• Department: DAZN (Formerly Perform Media)
• Job Title: Country Sales Manager
• Reports To (title): Sales Director
• Location: Cape Town
• Hours of Work: 40
• Line Management Responsibility: Yes

What’s your new role about?

An exciting opportunity for an organised and driven individual to join the DAZN (formerly Perform Media) sales team based out of our Cape Town office.

This dynamic individual will be expected to help hit media sales budgets through direct sales efforts and digital commercial strategies to monetise Perform Properties, such as Africa’s largest football website, www.goal.com. Sales efforts will be directed at digital agencies and brands directly.

Our sales efforts will be focused on premium media, content-led sponsorships, and programmatic deal set up.

Along with sales, this individual will be expected to manage key accounts and clients and will work closely with the ad op.’s manager to ensure all campaigns deliver in full and clients are reported back to.  

Here’s your role broken down (not all of it, just the most important stuff)

• Agency/brand management: You will oversee key agencies/brands and their strategists/managers to ensure Goal.com and DAZN Properties are well versed in the respective spaces.
• Sales management: With your agency/Brand relationships in place, you will need to sell DAZN properties through a number of silo’s and ensure that Goal.com and DAZN is top of their media buying consideration set, at all times.
• Account management: You will be expected to manage all campaigns and accounts within your sales silo to ensure they run and deliver in full.
• Client services: You will be expected to nurture all agency and Brand relationships by investing time with them and ensuring DAZN Group meets their Media Needs.
• Underpinned by the above, you will be expected to go above and beyond to help grow the business within SA and across SSA.               

Do you have these essentials:

• Three+ years of experience in agency or brand management and or three+ years of sales track record
• Clear understanding of digital and the advertising landscape
• Commercial expertise will be highly advantageous

Here’s a little more about us:

At DAZN Group we like to consider ourselves a progressive, dynamic, fun and fast-paced global sports media broadcasting company. We are passionate about what we do and good at it too! We have over 2,800 employees in 25 office locations across the world. We have a strong team and are growing rapidly and launching into new global markets every year.

In Africa DAZN own the largest football brand www.goal.com with 20m fans visiting the platform each month. The African team of 50 is spread across the continent and we have offices in Cape Town, Nairobi, Lagos and Accra.

Find out more at  www.performgroup.com

The benefits you will enjoy when you join will include…

• 21 days’ annual leave
• Life Assurance (four annual salary)
• Medical Aid contribution for you and family members
• Mobile phone
• “Stay Fit” gym contribution scheme

And there’s more…… you’ll have access to the DAZN online learning portal (MindTools) and be part of our Career Deal, which aims to support your continued professional development. We also have a structured management development programme. If in time you fancy a move abroad, Perform are currently seeking the best talent in the world and promote intercompany transfers.

*Please Note – some of these benefits will be available to you upon successful completion of your probation.

Posted on 07 Jan 11:24