Status: Full Time,
Reports to: TV Producer,
Sussex Media Group Limited is seeking to hire a Freelance Business executive to generate revenue through direct sales, new business creation, and retention for the Company and ensure sales targets for Ithaga TV are met within all given monthly deadlines. They will also identify sales opportunities for the station and make use of upcoming business opportunities for clients.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop strategic and competitive sales marketing concepts.
- Visit clients and make sales pitches and ensure swift and efficient closure of the deal.
- Acquire new clientele and update the Directors promptly.
- Maintain effective customer care services.
- Submit weekly forecasts to help determine which clients to critically focus on to maximize sales volume and growth.
- Follow up on sales collections and ensure timely payments by all clients.
- Adhere to the company’s credit policy with no debt beyond the credit period.
- Provide excellent account management in line with this, cultivate the first point of contact between the station and clients, and use excellent interpersonal skills to keep the business relationships strong.
- Ensure that your dress and conduct fully represent a professional company.
- Undertake a strategic and value-adding approach to selling.
- Handle sales administrative issues as necessary.
- Conduct price surveys, customer satisfaction surveys, and other market research.
- Conduct market intelligence on media gaps and business opportunities.
- Work closely with the creative graphic designers to prepare mockups that can sell and position them as per the Company’s strategy.
- Prepare weekly reports and any other reports as agreed with the Directors to enable timely guidance or any intervention.
- Reconcile customer’s accounts on a monthly basis and work with the Finance team to ensure monthly statements are signed off and dispatched to all clients.
Qualifications & Skills & Abilities
- Degree in Marketing, Commerce, Sales or related field
- At least 3 years’ experience in the Media Industry
- Fluent in spoken Kikuyu Language & English
- Excellent leadership skills.
- Strong business acumen.
- Flexibility with strong coordinating and communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to multitask.
- Ability to keep abreast of the latest trends and seize opportunities.
- Impeccable personal integrity.
How to Apply.
If you possess the necessary qualifications and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Freelance Business Executive) before 16th September 2023 to recruitment@ithagatv.com
