Senior Media Buyer

Common Thread Collective; Cape Town; Remote; USD 64,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Common Thread Collective is seeking a Senior Media Buyer responsible for driving client success through strategic media buying and optimization. This role requires a results-driven individual with expertise in data analysis, client communication, and a commitment to excellence in a fast-paced environment. Successful candidates will resonate with CTC's mission to deliver exceptional value and service while maintaining strong client relationships. Grow your skills and launch your career with CTC backed by mentorship and professional development.

Benefits

Flexible schedule

Career development

Regular performance reviews

Ongoing mentorship

Qualifications

• Experience in media buying and data analysis is critical.
• Strong communication and persuasive presentation skills are essential.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of accurate, insight-driven forecasts.
• Manage client relationships and ensure client satisfaction.
• Execute media buying strategies to drive measurable outcomes.

Skills

Data analysis

Strategic media buying

Communication

Critical thinking

Tools

Google Sheets

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Senior Media Buyer

Our Mission is to be able to say - "Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price"

We're looking for a results-driven and experienced Senior Media Buyer to join our team. As a Senior Media Buyer at Common Thread Collective (CTC), you will be instrumental in driving client success through strategic media buying, precision optimization, and data-driven forecasting.

You will lead the development of accurate, insight-driven forecasts, ensuring that every strategy is executed seamlessly to transform projections into tangible, scalable growth for our clients.

Your actions and decisions consistently resonate with the core values of CTC Global, serving as a beacon for these principles.

At CTC, your trained expertise is invaluable, covering the entire spectrum of CTC's Strategic Forecasting methods and the foundational principles of media acquisition. Your role goes beyond delivering measurable business outcomes—you will be a proactive partner in client success, maintaining clear and transparent communication about performance, strategy adjustments, and key optimizations.

This ongoing engagement builds trust, strengthens client relationships, and positions CTC as a strategic leader in performance marketing. You stand as a representative and zealous advocate for CTC's unique approach to media acquisition and its accompanying tools.

As a Senior Media Buyer, you set a high standard, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and a results-focused approach. You thrive in fast-paced environments, take ownership of performance outcomes, and are committed to continuous learning and innovation.

We embrace the mantra, "Everyday in Everyplay, Count on Me," meaning we take responsibility, execute with excellence, and see strategies through to success.

What We Look For

This place isn't for everyone, but it might be for you if… Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible company.

The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

We organize all of our decisions—from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money—in the direction of three committed values. We recognize these values aren't for everyone. They're challenging.

In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than just get a paycheck.

We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

Autodidact

Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis.

Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers. Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction. Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refines your skills without being prompted. Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

Unimpeachable Character

Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations. Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation. Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset. Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

Competitive Greatness

Performs at their best when it matters most, the enjoyment of hard challenges. Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources. Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required. Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

What Success Looks Like

Necessary Skills

• Willingness to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the training.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

Onboarding

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Google strategist, Creative Strategist, and Email Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas.
• Responsible for the execution of the Prophet system for your clients.
• Building a Growth Forecast for your clients.
• Building a Growth map using the Prophet System.
• Data Analysis required for the Map.
• Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients.
• The Daily Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
• Make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each day to adjust them to meet KPIs.
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• Be among the first early adopters when it's time to pivot.
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• Implement CTC's Meta best practices.
• Build campaigns using our structure and best practices.
• Monitor active campaigns, and adjust budgets and strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the daily targets.
• Implement tests in your accounts to beat your best campaigns.

Ensuring and Holding the Standard of Quality of Work

• Ensure within a 5% delta to the forecast.
• Ensure daily alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy.
• Ensure above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback.
• Follow Prophet system execution timelines.
• Deliver all work on time with quality and attention to detail.

Client Communication

• Champion communication, ensuring client alignment on goals and next steps, and clarity for your team.
• Send daily performance updates to the client.
• Ensure daily alignment across strategy and forecast with the client.
• Provide weekly updates on strategy calls.

Contributing Back

• Contribute learnings to the system for feedback and improvement.
• Collaborate across teams for ideas and learning.
• Contribute to future company content production.

Next-Level Skills

• Strong communication skills in English, persuasive and clear presentation abilities, and emotional intelligence.
• Great data analysis skills, familiar with Google Sheets, eager to learn.
• Historical expertise from domains like mathematics, data analytics, business operations, retail, finance, media buying, etc.
• Critical thinking and structured problem-solving skills.
• Passion for e-commerce and high motivation for impact and growth.

Results

• Merge finance and marketing strategies for business growth.
• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology.
• Consistently performance within 5% delta of the Prophet system's Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate to optimize productivity.
• Apply best practices in media buying to drive results.
• Maintain high client satisfaction and quality standards.
• Meet deadlines and budgets.
• Contribute ideas for growth and innovation.

Domain Management

Reporting to Joy Sharma, Director of the CTC Accelerator Program, working under a leader known for excellence and growth strategy. Joy is a mentor who transforms team members into top strategists, fostering dedication and continuous improvement. Working with Joy will push you to your limits and support your full potential as a Junior Growth Strategist.

Orientation

This role will be client-facing.

What's in it for me?

Salary Range

• First month: $2
• Second month: $4
• Third month (on average): $7
• 1st Year Annual Range: $64K - $76K
• 2nd Year Annual Range: depends on client load and quality of work

We prioritize growth, transparency, and fair career development with a clear path for promotion, regular performance reviews, and pay transparency. You will work hard, learn more, and make more than ever before, gaining diverse skills and opportunities for rapid career progression with ongoing mentorship and feedback.

Location & Environment

Fully remote, flexible schedule, with regular feedback sessions, measurable benchmarks, and weekly check-ins for accountability. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded.