AddBloom is recruiting a Media Planner/Buyer. You will be responsible for working with clients, suppliers and internal departments to plan buy and implement paid digital media campaigns, manage end-to-end campaign set up, activation and day-to-day client and stakeholder communication as well as analyze campaign performance, optimize, measure against KPIs and report

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops and manages effective integrated media plans and buys under the supervision of the Media Manager including objectives, strategies, placement and schedule of deployment
• Build budget recommendations, pitch decks and proposals including cost schedules to clients
• Document campaign evolution to monitor overall performance and identify best practices.
• Present account reviews internally as well as to clients
• Explore new opportunities to grow campaigns more efficiently and effectively
• Test new channels and trends to build credibility, remain competitive and have possess an added value 
• Ensure a data led approach to all activity, creating a clear test & learn strategy
• Applies knowledge of digital media and communication platforms to identify the most appropriate mediums for building awareness and increase visibility of a client's brand
• Identifies target audiences and analyses their characteristics, behavior and digital media habits
• Works with client and the Account Manager team to understand the client's business objectives and marketing strategy and supports account managers in managing client relationships
• Undertakes research and analyses data using industry resources
• Proofreads advertisement content before release
• Adjusts media schedules in response to the latest audience figures, manages and monitors budgets and updates clients on the effectiveness of campaigns
• Maintains media plans including changes, budgeting, execution, reporting and optimization
• Stays apprised of industry standards, new media programs/opportunities and can advise on new ways to reach targets by conducting extensive audience, industry and competitive research
• Tracks performance and optimizes Paid Media campaigns with respect to pacing, bid management, landing page and creative testing, keyword and ad copy analysis, ad schedules, and more
• Manage advertising budgets and maintain accurate records of spend 
• Creates for clients and AddBloom monthly Paid Media reports with analysis of performance of campaigns along with strategic recommendations for continual improvement
• Develops and maintains good contacts with digital media providers
• Selects the best service provider for AddBloom and its clients
• Coordinates with finance department for all digital media billing using monthly tracking reports and invoice reconciliation

• Other duties as assigned by management

Skills and Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of online media planning, implementation and optimizations
• Excellent knowledge Facebook Ads Manager, Google AdWords, Media Buying, Google Analytics, Google Tags Manager and Other Tracking Software
• Combines creative thinking with factual analysis to develop appropriate strategies to ensure that campaigns reach their target audiences as effectively as possible
• Expert in Excel, PowerPoint and Google Suite
• Understands how digital fits in the overall client marketing/media strategy %u2028
• Strong analytical skills and ability to relate results to client business objectives, providing a basis for measurement of the digital activities
• Proficient in using standard online media research and planning tools
• Proficient in deriving insights from data, fluent in slicing/dicing data
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong mathematical abilities required %u2028
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written skills as well as proven ability to develop well-written documents and presentations %u2028
• Capability to work effectively under pressure.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA in Marketing or any related field
• 3 to 5 years of experience in media planning and buying%u2028 | Performance marketing experience highly desirable
• Basic technical knowledge is a plus (HTML, reading ASP, PHP code...)
• Fluency in English and Arabic. French is a plus

AddBloom is recruiting an ecommerce manager for a retail market place.

Key factors of the role involve the content, the design of the website and overseeing such matters like business strategy, conversion optimization, online marketing and team management. 

Some other responsibilities of an ecommerce manager are:

• Overseeing Design and Developments of Website
• Monitor web analytics and internal data sources
• Design and Execute Roadmaps
• Incorporate Best Practices
• Budget Effectively
• Supervise all activities and product development
• Work closely with web development and technical teams
• Prepare reports and analyse conversion numbers
• Develop Strategy/Marketing Plans
• Team Management and Progress Monitoring
• Quality Control and Assurance
• Developing Schedules and Timescales

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing and/or related field
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in e-commerce
• Knowledge in different revenue models
• Must demonstrate a thorough understanding of eCommerce sales and marketing

Core Competencies:

• Robust networking and persuasion skills.
• Good understanding of online marketing and the various channels.
• Ability to work effectively within fast paced, diverse cross functional teams

• Timely Decision Making 
• Strong leadership and driving organizational alignment skills to develop and deliver against key strategies.
• Strong analytical skills to work with financial numbers, problem identification and resolution abilities.

• Account Management and project management skills

AddBloom is recruiting a  marketplace e-commerce operations intern with the opportunity to become a full time team member. 

Tasks Include 

• Ensure that our shop/suppliers are adequately stocked and this is reflected in our system.
• Review price notifications from Dropshippers and update accordingly.
• Update the ‘Special Categories” pages/links every month/occasion/holidays.
• Update monthly newsletters on Klaviyo.
• Update slider images on the main home page and/or other landing pages every month/occasion/holidays.
• Add/edit product descriptions. 
• Add new product visuals.
• Track orders from fulfillment to delivery.
• Assure advertised products are in stock.
• Perform regular competitor analysis to generate new ideas, and compare prices.
• Create tactical promotion ideas that are applicable categories or sub-categories.
• Suggest new products to add to shop.
• Feedback on customer journey
• Monitor Google Analytics and Shopify Analytics - identify and communicate advice on best practice and ways to improve.
• Suggest titles for blogs on a monthly basis.

Building and Developing web applications with proven software architecture experience.

Experience with: MySQL, Postgres, and NoSQL databases, Building RESTful, JSON APIs and mocking services, developing with PHP, NODE.js, Angular.js, Backbone, Ember or React.js

Testing and delivering high-quality code reusable code Queue and Caching, and when to use them.
Domain-Driven Design and microservices.
Cloud platforms (AWS) and different hosting providers a plus.
Experience with Magento or similar eCommerce a plus.

AddBloom is recruiting a Full Stack Mobile API-Driven Developer
Requirements: 
• PHP 5 and PHP 7. 
• MySQL, Postgres, and NoSQL databases.
• Apigee, Mulesoft or similar
• Composer and many of the major PHP frameworks (including Laravel and Symfony).
• Experience developing in a modern front-end framework, Angular.js, Backbone, Ember, Knockout or React
• Android and IOS experience a must
• Testing and delivering high-quality code.
• Queue and Caching, and when to use them.
• Building RESTful APIs and mocking services. 
• Domain-Driven Design and microservices.
• Cloud platforms and different hosting providers. 
• Automated deployments and Continuous Integration. 
• Proven software architecture experience
• Ability to work as a team member in a busy environment.

AddBloom is recruiting a Creative Graphic Designer with experience in digital media. We’re looking for talent who can take direction from written or spoken ideas and convert them seamlessly into images, layouts and other designs. The successful candidate should have an intimate understanding of how marketing campaigns work. We work in a fast-paced environment, so the ideal Graphic Designer will be able to hit the ground running as soon as we bring on a new client or project. Applicants with experience leading creative teams and designing with other professionals will be given prime consideration.

• Work simultaneously on 5 projects based on current client workload
• Create visual aspects of marketing materials, websites and other media, including infographics
• Put together disparate elements of a design created by another professional, such as the icons, photographs and other components necessary for a website design
• Consult with clients’ marketing, copywriting and sales teams to create cohesive designs that reflect our clients’ corporate cultures and goals

Required Skills:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art Design, Graphic Design or related field
2. Experience with Creative Design for Social Media Channels (Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Google Banners etc.)
3. Experience with motion graphics (video editing, stop motion, animation) a PLUS
4. Extensive experience with Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign, specifically with mockups, web design and multimedia presentation
5. Adaptive design eye and skill
6. Excellent communication skills
7. Ability to absorb and apply constructive criticism from peers and client

Apply Today!

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Do you have what it takes to join the digital revolution?  AddBloom is looking for the best of the best to help us transform and grow businesses across the Middle East.  We have positions open in Beirut and Dubai. If you are in another country, apply anyway, we may be expanding where you live soon.

AddBloom is recruiting Strategic Account Directors and Account Managers.  

As part of your role, you would be required to manage the overall client-agency relationship, ideate and create proactive digital strategies and guide your team to execute them in an efficient manner and closely monitor the campaign execution process to ensure outstanding performance.

As a consultant, strategist, mentor and team liaison, you’ll have the opportunity to build long-term client partnerships while collaborating internally with design, content, and community management and digital media team members on a daily basis to help understand/define client KPIs and generate innovative and strategic solutions to meet those goals.  

You will lead your team to oversee campaigns throughout every development phase - from concept through execution and beyond, reporting on key insights and offering data-driven recommendations for ongoing optimization and performance improvement.

As the primary point of contact, you will be instrumental in shaping strategy, driving performance and identifying opportunities to generate additional revenue and new business growth. Your primary responsibility would include liaising with clients on a day-to-day basis to form strong, long lasting relationship with them. While promoting business expansion, you would assist key clients to confront their digital challenges through the right selection of technology and strategy.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Results-Driven Digital Advertising Strategist: Critical thinking skills to understand performance analytics and interpret digital campaign data into meaningful insight/actionable next steps. You must be comfortable utilizing analytics dashboard platforms to report on performance.

• Superior Account and Time Management Skills:  Experience onboarding, and managing accounts:
• Generating toolkits (Project Proposals, scopes of work, project plans, reporting dashboards, roles & responsibilities, etc.). Ad or Digital Ad agency experience required.
• Demonstrate ability to prioritize and use sound judgment in managing time to achieve maximized productivity.

• Confident & Persuasive Leader:  Possesses an innate ability to present new ideas with sound rationale, while establishing and sustaining credibility/trust with clients and colleagues.

• Outstanding Communicator/Presenter: Consensus-building and negotiation skills should be second nature, along with the ability to develop thoughtful, well-written and accurate documentation that serves to interpret client needs and translate them into specific directives.

• Committed to Flawless Execution: Focused on quality and detail, while mindful of time-to-market - inspiring others to do what it takes to get projects out the door on time.

• Technological Aptitude: High level of comfort using MS Office Suite (especially Word, Excel & PowerPoint). Google AdWords and Facebook Business Manager a definite plus.

Solution-Oriented: Desire for choosing a highly collaborative approach to problem resolution.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• 5 to 10 years’ digital account management experience (ad agency experience with major accounts preferred)
• Proven competency managing large-scale online projects involving a sophisticated digital marketing product mix
• Demonstrated analytical skills and high degree of comfort overseeing metrics-driven marketing campaigns
• Facebook Business Manager Aptitude and Google AdWords a major plus.
• Must thrive in a dynamic, evolving and fast-paced environment