Digital Strategist

6 days ago

Sandton, South Africa Firewater Full time

**Job Information**:
Date Opened
- 03/10/2024Job Type
- Full timeIndustry
- AdvertisingWork Experience
- 4-5 yearsSalary
- 35000City
- SandtonProvince
- GautengCountry
- South AfricaPostal Code
- 2196**Are you the Sherlock Holmes of the digital world, spotting problems no one else can see and crafting solutions that leave everyone else scratching their heads?** Do you live, eat, and breathe all things digital? Can you sniff out potential clients like a bloodhound on a scent trail? If you’ve already got a digital campaign brewing in your mind while reading this, then you, my friend, are exactly who we’re looking for
- At Firewater, we’re on the hunt for a digital ideas guru to join our squad of passionate digital experts. We’re all about **delivering top-notch, measurable, and quantifiable solutions **to our fantastic clients. Think of us as the Avengers, but with more coffee and fewer capes.

Job Responsibilities
- Identify & contact prospective clients and opportunities.
- Develop digital strategies based on client briefs ensuring these are aligned with marketing/sales strategies.
- Ability to develop omni-channel campaigns based on client briefs. Choosing relevant channels for execution.
- Participate and run all client and internal strategy sessions - preparing presentations, compiling all documentation, attending meetings and taking comprehensive notes.
- Presenting strategies to clients.
- Collaborate closely with the design, content, social media, dev, account management and project management teams.
- Drive innovative approaches to digital marketing, embracing cutting-edge trends and ideas
- Creating action plans as needed to achieve targets.
- Set measurable objectives to ensure campaigns are meeting the specified requirements.
- R&D of the latest trends, benchmarks and best practices.
- Compile comprehensive monthly reporting for active channels and campaigns for each client.
- Meet deadlines related to all areas of work.
- Creative Problem solving is a pre-requisite in your day to day.

**Requirements**:

- Relevant degree or diploma.
- Minimum of 4+ years of relevant digital agency experience.
- Experience working on clients in the corporate/business to business sector is essential
- Strong ability in document writing and compiling reports.
- Ability to develop campaign proposals.
- Experience working on omni-channel/digital/social media campaigns (provide portfolio of latest projects).
- A proactive self-starter who has great attention to detail.
- Passionate in all things digital.
- Strategic thinker.
- Strong analytical expertise.
- Always at the forefront of new trends. A trend setter.
- Extensive experience in and knowledge of Meta Business, Google services, TikTok, LinkedIn, Microsoft Ads and other emerging platforms
- Extensive experience in social media management, content management and content marketing
- Proficient in advanced reporting (including tools) and insights
- Co-leadership of digital marketing team
- Strong Microsoft 365 suite skills.

**Other Requirements**
- Driver's License with own transport
- Logic and perfectionism
- Excellent grammar, spelling and good command of the English language
- Confident, well organised and patient
- Extremely keen eye for detail and aesthetics, down to the last pixel
- Driven and motivated to complete projects no matter what it takes
- Motivate the team to deliver the best possible project, on time and to standard
- Excellent people skills
- Must be a ninja.

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