We are looking for a high level and qualified executive assistant/project manager to assist the CEO with the operations and organization of the company. As an executive assistant at Adclick Africa you will work directly with the CEO and have two primary objectives: (One) eliminate stress by managing day-to-day tasks, email, calendar, and helping the CEO stay organised and (Two) learn all aspects of the business and help improve services/products, systems, and processes in order to grow the Adclick business. In other words, you will be the ‘right-hand-person’ to the CEO.

This executive assistant should be prepared to work in a team environment where self-initiative and an entrepreneurial spirit is both encouraged and highly expected. The individual will have the ability to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations, with strong written and verbal communication, administrative and organisational skills and the ability to maintain a realistic balance among multiple priorities. He/she will have the ability to work independently on projects, from conception to completion, and must be able to work under pressure at times to handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion.

Responsibilities

• A representative of the CEO, the EA is a direct liaison to the management team and other key staff.
• Plan, coordinate and ensure the CEO’s schedule is prioritized to strategic goals. Provide ‘gatekeeper’ role for direct access to the CEO’s time and schedule.
• Assist in coordinating leadership and management team members to ensure goals, objectives, milestones, and timelines are on track. Ensuring changes are clearly communicated, and approaches are revised as needed.
• General project management support and coordination. Includes, but not limited to maintaining/updating action plans, timelines, interfacing and follow-up with project team members, and scheduling meetings.
• Assist in identifying and creating qualitative or quantitative measures of success and failure. Basic ability to select key parameters and monitor progress, provide updates of performance, and plot trends over time.
• Market research, analytics, market trends to assist CEO in business building, development and expansion work.
• Provide a bridge for smooth communication between the CEO and internal departments; demonstrating leadership to maintain credibility, trust, and support with senior management staff.
• Prioritise conflicting needs; handles matters expeditiously, proactively, and follows through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures.
• Produce and edit PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, Memos and Word Documents and regularly use out Project management and CRM technology to generate reports for the CEO.
• Partner and facilitate communication and relationships with key stakeholders, teams, and employees on behalf of CEO.
• Must maintain confidentiality in relation to information, data, people, and scheduling; all with exceptional discretion and integrity.
• Initiate, facilitate meetings and appointments in coordination with CEO.
• Travel with CEO as needed.
• Any other tasks deemed necessary by the growth of the company.

Requirements and qualifications

• A desire to serve and an understanding that if everyone in an organization focuses on their strengths, everyone wins. As an executive assistant, you will be asked to do tasks that some people may think “Why can’t the CEO do that for himself?!?” The answer is he can, but the company grows bigger and faster if the CEO focuses only on the core areas that create growth. This role will be a stress reliever for the CEO and the ideal person will take pride in helping the CEO manage everyday demands and focus on driving the company’s growth.
• Four to six years of professional experience required
• A business related qualification/degree/diploma
• Experience working for a startup company is a plus
• Project management experience in media/marketing/tech is a BIG plus
• Strong organisational skills that reflect the ability to perform and prioritise tasks seamlessly with attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including staff, clients and external partners.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated, proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability.
• Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be effective independently.
• Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion, be adaptable to various competing demands, and demonstrate the highest level of customer/client service and response.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve high-performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast paced environment.
• Assertiveness with the ability to collaborate with strong Type-A personalities.
• Intelligence, excellence (sets high standards of performance), analytical skill sets, and the drive to execute and succeed

Only qualified candidates will be considered for this role, please don’t apply if you don’t meet our minimum requirements. Qualified candidates should respond with a motivational letter, emails that don’t have a motivational letter will be deleted.

Company Description

Adclick Africa is a performance marketing agency that leverages data to deliver result-oriented campaigns. By combining digital talent, technology and robust knowledge of digital marketing best practices, we are able to unlock value for our clients.

The company was established in 2013 and is under the astute leadership of a skilled industry expert, Velly Bosega, who is also the founder and CEO.

The company has executed a high number of very successful digital campaigns across many channels that include, programmatic, search, display, social, PPC and social media. The diverse client base is made up of high profile players in the automotive, FMCG, travel, Financial and TELCOS. Our portfolio boasts of clients like MTN, Standard Bank, Unilever, Suzuki and Coca-Cola.

We, therefore, bring to the hospitality industry unparalleled wealth of knowledge and experience that will enable hotels to grow their revenue by reducing their dependency on Online Travel Agencies (OTAs). Our core focus is on direct booking strategies and the reason is simple, direct is always best and the fact that OTAs charge high commissions and make guest data anonymous makes the quest for alternatives imperative.

As a company that seeks to add value to our clients’ businesses, we have taken the audacious step of guaranteeing results for the campaigns we run. Most agencies shun away from this commitment but we are confident.

Posted on 28 Aug 16:04