Marketing and Sales Executive

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Seek Sponsorship/Partnership for in house projects.
• Sell company’s services to potential clients within an assigned target industry.
• Increase retainer spending by proposing newer concepts to portfolio of (retainer) accounts.
• Defining project objectives, project scope, roles & responsibilities.
• Defining resource requirements and managing resource availability & allocation – both internal and third party.
• Liaise with Senior Executives to digest, organize &coordinate brainstorming exercises on client’s briefs.
• Liaise with Senior Executives to prepare event and budgetary proposals on behalf of the agency to client.
• Tracking costs to deliver projects within budget.
• Preparing a detailed project plan to schedule key project milestones, work streams and activities.
• Managing delivery of the project according to plan.
• Tracking project and providing regular reports on project status to project team and key stakeholders.
• Managing and adjusting for any changes in project scope, schedule and / or budget.
• Act as the liaison for the agency ensuring all clients requests and demands are met.
• Reporting regularly to management and clients.
• Managing the relationship and communication with the client and all stakeholders, ensuring the project is delivered to their satisfaction.
• Responding to client inquiries in a timely and professional manner.
• Build strong relationships with customers, outside business contacts, and company stakeholders.
• Perform any other allied duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Skills & Qualities Required:

• Business & commercial acumen.
• Tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - needed for communicating with a wide range of people, both internally and externally.
• Initiative and good decision-making skills.
• Good networking skills.
• Analytical skills necessary to correctly identify risks and solve any problems which may arise throughout the project.
• Strong interpersonal skills to motivate and lead project team.
• Mathematical and budgeting skills
• Good time management skills and the ability to multiple task
• Excellent use of project management and Office tools (E.g. Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Excel etc.)
• Attention to detail.

Location: Accra

Salary: Attractive