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Events and Activations Key Account Manager
| Remuneration: | R30000 - R40000 per month cost-to-company |
| Location: | Johannesburg |
| Job level: | Mid/Senior |
| Type: | Permanent |
| Company: | Ad Talent Africa |
What we are looking for: A high calibre Senior Events and Activations Key Account Manager.
Mission for the role: To seamlessly take over and grow a high-income key account portfolio by protecting and increasing gross profit, strengthening client relationships and delivering strategically aligned, hassle-free brand experiences.
What you will do:
- Full ownership of assigned key accounts and portfolio gross profit
- Develop and implement account growth strategies and unlock up-sell opportunities
- Manage campaigns from ideation to breakdown, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery
- Guide and direct the design team to produce brand-aligned, strategically sound concepts
- Prepare quotes, manage costings and protect project margins
- Collaborate with internal teams including design, campaign management and national implementation
- Deliver seamless, hassle-free client experiences
- Ensure zero GP decline during client transition period
- Present 12-month growth strategy per key client within 90 days
- Identify and implement at least 2 new revenue opportunities per key account within the first 6 months
- Deliver national activations on time, within budget and at or above target margin
- Maintain agreed GP margin thresholds across all projects
- Proven experience in brand activations, experiential marketing, or events, preferably within an agency environment
- Demonstrated success in managing and growing high-value key accounts
- Experience managing national roll-outs
- Direct gross profit responsibility
- Commercially sharp and margin-aware
- Confident client-facing presence
- Strong commercial acumen and margin awareness
- Strategic thinker with a revenue growth mindset
- Creative leadership and ability to guide brand-aligned concepts
- Confident client authority and relationship builder
- Operational excellence and multitasking capability
- Calm under pressure with strong accountability
- Activation management
- Event coordination
- Event planning
Posted on 23 Apr 14:03, Closing date 23 May
We are niched in the communications industry with offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town from where we service all of South Africa, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the rest of the world. Our portfolios include Digital, Creative and Client Service in Advertising, Marketing, Media, Public Relations and Corporate Communications.
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