Junior Campaign Manager (Shoprite Group Marketing)

Junior Campaign Manager

Role Purpose

This purpose of the role is to support the delivery of performance-focused digital campaigns by assisting in developing, checking, launching, and monitoring campaign structures across paid platforms. Apply foundational knowledge to produce reliable, measurable outcomes. Focus on hands-on execution, accuracy, and continuous learning while collaborating with team members to meet campaign objectives.

Role Description

Campaign Coordination & Execution

• Assist in the rollout of digital marketing campaigns across the enterprise.
• Coordinate meetings, reviews, and approvals to ensure campaigns stay on track.
• Co-facilitate cross-functional collaboration between creative, digital, media, and other teams.
• Implement campaign structures across approved platforms following standard frameworks.
• Apply correct naming conventions, budgets, pacing rules, audiences, and placements.
• Quality Assure creatives, copy, formats, and links; validate tracking prior to launch.

Task & Schedule Management

• Maintain and update campaign calendars and timelines.
• Track task progress and follow up with stakeholders to ensure timely delivery.
• Organise campaign assets and maintain documentation repositories.
• Support procurement processes, vendor coordination, and general administrative tasks.

Documentation & Reporting

• Prepare campaign briefs, meeting notes, and status updates.
• Support reporting by compiling campaign performance data and insights.
• Compile periodic performance snapshots with trends and recommended actions.
• Visualise data using dashboards; highlight anomalies and optimisation opportunities.
• Collaborate with creative and brand teams to refine campaign elements based on insights.

Stakeholder Communication

• Share campaign updates and escalate issues to the campaign lead as needed.
• Ensure clear and timely communication across internal teams and external partners.

Continuous Learning & Playbook Development

• Document repeatable setups, templates, and checklists; maintain a best-practice playbook.
• Track platform updates and industry changes; apply learnings to improve efficiency.
• Complete relevant micro-credentials aligned to the team roadmap.

Qualifications and Experience

• Diploma in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or a related field - (essential).
• +2 years of experience in a marketing support or coordination role - (essential)
• Exposure to campaign environments and project tracking - (essential).
• Familiarity with marketing tools and Microsoft Office Suite - (essential).

Key Competencies and Work Ethic

• Team player and collaborative partner - contributes towards building a positive team morale
• Good communication, presentation and story-telling skills - Able to articulate ideas and concepts in a creative and meaningful way.
• Dynamic personality and the ability to think outside the box.
• Proactve, flexible thinker and able to use own initiative to execute functions in areas of familiarity.
• Organised with strong time, delivery and planning management.
• Interpersonal skills - build and maintain strong relationships internally and externally. Able to apply discretion to know when to escalate challenges / conflicting priorities.
• Results-oriented and quality focused with good project management skills - Able to balance multiple projects and priorities in a large scale, complex environment.
• Ability to work under pressure and to organise, prioritise, and reorder workload in a rapidly changing and fast-moving environment.
• Self-motivated, curious and willing to learn – Proactively identifies new areas for learning, seizes learning opportunities and actively uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job.

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