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Paid Media Executive

Full-time

Addesu

Job type


  • Paid Media Executive (Social and Search) 

This is a paid media campaign and client account manager position.

Details

  • Full time
  • Hybrid office policy (minimum two days in the office)
  • Working hours 9:00 - 5:30 pm SAST

Reporting line
The paid media executive will report to a paid media account manager.

Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a product-led mindset and a background in paid media, with at least one year of experience actively managing client campaigns. The successful applicant would take full ownership of a number of paid media accounts across various verticals & platforms. You would lead on client contact, reporting, strategy & road mapping for your clients, with the support of the Account Manager or other team members.

Alongside the regular account role, you would work directly with our tech team to develop the Addesu platform. The role would see you identifying pitfalls of existing processes and industry practices and communicating effective solutions to further the underlying technology that powers the business.

The role includes:
Performance/management:

  • Daily checks across key clients, recognising and prioritising changes to improve performance.
  • Carry out routine and detailed account audits with clear actionable insights.
  • Support with building & maintaining cross-channel strategy roadmaps for clients, including new platform roll outs, technical changes, dependencies and more.

Team/workload:

  • Manage, maintain and balance personal workload via online task tracking software (Notion).
  • Monitor & support team workload, delegating tasks based on priority and team resources.
  • Work alongside other team members on projects and client work

Client comms:

  • Nurture client relationships, including regular reporting calls and day to day communications.
  • Identify and communicate key next steps required to improve performance.
  • Feedback client-based areas of concern for senior leadership attention.

Leadership:

  • Confidently discuss paid media with prospects, partners and clients.
  • Attend and represent Addesu at events when possible.
  • Deliver against team targets, regularly reporting progress back to the senior team.

Technology:

  • Raise tickets for any bugs identified within the Addesu platform, communicating the reproduction steps effectively to the product/tech team.
  • Submit tasks to the tech backlog, and support in prioritising new features to the Addesu platform.
  • Report back client & team feedback on Addesu platform.

Requirements

You need:
  • At least one year of hands-on experience with running campaigns in Google Ads and Meta Ads. Microsoft Ads and other social platforms are a bonus!
  • To be comfortable leading client communication across calls, emails and instant messaging for select clients.
  • Some experience with strategy and testing planning for clients.
  • To be comfortable using Excel, Sheets or similar data analysis tools.
  • The ability to work independently and remotely where required.
  • Inquisitive mindset when tackling new challenges.
  • An interest in marketing technology and the future of digital.
  • To be a fluent English speaker.

You get:

  • Salary reviews every 6 months at a minimum.
  • A quarterly performance bonus.
  • The ability to work flexibly, with:
    • The ability to work your own schedule as long as core responsibilities and deadlines can be met.
    • Working from home (WFH) up to 3 days per week, with the ability to use the office in Rondebosch when required.
    • South African working hours (9:00 - 5:30 pm), with ad hoc flexibility required to accommodate UK-based clients and colleagues.

    • 2 additional days of paid annual leave to the 15 governed by the BCEA.
    • South African Public holidays off.
    • Our commitment to scale up our support for you as our company grows, with a clear & transparent roadmap towards this.

REQUIREMENTS

  • At least one year of hands-on experience with running campaigns in Google Ads & Meta Ads. Microsoft Ads and other social platforms are a bonus!
  • To be comfortable leading client communication across calls, emails & instant messaging for select clients.
  • Some experience with strategy & testing planning for clients.
  • To be comfortable using Excel, Sheets or similar data analysis tools.
  • The ability to work independently & remotely where required.
  • Inquisitive mindset when tackling new challenges.
  • An interest in marketing technology & the future of digital.
  • To be a fluent English speaker.
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