Job Openings at Havas South Africa

Daily roles and responsibilities:

• Launch campaigns through social trading desk.
• Support digital team in targeting advisals and audience sizing.
• Optimise campaign performance.
• Recon campaign spends.
• Receive brief from Account Managers with budget, buy type, KPI's and audience build.
• Set up campaign in the back of Facebook Business Manager.
• Go live on campaigns and monitor performance daily.
• Recommend optimisations for campaigns based on performance being seen & receive instructions for optimisations from team to implement.
• Work with spends, campaign pacing, bid caps, etc
• Receive creative and load it to into the campaign for each audience.
• Back-end work with tech tools a daily requirement in this role.
• Alert teams on Meta services updates.

General responsibilities:

• Provide quarterly social media landscape insights
• Work across markets in Africa
• Update digital team on changes to Meta platforms (new formats, changes in available buy types etc)

Skills:

• Backend knowledge of social platforms and algorithm procedures
• Meta Business Manager
• Paid Media Knowledge and skills
• Ability to work with financial topics
• Experience in ad-ops (specifically social media)
• Detail-oriented and interested in tech stacks
• Experience working with Facebook Business Manager, DV360, Google Adwords. 
• Ability to work on multiple projects at once
• Growth mindset
• Working independently
• Well organised
• Reliable
• Able to work in the office
   

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Responsibilities

• Reporting on campaign bookings and ensuring that we receive POF
• Compare and negotiate rates, ad space and airtime
• Maintain healthy relationships with clients and media owners
• Monitors buys in progress by spot-checking placement and negotiating credit or billing adjustments when necessary
• Booking individual advertising space
• Ensuring that the adverts run accurately so the desired media message is seen and heard by consumers
• Working on a range of client accounts at the same time, often juggling various projects and deadlines
• Supporting the media manager and other colleagues
• Load all insertions onto relevant buying systems and ensuring that the insertions are ready for billings before month-end
• Ensure that all proof of performance has been obtained
• Resolve account queries
• Prepare Chase lists and dispatch to relevant parties
• Ensure that all material is dispatched timeously and if needs be material extensions are obtained and communicated to creative agency

Requirements

• 2-3 years of experience is essential for this position, especially on CPP buying.
• Familiarity with media-buying, planning and research
• Ability to work on Excel a must
• Ability to work on PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of media buying software (Chase)
• Interest in following advertising and media trends

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Some of the responsibilities include:

• Build digital capability within the agency
• Each team must have access to relevant training
• Ensure that teams are up to date with latest tech developments
• Map digital capabilities to strategic priorities. Digital won’t get the visibility or support it needs if it’s not helping the company get where it wants to go
• Develop and administer the digital project portfolio
• Create and document processes for digital work, including supplying templates
• Develop ways to attract and retain top talent. Companies often have more mature visions for digital than they do skills
• Review all digital work leaving the agency
• Ensure that digital work comes in on budget and on time
• Assisting the CSO with creation of digital strategies
• Briefing/Assisting in briefing major campaigns/social media
• Build a digital implementation team within the agency
• Ensuring management of agency digital/social platforms
• Briefing minor creative (banners)
• Project Management

Requirements:

• Leadership – Has the ability to run a department without assistance
• Leading change – Shares the values of Havas. Leads by example, displays integrity, models behavior, develops people and builds teams
• Motivating – Manages continuity, change and transition
• Demonstrates commitment to continued professional growth and development
• Teamwork – Is required to work together with Leadership and support the CEO in terms of running the business
• Teaching – Is required to offer guidance and assistance to other employees inside the business, especially from a creative point of view
• Interpersonal relationships – Displays diplomacy, tact and a passion for the business in dealings with all stakeholders
• Integrity – All confidential information relating to the business and/or its clients should be kept in the strictest confidence
• Good at time-management and prioritisation
• Industry knowledge – Good understanding of new developments in our industry, in clients’ industries and in technology
• Business sense – Has an understanding of the financial implication of marketing on a client’s business