Paid Media Manager
takealotcom
Cape Town
Posted Jul 20, 2026
- Other
- Takealot.com Marketing
Job description
[](https://www.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**:
- employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of 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*.**