- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification Bachelors
- Experience 3 – 5 years
- Location Western Cape
- City Cape Town
- Job Field Media / Advertising / Branding 
Marketing & Partnerships Lead (Personal Shopper Program) at takealot.com
Marketing & Partnerships Lead (Personal Shopper Program)
Your responsibilities will include:
Partnership Support & Execution:
- Drive the identification, evaluation, and execution of new brand and merchant partnerships.
- Support the design and roll-out of partnership strategies that create value for Personal Shoppers and their customers.
- Conduct market and competitor research to spot new partnership and activation opportunities.
Campaign Management & Coordination:
- Lead the delivery of partnership and Personal Shopper campaigns from briefing through to launch and post-campaign review.
- Coordinate across creative, digital, and content teams to develop compelling marketing material and toolkits for Personal Shoppers.
- Manage campaign calendars, timelines, and ensure all deliverables are met on time and aligned with program objectives.
Relationship Management:
- Act as the day-to-day contact for key partners and play an active role in nurturing long-term, mutually beneficial relationships.
- Liaise directly with internal and external partners to support campaign rollouts and activations.
- Assist with negotiations and agreement discussions alongside the Head of Venture.
Performance Tracking & Reporting
- Monitor and report on partnership and campaign effectiveness against defined KPIs and metrics.
- Prepare regular updates, insights, and recommendations to drive ongoing improvement of activities.
- Track campaign budgets and ensure accurate reconciliation of partnership spending.
Administrative & Operational Support:
- Maintain partnership and campaign documentation, databases, and records.
- Assist with contract administration, purchase orders, and budget management for partnership and activation activities.
- Support the planning and delivery of events, activations, and promotional activities for the Personal Shopper Program.
Qualification & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business Administration, Communications, or related field
- 3-5 years of marketing experience, with exposure to partnerships, sponsorships, or collaborative marketing.
- Experience with campaign management and cross- functional project coordination.
- Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and project management tools.
- E-commerce or retail experience is advantageous.
- Previous agency or client-side marketing experience preferred.
Attributes Required:
- Strong project management and organisational skills with attention to detail.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills for building relationships with internal teams and external partners.
- Analytical mindset with ability to interpret data and provide insights.
- Creative thinking and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Collaborative approach with ability to work across different teams and functions
- Proactive and self-motivated with strong ownership mentality.
The Environment:
- takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.
- We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
- We are short on ego and high on output.
- We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
- We love what we do and what we are creating.
- We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to takealot.com on job-boards.greenhouse.io to apply

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