Paid Media Manager

Talent Shore; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 885,000 - 1,438,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

UK office hours 10am-6pm

Ongoing training and growth

International team meetings

Job summary

Talent Shore Ltd. is seeking a remote Paid Media Specialist to join our performance marketing team supporting hospitality, leisure, and live events brands.

You’ll craft full-funnel strategies, manage Google Ads, Meta Ads, and TikTok campaigns, and optimize ROAS while keeping CPAs in check. You’ll collaborate with clients and internal teams, deliver weekly insights, and lead testing roadmaps in a fast-paced agency setting.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience managing paid media campaigns (Meta, TikTok, Google).
• 3+ years of experience in both Google ads and Meta ads (non-negotiable).
• Refined communication skills — clear, confident and client-facing.
• Strategic thinker with creative instincts and problem-solving ability.
• Experience working in fast-paced agency environments.
• Ability to turn data into insights and insights into action.

Responsibilities

• Develop full-funnel paid media strategies aligned with client objectives.
• Oversee planning, build, launch, testing and optimisation of campaigns for best CPAs and ROAS.
• Lead account management and client relationships to drive success and retention.
• Brief, review and approve marketing materials to ensure brand consistency.
• Measure campaigns with ROI/KPIs and provide insights for improvement.
• Conduct regular self-audits and ensure quality across campaigns and reports.
• Prepare weekly reports by close of business every Monday.
• Develop testing roadmaps and feed learnings back into strategy to maximise performance.
• Research industry trends, platform updates, and competitor activity to inform strategy.
• Monitor communications to ensure timely responses to team and clients.

Skills

Paid media management

Google Ads

Meta Ads

TikTok Ads

Client communication

Agency experience

Job description

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 04/11/2026

Location: Remote

Contract: Permanent

We’re a performance marketing agency for hospitality, leisure, and live entertainment brands. We don’t just run ads. We take a holistic, consultative approach to every account - optimising the full customer journey and acting as a true growth partner to help clients break sales records and get fully booked. If you’re into events, theatre, immersive experiences, or spectator sports, you’ll fit right in. We work exclusively with experience-lead promoters and venues, blending creativity, fun, and performance-driven thinking.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop full-funnel paid media strategies that align with the overall brand and objectives of our Company’s clients.
• Oversee the planning, build, launch, testing, and optimisation of paid media campaigns to achieve the best possible CPAs and maximise ROAS, ensuring consistent standards and outcomes.
• Lead on account management and client relationships, including client communication, to drive client success and retention.
• Assist with the briefing, review and approval of marketing materials to ensure consistency with brand guidelines. Distribute approved marketing content to internal teams, partners, and external suppliers as required.
• Measure campaign success and ensure performance is tracked effectively against ROI and key performance indicators, with clear insights and recommendations driving continuous improvement.
• Conduct regular self-audits and implement robust quality control processes across all campaigns, tracking, and reporting to ensure accuracy, consistency, and high performance standards before any work is shared internally or with clients.
• Prepare and submit weekly reports by close of business every Monday, summarising key insights and recommendations for improvement.
• Drive a proactive, testing-first approach across all paid media activity by developing clear experimentation roadmaps, continuously analysing results, and feeding learnings back into strategy to maximise performance and unlock new growth opportunities.
• Research industry trends, platform updates, and competitor activity to inform strategy, and client recommendations.
• Monitor email and Slack communications to ensure timely responses to Company team members and clients.
• 3+ years of experience in both Google ads and Meta ads (non-negotiable)

WHAT YOU BRING

• 3+ years experience managing paid media campaigns (Meta, TikTok, Google).
• 3+ years of experience in both Google ads and Meta ads (non-negotiable)
• Refined communication skills - clear, confident and client-facing.
• Strategic thinker with creative instincts and strong problem-solving ability.
• Experience working in fast-paced agency environments.
• Ability to turn data into insights, and insights into action.
• Warmth, emotional intelligence, and a human-first approach.
• Calm under pressure and proactive when things change fast.
• Highly organised, structured and reliable.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Fully remote (working UK office hours: 10am-6pm)
• Work with some of the most exciting hospitality & leisure brands in the world.
• A high-performance, supportive team that values results and innovation.
• Ongoing training, growth, and the freedom to bring your ideas to life.
• Opportunity to attend international team meetings, social events, and training.