Job Description

About OLX

OLX Lebanon is the #1 marketplace for selling and buying online in Lebanon. Our aim is to upgrade people’s lives by facilitating deals and identifying attractive opportunities for individuals and businesses. Our broader vision is to strengthen local economies, empower small businesses and help everyone in making smarter choices for themselves, the market and the planet.

OLX Lebanon is part of EMPG, one of the few unicorns in the Middle East region with presence in more than 50 cities across geographies and more than 4,500 employees under different brands including OLX, Dubizzle, Bayut, Zameen, Mubawab, bproperty, Lamudi, Sector Labs and Kaidee.

We are proud to be different, and we work differently too. We combine the spirit and agility of a start-up with the maturity that comes from being part of a 100-year-old company.

We are curious, ambitious and allergic to corporate interference. We improvise, experiment and push each other further, embracing uncertainty and driving change.

This role requires an energetic digital advertising sales professional to come in and deliver growth to our expanding advertising business across OLX Lebanon. The key focus will be on targeting advertisers and media agencies offering solutions which match the client’s objectives. You will need to be a creative thinker, ensuring you track down advertisers suitable for our platform, whilst providing bespoke solutions from our wide range of advertising products. Dedication will be needed when winning new business, whilst attention to detail is key for account management as you grow these into repeat clients, building your own portfolio of advertising clients.

High levels of sales activity to build a strong pipeline and portfolio of clients across all stages of the sales cycle (source, pitch, negotiate, convert, onboard and rebook).

Identify opportunities in the market by creating and targeting a list of key potential clients who would be relevant advertisers for OLX Lebanon

Manage day-to-day advertising relationships with local ad agencies/direct clients based in Lebanon, ensuring our advertising proposition is market leading and front of mind;

Work closely with clients to outline and explore solutions and appropriate campaign structures based upon key KPI’s;

Identify, drive, up-sell and cross-sell sales all advertising opportunities across your managed portfolio and coordinate with our advertising client to drive incremental pipeline revenue.

Utilize internal CRM tools to drive revenue growth, building a pipeline of new clients whilst developing a strong portfolio of regular clients through retention;

Consistently deliver for your advertisers by creating well-structured and throughout media plans / proposal slides which fit the client’s needs.

Actively manage each campaign, improving performance where possible. Analyze performance, guiding the client on next steps.

Provide solid weekly / monthly revenue forecasts to management which are accurate.

Website: Olx.com.lb

Location: Beirut

Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Marketing or Advertising or other related higher qualification
• 2 years of experience in digital media position essential and minimum 1 years of sales preferred.
• Programmatic experience preferred (Publisher, Agency and/or DSP/SSP)
• Deep understanding on the digital advertising landscape, include mobile/app, native & Video
• Working knowledge of DFP, AdX, and/or other SSP/DSP systems
• Local network of connections within the Lebanese advertising industry very beneficial
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills (both written & verbal) at all levels of an organization and / or at external speaker events
• Data and yield analysis skills
• Fluency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
• Exceptional attention to detail and follow through
• High level of sales activity expected so high work rate needed.
• Driven individual who will go above and beyond
• Excellent communication skills and relationship building
• Eye for aesthetics and campaigns visual optimization
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