Growth & AI Advertising Associate
Somewhere
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. The estimated monthly salary is R31,450 – R37,000 ZAR. This role is suited for junior-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
LOOKING FOR STELLAR TOP CANDIDATES
Position:Growth & AI Advertising AssociateWorking Hours:Full-Time │ US EST Business HoursSearch Location:GlobalSalary:$1700-2000 USD:The Final Salary Offer depends on the client’s decision, interview results,and experience
About the Client:
Our client is a trailblazer in the AI sector, focused on applying artificial intelligence to practical business outcomes across investment, ecommerce, digital advertising, and operations.
About the Role:
We are seeking a dynamic and technically curious Associate to support the buildout and execution of AI-powered advertising and campaign automation workflows.
This role sits at the intersection of performance marketing, generative AI, and marketing operations. You will help design, manage, and optimize paid advertising campaigns while leveraging AI tools (including AWS Bedrock and large language models) to scale content creation, campaign testing, reporting, and optimization.
The ideal candidate is commercially minded, analytically strong, and excited about using AI systems to improve advertising performance, efficiency, and return on ad spend.
Role Responsibilities:
* Identify and qualify prospective customers and partners.
* Conduct outreach through email, LinkedIn, events, referrals, and partner channels.
* Manage leads, opportunities, and follow-up in the CRM.
* Coordinate discovery calls, product demonstrations, proposals, and commercial follow-up.
* Create, launch, monitor, and optimize advertising campaigns across platforms such as Amazon Ads, Google Ads, Meta Ads, and LinkedIn Ads.
* Manage campaign audiences, keywords, bids, budgets, creative tests, and landing-page coordination.
* Use generative AI to develop advertising copy, outreach messages, campaign concepts, and testing variations.
* Track pipeline and advertising metrics, including conversion rates, customer-acquisition cost, return on advertising spend, and revenue.
* Prepare weekly pipeline forecasts and campaign-performance reports.
* Develop relationships with Amazon sellers, suppliers, agencies, enterprises, and technology partners.
* Share structured customer and market feedback with the Product Operations Associate.
* Work with the Junior Full-Stack Engineer when campaigns or sales workflows require technical integrations.
Requirements:
* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
* At least two years of experience in business development, digital advertising, growth marketing, partnerships, or a related role.
* Experience prospecting for new business or managing paid advertising campaigns.
* Familiarity with CRM systems, advertising platforms, and performance reporting.
* Experience using generative AI for marketing, advertising, research, or customer outreach.
* Strong written, verbal, analytical, and presentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Experience with Amazon Ads, Amazon Marketplace, Amazon Business, or AWS.
* Experience selling or marketing SaaS, AI, ecommerce, or marketplace services.
* Familiarity with advertising APIs, automation tools, or basic scripting.
* Experience working with B2B customers or enterprise procurement teams.
NOTE:We prioritize the processing of one application at a time. If you have applied for multiple job openings within our organization, we kindly request that you direct any update inquiries to the team responsible for handling your initial application.
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
At R31,450/month, this role is competitive with the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($1,700/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Somewhere
Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 748 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →