Bluematic | Account Manager – Display & Programmatic (Johannesburg Based)

Blue Robot; Gauteng; Hybrid; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic advertising company is seeking an Account Manager for their new division based in Johannesburg. In this role, you will manage client relationships and shape the growth of the company. Responsibilities include overseeing campaign delivery, translating client objectives into impactful ideas, and negotiating deals. The ideal candidate has over three years of experience in digital media, especially in Programmatic advertising. This position offers a competitive salary and a hybrid working arrangement.

Benefits

Competitive salary and performance-based commission

Flexi-time and hybrid working

One-month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service

Contribution toward home internet and parking

Flat structure, direct impact, no timesheets

Culture that rewards curiosity, execution, and impact

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in digital media, preferably in Programmatic or Display Advertising.
• Understanding of DSPs, trading desks, margins, and campaign optimisation.
• Strong relationships across agencies and brands in South Africa.
• Proven ability to translate technical capabilities into client value.
• Exceptional presentation and negotiation skills.
• Strategic thinker with commercial awareness and a love of innovation.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable in ambiguity, excited by building something new.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow key relationships with agencies, trading desks, and brands.
• Translate client objectives into high-impact campaign ideas using BlueMatic's custom formats.
• Oversee campaign delivery, ensuring execution excellence and measurable results.
• Educate clients on BlueMatic's offering and the strategic advantage of interactive display.
• Collaborate with Product, Creative, and Operations teams to turn ideas into market-ready formats.
• Negotiate deals, maintain healthy margins, and ensure commercial sustainability.
• Analyse campaign performance and provide actionable insights to improve future outcomes.
• Help define the positioning and go-to-market strategy for BlueMatic in and beyond.

Skills

Digital media expertise

Relationship management

Negotiation skills

Campaign performance analysis

Strategic thinking

Creative problem-solving

Job description

BlueMatic | Account Manager – Display & Programmatic (Johannesburg Based)About BlueMaticBlueMatic is the newest division of Blue Robot, launching January

, built to reinvent Display and Programmatic Advertising.We create interactive, gamified, never-before-seen ad formats for the open web.

The mission is simple : to make programmatic exciting again.

We believe Display isn't boring because of its tech; it's boring because nobody has cared enough to make it better.BlueMatic changes that.Our formats drive brand recall, favourability, purchase consideration, and prime audiences so that they're ready to convert.

We combine creativity, data, and precise execution across DSPs like Google, Criteo, Eskimi, The Trade Desk, and others to deliver measurable brand impact that clients can feel in their results.Our MissionBlue Robot transforms passive scrolls into measurable moments of action built to drive engagement and prove performance.

BlueMatic applies that mission to Display Advertising, proving that engagement and performance belong together on the open web.

The Role

We're looking for an Account Manager based in Johannesburg to lead client relationships and help shape BlueMatic's growth from day one. You'll be responsible for managing agency and brand partnerships, building creative and commercial proposals, and driving new-format adoption across the Programmatic landscape. You'll need to understand the ecosystem, the margins, and the negotiations, but also love a good creative breakthrough.

This is not maintenance work.

This is building something new.

What You'll Do

• Manage and grow key relationships with agencies, trading desks, and brands.
• Translate client objectives into high-impact campaign ideas using BlueMatic's custom formats.
• Oversee campaign delivery, ensuring execution excellence and measurable results.
• Educate clients on BlueMatic's offering and the strategic advantage of interactive display.
• Collaborate with Product, Creative, and Operations teams to turn ideas into market-ready formats.
• Negotiate deals, maintain healthy margins, and ensure commercial sustainability.
• Analyse campaign performance and provide actionable insights to improve future outcomes.
• Help define the positioning and go-to-market strategy for BlueMatic in and beyond.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in digital media, preferably in Programmatic or Display Advertising.
• Understanding of DSPs, trading desks, margins, and campaign optimisation.
• Strong relationships across agencies and brands in South Africa.
• Proven ability to translate technical capabilities into client value.
• Exceptional presentation and negotiation skills.
• Strategic thinker with commercial awareness and a love of innovation.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable in ambiguity, excited by building something new.
• A hunger to disrupt the category and redefine what "Display" can be.

What You'll Get

• Competitive salary and performance-based commission.
• Flexi-time and hybrid working.
• One-month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service.
• Opportunity to help build a new division from the ground up.
• Contribution toward home internet and parking.
• Flat structure, direct impact, no timesheets.
• A culture that rewards curiosity, execution, and impact.

Why Join BlueMatic

Because the Programmatic industry has been stuck on autoplay.

Because creativity doesn't stop at social.

Because we can make Display Advertising the most engaging format on the planet.

If you're ready to help us build the next wave of digital advertising, and want your name attached to something truly new, we want to hear from you.

Job Type : Full-time

Application Question(s) : Expected salary

Work Location : In person