Paid Ads & Search Specialist (Africa)

Binance
South Africa
Remote

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with native-level fluency in African markets and a background in performance marketing, comfortable with transcreating global paid strategies for local execution and feeding market intelligence back to global teams.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with native-level fluency in African markets and experience in crypto or FinTech performance marketing
    — “Ideally >3 years of performance marketing experience (paid ads and SEO), in a crypto or FinTech industry”
  • Individuals adept at adapting global strategies to local realities and interpreting performance data for actionable insights
    — “Performance data literacy: Solid understanding of data analytics and online customer acquisition, able to interpret and tell the “why” behind the numbers”
  • Professionals who can manage local paid ad channels and design culturally relevant campaigns
    — “Managed at least one local channel for paid ads and designed one local campaign”

Things to consider

  • The role demands fluency in local languages and cultural awareness, not just translation skills
    — “Native-level local market fluency: Not just language — consumer psychology, the local competitive and trust landscape”
  • The position involves regular data analysis and campaign performance monitoring using specific tools
    — “Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly performance and act on anomalies using AppsFlyer, Sensor Tower, and Similarweb”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in adapting global campaigns to local markets with specific examples of transcreation
    — “Adapt global paid strategy to local reality — transcreate, never translate”
  • Emphasize your ability to interpret data and explain performance trends, not just report numbers
    — “able to interpret and tell the “why” behind the numbers, not just “it is low/ high””
  • Demonstrate your knowledge of local SEO practices and AI-generated content optimization
    — “Drive local SEO with editorial and content teams, including on local search engines where relevant”
  • Include evidence of feeding local market intelligence back to global teams in your past work
    — “Feed local intelligence — competitor moves, cultural shifts, regulatory changes, local user behaviour — back to the global team”
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What success looks like

  • drive significant growth in customer base
  • adapt global paid strategy to local reality
  • monitor and act on performance data
Typical background
3+ years of performance marketing experiencenative-level fluency in local market

Skills & requirements

Required

Performance MarketingPaid AdsSEOASOEmail MarketingData AnalyticsOnline Customer Acquisition

Preferred

Affiliate TrafficReferralsLocal SEOAi-generated Answers

Stack & domain

Performance MarketingPaid AdsSEOASOAffiliates TrafficReferralsEmail MarketingLocal SEOLink BuildingContent ReviewAi-generated AnswersData AnalyticsOnline Customer AcquisitionTranscreationLocal Channel ExpertiseCampaign DesignData InterpretationLocal PlatformsLocal CampaignsLocal IntelligenceCreativityRigorDriveResults OrientationGrowth MindsetCommunicationTeamworkLeadershipCryptocurrencyFinanceDigital Marketing

About the role

Original posting from Binance via Greenhouse

Binance is a leading global blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and registered users. We are trusted by 300+ million people in 100+ countries for our industry-leading security, user fund transparency, trading engine speed, deep liquidity, and an unmatched portfolio of digital-asset products. Binance offerings range from trading and finance to education, research, payments, institutional services, and more. Our mission is to increase the freedom of money and financial access for people around the world.

About the Role

As a Local Market Digital Specialist (Africa), you’ll drive the way we connect with local users to grow Binance’s active user base. Leveraging your growth digital marketing skill (Paid Ads, SEO, ASO, affiliates traffic, referrals, email marketing,...) you’ll identify opportunities for the local market in order to reach and activate new users.

As the right person for the job, you’ll care deeply about how to leverage all digital media channels to reach new audiences and build an enduring brand, be creative about the deployment of marketing messages, and be rigorous about learning from the data you collect and the experiential campaigns you run.  Most importantly, you’ll drive results and significantly grow our customer base. 

Responsibilities:

Adapt global paid strategy to local reality — transcreate, never translate; own the market narrative for local campaigns, performance creative and the design briefs that deliver it.

Provide local channel expertise and activation alongside global platforms.

Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly performance and act on anomalies using AppsFlyer, Sensor Tower, and Similarweb; escalate what needs escalating.

Drive local SEO with editorial and content teams, including on local search engines where relevant

Support SEO activities such as link buildings & content review, and grow visibility in AI-generated answers (AEO/GEO) for local-language queries.

Feed local intelligence — competitor moves, cultural shifts, regulatory changes, local user behaviour — back to the global team so it shapes strategy, not just execution.

Requirements:

Ideally >3 years of performance marketing experience (paid ads and SEO), in a crypto or FinTech industry

Native-level local market fluency: Not just language — consumer psychology, the local competitive and trust landscape, crypto's local reputation and local user behaviour

Performance data literacy: Solid understanding of data analytics and online customer acquisition, able to interpret and tell the “why” behind the numbers, not just “it is low/ high”

Working knowledge of SEO: on-page, linkbuildings, and such. (Bonus: AIO & GEO working experience)

Local platforms/ channels/ campaigns: Managed at least one local channel for paid ads and designed one local campaign 

Fluent English speaker, with understanding of local language

Why Binance

Shape the future of finance 

Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure

Tackle challenging projects in a fast-paced and innovative enviornment with autonomy

Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning

Competitive salary and company benefits

Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team)

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Source: Binance careers (Greenhouse)

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