Marketing & Advertising

Paid Media Manager

Pro Talent·Western Cape, south-africa·Full Time·Onsite
Marketing & AdvertisingFull TimeOnsite
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  • As a Paid Media Manager, you will work with our team of experts in digital strategy, design, creative ideation and development. You will be fully responsible for the planning & execution of paid media campaigns across Meta, LinkedIn, Google Search and Display. Additionally, you'll provide support across a range of B2B and B2C digital marketing deliverables, including paid social media planning, campaign set-up, campaign monitoring, optimisation, analysis and reporting.
  • Manage the marketing deliverable cycle including initial planning, creative briefing, implementation, monitoring, optimisation, analysis and reporting.
  • Lead and support junior team members on the implementation of paid marketing strategies to drive awareness, leads and revenue growth.
  • Generate weekly, monthly and quarterly performance reports and dashboards, and recognise and troubleshoot data anomalies.
  • Measure and optimise our paid marketing using vendor-specific reports, Google Analytics, Looker Studio or PowerBI dashboards.
  • Research and test partnerships with new vendors to expand our reach and/or lower cost-per-acquisition.
  • Collaborate with the content team and marketing managers to craft landing pages and lead-gen forms to distribute through relevant paid programs.
  • Stay up-to-date with digital marketing trends and potential new channels and strategies to keep us ahead, including updates to social media marketing, attribution, and programmatic media buying
  • Monitor market intelligence and keep track of competitor movement and market situation.

You'll enjoy and succeed in this role if you have.

  • A proven track record of successful performance marketing campaigns and proven ROI.
  • The ability to get into the mind of your audience and understand their key pain points
  • In-depth knowledge of the various paid marketing channels and technologies, including paid search, retargeting and social advertising.
  • Outstanding communication & presentation.
  • The ability to mentor and grow junior team members' skills.
  • The ability to measure beyond CPL and evaluate performance based on pipeline value, customer lifetime value (CLV) and return on marketing investment.
  • Thorough understanding of paid media attribution.
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills.
  • Strategic thinker with great analytical skills.
  • Extremely data-driven and detail-oriented.

Non-negotiable experience required

  • +4 years of performance marketing experience, with significant B2B experience and a proven track record of generating demand.
  • Hands-on experience building and optimising marketing landing pages, with a strong understanding of conversion, messaging and user experience.
  • Experience building performance reports and dashboards using tools such as Looker Studio or Power BI.
  • Hands-on experience planning, building, managing and optimising campaigns across Google Ads and at least 1 paid social platform such as LinkedIn or Meta.
  • The ability to brief campaigns effectively to creative teams and to know what "good" looks like when it comes to copywriting and design.
  • Experience using CRM platforms such as Salesforce or HubSpot for campaign reporting and data extraction for audience creation.
  • Hands-on experience in handling large marketing budgets and forecasting/reporting results.
  • Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel.

Education

  • Degree in Marketing, Digital technologies or similar relevant fields preferred.
  • Advantageous experience
  • Experience with Appsflyer and mobile advertising.
  • Experience with ABM platforms, marketing automation or additional CRM/marketing technology is a plus.

Key skills

Bachelors

At a glance

Company

Pro Talent

Location

Western Cape, south-africa

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

Not specified

Created

November 9, 2026