Marketing & Partnerships Lead (Personal Shopper Program)

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, Business Administration, Communications, or related field
• 3-5 years of marketing experience, with some 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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