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ANTHEA CHITTENDEN

ANTHEA CHITTENDEN

Digital Sales
Johannesburg

Summary

Representing LinkedIn Marketing Solutions in Africa for the past 6 years. Implementing a hands-on approach in understanding both organic and campaign analytics, brand presence, LinkedIn brand audits from Enterprise to SMB. Backend campaign analytical data and reporting, inclusive of recommended updates to strategy in the very fast pace of paid social media implementation. Believing this is where the true magic happens in understanding current campaigns, demographic and website data, demand, and lead generation. Working with clients and agencies from Sasol, The Telkom Group, Dimension Data, University of Witwatersrand, GIBS, Vega School, MTN, The Catalyst, Vodacom, Nedbank, Publicis Groupe, The Media Shop and Wavemaker respectively. Collaborating on changes needed to optimize all areas of a clients LinkedIn media plan. I am a highly resilient, proactive, pragmatic, and self-driven individual who thrives on developing strategies and solutions to grow and mitigate risk to ensure sustainable future fit campaigns, being a motivated and results orientated and exemplary idea formulator, analyzer, organizer, people's person, out the box thinker and implementer. Always looking for creative ways to keep pitches innovative while to be solution driven through targeted strategy, analytics, native content, engagement, insights and ultimately in developing dynamic relationships. I consider myself to be empathetic and aware of my impact on others and ability to build strong sustainable relationships through my passion to connect and effectively communicate with colleagues across all levels of the organization, creating cohesive and collaborative relationships, while being a high performing, tenacious individual and pride myself on contributing to family, community, the organization, and the economy.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

Founder

CHITTCHAT MEDIA T/A LINKEDIN GURU
02.2016 - Current
  • LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Strategy - Global
  • LinkedIn Campaign Strategy
  • LinkedIn Training
  • Lead Generation – API
  • Social Media - Tooling

Sales and Relationship manager

TURN LEFT MEDIA
Johannesburg
07.2016 - 01.2023
  • LinkedIn and Facebook Marketing Solutions specialist
  • End to end campaign knowledge
  • Demand and Lead Generation knowledge
  • Understand landscape and identify strategies to create operational excellence
  • Effective Communication
  • Strategy development and execution
  • Relationship Building – Client and Advertising Agencies
  • Proactive and collaborative problem solving
  • Setting standards to best practice guidelines
  • Setting measurable key performance indicators to track required trajectory
  • Facilitate clients’ ad campaigns from start to finish
  • Client Relationship management to key clients such as Sasol, Nedbank, Dimension Data, The Catalyst Group, Liberty Group and Stanlib
  • Manage internal campaign operations (Ad Ops)
  • Plane and build Lead Generation tool correctly with data-driven presentations that were customized to clients' business challenges and offer recommendations
  • Customized data-driven presentations to cater to clients’ business, challenges and offer strategic recommendations.
  • Built and maintained relationships with new and existing clients while providing high level of expertise.
  • Communicated regularly with clients to understand needs, evaluate current product use and cross-sell new products.
  • Facilitated workshops and seminars to educate customers on product features and benefits.
  • Responded to customer inquiries and resolved complaints to establish trust and increase satisfaction.
  • Analyzed customer data to identify areas of improvement and maximize customer satisfaction.
  • Created and maintained databases to track customer discussions and preferences for accurate, updated records.
  • Reviewed historical records, current operational data and forecasting information to identify and capitalize on system enhancement opportunities.

ACCOUNT MANAGER

24.com
Johannesburg
10.2014 - 01.2016
  • Sell premium digital advertising space across various website and mobile platforms
  • Inclusive of sponsorships and social media
  • Native marketing concepts across 24.COM and Media24 networks
  • Actively developed new business relationships
  • Maximized revenue inflow from new business client accounts
  • Attained monthly, quarterly, and annual sales targets
  • Maximize revenue inflows across all websites within the Space Station portfolio
  • Built and maintained strong relationships and partnerships across key stakeholders to advance the strategic objectives
  • Conceptualize, verbalize, document, test, propose and present new online revenue generating opportunities in consultation with Channel Sales managers and Ad Ops
  • Maintain CRM – Microsoft Dynamics
  • Apply web analytic tools in support of online campaign proposals and client presentations
  • These include:
  • Google Analytics
  • Effective Measure
  • Double Click reporting
  • Ad Ops
  • Reason for leaving: Opportunity to sell on international digital platform

SENIOR SALES EXECUTIVE

ASSOCIATED MAGAZINES
02.2011 - 09.2014
  • Selling of ATL and BTL magazines adverts
  • Creative concepts that marry research, print, digital, in-store drives, activations, social media
  • Build sustainable profitable account strategy
  • TTL and online sales that are set against monthly, quarterly, and annual targets
  • Ensure focus on market share growth within all accounts and channels targets
  • Effectively implemented responsibilities at all levels and across business functions
  • Accountable for development and maintenance of account plans
  • Manage budget and evaluate spend per campaign basis
  • Reason for leaving: Career Growth – Digital Platforms

SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AND SPONSORSHIP MANAGER

NEW MEDIA PUBLISHING
10.2006 - 08.2010
  • Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Achieving agreed sales targets by selling advertising for B2B Mercedes, Woolworths Taste, Sun International Prive, and Visi
  • Reporting to Sun International Gaming director: Mark D’Halluin
  • Reporting to Mercedes Communication Director: Naseem Hassim
  • Develop client plans with the assigned agency team and internal cross-functional teams to further develop managed agencies
  • Manage and grow primary client relationships
  • Managed team of two – nationally
  • Managing and expanding client patch – national
  • Accurate forecasting: Annual, monthly, and weekly status reports, CRM, yields, forecast and budgets
  • Strategic plans
  • Quarterly account plans
  • Reason for leaving: Sales experience on commercial magazines with a digital footprint

SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTITVE

RED CHERRY MEDIA HOLDINGS
07.2006 - 09.2006
  • Selling interactive concepts across TV, Cinema and Radio
  • Forecasting and delivering strategic plans on account plans
  • Accountable for client presentations across South Africa
  • Presenting post campaign r4esearch to clients and agencies
  • Research and data – CCP, AR and media plans
  • Reason For Leaving: Poached

SALES EXECUTIVE

MEDIA24, WOMANS MAGZINES
06.2002 - 03.2006
  • Achieving sales targets by selling advertising in Fairlady, Sarie and True Love
  • Accurate forecasting and delivery of strategic account plans
  • Reason For Leaving: Opportunity to sell across digital, radio and TV products.

Education

Sales and Marketing (SMM -

Parktown College

Certificate – LinkedIn – Marketing Solutions Fundamentals - undefined

Certificate – LinkedIn – LinkedIn Marketing Strategy - undefined

E-Marketing Diploma -

Stellenbosch Business School

Skills

Strategic planning

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Accomplishments

  • Implemented the Dimension Data Global “Believe in Greatness” strategy in 2019 improving measurable brand equity on LinkedIn
  • Collaborated alongside Wavemaker MTN Group team and MTN Group executives to launch the
  • Effectively achieved launch of MTN Africa strategy across 14 African continents
  • Launched MTN CEO – Charles Molapisi - LinkedIn Live
  • MTN – Lead Generation roll out – South Africa
  • BCX – Lead Generation roll out – South Africa

Software

Microsoft Office 365

Google Workspace

Interests

Cycling - MTB and Road

Running

Triathlons

Hiking

Animal Causes

Timeline

Sales and Relationship manager

TURN LEFT MEDIA
07.2016 - 01.2023

Founder

CHITTCHAT MEDIA T/A LINKEDIN GURU
02.2016 - Current

ACCOUNT MANAGER

24.com
10.2014 - 01.2016

SENIOR SALES EXECUTIVE

ASSOCIATED MAGAZINES
02.2011 - 09.2014

SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE AND SPONSORSHIP MANAGER

NEW MEDIA PUBLISHING
10.2006 - 08.2010

SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTITVE

RED CHERRY MEDIA HOLDINGS
07.2006 - 09.2006

SALES EXECUTIVE

MEDIA24, WOMANS MAGZINES
06.2002 - 03.2006

Sales and Marketing (SMM -

Parktown College

Certificate – LinkedIn – Marketing Solutions Fundamentals - undefined

Certificate – LinkedIn – LinkedIn Marketing Strategy - undefined

E-Marketing Diploma -

Stellenbosch Business School
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