Description
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.takealot.com/">takealot.com</a>, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented <strong>Paid Media Manager </strong>to join our <strong>Marketing team</strong> in Cape Town.</span></p>
<p>We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.</p>
<p>This position reports to the<strong> Head of Performance & Projects</strong></p>
<p><strong>Your responsibilities will include:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Manage, Run, Optimize and Report back on Paid Advertising channels on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to the internal and external stakeholders, these include but are not limited to: </li>
<ul>
<li>SEM (Google Search & Google Shopping).</li>
<li>Display & Video 360 (Acquisition & Remarketing).</li>
<li>App Install & App Engagement (Acquisition & Retention).</li>
<li>Video (YouTube).</li>
</ul>
<li>Managing paid advertising budgets optimally to achieve business KPI’s.</li>
<li>Assist business departments with paid advertising requirements, reporting, analysis and strategies.</li>
<li>Help other business departments understand and how best to implement their digital advertising requests.</li>
<li>Keep up to date of changes in the digital industry and setting up tests to implement and determine the viability of these new changes on our internal paid advertising.</li>
<li>Develop and drive a mobile app acquisition and retention strategy.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Qualification & Experience:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>A Degree is required within Marketing, Statistics, Mathematics or Computer Science.</li>
<li>2-4 years’ experience in a Paid Advertising role.</li>
<li>Certifications: Google Ads (Required):
<ul>
<li>Google Analytics (Required).</li>
<li>DoubleClick (Beneficial).</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Experience on the following platforms: Google Ads (Required) - Across App, Display, Search, and Shopping.</li>
<li>Google Analytics (Required).</li>
<li>Web + App Google Marketing Platform (Beneficial) - SA360, DV360.</li>
<li>Campaign Manager Facebook Business (Beneficial).</li>
<li>Facebook and Instagram Mobile App Marketing (Beneficial) - App Acquisition and Retention.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Attributes Required</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">:</span></p>
<ul>
<li>Attention to detail e-commerce experience across paid advertising.</li>
<li>Strong Data Analysis, Manipulation and Reporting Skills.</li>
<li>Strong Problem-Solving Skills and Solutions Orientated.</li>
<li>To work under pressure in a time sensitive environment.</li>
<li>To work with all levels of management.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>The Environment</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: </span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We are short on ego and high on output. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We love what we do and what we are creating</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></li>
<li>We seek to employ an <strong>Extra Ordinary Mind </strong>who <span style="font-weight: 400;">is </span>Smart, has Integrity, <span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span>is Hardworking. </li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you meet the above you are an </span><strong>Extraordinary Mind </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">so come and join us! </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></strong></p>