Paid Social Media Buyer
Cape Town - South Africa
Job Summary
We are looking for a Paid Social Media Buyer to plan build and optimise campaigns across a portfolio of client accounts. You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of campaigns from setup and launch through to ongoing optimisation with ownership of performance against key efficiency and growth targets.
This is a hands-on results-driven role where you will manage advertising budgets optimise campaign performance and work closely with creative teams to test and improve creative assets. Success in this role requires a strong understanding of how media buying and creative work together to drive performance.
- Plan build and launch paid social campaigns across Meta and other advertising platforms.
- Manage campaign budgets and optimise performance against ROAS CPA and efficiency targets.
- Optimise campaigns through audience targeting bidding strategies placements campaign structure and budget allocation.
- Develop and execute structured creative testing plans in collaboration with creative teams.
- Analyse campaign performance across the marketing funnel and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Produce performance reports and communicate insights and recommendations.
- Scale successful campaigns while identifying and addressing underperforming activity.
- Stay up to date with platform updates attribution changes and emerging trends.
- Maintain accurate campaign documentation and updates within the project management system.
- Proven experience managing paid social campaigns and advertising budgets preferably within an agency environment.
- Strong working knowledge of Meta Ads Manager including campaign structure audience targeting and optimisation.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret performance metrics such as Thumbstop Rate (TSR) ROAS CPA CTR and conversion rates.
- A creative-first mindset with experience collaborating closely with creative teams to improve campaign performance.
- Interest in AI and emerging technologies within paid media and digital marketing.
- Strong commercial awareness and confidence in making data-driven decisions.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple client accounts simultaneously.
- Proactive accountable and results-oriented.
- Experience managing campaigns across platforms such as TikTok Pinterest Snapchat or other emerging paid social channels.
- Familiarity with attribution and analytics platforms such as GA4 Triple Whale Northbeam Supermetrics or similar tools.
- Experience incorporating AI tools into paid media creative or reporting workflows.
- Experience using project management platforms such as ClickUp or similar.
- Experience working with DTC (direct-to-consumer) or ecommerce brands.
- The opportunity to work alongside a collaborative and high-performing team.
- A supportive culture focused on quality work innovation and continuous learning.
- Autonomy and ownership over client accounts and campaign performance.
- Flexible remote working arrangements.
- Excellent opportunities for career growth and professional development.