Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer

VML/WPP Enterprise Solutions; Cape Town, Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

VML Enterprise Solutions in Cape Town is seeking a seasoned Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer to join our Enterprise Solutions team. You will lead complex engagements, design technical solutions, and author detailed specifications for email, mobile and ad studio projects.

Expect close collaboration with clients and partners, hands-on AMPScript and XSLT, and guidance to junior developers as we deliver personalized campaigns and data-driven cloud solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Marketing technology experience across CRM, content management, and analytics.
• Strong English written and verbal skills.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Engage with clients and partners on Salesforce Marketing Cloud engagements.
• Develop and deliver innovative custom solutions for business needs.
• Lead technical engagements from scoping to solution design.
• Create HTML for emails and webpages; AMPScript scripting.
• Manage projects and communicate with stakeholders.

Skills

Marketing technology

CRM Experience

SQL

HTML for email

AMPScript

API programming

Web analytics

Leadership

English skills

Tools

Adobe Dreamweaver

Photoshop

SFMC

Salesforce Data Cloud

AWS

Job description

Cape Town, South Africa; Johannesburg, South Africa

Who We Are

WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernisation, connecting strategy directly to execution. Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients’ businesses. VML, part of WPP, supports WPP Enterprise Solutions by helping brands activate transformation through creativity and experience.

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer wanted to join our Enterprise Solutions team in South Africa

Our continued drive to expand and provide world class services within the digital marketing arena, has created the need for a Developer specializing in Salesforce Marketing Cloud (Email, Mobile, & Ad Studio), Salesforce Personalization and Data Cloud. The Developer is a senior consultant with solid client facing experience working on complex software projects. In addition to relevant technology domain expertise, this individual must have the necessary writing skills to author complex specification documents, blueprints and proposals. The Developer is the lead for mostly custom engagements and will be responsible for engaging with the client on gathering their business requirements and designing a technical solution. The Developer instills confidence through maturity, expertise and impeccable communications (written and oral) with customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Your duties as a Developer will include, but will not be limited to the following:

• Engage with internal team members, technology partners and clients on a wide range of Salesforce Marketing Cloud engagements:
• Develop and deliver innovative custom solutions, including solution concepts to key decision makers to address their business issues and needs showing business value
• Scripting and Query development
• Data mapping and extract strategies
• Relational Data / Data Schema
• Web Services and API development
• Custom Reporting
• HTML creation for webpages and emails
• Webpage builds using jQuery framework
• Leverage the native SFMC scripting language (AMPScript) and other scripting languages to deliver highly dynamic and personalized content in both emails and landing pages (AMPScript and XSLT)
• Technical lead on client engagements – from scoping the new engagement, to creating the solution and solution design documentation

REQUIREMENTS

• Marketing technology experience (such as marketing data, production, content management, planning, implementation, various channel use - e.g. email, web, mobile etc., CRM, Audience Management and Analytics) in preferably some of the popular technology stacks including Google, Adobe, Salesforce Marketing Cloud Salesforce Data Cloud, Salesforce Personalisation, AWS, Snowflake, etc.
• Marketing Functional Experience – in order of importance
• CMS & Content arbitration/automation
• Web Analytics
• CRM Experience:
• Thorough understanding of CRM data models
• Thorough understanding of data base marketing
• Thorough understanding of Lifecycles (Customer and Product)
• Deep experience with SQL and relational databases (MSSQL, MySQL)
• Ability to lead and effectively manage technical discussions
• API Programming experience
• HTML for email creation experience and email
• Adobe Dreamweaver and Photoshop experience beneficial
• Excellent English skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously

Leadership & Interpersonal skills

• Experience working with a project management office
• Experience in Automotive industry beneficial
• Experience with best practice development methodologies
• Solid oral and written interpersonal communication and relationship skills
• Ability to work as part of a team to solve problems in varied, fast-paced environments
• Willing and able to travel occasionally

At WPP Enterprise Solutions

WPP Enterprise Solutions designs, builds, and operates the growth systems that competitive businesses rely on. In a world where Al is reshaping how companies drive growth, we lead clients in business transformation and marketing modernisation, connecting strategy directly to execution.

Our 12,000 experts in engineering and platforms, commerce, consulting, content transformation, CRM, and CX, work within a unified global operating unit across 40+ markets. WPP Enterprise Solutions works alongside best-in-class partners including Adobe, AWS, Braze, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Shopify, as well as innovators in AI, to deliver growth solutions tailored to the needs of our clients’ businesses. We have received distinction as a leader in Commerce Services and CX Strategy Consulting by the Forrester Wave

WPP Enterprise Solutions is committed to Employment Equity and transformation. In accordance with our Employment Equity objectives, preference may be given to candidates from designated groups.

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About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence and world-class partnerships – all united by our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com .

WPP (VML/WPP Enterprise Solutions) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.