and revenue targets
• Reporting on activities and campaigns and presenting at meetings.
• Providing insights and recommendations
• Work with finance on media plan approval, vendor payments and client invoicing
• Prepare and share reconciliation plan for spend
• Monitor competition prepare and share report
• Create, negotiate and close commercial agreements
• Liaise with product/tech to ensure that products are delivered as at when due
• Engage and work with vendors and influencers

Requirements

• University degree in any social science or Business related course, with minimum of second class
• Account management skills
• Excellent Verbal and Written communication skills
• Strong presentation skills and comfortable performing demonstrations
• Ability to multi-task effectively.
• Proficient user of various MS packages
• Decisive and intuitive
• A related Post graduate degree/Certification
• Good negotiation/deal closing skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills
• Ability to work under pressure, strict timelines and no supervision
• Ability to multi-task effectively.
• Creative approach to up-selling to an existing client base and generating new business
• In-depth knowledge in all aspects of digital marketing, including website content,social media, video production, e-marketing and metrics
• 3-5years Corporate Sales and Account Management experience preferably in an advertising Agency,Understanding of Mobile, Web, and online advertising will be an added advantage.
• Have a win-win attitude
• Ability to efficiently manage cost
• Ability to present and manage budget
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• A good team player and self-motivated
• Platform management (Google ad words, Facebook ad tool/insight tool, Twitter ad platform etc.
• Effective communication – correspondence, calls
• Relationship management
• Negotiation Skills

Application Closing Date
14th February, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.