Knowledge Areas:
- Basic knowledge of clients’ business & Strategy
- Performance marketing background
- Understanding of SEO/SEM
- Industry survey around clients assigned
- Research & Analysis
- Knowledge of paid media platforms
- Development of Paid media plans
Role and Responsibilities
Content Development
- Formulating and articulating paid media strategies for existing clients and pitches.
- Presentation of strategies to clients and reports
- Developing paid media plans aligned to specific client strategy
- Optimizations and tracking of campaigns with clear outline of objectives and recommendations
- Ensuring that the adverts run accurately with allocated budget so that the desired media message is seen and heard by consumers.
Reporting:
- Maintaining detailed records & weekly tracking
- Evaluating the effectiveness of campaigns in order to inform future campaigns.
- Undertaking research using a range of specialist media resources;
- Analysing the effectiveness of the campaign and using this data to inform future campaigns.
- Client reporting and budget management, including preparing media plans for clients and producing spending updates throughout the campaign;
- Attending weekly status meetings
Commercial Management:
- Responsible for budget control for all assigned projects
- Must collaboratively work with the individuals assigned to particular accounts to ensure a campaigns success.
- Ensures that all work in progress can be reconciled and billed
- Ensures that all invoices are issued quickly and correctly and that reconciliation meetings are held with suppliers as appropriate
- Ensures work is produced on time and within budget
Key Performance Indicators
- Client Activity report – Weekly & Monthly
- Media Negotiations
- Engage with clients on all accounts
- Engage in a project outside your scope – Quarterly (Digital)
- Training: Identifying opportunities for training & immersion
- Full media spend or allocated budgets
- ROI based on projections on media plans eg; number of leads generated, reach etc.
REQUIRED ATTRIBUTES
- Degree in a media related course
- 4-5 years’ experience in advertising/digital media
- IT literacy: Knowledge of media planning tools & partners
- Teamwork and interpersonal skills for liaising with clients and colleagues;
- Excellent written and oral communication skills;
- Presentation skills for reporting back to clients and for pitches
- Good numerical, analytical and research skills to evaluate campaigns;
- Strong organizational skills, accuracy and the ability to assimilate information quickly
- Negotiation skills to get the best advertising space at the best price;
- A good understanding of media;
- The ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and make decisions quickly;
- Creativity and problem-solving skills;
- Commercial and budget awareness.
Kindly submit your application to hr@oxygene.africa no later than January 31st, 2026.