Ithemba Recruitment

Paid Media Manager

Ithemba Recruitment  •  Johannesburg, ZA (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

Purpose:

The Paid Media Manager will be responsible for the overall management of our paid digital activities which include social and paid search (including GDN & YouTube). The ideal candidate will be required to create the paid media strategy, implement and optimise the campaigns and deliver on overall business KPIs.

Duties and responsibilities:

  • Develop, plan and implement our paid social and PPC strategies
  • Build and implement campaigns across paid digital channels.
  • Optimise paid efforts in order to increase performance and decrease cost.
  • Identify and implement paid media KPIs
  • Prepare and present reports regularly
  • Manage and build our audience strategy across channels.
  • Work with other relevant market departments to deliver on overall business goals.
  • Stay up to date with the latest paid media and digital marketing trends.
  • Continuously evaluate and optimise new product roll-outs to help drive our innovation strategies.
  • Competitor analysis across channels to better understand where potential opportunities lie.
  • Developing of case studies that help drive the business forward.

Qualifications and experience:

  • BCom/BA Marketing Preferrable
  • 5 years experience as a paid media specialist

  • Great interpersonal and communication skills
  • Proven success in delivering paid search and social campaigns.
  • Google Ads Certified & Facebook blueprint certification preferred.
  • Good background in performance marketing measuring tangible outcomes.
  • History of building, implementing, optimising and reporting on campaigns.
  • Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
  • Team player
  • Good time-management skills 
Ithemba Recruitment

About Ithemba Recruitment

Ithemba Recruitment is an organisation that specializes in the placement of quality candidates in various industries.

We at Ithemba recruitment are “specialist generalists” we have the understanding that the we are able to recruit for a wide range of positions in various job functions that clients may require because we prefer to be seen as specialists for our clients needs and culture rather than specialists in a specific sector.

We feel that any position can be qualified by the correct understanding of people rather than what field they work in. We feel that by communicating effectively with candidates and having respect for their needs, requirements and time – we are able to form relationships and properly understand our candidates and the culture that they would fit into so as to service our clients’ needs more effectively. You could possibly classify us as “Versatilist”.

Whether you are in need of a new member of staff or as we like to call it "a new family member"​ or if you are in search of a new opportunity our consultants are ready to take your call.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Durban, ZA
Year Founded
Unknown
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