Channel Investment & Implementation Lead
Core
Owns the channel craft function across AV, OOH, audio, social, search, programmatic, performance, retail media, commerce, and influencer to ensure technically strong, commercially sound, measurable, and executable plans.
Role type
Senior IC media investment and delivery governance lead
Builds
Channel plans and delivery validation reports for a global food and beverage client in South Africa
Domain
Media buying and advertising technology
Required skills
Channel expertise, Technical planning, Commercial judgment, Governance, Supplier understanding, Team leadership, Delivery validation
Responsibilities
Lead channel implementation planning; Ensure plans include rationale, cost logic, KPI forecasts, and delivery assumptions; Validate delivery actualisation before billing approval; Dispute, credit, or make good under-delivery; Maintain channel planning standards; Manage specialist capability.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC