Programmatic Campaign Manager - Remote South Africa — Columbus
Traveler-Friendly Insight
This role is remote but firmly timezone-anchored: you must be available 14:00–23:00 SAST (South Africa Standard Time), which mirrors U.S. Eastern business hours (8 AM–5 PM ET). That 9-hour window with a defined end time is workable for remote life, but it significantly limits where you can realistically base yourself.
Timezone compatibility by nomad destination:
- Lisbon, Portugal (WAT/WET): Lisbon is only 1–2 hours behind SAST, making the shift run roughly 12:00–21:00 local — very manageable. Cost of living is moderate (~$1,800–$2,500/month for a comfortable setup). Portugal's Digital Nomad Visa (D8) is an excellent fit if you can meet the minimum income threshold.
- Bangkok, Thailand (ICT, UTC+7): The 14:00–23:00 SAST window translates to 19:00–04:00 local — essentially a night shift. This destination is not practical for this role.
- Medellín, Colombia (COT, UTC-5): Shift runs 07:00–16:00 local — actually a pleasant morning schedule. Colombia's Digital Nomad Visa is available and cost of living is low (~$1,200–$1,800/month).
The role is restricted to South Africa per the job posting, so international nomading may conflict with employment terms. Clarify with the employer before relocating. No travel perks, coworking stipends, or equipment budgets are mentioned.
Location: South Africa – Remote
Hours: 14:00–23:00 SAST, Monday–Friday, aligned with U.S. Eastern business hours
Employment: Permanent, Full-Time
Role Purpose
Execute and maintain programmatic campaigns accurately and efficiently within MediaPath's established strategy, workflows, and QA standards. This is a hands-on campaign execution role focused on campaign builds, trafficking, pacing, optimisation, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
Key Responsibilities
- Build campaigns, line items, targeting structures, and campaign components within assigned DSPs.
- Traffic creative assets and third-party tags.
- Complete pre-launch campaign QA.
- Monitor campaign pacing and delivery on a daily basis.
- Identify and escalate pacing or delivery risks before they become client-visible.
- Execute routine optimisations and approved campaign changes within defined guidelines.
- Troubleshoot campaign, creative, targeting, and activation issues.
- Escalate complex technical issues to the Senior Programmatic Operations Lead.
- Maintain accurate campaign documentation, naming conventions, and change histories.
- Provide screenshots, compliance documentation, and campaign data when required.
- Support campaign closeout, reconciliation, and reporting processes.
- Work accurately across high volumes of campaigns and line items.
Must-Have Requirements
- 2–4 years of hands-on digital or programmatic campaign execution experience.
- Direct experience building and managing campaigns within at least one major DSP.
- Ability to learn and work across additional platforms quickly.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Comfortable with repetitive, high-volume campaign production where accuracy is critical.
- Strong Excel and Google Sheets skills.
- Comfortable working from insertion orders, build sheets, and campaign specifications.
- Strong written communication.
- Disciplined escalation and issue-management skills.
Preferred Experience
Experience with one or more of:
- DV360
- Basis
- Simpli.fi
- Amazon DSP
- Meta
- YouTube
- VAST and ad-server tags
- PMP deals
- Verification tools
- CTV/OTT
- Online video
- Agency or managed-service campaign operations
Success in the Role
- Campaigns are built correctly the first time.
- Campaigns meet agreed launch SLAs.
- Pacing and delivery issues are identified early.
- Routine changes are completed quickly and accurately.
- Campaign documentation remains clean and up to date.
- QA and escalation procedures are consistently followed.
- The wider programmatic team can rely on accurate, consistent execution.
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