Sales Associate at She Leads Africa

Details:

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. 

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 competetive 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

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has the ability to live and work in Lagos, Nigeria
• 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 Google suite and graphic creation/design (especially using Canva)
• Can work independently and is happy to join a virtual team. We don’t have time to be chasing you around to do your work.
• Has a can do attitude and is flexible enough to take on any task we throw at them. 
• Is passionate, hungry and eager to build SLA into a world class institution.
• Has high professional and ethical standards.
• Is comfortable taking and giving feedback.  
• Has a good sense of humour – because we’ll be working hard so we better keep each other entertained.
• Is curious and eager to learn. Not every day ask your manager for the answer – sometimes try to figure it out using your brain and google.
• Is comfortable working in a startup environment where we’re making the rules up as we go along.