Paid Media Manager

Paid Media Account Manager

Job Type: Full time

Date Opened: 04/11/2026

Industry: Media

Required Skills: Google Ads, Meta Ads, +7

City: Cape Town

Province: Western Cape

Country: South Africa

Postal Code: 7100

Job Description

Paid Media Account Manager (Meta, TikTok & Google Ads) Location: Remote Contract: Permanent We're a performance marketing agency for hospitality, leisure, and live entertainment brands. We don't just run ads. We take a holistic, consultative approach to every account — optimising the full customer journey and acting as a true growth partner to help clients break sales records and get fully booked. If you're into events, theatre, immersive experiences, or spectator sports, you'll fit right in. We work exclusively with experience-led promoters and venues, blending creativity, fun, and performance-driven thinking.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop full-funnel paid media strategies that align with the overall brand and objectives of our Company's clients.
• Oversee the planning, build, launch, testing, and optimisation of paid media campaigns to achieve the best possible CPAs and maximise ROAS, ensuring consistent standards and outcomes.
• Lead on account management and client relationships, including client communication, to drive client success and retention.
• Assist with the briefing, review and approval of marketing materials to ensure consistency with brand guidelines.
• Distribute approved marketing content to internal teams, partners, and external suppliers as required.
• Measure campaign success and ensure performance is tracked effectively against ROI and key performance indicators, with clear insights and recommendations driving continuous improvement.
• Conduct regular self-audits and implement robust quality control processes across all campaigns, tracking, and reporting to ensure accuracy, consistency, and high performance standards before any work is shared internally or with clients.
• Prepare and submit weekly reports by close of business every Monday, summarising key insights and recommendations for improvement.
• Drive a proactive, testing-first approach across all paid media activity by developing clear experimentation roadmaps, continuously analysing results, and feeding learnings back into strategy to maximise performance and unlock new growth opportunities.
• Research industry trends, platform updates, and competitor activity to inform strategy, and client recommendations.
• Monitor email and Slack communications to ensure timely responses to Company team members and clients.

What You Bring

• 3+ years experience managing paid media campaigns (Meta, TikTok, Google).
• 3+ years of experience in both Google ads and Meta ads (non-negotiable)
• Refined communication skills — clear, confident and client-facing.
• Strategic thinker with creative instincts and strong problem-solving ability.
• Experience working in fast-paced agency environments.
• Ability to turn data into insights, and insights into action.
• Warmth, emotional intelligence, and a human-first approach.
• Calm under pressure and proactive when things change fast.
• Highly organised, structured and reliable.

What We Offer

• Competitive payment terms. (Salary: R35 000-R50 000)
• Fully remote (working UK office hours: 10am-6pm)
• Work with some of the most exciting hospitality & leisure brands in the world.
• A high-performance, supportive team that values results and innovation.
• Ongoing training, growth, and the freedom to bring your ideas to life.
• Opportunity to attend international team meetings, social events, and training.