Advertising Co-ordinator

**Purpose of the Job**:
OK Furniture, a division of the Shoprite Group, Africa's largest retailer, currently has an excellent opportunity available to join our Avdertising team. This opportunity will have you operating in a fast-paced furniture retail environment. If you have good administrative background, then this is the role for you.

**Job Objectives**:

- Managing the annual Activity Calendar, from which marketing is planned and expedited.
- Managing the budget and spends of said Calendar, as per each job’s stipulations.
- Prepare and open Job Cards to respective Agencies or Suppliers, providing all appropriate support documentation.
- Manage processes that entail systematic de-briefing (to whichever Agency or Supplier), quoting, booking, ordering of marketing jobs - hence a good administrative background is beneficial.
- Manage processes which entail the checking and approval of various marketing channels, from Print, to Electronic, Social & Digital etc.
- Working closely with both internal and external parties to ensure all marketing jobs are planned and executed accordingly.
- Communicate marketing events to Branches to aide them in being adequately prepared for all advertising that occurs.

**Qualifications**:

- Grade 12, is essential
- Diploma or higher certificate, is desirable

**Experience**:

- Have a minimum of 5yrs working experience.
- Retail experience is a benefit.

**Knowledge and Skills**:

- Be flexible to travel when the need presents itself.
- Be fluent in both English & other official languages (read and write).
- Have good interpersonal communication skills.
- Have above average Computer skills/literacy in Google-suite (Sheets, Docs, Presentations specifically) and/or Word, Excel and Power Point.
- Be self-motivated.
- Be accurate, with the ability to pay attention to detail.
- Be fast paced with the ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
- Administration background is an utmost benefit.
- A creative mind-frame is a benefit.
- Some advertising or marketing background is a benefit.
- Have some digital or social platform background (even if in a personal capacity).
- Be diligent in time management processes and be prepared to work the extra hours as and when they are required.
- Have the minimum of 5yrs working experience. Retail experience is a benefit.
- Be well presented and of a professional manner.
- Have a steady and reference-able employment history.

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