Junior Media Buyer (JB6298)

Kontak; Cape Town; Sur place; ZAR 279 000 - 335 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Kontak is seeking a Junior Media Buyer in Cape Town to grow your paid media career across international DTC e-commerce brands. You will manage and optimise Meta, Google and TikTok campaigns while developing skills in creative testing, funnel optimisation and AI-driven marketing.

Requirements include a degree or equivalent, 2 years in paid media, and solid knowledge of ROAS, CAC and LTV. You will work with the Performance Marketing Manager and team, aligning with UK hours.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience in Marketing or related field.
• 2 years' paid media, media buying or performance marketing within DTC/e-commerce.
• Strong knowledge of Google Ads, Meta Ads and TikTok Ads.
• Experience with A/B testing and performance optimisation.
• Experience with AI tools.

Responsabilités

• Launch and optimise campaigns across Meta, Google, TikTok.
• Monitor performance daily and adjust bids.
• Manage monthly budgets and pacing.
• Refresh audiences and segments.
• Prepare weekly/monthly performance reports.
• Track KPIs and flag anomalies.

Connaissances

Paid media

Analytics

Time management

Campaign management

AI tools

Formation

Marketing/Business degree

Outils

Google Ads

Meta Ads

TikTok Ads

Description du poste

Junior Media Buyer (JB6298)

Atlantic Seaboard / City Bowl, Cape Town

R25 000 - R30 000 CTC per month

Permanent

Grow your paid media career working across established international DTC e-commerce pet food brands. Manage and optimise Meta, Google and TikTok campaigns while developing your skills in creative testing, funnel optimisation, performance analysis and AI-driven marketing.

Minimum Requirements

• Degree in Marketing, Business or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 2 years' experience in paid media, media buying or performance marketing within DTC or e-commerce brands where revenue growth depended on analytical decisions
• Strong knowledge of Google Ads, Meta Ads and TikTok Ads
• Experience with A/B testing and performance optimisation
• Some experience using AI tools
• Strong understanding of performance metrics including ROAS, CAC and LTV
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Detail-oriented and comfortable working with advertising platform interfaces
• Able to manage multiple campaigns and deadlines consistently
• Able to work collaboratively with the Performance Marketing Manager and wider team
• Willing to learn and apply new AI tools within daily performance marketing activities
• Available to work UK-aligned working hours

Duties and Responsibilities

• Launch and optimise paid advertising campaigns across Meta, including Facebook and Instagram, Google Ads and TikTok
• Monitor campaign performance daily and adjust bids to optimise against target metrics
• Manage budget pacing to ensure optimal monthly spend
• Manage audience refreshes and segment adjustments
• Monitor campaigns for technical issues and performance anomalies
• Use performance insights to develop new advertising angles and creative testing hypotheses
• Build new advertising variants for the creative testing programme
• Set up A/B test structures and launch campaign variants according to guidelines
• Monitor creative testing performance and identify winning creatives and performance patterns
• Improve full-funnel conversion rates through A/B and multivariate testing
• Design, test and scale high-converting funnels across multiple brands, markets and products
• Prepare routine weekly and monthly performance reports
• Track KPIs against targets and flag performance changes or anomalies

  Equal opportunity

  All backgrounds are welcomed, with no bias. All are considered based on requirements.

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