Growth Acquisition Strategist
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 R55,500 – R74,000 ZAR. This role is suited for senior-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
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Role:Growth Acquisition Strategist
Priority Location: Eastern Europe / South Africa
Working Hours: 8AM - 5PM CET
Salary Range: $3,000 – $4,000
Type of contract:Full-time
Type of job:Remote
About the company
Our client is one of Europe’s leading direct-to-consumer baby brands, supporting parents through thoughtfully designed products and an exceptional e-commerce experience. As the company expands its international footprint, paid acquisition across Meta and Google has become one of its most vital growth drivers.
They are seeking a highly analytical yet creative marketer who can bridge the gap between media buying and creative strategy. This individual will play a key role in accelerating campaign velocity, boosting performance, and creating a more efficient workflow between performance marketing and content production.
About the RoleOur e-commerce works today and it is profitable, but it is standing still. We have a machine that executes well — website, email, content produced together with an in-house influencer team across four markets — and what we are missing is someone who defines the acquisition strategy: which needs we speak to, with which messages, to which audiences, and how all of it holds together from the ad to the page to the email.This is a role to build, not to maintain. Whoever joins will find a channel with healthy margins, clean data, and no legacy structure to dismantle.
Key Responsibilities
* Mapping customer needs, triggers and objections for every product and every market,and turning them into a living, actively used library of communication angles
* Building the creative production system: from the script, to the content request tocreators, to editing, to going live
* Making the whole funnel coherent: the promise in the ad, the landing page and theemail sequence all tell the same story
* Governing the agency that currently runs Meta and Google, and leading the move to in-house media buying
* Allocating advertising budget across markets based on the profitability of each
* Growing customer value over time, not just acquiring customers: automated flows,repeat purchase, entry offer
* Building the entry thesis for the US market: positioning, angles and messaging for the2027 relaunch, together with the channel owner
* Giving the company a weekly read on acquisition, conversion and retentionThe role is not accountable for the technical build of the site, the pages and the email flows —those stay with the E-commerce Manager, with whom this role works as a pair. It is notaccountable for brand tone of voice, which stays with the Brand Manager.
Essential Requirements
* 3-7 years in growth or performance marketing roles on DTC e-commerce, with ownership of strategy and not only execution
* Having already built a library of angles and a creative production process: this is the requirement that weighs most. We ask candidates to show it during the process.
* Writing: able to write persuasive scripts and messaging, and able to judge copy working with native speakers even in languages they do not speak
* Thinks in terms of margin: MER, CAC, contribution margin. Able to read a P&L and tell the difference between a campaign that sells and a campaign that makes money
* Experience across multiple European markets, not a single country
* Able to get work done through people who do not report to them
* Fluent English
Nice to have
* Experience launching or scaling in the US market
* Experience moving media buying from an agency in-house
* Categories where trust matters: baby care, health, cosmetics, supplements
* Having worked with influencer and creator content as the raw material for campaigns
* Familiarity with Shopify and Klaviyo
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 R55,500/month, this role pays well above the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($3,000/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 828 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →