Campaign Coordinator

Tradeway; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 50 000 - 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketing agency in Cape Town is seeking a Campaign Coordinator to manage campaigns from planning to execution. You will coordinate events, monitor performance, and ensure seamless operations while maintaining strong client relationships. The ideal candidate has over 2 years of experience in campaign coordination and excels in a fast-paced environment. Excellent communication, organizational, and reporting skills are essential. This position may require weekend work depending on campaign needs.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in campaign coordination, activation management, operations or project management.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple campaigns at once.
• Confident communicator — written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate in-store, field, event, and mall activations from planning to wrap-up.
• Monitor brand ambassador performance against KPIs and campaign objectives.
• Ensure accurate daily reporting and quality-check data.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Excel proficiency

Job description

Overview

We’re a fast-moving, results-driven below-the-line marketing agency, and we’re looking for a Campaign Coordinator who thrives in organised chaos, loves bringing campaigns to life, and knows how to get things done — on time, on brief, and on budget. If spreadsheets don’t scare you, WhatsApp groups don’t overwhelm you, and you get a weird sense of satisfaction from perfectly executed activations… keep reading. You’ll be the engine room behind our campaigns — coordinating people, processes, and platforms to make sure everything runs smoothly in market.

Campaign and operations

• Coordinate in-store, field, event and mall activations from planning to wrap-up
• Ensure brand ambassadors are recruited, trained, allocated, briefed and ready to perform
• Be hands-on during campaign launches and activations when required
• Manage daily execution standards, compliance, and defect resolution

People and performance

• Monitor brand ambassador performance against KPIs and campaign objectives
• Maintain constant communication with field teams to keep energy, morale and standards high
• Ensure only trained and approved brand ambassadors are deployed

Reporting and systems

• Ensure accurate daily reporting, photos, proofs-of-life and check-ins via our systems
• Quality-check sales figures, feedback and data for accuracy and realism
• Compile and submit campaign stats, reports and reconciliations

Finance and stock

• Coordinate petty cash, mileage and campaign expenses within approved budgets
• Support promoter payment processes and reconciliations
• Manage campaign kits, collateral, stock distribution and returns with the warehouse

Client and internal stakeholders

• Maintain strong working relationships with clients, supervisors, suppliers and internal teams
• Support client reporting and ensure delivery against agreed objectives

Requirements

• 2+ years’ experience in campaign coordination, activation management, operations or project management
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to juggle multiple campaigns at once
• Solid admin, reporting and Excel skills (details matter here)
• Confident communicator — written and verbal
• Solution-focused, calm under pressure, and naturally proactive
• Comfortable working weekends when campaigns require it