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Paid Media Manager

takealot.com Open · verified Aug 23, 2026
Cape Town Manager Paid Media

Mid-level Paid Media role at takealot.com. Cape Town.

Role brief

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What you'll do

  • Run, refine, and report on paid campaigns across search, shopping, display, video, and app channels
  • Manage media budgets against business KPIs and provide stakeholders with performance updates
  • Support departments with paid media analysis, strategy, reporting, and implementation guidance
  • Track digital advertising changes and test their value in takealot.com campaigns
  • Create and lead strategies for mobile app acquisition and retention

What you bring

  • A degree in marketing, statistics, mathematics, or computer science
  • Two to four years in paid advertising
  • Google Ads and Google Analytics certifications
  • Hands-on Google Ads experience across app, display, search, and shopping
  • Strong data analysis, reporting, problem-solving, and e-commerce skills

Who this fits

You’ll suit a Cape Town-based role that requires careful analysis, fast execution, and comfort working under pressure with all levels of management. The team values ownership, collaboration, direct feedback, low ego, and strong output. Experience with DoubleClick, SA360, DV360, Campaign Manager, and Facebook marketing would be useful but is not listed as required.

From the employer

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Paid Media Manager to join our Marketing team in Cape Town.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the Head of Performance & Projects

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Manage, Run, Optimize and Report back on Paid Advertising channels on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to the internal and external stakeholders, these include but are not limited to: 
    • SEM (Google Search & Google Shopping).
    • Display & Video 360 (Acquisition & Remarketing).
    • App Install & App Engagement (Acquisition & Retention).
    • Video (YouTube).
  • Managing paid advertising budgets optimally to achieve business KPI’s.
  • Assist business departments with paid advertising requirements, reporting, analysis and strategies.
  • Help other business departments understand and how best to implement their digital advertising requests.
  • Keep up to date of changes in the digital industry and setting up tests to implement and determine the viability of these new changes on our internal paid advertising.
  • Develop and drive a mobile app acquisition and retention strategy.

Qualification & Experience:

  • A Degree is required within Marketing, Statistics, Mathematics or Computer Science.
  • 2-4 years’ experience in a Paid Advertising role.
  • Certifications: Google Ads (Required):
    • Google Analytics (Required).
    • DoubleClick (Beneficial).
  • Experience on the following platforms: Google Ads (Required) - Across App, Display, Search, and Shopping.
  • Google Analytics (Required).
  • Web + App Google Marketing Platform (Beneficial) - SA360, DV360.
  • Campaign Manager Facebook Business (Beneficial).
  • Facebook and Instagram Mobile App Marketing (Beneficial) - App Acquisition and Retention.

Attributes Required:

  • Attention to detail e-commerce experience across paid advertising.
  • Strong Data Analysis, Manipulation and Reporting Skills.
  • Strong Problem-Solving Skills and Solutions Orientated.
  • To work under pressure in a time sensitive environment.
  • To work with all levels of management.

The Environment

  • takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 
  • We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 
  • We are short on ego and high on output. 
  • We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all. 
  • We love what we do and what we are creating.
  • We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us! 

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.

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