Green Marble Recruitment·Gauteng, south-africa·Full Time·Remote
Marketing & AdvertisingFull TimeRemote
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Our client, an established marketing agency, is seeking a highly skilled Meta Campaign Manager / Meta Ads Guru to join their team remotely.
Non-Negotiable Requirements:
2 - 5 years' experience managing and running Meta (Facebook and Instagram) advertising campaigns.
Strong client-facing skills with the ability to engage confidently with clients (Teams and in-person interaction).
Excellent administrative and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns and keep everything running smoothly.
Deadline-driven, with the ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
Requirements:
2-5 years of hands-on paid social experience with Meta as your main platform, ideally in an agency.
A track record of managing Meta budgets across several accounts, with results you can walk us through (for example, cost per lead, cost per acquisition or return on ad spend).
Strong working knowledge of Ads Manager, Business Suite, Events Manager, the Meta Pixel and Conversions API.
A sound grasp of testing methods and attribution, and the judgement to know when a result is real.
Confidence with data in Excel or Google Sheets: building reports, spotting trends and explaining them.
Clear writing for ad copy and for client-facing reports.
An eye for what makes ad creative work in Feed, Stories and Reels, and the ability to brief it well.
Strong organisation across multiple clients and deadlines.
Key responsibilities:
Plan, build and manage campaigns for Meta across Facebook and Instagram, both organically and Meta Ads Manager, for objectives from awareness through to leads and sales.
Structure accounts, campaigns and ad sets so they are easy to read, test and scale.
Build and manage audiences, including custom audiences, lookalikes, retargeting and broad targeting.
Run structured creative and audience tests, then scale what works and switch off what does not.
Monitor spend, pacing and performance daily, and optimise placements, bidding and creative.
Set up and check tracking on every account: Meta Pixel, Conversions API, conversion events and UTM conventions, working with our web team.
Run lead generation campaigns, including Instant Forms, and make sure leads reach clients promptly.
Manage client ad accounts, pages, and permissions in Meta Business Suite.
Keep ads compliant with Meta's advertising policies, especially for clients in regulated sectors such as healthcare and pharmaceuticals.
Run paid and organic activity on other platforms where it fits the brief.
Work with our Google specialist on joint plans, budget splits, consistent tracking and combined reporting.
Align paid campaigns with organic social plans so the two reinforce each other.
Turn client briefs into campaign plans with clear objectives, audiences, channel mix, budgets, timelines and KPIs.
Recommend budgets and forecast likely results, stating the assumptions behind them.
Plan seasonal and promotional peaks, such as Black Friday and the festive season, well in advance.
Write clear creative briefs for designers and content creators, covering formats, placements and messaging.
Write and review ad copy.
Use performance data to guide what creative we make next.
Produce weekly and monthly reports that explain what happened, why, and what to do next.
Present results to clients and internal teams in plain language.
Keep naming conventions, dashboards and account documentation tidy and up to date.
Be the day-to-day contact for campaign matters on your accounts.
Manage several accounts and deadlines at once without losing detail.
Guide and support team members who help with ad builds and reporting.