333 Advertising jobs in South Africa

About Discovery

Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

Key Purpose

Discovery is offering a great opportunity to join its fully serviced in-house digital marketing team. We are looking for a passionate, creative and hardworking digital advertising specialist that lives, eats and breathes targeted online campaigns and soaks up the latest in industry best practices and trends. The successful individual will be a digital advertising all-rounder with experience in search, programmatic and social channels. To ensure success as a digital advertising specialist, you should have in-depth knowledge of digital marketing techniques, excellent interpersonal skills, attention to detail, be able to lead a team, be creative and innovative and be able to work to strict deadlines and within allocated budget.

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to:

• Execute effective digital marketing strategies across channels; make sure campaigns are optimised regularly for best results.
• Monitor campaign performance against target on a daily basis, ensuring the direct sales teams are receiving the required number of leads.
• Troubleshoot where campaigns are not performing against target and propose corrective actions.
• Monitor campaign budgets and ensure we stay within budget.
• Produce reports as required with key metrics and detailed analysis and insights.
• Present KPIs, recommendations and insights at manco meetings.
• Collaborate with brand, actuaries and other internal stakeholders to deliver on marketing objectives.
• Stay on top of digital advertising trends, skills, platform changes and best practices and implement new learnings where required.
• Train, manage and guide junior staff members.
• Maintain good relationships with external parties like Google and Meta account managers as well as any other providers we work with.

Competencies

• Experience in performance marketing.
• Experience in media buying.
• Experience in financial services.
• Deep understanding of digital analytics and the ability to translate it into actions to meet ROI objectives.
• Ability to draft performance reports.
• Ability to present reports and findings to key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated understanding and use of Google Ads, Meta Ads, Microsoft Ads, DV360, LinkedIn, X, YouTube Ads, Facebook/Instagram Ads, TikTok Ads, etc.
• Strong communication skills for dealing with clients, internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Problem-solving skills to interrogate when campaigns are not performing and provide insights and suggestions.

Education and Experience

• Tertiary qualification (marketing/communication) required.
• Previous digital advertising experience required (5 years minimum).
• Financial services experience (advantages).
• Google Ads, Facebook Blueprint, Google Analytics certification (advantageous).

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

Our Advertising Services client is seeking a Performance & Reward Specialist to join their team based in Umhlanga, Durban .

The Group Performance & Rewards Specialist will play a crucial role in driving performance in the organization and in ensuring competitive remuneration and reward.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years experience within a reward and benefits specialist function.
• Sound Retirement Funds and Medical Aid Funds experience.
• Payroll experience and knowledge desirable. Data analysis is critical to understanding adherence to policy.
• Strong project management and systems experience. Strong SOP and guideline skills.
• Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Vast Job Grading and Employment Equity submission experience.
• A solid understanding of local and an awareness of global regulatory reward frameworks, legislation, and best practice standards.
• Management of performance review processes.
• Implementation and management of rewards and recognition programs.
• Experience with reporting to REMCO.

• Management of the performance review process.
• Review best practices in performance management and drive process enhancements and re-design as appropriate.

• Review remuneration proposals for job offers and internal salary reviews.
• Prepare for Quarterly Remco meetings and maintain all documentation for such meetings.
• Identify and escalate remuneration gaps.
• Participate in annual salary surveys and extract insights informing remuneration policy and practices, and compensation decisions.

• Provide input into the design of bonus schemes and other short-term incentives.
• Prepare bonus schedules aligned to performance scores and incentive scheme rules.
• Develop and update pay scales to ensure internal and external equity. Ensure increases and benefits eligibility are aligned to policy.

• Analyse Employment Equity AA2 data and participate in the relevant meetings for the overall Employment Equity submission.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders and benefit providers.
• Keep abreast of best practices in this field and continuously review.
• Facilitate Provident Fund Committee meetings.

• Facilitate the Job Grading process and ensure alignment of remuneration and benefits to grades.

• Formulate and maintain all performance and reward policies to ensure current practice is recorded.
• Manage compliance with relevant policies.

Please take note: if you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Job category: Media, Advertising, PR, Publishing and Marketing

Location: Durban

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

We are currently recruiting for an Advertising Controller to join our dynamic team. The purpose of the Advertising Controller is to produce creative and accurate advertising material and also assist with special projects and any other task requested by management.

• Maintain and grow relationships with retailers through effective communication in terms of Guild promotions and advertising.
• Open and brief Regional Guild Promotions job via the Marketing Integrater System.
• Check competitive pricing from Price Probe.
• Check national and retail pricing to ensure the accuracy of information against the Marketing Integrater System and Published Promotion Schedule.
• Liaising with Retailers for approval on Guild leaflets.
• Update pricing and forward same to Buyers.
• Open a job for each press advert according to the critical path on special promotions.
• Ensure compliance or adherence to critical path for all promotions.
• Create and capture print orders with all product variants, prices and promotional dates.
• Ensure the accuracy of product variants, price and promotional dates on guild leaflets.
• Amend/edit guild leaflets layouts as per requested changes.
• Assist with any adhoc strategic Campaigns e.g. Christmas Gift Guide, etc.
• Generate PO numbers and capture invoices accordingly on the SAP System.

• Marketing Diploma / Tertiary Degree.
• Minimum of 3 years FMCG experience.
• Computer literate in MS Office – excel, word, PowerPoint essential.
• Experience in Marketing Integrator System, and SAP will be an advantage.
• Excellent time management skills, communication skills, negotiation skills and attention to detail required.
• High level of numeracy.
• Ability to cope under pressure.

Kindly note: All applications are to be submitted through the Careers Site and Pnet. Please refrain from calling the Distribution Centre (DC) or emailing applications directly.

Prior experience may compensate for qualifications not met and all appointments are subject to our Affirmative action policy.

“Your application and all personal information provided herein is protected under the Protection of Personal Information Act (4 of 2013), hereinafter referred to as the “Act”.

Job category: Advertising and Communication

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

We are looking to recruit an Advertising Coordinator to work within our Marketing department. The role will be based at the Head Office in Cape Town.

Job Purpose:

To co-ordinate activities for above the line promotions and ensure that the related processes are maintained and followed as per the promotional calendar.

Job Objectives:

• To ensure that the promotional vehicles are created and the required page ownership and marketing instruments are assigned timeously based on agreed calendar.
• To apply the appropriate page layout, design and templates to each leaflet vehicle based on the pre-promotions planning meeting.
• To assign primary and secondary sub-department owners to each promotional offer block.
• To ensure that all promotional offers are completed timeously and consolidate all promotional pages after lock-down and send to the Studio.
• To act as a liaison between the Studio and the Merchandise team in respect of merchandise sign-off to ensure adherence to promotional processes and guidelines.
• To manage the promotional workflow and tasks to agreed timelines.
• To manage the image order process to ensure that images are sourced timeously to ensure promotions are completed based on agreed deadlines.
• To provide administrative assistance in producing minutes, agendas, and reports timeously and accurately.

• Advertising and Promotions with Marketing administrative skills

• ND. Marketing

• Marketing experience, exposure to briefings
• Financial experience, understanding of terminology regarding margins and planned sales figures
• Understanding of advertising environment
• Strong attention to detail
• Proactive
• Numeracy
• Planning and organising
• Deciding and Initiating Action
• Working with People
• Relating and Networking
• Analysing
• Delivering Results & Meeting Customer Expectations
• Adapting and Responding to Change