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Paid Media Specialist

South Africa - Cape Town🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-07 → 2026-09-26

Core

Manage and optimize paid media campaigns for a US-based wellness brand to drive new customer acquisition and improve efficiency metrics.

Role type

Senior Paid Media Manager (Performance Marketing)

Builds

Scalable paid acquisition channels (Meta, Google, Snapchat, YouTube) for a DTC wellness brand

Domain

Digital Marketing / Performance Marketing / E-commerce

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

Meta Ads management, Google Ads (Search, Display, PMax), A/B testing design, attribution analysis, GA4, Google Tag Manager, data reconciliation, campaign compliance, strategic reporting

Preferred skills

Regulated category advertising experience, Google Merchant Center, creative performance metrics (hook rate, hold rate), DTC/e-commerce background

Technologies

Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads, GA4, Google Tag Manager, Triple Whale, Northbeam, Google Merchant Center, Slack, Zoom, Asana

Responsibilities

Own and manage paid media campaigns across Meta, Google, Snapchat, and YouTube; Monitor daily performance and implement optimizations (bids, audiences, budget, creative); Design and execute structured A/B testing frameworks; Analyze and reconcile in-platform data against back-end sales data; Collaborate with creative teams on ad briefs and evaluations; Rebuild and scale Google Ads Search and Shopping campaigns; Maintain performance dashboards and reporting infrastructure; Navigate platform compliance requirements; Identify performance gaps and recommend strategic adjustments

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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