What will you do?

• This is a specialist role within the SanlamConnect CIE department.
• This role undertakes the administration and support functions to enable the effectiveness of the Advertising Consultant.
• And in so doing assists in supporting intermediaries within SanlamConnect with creating and placing adverts (print and digital) that will market their services or products to clients.

What will make you successful in this role?

Key focus areas of this role include:

• Support Advertising Consultant to guide and advise intermediaries to create effective advertising
• Negotiate and source quotations for advertisements
• Create the advertising material, in collaboration with Design Hub
• Co-ordinate the printing of advertising material
• Arrange and oversee publication of advertisements
• Process the invoicing and payments for advertisements

Qualification and Experience

• Grade 12
• Diploma/Degree in Advertising or Marketing
• 3-5 years’ experience in advertisement creation/placement, preferably within a financial distribution business.
• Fluent in English and Afrikaans – verbal and written

Knowledge and Skills

IT:

• MS: Office (Excel, Word, PP, Outlook)
• Sanport
• Sap / H4 Hana
• Workfront
• Marketing Monitor

Business/management:

• Financial Services Industry Knowledge
• Sales and intermediary knowledge
• Understanding of print and digital advertising principles and processes
• Basic DTP knowledge
• Branding and Corporate Identity knowledge

Core Competencies

• Cultivates Innovation
• Customer Focus
• Drives Results
• Collaborates
• Being Resilient

Personal Attributes

• Good relationship / stakeholder/partnership/client builder
• Planning, organising and co-ordination abilities
• Proactive, initiates actions
• Detail minded, accurate
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Creative