Digital Account Manager & Meta Ads Specialist

Catalyst Digital; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Optional work from home

Office in Ferrymead

Nine-day fortnight every second Friday

Autonomy and trust

Job summary

Catalyst Digital in Christchurch is seeking an experienced digital marketer to join our growing team. You will own day-to-day client relationships, understand objectives and translate data into clear next steps while driving both strategy and delivery across Meta Ads.

You’ll lead Meta Ads campaigns, collaborate with designers and specialists, and use AI tools to optimise performance. The role suits someone with 3–5 years in agency-style digital marketing seeking ownership.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of relevant digital marketing experience.
• Experience managing client relationships and multiple accounts.
• Hands-on Meta Ads experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Good commercial judgement and growth mindset.
• Ability to interpret performance data and provide actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day client relationships and meetings.
• Plan, build and optimise Meta Ads campaigns.
• Develop testing plans across audiences and creatives.
• Brief external designers and coordinate cross-channel work.
• Communicate performance insights and next steps clearly.
• Collaborate with internal teams and partners.

Skills

Client management

Meta Ads management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Autonomy

Tools

Meta Ads

Google Ads

SEO

Analytics

Canva

ChatGPT

Claude

Job description

Catalyst Digital is looking for an experienced digital marketer to join our growing Christchurch team.

This role combines client account management with hands-on Meta Ads delivery. You'll take day-to-day ownership of an agreed portfolio of clients, becoming someone they trust to understand their business, keep activity moving and clearly communicate what's working, what isn't and what should happen next.

You’ll also lead Meta Ads across relevant accounts, from campaign strategy and optimisation through to creative testing, campaign asset creation and briefing external designers where needed.

About Catalyst

Catalyst is a growing performance marketing agency based in Christchurch.

We work with ambitious businesses locally and around New Zealand, as well as a handful of international clients, helping them generate more consistent growth through digital marketing.

Our work spans Google Ads, SEO and AI Search, Meta Ads, analytics and conversion-focused digital strategy.

We're building a small, experienced team where people have genuine responsibility, strong client relationships and the opportunity to influence how Catalyst develops.

We care about doing great work, communicating clearly and focusing on commercial outcomes rather than 'keeping busy'. We actively use AI across our day-to-day workflows and are always looking for better ways to use new tools as they develop.

We also want Catalyst to be an enjoyable place to work. We support each other when needed and like to celebrate the wins along the way.

What You'll Be Responsible For

Client & Account Management

• Own day-to-day relationships for an agreed portfolio of clients
• Prepare for and lead regular client meetings
• Understand client objectives, priorities and commercial context
• Turn performance data into clear recommendations and next steps
• Manage expectations, communicate proactively and keep priorities moving
• Identify opportunities or issues early and bring in specialist support where needed

Meta Ads & Creative

• Plan, build, manage and optimise Meta Ads campaigns
• Develop structured testing plans across audiences, offers and creative
• Analyse performance and turn learnings into action
• Develop campaign concepts, hooks and ad copy
• Create straightforward campaign assets where appropriate
• Clearly brief external designers when specialist creative support is needed

Coordination & Catalyst Development

• Coordinate activity across Meta Ads, Google Ads, SEO, analytics, websites and creative
• Work closely with Alex, Matt and our specialist partners
• Keep client and internal actions organised
• Use tools such as ChatGPT and Claude confidently and thoughtfully across day-to-day workflows
• Help improve how we work and take increasing ownership as Catalyst grows

What You'll Bring

We're ideally looking for someone with around 3–5 years of relevant digital marketing experience, preferably within an agency environment.

You’ll bring:

• Experience managing client relationships and multiple accounts
• Hands‑on Meta Ads experience
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Good commercial judgement and an interest in how businesses actually grow
• The ability to interpret performance rather than simply report metrics
• Strong organisation and follow‑through
• Strong practical experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude
• Good creative judgement and confidence developing paid social concepts
• The ability to create straightforward campaign assets and clearly brief designers and developers
• A proactive, collaborative attitude and confidence working with a high level of autonomy

Experience across Google Ads, SEO, analytics, ecommerce, CRM platforms or tools such as Canva would be useful, but isn't essential.

We don't expect you to be a specialist in everything. Strong communication, ownership, attitude and the ability to learn are more important than ticking every technical box.

Working at Catalyst

We operate with a high level of trust and autonomy. We care more about clients being well looked after

and great work getting done than unnecessarily monitoring how people spend every hour.

Our current working structure is:

• Monday: Optional work from home
• Tuesday–Thursday: Together in our Ferrymead office
• Working Friday: Optional work from home
• Every second Friday: Off as part of our nine-day working fortnight

We're a small team, which means your contribution will be visible and you'll have direct access to the people making decisions. You'll be trusted to take ownership, while still having strategy, specialist expertise and another perspective available when you need it.

As Catalyst continues to grow, we'd like the right person to grow with us, take on greater responsibility and help influence what the next stage of the agency looks like.