Performance Media Manager

Impact.com
Cape Town
ZAR 300 000 - 700 000
Job description

Our Company:

At impact.com we are passionate about our people, our technology, and are obsessed with customer success. Working together enables us to grow rapidly, win, and serve the largest brands in the world. We use cutting edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients and continue to pull ahead of the pack as the leading SaaS platform for businesses to automate their partnerships and grow their revenue like never before. We have an entrepreneurial spirit and a culture where ambition and curiosity is rewarded. If you are looking to join a team where your opinion is valued, your contributions are noticed, and enjoy working with fun and talented people from all over the world, then this is the place for you!

impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform, is transforming the way businesses manage and optimize all types of partnerships—including traditional rewards affiliates, influencers, commerce content publishers, B2B, and more. The company’s powerful, purpose-built platform makes it easy for businesses to create, manage, and scale an ecosystem of partnerships with the brands and communities that customers trust to make purchases, get information, and entertain themselves at home, at work, or on the go. To learn more about how impact.com’s technology platform and partnerships marketplace is driving revenue growth for global enterprise brands such as Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal, and Fanatics visit www.impact.com.

Your Role at impact.com:

impact.com, a global leader in performance marketing is pioneering commerce media - a transformative model that connects retailers, publishers, and advertisers in new and profitable ways. Our platform makes it easy to forge partnerships and create novel placements across commerce content publishers and retailers, enabling all parties to tap into high-intent audiences, boost revenue, and scale performance efficiently.

We’re looking for a performance-driven Paid Media Buyer who thrives on aggressive testing, creative iteration, and maximizing ROI across Meta and TikTok ad platforms. This role requires someone who is laser-focused on results - scaling what works, cutting what doesn’t, and constantly testing new creative angles to drive performance.

Beyond traditional paid media buying, you’ll also have experience with affiliate marketing, and knowledge about the emerging creator affiliate space. You understand how to amplify influencer content to drive key performance metrics such as sales, installs, downloads. If you are passionate about performance marketing and demonstrate how to scale campaigns, this role is for you.

What You'll Do:

  • Media Buying & Optimization: Manage and optimize paid media campaigns across Meta (Facebook, Instagram) and TikTok, allocating budgets aggressively based on performance.
  • Creative Testing & Iteration: Drive daily creative testing process, iterating on ad creatives to maximize conversion rates and scale winners.
  • Creator Affiliate Marketing: Work with influencer client content and creator-generated content, strategically amplifying videos to drive measurable results (e.g., sales, installs, CPA-based performance).
  • Monitor, analyze, and optimize campaigns to meet or exceed CPA, CPC, and conversion targets.
  • Develop and implement conversion rate optimization strategies to meet or exceed campaign and/or advertiser goals.
  • Manage campaign budgets effectively to maximize ROAS for advertisers.
  • Create detailed performance reports and provide actionable insights.
  • Ability to create dashboards or populate dashboards to communicate status and results.
  • Stay current with platform updates and emerging digital marketing trends.
  • Presenting campaign results to clients.
  • Mentoring and training of junior team members.

What You Have:

  • 5 years of campaign management experience in paid media performance marketing with proven results.
  • Bonus: experience with major social platforms including YouTube, Twitch, Snap, Pinterest, etc.
  • Strong knowledge of affiliate marketing, influencer amplification, and performance-driven campaign structures.
  • Previous experience in DTC, eCommerce, fintech, apps, or subscription-based businesses.
  • Experience working with e-commerce brands and driving online sales conversions.
  • Demonstrated ability to meet or exceed CPA, CPC, and sales conversion KPIs.
  • Proficient in conversion rate optimization techniques and A/B testing.
  • Excellent analytical skills with experience using data to inform campaign strategy.
  • Knowledge of attribution modeling and campaign measurement.
  • Experience with ad creative optimization and audience targeting.

Desired Experience:

  • Experience with additional platforms such as Google Ads or DV360.
  • Understanding of Affiliate marketing platforms.
  • Experience in a direct-to-consumer e-commerce environment.
  • Knowledge of web analytics tools (Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics).

Nice to have:

Affiliate & Partnerships Industry Fundamentals Certification by PXA

Benefits:

  • Hybrid, Casual work environment
  • Responsible PTO policy
    • Take the time off that you need. We are truly committed to a positive work-life balance, recognising that it is important to be happy and fulfilled in both.
  • Training & Development
    • Learning the advanced partnership automation products.
  • Medical Aid and Provident Fund
    • Group schemes with Discovery & Bonitas for medical aid.
    • Group scheme with Momentum for provident fund.
  • Restricted Stock Units
    • 3-year vesting schedule pending Board approval.
  • Internet Allowance
  • Fitness club fee reimbursements
  • Technology stipend

impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.

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