Account
Manager (Event Planning and Management)
Duma Works is recruiting an Account Manager for our client; a leading experiential marketing agency in Nairobi.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duma Works is recruiting an Account Manager for our client; a leading experiential marketing agency in Nairobi.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Servicing
all existing accounts through effective customer service, project planning
and execution and delivering assigned tasks within timelines
- Contributing
to sales generation within the team through assigned business portfolio of
existing accounts and reach the company’s sales target
- Acquisition
of new account (Business Developing) through researching markets to
identify opportunities for events;
- Developing
and Presenting detailed proposals for events (e.g. timelines, venues,
suppliers, legal obligations, staffing and budgets);
- Drive
innovation( New Ideas) by identifying opportunities within existing
accounts to grow overall business revenue
- Managing
partnerships built with third parties to ensure quality output is achieved
at all times
- Ensuring
insurance, legal, health and safety obligations are adhered to all
projects.
- Coordinating
venue management, caterers, stand designers, contractors , equipment hire
and any other event related event materials or tools
- Developing
and continuously effective client service relationships
- Ensure
both quantitative and qualitative reports are submitted to the client on
time and meet required quality standards.
- Ensure
seamless communication between the agency and client at all time
- Liaising
with clients and designers to create a brand for the event and organizing
the production of tickets, posters, catalogues and sales brochures, plus
social media coverage if need be.
- Coordinating
suppliers, handling client queries and troubleshooting on the day of the
event to ensure that all runs smoothly
- Post-event
evaluation (including data entry and analysis and producing reports for
event stakeholders).
- Reporting
to the Client Service Manager
The Account Manager skills
- Strong
Communication, Teamwork, presentation and negotiation skills
- Confident,
articulate and a persuasive
- Excellent
organizational and event management skills
- Great
business sense and the ability to work to budgets
- Time-management
skills and the ability to work under pressure;
- Problem-solving
skills and diplomacy
- Sales
and/or marketing skills
Key Qualifications
- Degree
in Commerce (marketing / Business Management Option) is most preferred
- Minimum
3 years work experience in BTL business
- Below
40 years.
- Understanding of marketing landscape, FMCGS and events
How to Apply
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please send your CV to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “ 2198”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 2198, Barack Obama, 07xxxxxxxxx. If you don’t follow these instructions, your application will not go through
Deadline for receiving applications: 3rd May 2016
N.B. * When applying to any job through Duma Works, you can expect that after you apply, you will receive a confirmation email, and then an SMS alert asking you to take a basic screening test over SMS. The SMS with the test may not arrive immediately. Please be patient. The SMS test will typically be 5-8 questions to help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test, and if you ever have any issues with the process, please reach out to 0702093793.
If you apply and don’t meet these minimum qualifications, we won’t be able to forward your application to the employer. This is to save both you and the employer time and make sure you both find the best match
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please send your CV to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “ 2198”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 2198, Barack Obama, 07xxxxxxxxx. If you don’t follow these instructions, your application will not go through
Deadline for receiving applications: 3rd May 2016
N.B. * When applying to any job through Duma Works, you can expect that after you apply, you will receive a confirmation email, and then an SMS alert asking you to take a basic screening test over SMS. The SMS with the test may not arrive immediately. Please be patient. The SMS test will typically be 5-8 questions to help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test, and if you ever have any issues with the process, please reach out to 0702093793.
If you apply and don’t meet these minimum qualifications, we won’t be able to forward your application to the employer. This is to save both you and the employer time and make sure you both find the best match