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Biddable Social Specialist

Location: Cape Town, South Africa; Johannesburg, South Africa · Category: Customer Success & Client Operations · Seniority: Mid-Level · Posted: October 27, 2026 · Verified: Nov 5, 2026

Role Overview & Description

This role manages end-to-end paid social campaigns across Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, and Pinterest, handling campaign build, QA, launch, and optimization. The specialist applies platform best practices for bidding, audience testing, and budget pacing while ensuring proper tracking hygiene with pixels and APIs. Requires 3-5 years of hands-on paid social buying experience in an agency environment.
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