Business Development Manager-Jumia Advertising Services (Full Time) at Jumia

What's this job all about?

We are launching Jumia Advertising services  in Kenya, to enable agencies & partners to access  4-5M unique visitors per month ( 30% of the active internet population according to Google).The messages will reach highly targeted segments, right at the moment of purchase .

To help us build this out, we are hiring a Business Development lead for Jumia Advertising Services Kenya. Someone who knows the media & ad landscape - and can hit the ground running. 

Main Responsibilities

• Seek out & establish new relationships with advertisers – from vendors (eg Unilever), agencies (eg Scangroup) and
  institutions (eg Airtel)
• Educate them on how our services work & how to maximise the value of their investments
• Manage relationships with them over the long term to deliver value, and ensure repeat business
• Deliver on our Ad Revenue targets (net of commissions, costs, etc)
• Work closely with the JAS Performance Manager, responsible for the technical execution of JAS campaigns
• Define & improve processes,standards, templates and best practices both internally and regionally 

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong network in ad landscape – with agencies, clients etc
• Critical that you know well who to approach, how to pitch & identify value for customers
• Excellent business development skills (inc interpersonal and presentation skills)
• Excited to BUILD a new service at Jumia & disrupt the media landscape of Kenya
• Passionate about advertising, marketing, data, analytics and technology
• Understanding of digital marketing KPIs a plus
• Undergraduate or graduate degree in a technical or businessfield
• Degree preferably in Marketing, Business or Engineering
• 4+ years with Media or Agency experience
• Action-oriented and result-oriented
• Works well with full autonomy
• Strong interpersonalskills: active listening, persuasion & informal influence, teamwork, and integrity
• Well organized and resistant to stress
• Excellent eye fordetail 

We Offer

• BUILD - a new business line in an entrepreneurial, yetstructured environment,surrounded by AAA people
• GROW – we will challenge you, be prepared for unparalleled personal and professional growth
• DISRUPT - Disrupt the Media Landscape, and be a leading figure in the Kenyan field