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EssenceMediacom

Biddable Social Specialist

Location: Cape Town, South Africa; Johannesburg, South Africa · Category: Marketing & Growth · Seniority: Mid-Level · Posted: October 27, 2026 · Verified: Nov 5, 2026

Role Overview & Description

This role is responsible for the strategic execution, management, and optimization of performance-driven paid social campaigns across major platforms like Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, and Pinterest. The specialist builds, QA's, launches, and optimizes campaigns, applies platform best practices for bidding, and implements creative and audience testing. They also monitor budgets, ensure tracking hygiene with pixels and APIs, and produce clear performance reports with actionable insights.
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Global media agency for planning, buying, analytics and commerce.

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