Display Specialist

StoneX; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services provider is seeking a Digital Advertising Manager in Cape Town to lead digital display and paid social campaigns. The ideal candidate has over 2 years of experience in social advertising, excellent analytical skills, and proficiency with major platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter. This is a permanent, full-time position with a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years experience in social and display advertising.
• Hands-on expertise managing Paid Social platforms like Meta and LinkedIn.
• Strong project management and multitasking skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage Paid Social & Display advertising marketplace.
• Oversee third-party advertising technology including DSPs.
• Collaborate with Analytics teams for campaign reporting.

Skills

Social advertising

Display advertising

Data-driven analysis

Project management

Microsoft Excel

Google Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Meta

Twitter

LinkedIn

Google Stack

Job description

Overview

Connecting clients to markets – and talent to opportunity.

With 4,500+ employees and over 300,000 commercial, institutional, payments, and retail clients, we operate from more than 70 offices across six continents. As a Fortune 100, Nasdaq-listed provider, we connect clients to the global markets – focusing on innovation, human connection, and providing world-class products and services to all types of investors.

Whether you want to forge a career connecting our retail clients to potential trading opportunities, or immerse yourself in the world of institutional investing, StoneX Group offers endless potential for progression and growth through its four business segments.

Responsibilities

Position Purpose : Reporting to the Head of Display & Paid Social, you will be responsible for planning, activation, and optimization of digital Display & Paid social campaigns. Media spend will be optimized to meet KPIs and targets, requiring a data-driven and analytical approach, as well as lateral thinking. Collaboration with global stakeholders will be key to ensure campaigns resonate locally. Additionally, you will support ad operations in campaign activation across advertising channels.

Primary duties will include :

• Managing the Paid Social & Display advertising marketplace, covering upper-funnel & performance campaigns
• Managing third-party advertising technology daily, including Programmatic DSPs, and Paid Social platforms (LinkedIn & YouTube)
• Managing publisher & platform relationships across both channels
• Supporting Ad Operations with trafficking, ad serving, and tagging for acquisition paid & earned media campaigns
• Collaborating with Analytics, Data & Insight teams to ensure accurate reporting of media campaigns
• Managing relationships with internal teams such as organic social and other marketing units
• Ensuring accurate management of spend and budgets, adhering to StoneX finance processes

Qualifications

To qualify for this role, you will need :

• At least 2+ years of experience in social and Display advertising
• Hands-on expertise with Paid Social platforms like Meta, Twitter, and LinkedIn
• Experience managing upper-funnel and performance-based campaigns across multiple platforms
• Willingness to develop skills in third-party ad servers, including trafficking, ad serving, and tagging (Google stack)
• Understanding of how display & paid social integrate with other digital and offline channels
• Strong project management, multitasking, and decision-making skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Intermediate Google Analytics skills

Education / Certificates :

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Working environment :

• Hybrid
• Permanent, Full-Time