About Jumia:
Jumia believes that technology has the potential to transform everyday life in Africa for the better. Jumia was built to help consumers access millions of goods and services conveniently and at the best prices while opening up a new way for sellers to reach consumers and grow their businesses.
Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 2019, Jumia is the leading e-commerce company in Africa, operating in 11 countries. The Jumia platform consists of a marketplace, which connects sellers with consumers, a logistics service, which enables the shipment and delivery of packages from sellers to consumers, and a payment service, JumiaPay, which offers a safe and easy solution to facilitate online payment transactions. The company offers goods across a broad range of categories, such as phones and electronics, home appliances, fast-moving consumer goods, fashion and beauty.
What you will be doing:
- Understand the local media landscape and look for opportunities to impact media plans with new partners and formats;
- Prospect, penetrate and create new relationships with clients and advertising;
- Actively leverage your network of agencies, brands & partners;
- Work closely and partner with internal teams;
- Develops and maintains long-term relationships with accounts;
- Manage projects within client relationships, working to carry out client goals while meeting company goals;
- Identifies opportunities to grow business with existing clients;
What we are looking for:
- Confidence when making presentations to clients and agency staff;
- The ability to cope with pressure;
- Effective organizational abilities;
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
- Commercial awareness: keeping up-to-date with cultural/social trends and customers’ views and attitudes;
- Bachelor's Degree as a minimum;
- +1 year of experience in digital advertising agency, media buying agency or digital publisher is a must;
- Great ability to work in a fast paced and competitive environment;
- Flawless English communication.
We Offer:
- A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
- A unique opportunity of having strong impact in building the African e-commerce sector
- The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team
- An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer term objective is to train the next generation of leaders
