Media Buyer

Virtustant; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtustant is seeking a Media Buyer to own campaign builds, daily optimization, and performance across client accounts in the e-commerce space.

This full‑time remote role requires hands‑on Meta and Google buying, fluent English, and the ability to point to scalable accounts with real numbers.

Collaborate with the creative and analytics teams, monitor budgets, test creatives, and report progress with precision within US Eastern Time hours.

Qualifications

• Real hands-on experience buying on Meta
• Speak and write fluent, excellent English
• Ability to point to specific accounts you have scaled with real numbers on request for both Meta and Google in the e-commerce space

Responsibilities

• Build, launch, and manage Meta and Google campaigns across multiple client accounts
• Monitor and optimize budgets, bids, audiences, and creative testing daily
• Read data and act on it by knowing when to scale, when to cut, and when to hold
• Brief and iterate on ad creative with the creative team so the creative performs
• Flag what is working and what is not clearly and regularly

Skills

Meta Ads Buying

Google Ads

English Proficiency

Account Scaling

Tools

Meta

Google

Job description

Job Title: Media Buyer

About The Company

Our client is a performance marketing agency that runs paid media and creative for e-commerce brands.

Job Description

You will own campaign builds, daily optimization, and performance across a set of client accounts. You will run your accounts with real ownership and room to work.

Responsibilities Of The Role

• Build, launch, and manage Meta and Google campaigns across multiple client accounts
• Monitor and optimize budgets, bids, audiences, and creative testing daily
• Read data and act on it by knowing when to scale, when to cut, and when to hold
• Brief and iterate on ad creative with the creative team so the creative performs
• Flag what is working and what is not clearly and regularly

Required Experience And Qualifications

• Real hands-on experience buying on Meta
• Speak and write fluent, excellent English
• Ability to point to specific accounts you have scaled with real numbers on request for both Meta and Google in the e-commerce space

Preferred Skills

• Experience buying on Google

Personality

• Punctual and thorough
• Structured, organized, and detail-obsessed with daily work
• Communicate clearly and proactively
• Great team player
• Take ownership of your accounts and numbers

Software & Tools

• Meta
• Google

Schedule

Standard US Eastern Time business hours roughly 9am to 5pm ET Monday to Friday

Salary And Benefits

• Payment in USD or Local Currency according to candidate's preference.
• Full-time remote opportunity.