Rainmaker:Paid Media Specialist

Job description

At ShopriteX, we’re re-imagining grocery retail. Everyday we’re working hard to make the everyday effortless for our customers. We do this, by removing friction and driving a tech-led future for the Shoprite Group of companies – Africa’s biggest retailer.

We’re looking for 2 x talented Paid Media Specialists to join us at our digital innovation hub, ShopriteX (based in Brackenfell, Cape Town), working exclusively on Checkers Sixty60 – South Africa’s number one grocery delivery app, that has achieved over 40 awards for innovation, UX design and marketing excellence, in less than 5 years.

As Sixty60’s Paid Media Specialist you’ll have exclusive access to the continent’s largest audience of retail customers, rich shopper data and advanced analytics to create cutting-edge precision digital marketing campaigns.

We’re looking for South Africa’s hottest talent to join our growing team. If you’re excited by this opportunity within the Rainmaker Media team, working exclusively on Checkers Sixty60, and you’re a skilled Paid Media Specialist (where you’ll demonstrate your expertise in programmatic, social and search), then we’d love to meet you!

Powered by Africa’s largest retailer, Rainmaker Media is the Shoprite Group’s internal agency. It provides industry-leading digital marketing services to the Group (including Shoprite, Checkers and Checkers Sixty60), plus the Group’s vast list of supplier brands, armed with massive budgets, and ambitious performance targets.

Role Purpose

The purpose of the Paid Media Specialist is to drive brand awareness, app installs and conversion through innovative digital advertising campaigns.

You will be responsible for the entire campaign lifecycle, from strategy and creative development to implementation, optimisation, and reporting on Checkers Sixty60’s campaigns.

Role Description

• Maximise ad delivery efficiency and effectiveness through the successful execution of Checkers Sixty60’s digital campaign strategy and all related operations.
• Develop and manage Checkers Sixty60’s end-to end delivery of digital campaigns across platforms, from briefing, planning and execution of campaigns, to invoicing, reporting and post campaign analysis.

• Manage and ensure data, technology, and strategy work together to maximise ad delivery efficiency and effectiveness.
• Effectively manage own portfolio of work while collaborating with creative, strategy and technology teams and vendors to implement and create integrated ad campaigns.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the delivery of digital campaign plans.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of campaign strategies, provide recommendations, and adjust optimise performance and goal conversion.
• Provide analysis and insights for reporting, including post campaign reporting, to stakeholders.
• Ensure invoices are accurate and campaign budgets are executed within required parameters.
• Keep the brand up to date with changes and advances in the digital marketing landscape and advise on new channels, innovations and approaches to adopt.
• Conduct research and utilise insights to optimise and grow future campaigns.
• Monitor local and international digital media properties to ensure adherence to best practice principles and provide technical/media assistance when needed.

Qualifications and experience

• Degree or Diploma in Marketing, Advertising, Media or related – (essential).
• +3 years’ experience in paid media advertising or a digital campaign management role in an ad ops environment – (essential)
• A proven track record of delivering multiple and large campaigns across digital touchpoints and channels, using analytics to inform and scale successful marketing campaigns – (essential).
• Skilled and proficient in the use of paid advertising tools (AdWords, Google Ads, DV360, Meta, TikTok, tracking and verification tools) – (essential).
• Broad knowledge of the media and marketing ecosystem - (essential).
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of marketing principles and practices including customer journey management and content development experience – (essential).
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of the media landscape within the broader retail industry – (essential).
• Strong proficiency in MS Office – (essential).
• Experience using marketing automation tools like Braze, Salesforce, Insider etc – (advantageous)

Key competencies and work ethic

• Digital account management: strong ability to keep schedules, prioritise tasks / briefs and ensure campaigns / projects are on time and delivered against business objectives.
• Passion for digital marketing with subject matter expertise in marketing principles and practices.
• Excellent team-working: contributes towards building a positive team morale.
• Excellent communication, presentation and story-telling skills: articulates ideas and concepts in a creative and meaningful way.
• Commercial acumen and business understanding of the broader retail industry.
• Dynamic personality and the ability to think outside the box.
• Proactive with initiative to drive new ideas and content.
• Excellent facilitation skills: organised with strong time, delivery and planning management.
• Interpersonal skills: builds strong relationships and manages conflict and competing priorities well.
• Flexible thinker with the ability to make sound independent decisions.
• Project management skills, with the ability to balance multiple projects and priorities in a large scale, complex environment.
• Ability to work under pressure: to organise, prioritise, and reorder workload in a rapidly changing and fast-moving environment.
• Results-oriented and quality focused.
• Self-starter and generator with the skill and discipline to work independently and across multi-functional teams.

Our Group is committed to creating, embracing, and preserving a diverse workplace that values the unique talents, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities that enrich our organisation. A place where everyone matters and feels included.

We are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally.

Please take note that by responding to this application and providing your personal information, you confirm your express and informed consent for Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd and all its subsidiaries and affiliates companies to process your personal information for the Company to consider your application for this position. All Personal Information which you provide to the Company will be used and/or retained only for the purposes for which it is collected, whereafter it will be permanently destroyed. Your information is only retained if it is required by law or where you have given consent to us to retain such information for an extended period.

If you don’t hear from us within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful. Any personal information collected as part of your application will be destroyed, securely, in accordance with South African legislation.