Junior Paid Media Specialist (Meta & Google Ads)-Remote
Remote | Full-time | R15,000 - R20,000 per month
About Denteel
Denteel is a performance-focused digital marketing agency working primarily with service-based and healthcare clients, including dental and medical practices. We don't just run ads; we deliver a full, end-to-end patient acquisition system that blends conversion-focused creative, high-performance funnels, and a disciplined follow-up engine to produce predictable, measurable growth for our clients.
We're now looking for a Junior Paid Media Specialist to own the daily monitoring side of our client ad accounts. This is not a strategy-first or campaign-ownership role; it's a support and quality-control role sitting alongside our senior media buyer. You'll be the person who checks every account every day, the one who catches issues before they become problems, and the extra set of eyes that keeps our senior media buyer informed and able to solve problems quicker.
You'll build toward strategy over time, but day one is about consistency, attention to detail, and reliable feedback.
What you'll be doing
Daily Account Monitoring
- Check all assigned Meta and Google Ads accounts daily without being reminded.
- Catch budget pacing issues, disapprovals, tracking errors, and underperforming ads before they become client-facing problems.
- Keep a simple, consistent daily log of account status and any red flags spotted.
- Escalate anything urgent to the senior media buyer immediately, not at the next check-in.
Campaign Support
- Assist with campaign setup, naming conventions, and asset organisation under guidance.
- Make minor, pre-approved optimisations, such as budget adjustments, pausing underperforming ads, or audience tweaks, as directed.
- Help keep accounts clean and well-structured across the full client portfolio.
Reporting & Feedback
- Provide clear, concise daily or weekly updates to the senior media buyer and management.
- Reporting always leads with what was found, not just what was checked.
- Track recurring issues or patterns across accounts and flag them proactively.
- Communicate issues as they're found, not batched up and forgotten.
Learning & Growth
- Work closely with the senior media buyer to understand the reasoning behind optimisation decisions, not just the mechanics.
- Ask questions and build toward strategic understanding, not just task execution.
- Take on increasing responsibility as consistency and judgement are demonstrated.
What we're looking for
Experience
- Some hands-on experience running or assisting with Meta Ads campaigns, agency or in-house.
- Basic familiarity with Google Ads (Search) is an advantage, not required.
- Prior exposure to lead generation or service-based businesses is a plus.
Skills & Traits
- Notices when something looks off, rather than skimming past it. This is the single trait we screen hardest for.
- Reliable and consistent, comfortable with the routine of daily checks.
- Comfortable flagging issues without waiting to be prompted.
- Organised enough to manage a checklist across multiple accounts without dropping anything.
- Eager to learn and grow into a fuller media buying role over time.
What this role is not
- Not a strategy-ownership role; account direction stays with the senior media buyer.
- Not a role where accounts get checked "when there's time." Daily checking is the job.
Success in this role
3 Months
- You reliably check every assigned account daily without being reminded.
- You catch and flag issues before they become bigger problems.
- You give clear, useful feedback to the senior media buyer and management.
6 Months
- You confidently handle minor optimisations under guidance.
- You're seen as a dependable extra set of eyes across all accounts.
- You're starting to take on small pieces of campaign ownership.
12 Months
- You're ready to manage smaller accounts independently.
- You've built a real understanding of strategy, not just monitoring.
- You're a trusted, growing member of the media buying team.
Why join Denteel?
Real hands-on experience
You'll work across live client accounts from day one, not on hypothetical case studies.
Mentorship, not sink-or-swim
You'll be guided by a senior media buyer, learning the reasoning behind decisions as you go.
A clear path of growth
You'll move from daily monitoring into real account ownership as you prove consistency and judgement.
Fair pay, clear expectations
R15,000 - R20,000 per month, based on experience. Fully remote, full-time.