Media Buyer at Black Pen Recruitment

Programmatic Media Buyer

Are you seeking to be part of a fast-paced project environment where change is constant?  If you’re up for the challenge, you’ll have opportunities to try new things and broaden your skills quickly through exposure to the executive team and new experiences!

Our client, global leader in online trading, is currently looking to hire a Programmatic Media Buyer to join their marketing team in Johannesburg, South Africa. Reporting directly into the Head of Media Planning and Buying, you will form a key part of setting the tone for the way they ‘do marketing’, balancing speed of delivery with quality, flexibility, performance and cost.

If you consider yourself an exceptional, well-rounded marketing professional with the ability to lead a responsive network of internal and external capabilities in delivering against a wide range of complex, fast-moving business and marketing requirements, then this is the right opportunity for you! 

Requirements:

• 4 years experience in campaign management focusing on AdOps, DV360, DCM and DBM, Google Ads/Analytics 
• A qualification in Media/Communications and Digital Marketing 
• Media Planning and Buying experience an advantage 
• Naturally analytical with the ability to think strategically
• A self-starting, enthusiastic problem solver
• A global team player, able to work collectively as part of the marketing team, whilst having the confidence to work independently and deliver objectives and responsibilities
• A strong communicator with excellent written and verbal skills, making the complexity of a modern digital marketing function simple to understand

Key responsibilities:

• To support the Head of Media Planning and Buying with the centralised media planning strategy.
• Negotiate with media owners and work with media agencies to execute our media plans.
• Manage programmatic and direct digital activity.
• Implement tagging and tracking across our digital activity.
• Coordinating online campaigns.
• Manage online campaigns by monitoring results to ensure full delivery.

Benefits:

• You’ll work in a friendly and dynamic environment. In the comfortable, cutting-edge offices containing  everything you need to succeed
• Agile workspaces and hot desks
• Private quiet rooms
• Breakout and refreshment areas
• You’ll be rewarded for hard work, with support to get better at what you do