Senior Digital Marketing Executive, Remote

Stations in Western Cape include network affiliates and independent stations. We employ 320 journalists, producers, engineers and sales staff. Copy editors read everything twice before it publishes.

About the role

Our team is growing and we are hiring a Senior Digital Marketing Executive, Remote. Joining the E-commerce team in Durban, reporting to the Marketing Manager. Remote, open to candidates across South Africa. Hours are flexible, with one short team call each morning. You need a reliable internet connection and somewhere quiet to work.

Day to day

• Write ad copy and work with design on creative variations for testing
• Keep product feeds clean in Google Merchant Centre
• Build and manage campaigns in Google Ads, Microsoft Ads and Meta Ads Manager
• Track competitor ads and promotions
• Research keywords and negative keywords for paid search
• Set up and maintain conversion tracking with Google Tag Manager and GA4
• Audit ad accounts monthly for wasted spend and broken links

What you need

• 5+ years of hands-on paid media or digital marketing experience
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills (pivot tables, lookups)
• Google Ads certification, or willing to get it within 60 days
• Able to write tight ad copy within character limits

Nice to have

• Shopify experience
• Canva or Figma for quick creative edits
• Basic HTML for email templates
• Looker Studio dashboards

Salary range: R38,000-R49,000 per month

Benefits

• Medical aid contribution
• Provident fund
• 13th cheque

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Karoo Times.