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Paid Media Specialist

Accenture accenture.com Open · verified Sep 21, 2026
Hybrid Midrand Full-time Mid-level Paid Media

At a glance

Mid-level Paid Media role at Accenture. Midrand · full-time.

Pay not stated Paid Media salary

RolePaid Media
SeniorityMid-level
LocationMidrand
WorkplaceHybrid
EmploymentFull-time
PostedSep 21, 2026 · 0d ago
Role brief

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What you'll do

  • Run paid campaigns across Search, Social, Programmatic, Display, and Video from setup through delivery
  • Turn media strategies into plans with defined KPIs, budgets, tracking, and measurement approaches
  • Control targeting, trafficking, pacing, tagging, naming standards, and platform documentation
  • Improve results by testing bids, audiences, creatives, placements, and formats across accounts
  • Convert performance data into reports, recommendations, and client-ready growth insights

What you bring

  • Three to five years of hands-on paid media or performance marketing experience
  • A bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Digital Media, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
  • Strong working knowledge of Google Ads, Meta, and programmatic advertising environments
  • Confidence using Excel or Google Sheets to interpret campaign performance data

Who this fits

You’ll suit a mid-level practitioner who can own day-to-day campaign delivery while connecting media results to business and brand goals. The role is based in Midrand, South Africa, with a hybrid arrangement. You’ll collaborate with account, strategy, creative, and data teams, contribute in client meetings, and support junior colleagues.

From the employer

About Accenture

Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com.


We are looking for a confident, commercially minded Paid Media Specialist to join our Performance team and take hands-on ownership across client campaigns. In this role, you will be responsible for managing and optimising multi-channel paid media campaigns across Search, Social, Programmatic, Display, and Video - with a clear focus on driving measurable business impact. You will be expected to think beyond platform mechanics - connecting performance signals to audience behaviour, creative effectiveness, and broader marketing objectives. This role suits someone who is analytically strong, commercially curious, and motivated by continuous improvement - both in campaign performance and in their own professional growth.

Key Responsibilities

Campaign Management and Ownership
Independently manage end-to-end paid media campaigns across key platforms (e.g. Google Ads, Meta, DV360, TikTok, LinkedIn), with accountability for performance delivery. Translate media strategies into well-structured, executable media plans with clearly defined KPIs, budgets, and measurement frameworks. Oversee accurate campaign setup, trafficking, targeting, and creative implementation across platforms. Ensure tracking and tagging (UTMs, pixels, floodlights) are correctly implemented in collaboration with data and analytics teams.
Actively manage budgets and pacing to ensure optimal spend efficiency and performance delivery. Maintain high standards of platform hygiene, including naming conventions, account structure, and documentation.
Ensure adherence to brand guidelines, compliance requirements, and client-specific regulations.

Optimisation, Analysis, and Reporting
Lead ongoing campaign optimisation across audiences, bids, creatives, placements, and formats to improve efficiency and outcomes. Analyse performance trends to identify insights, risks, and growth opportunities across accounts. Translate data into clear, actionable recommendations that inform future media decisions.
Own regular performance reporting, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and relevance for both internal and client stakeholders. Contribute to testing roadmaps (A/B testing, creative experimentation, audience refinement) and evaluate results rigorously.

Strategy & Growth Contribution
Support senior team members in shaping channel strategies and performance approaches across clients.
Conduct deeper audience analysis, competitor benchmarking, and market research to inform campaign planning.
Stay up to date with platform developments, beta opportunities, and industry trends, proactively identifying opportunities for innovation. Begin contributing to broader performance narratives - connecting paid media outcomes to business and brand objectives.

Collaboration & Client Engagement
Work closely with account managers, strategists, creatives, and data teams to deliver integrated performance solutions. Participate confidently in internal and client meetings, contributing insights and performance perspectives. Support junior team members through knowledge-sharing, guidance, and best-practice input.
Act as a reliable point of contact for day-to-day paid media delivery on assigned accounts.

We’re Looking For
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Digital Media, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). 3–5 years’ hands-on experience in paid media or performance marketing roles. Strong working knowledge of major paid media platforms (Google Ads, Meta, Programmatic environments). Relevant certifications (Google Ads, Meta Blueprint, DV360) strongly preferred. Strong analytical capability, with confidence working in Excel / Google Sheets and interpreting performance data. Ability to balance detail-orientation with strategic thinking.
Clear, confident written and verbal communication skills. A proactive mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability. Demonstrated curiosity, resilience, and appetite for continuous learning.



Why join us? We offer a transparent, fast paced approach career progression, with a focus on your strengths and continuous coaching from senior colleagues You will benefit from working alongside Accenture experts who are solving some of the biggest industry challenges with innovative thinking and pioneering tools Flexible work arrangements and a range of benefits including competitive rewards You will have access to state-of-the-art technology that will give you the opportunity to deepen your existing skills even as you help create the latest business trends You will also have opportunities to make a difference to the communities in which we work and live Next Steps If this sounds like the ideal role, career, and company for you, click below to apply. To learn more about life @AccentureMiddleEast, follow us on social media and keep up with our latest news .Accenture Middle East Africa : LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube

3–5 years’ hands-on experience in paid media or performance marketing roles. Strong working knowledge of major paid media platforms (Google Ads, Meta, Programmatic environments)

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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