Client Partner Executive (East Coast)

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The Client Partner Executive (East Coast) for Astro Media Solutions will be joining a high-performing and collaborative team that works hard and fast to grow and maintain strong relationships with direct clients and media agencies. As an integral part of the Media Sales team, this role will be primarily responsible for prospecting, fostering relationships and ensuring an exceptional experience throughout the campaign execution process across the client or agency assigned to drive advertising sales revenue. Other responsibilities include:

• Revenue Generation: Driving revenue generation and growth from assigned clients or agencies through proactive hunting and relationship building.
• Campaign Briefs: Proactively solicit campaign briefs from clients, ensuring that they contain significant information regarding campaign objectives, challenges, key messaging, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Propose Integrated Advertising Solutions: Collaborate with internal subject matter experts to understand, propose, and pitch integrated advertising solutions across television, radio, digital, social media, and influencer marketing across Astro’s universe.
• Campaign Management: Collaborate with various internal stakeholders like Content, Radio, Digital, Creative Services team to execute campaigns proficiently across Astro’s ecosystem of TV, radio, digital, and on-ground activation.
• Client Relationship: Serve as the primary contact and escalation point for clients, ensuring a seamless and exceptional experience throughout the campaign execution process. Develop an understanding of each client’s business landscape, including their financial performance, brands, and challenges to provide solutions that align with clients’ business objectives.
• Advertising Budgets: Collaborate with clients to understand their advertising budgets and ensure effective monitoring and utilisation of allocated funds.
• Competitor Analysis: Understand competitor offerings and industry needs to reinforce Astro’s position as the ideal advertising partner for clients.
• Case Studies: Stay well-versed in case studies and best practices from successful campaigns and leverage this knowledge to engage and intrigue clients and prospects.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with various teams at Astro to facilitate the integration of client feedback into product development processes to enhance our product offerings.
• Campaign KPI: Diligently work towards achieving agreed-upon client KPIs by monitoring campaign performance closely and provide timely updates/reports to clients, identifying and capitalising on opportunities to enhance campaign effectiveness and drive additional spending from clients.
• Post Campaign Analysis: Analyse campaign outcomes and identify opportunities for client retention through the development of tailored retention plans aimed at strengthening the client’s brand presence on our platform.
• Sales Pipeline and Reporting: Diligently manage sales pipeline and reporting to ensure accurate sales forecasting and reporting.
• Trade & Targeted Client Engagement Events: Represent Astro Media Solutions at trade events and client events to effectively communicate Astro’s capabilities, credentials, and business updates to reinforce Astro’s position as the ideal advertising partner for clients.

• Degree/Diploma holders in Business/Commerce/Communications or in any relevant field.
• Preferably more than 3 years working experience in advertising/customer sales/service environment and managerial roles.
• Fluent in English, Bahasa Malaysia and/or other languages is an added advantage.
• Able to be based at Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
• Resourceful, self-motivated with excellent presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively with clients and cross-functional teams.
• Able to travel regularly to meet with clients, attend industry events, and collaborate with team members across different locations.
• Strong team player.
• Results-oriented.
• Able to organize resources, present reports, and coordinate project work.
• PC literate with working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Word and Excel.