
Senior Paid Ads Strategist – Google, Meta
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: South Africa
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About the role
- Own strategy, execution, and performance across **Google Ads and Meta Ads**
- Build paid media strategies aligned to business goals, revenue models, and funnel complexity
- Translate real-world business needs into platform-ready campaign structures
- Plan full-funnel approaches across acquisition, retargeting, and conversion stages
- Connect creative angles, messaging, and offer strategy to performance goals
- Own campaign setup, optimization, and scaling across **Google Ads and Meta Ads**
- Diagnose performance issues using both platform data and business context
- Run structured testing across creative, audiences, bidding strategies, and landing flows
- Manage budgets responsibly while optimizing for signal quality and conversion outcomes
- Identify tracking gaps, attribution issues, and conversion signal weaknesses
- Work with tracking, analytics, or engineering partners to improve event coverage
- Evaluate performance beyond surface metrics like CTR and CPC
- Lead performance discussions with clarity and confidence
- Present insights, recommendations, and tradeoffs in a way stakeholders can act on
- Maintain clear, proactive communication around results and next steps
- Work closely with creative, analytics, and technical teams
- Align paid media execution with landing pages, offers, and conversion flows
- Contribute to internal documentation, playbooks, and performance standards
Requirements
- **3 to 5+ years** of hands-on paid ads experience with direct ownership of strategy
- Strong experience managing **Google Ads and Meta Ads**
- Proven ability to work with funnels beyond simple ecommerce
- Comfort operating in accounts with meaningful spend and performance responsibility
- Strong analytical instincts and the ability to troubleshoot performance efficiently
- Confidence leading conversations and explaining strategy to non-specialists
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- High ownership mindset and comfort working in fast-moving environments
Benefits
- Up to **14 days** of Paid Time Off annually (starting Day 1)
- Observance of **Holidays** per company guidelines
- **100% remote setup** so you can work wherever you’re most productive
- High-ownership role with real influence over strategy and outcomes
- Work in an environment that values thinking, experimentation, and accountability
- Exposure to advanced paid media concepts including attribution, signal quality, and platform optimization
- Opportunity to grow alongside experienced operators and performance leaders
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Hard Skills & Tools
Google AdsMeta Adscampaign optimizationperformance analysisfunnel strategyA/B testingbudget managementattribution analysisevent trackingconversion optimization
Soft Skills
analytical skillscommunication skillsleadershipproblem-solvingcollaborationproactive communicationstrategic thinkingconfidenceownership mindsetadaptability