Rainmaker: Digital Campaign Manager

ShopriteX; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Rainmaker Media, acting on behalf of ShopriteX, seeks a Digital Campaign Manager to maximise ad delivery efficiency and effectiveness across multichannel campaigns. You will manage end‑to‑end delivery, leveraging data and technology, and reporting on performance.

The role requires collaboration with internal teams and external vendors to ensure timely, high‑quality execution. With 2+ years in digital campaign management, you will drive improvements to processes within your account portfolio

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Marketing, Advertising, Media or related field (essential).
• 2+ years’ experience in a digital campaign management role in an ad ops environment (essential).
• Strong proficiency with Google Ads, DV360, GAM and Facebook Ad Manager (essential).
• Broad knowledge of media and marketing ecosystems (essential).
• Experience with customer journey management and content development (essential).

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage end‑to‑end delivery of digital campaigns across platforms.
• Provide data, technology and strategy alignment to maximise ad delivery efficiency.
• Collaborate with creative, strategy and tech teams and vendors to implement campaigns.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure delivery of campaign plans.
• Evaluate campaign strategies and adjust to optimise performance and conversions.
• Provide analysis and insights for post‑campaign reporting.

Skills

Digital campaign management

Ad ops expertise

Data analytics

Campaign optimisation

Stakeholder management

Google Ads

DV360

GAM

Facebook Ad Manager

MS Office

Education

Degree or Diploma in Marketing/Advertising/Media

Tools

DV360

GAM

Facebook Ad Manager

Tracking tools

Job description

Value Proposition
Powered by Africa’s largest retailer, Rainmaker Media is positioned to reach over 80% of SA’s shoppers directly through its digital and physical media channels. We have exclusive access to the continent’s largest retail audience and are using rich shopper data and advanced analytics to create the continent’s first precision retail media service. We’re currently building a cutting edge, collaborative, passionate team and seeking the best talent there is to join us in shaping our new culture and delivery ambitions!

Role Purpose
The purpose of the Digital Campaign Manager role is to maximise ad delivery efficiency and effectiveness through the successful execution of the digital campaign strategy and all related operations. The role uses data and technology to develop and fulfil complex, integrated and multichannel digital campaigns, ensuring creative and engaging messaging and appropriate delivery channels and reporting.

The role supports digital campaign management accounts and activities in accordance with the business intent and trade plans, initiating, managing and reporting on related campaigns, managing multiple accounts across channels and taking the lead within the portfolio of accounts to provide end-to-end delivery according to planned timelines and quality standards. The role further drives the improvement of processes within the assigned portfolio of accounts.

Role Description

• Develop and manage supplier or client end-to-end delivery of digital campaigns across platforms, from execution to optimisation and reporting of campaigns.
• Manage and ensure data, technology, and strategy work together to maximise ad delivery efficiency and effectiveness.
• Effectively manage own portfolio of work while collaborating with creative, strategy and technology teams and vendors to implement and create integrated and multichannel ad campaigns.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the delivery of digital campaign plans.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of campaign strategies, provide recommendations and adjust to optimise performance and goal conversion.
• Provide analysis and insights for reporting, including post campaign reporting.
• Ensure invoices are accurate and campaign budgets are executed within required parameters.
• Conduct research and utilise insights to optimise and grow future campaigns.
• Monitor local and international digital media properties to ensure adherence to best practice principles and provide technical/media assistance when needed.
• Keep the brand up to date with changes and advances in the digital marketing landscape and advise on new channels and approaches to adopt.

Qualifications And Experience

• Degree or Diploma in Marketing, Advertising, Media or related – (essential).
• +2 years’ experience in a digital campaign management role in an ad ops environment, with a proven track record of delivering multiple and large campaigns across digital touchpoints and channels, using analytics to inform and scale successful marketing campaigns - (essential).
• Skilled and proficient in the use of advertising tools (Google Ads, DV360, GAM, Facebook Ad Manager, tracking and verification tools) – (essential).
• Broad knowledge of the media and marketing ecosystem - (essential).
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of marketing principles and practices including customer journey management and content development experience – (essential).
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of the media landscape within the broader retail industry – (essential).
• Strong proficiency in MS Office – (essential).

Key competencies and work ethic

• Digital account management - strong ability to keep schedules, prioritise tasks / briefs and ensure campaigns / projects are on time and delivered against business objectives.
• Passion for digital marketing with extensive experience and expertise in digital campaign management.
• Mentors team members through challenges or complex issues as needed while playing a supporting role in their integrated development.
• Team player and collaborative partner - contributes towards building a positive team morale.
• Excellent communication, presentation and story-telling skills - articulates ideas and concepts in a creative and meaningful way.
• Dynamic personality and the ability to think outside the box.
• Proactive with initiative to drive new ideas and content.
• Organised with strong time, delivery and planning management.
• Interpersonal skills - build strong relationships internally and externally and manage conflict and competing priorities well.
• Flexible thinker with the ability to make sound independent decisions.
• Results-oriented and quality focused with good project management skills - Able to balance multiple projects and priorities in a large scale, complex environment.
• Ability to work under pressure and to organise, prioritise, and reorder workload in a rapidly changing and fast-moving environment.
• Self-starter with the skill and discipline to work independently and across multi-functional teams.

Our Group and all its operating companies is committed to creating, embracing, and preserving a diverse workplace that values the unique talents, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities that enrich our organisation. A place where everyone matters and feels included.

We are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally.

Please take note that by responding to this application and providing your personal information, you confirm your express and informed consent for Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd and all its subsidiaries and affiliates companies to process your personal information for the Company to consider your application for this position. All Personal Information which you provide to the Company will be used and/or retained only for the purposes for which it is collected, whereafter it will be permanently destroyed. Your information is only retained if it is required by law or where you have given consent to us to retain such information for an extended period.

If you don’t hear from us within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful. Any personal information collected as part of your application will be destroyed, securely, in accordance with South African legislation.