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Overview
Work History
Education
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Education
Software
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Shaun Van Doorn

Shaun Van Doorn

Digital Media Director
Cape Town

Summary

Director of many Digital Positions. Specializing in Media Buying, New business development and Management. Offering experience in delivering client-focused solutions and successfully managing multiple projects.

Excellent critical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Digital Media Director

Yazimedia
11.2014 - Current

Yazimedia
Spearheaded media buying for a comprehensive
performance-based media agency for many
verticals, Ecom, iGaming, Brands ect.


Created and optimized ad creatives to ensure
maximum ROI for CPI, CPL, and CPA campaigns.
Managed campaigns across multiple platforms
including Google PPC, Facebook Ads, Instagram,
TikTok, LinkedIn, and more.


Led a team of 50+ media buyers, providing
strategic direction and hands-on management.
Oversaw all media-related campaigns and
strategies, maintaining direct communication
with key clients to ensure successful media
purchases.


Expert in optimizing campaigns to achieve
optimal conversions and performance.

Digital Sales Manager

Times Media Group - Times Media Live (TMG)
11.2013 - 11.2014
  • Deal with all sales of TMG publishers, managing sales team on hitting KPI’s and troubleshooting’s
  • Scoping new internal developments such as DSP’s and network agreements on unsold inventory
  • Work out discount agreements clients
  • Campaign conceptualization and scoping for Blue chip clients
  • Meet with key client for social events
  • Work with multi million Rand agreements and partnerships
  • Aid in TMG decisions on purchases of all digital companies
  • Prepare budget reports, reviews and manage the annual budget planning process
  • Extensive experience in all forms and platforms of BLT, ATL, TTL - digital, CMS, Online, Mobile, Applications & CRM, CPM, CPC, CPA, CPL.

Sales Media Director - Africa

Buzzcity
3 2012 - 9 2014
  • Deal with sales team of AM's Management, all hiring and firing
  • CPC, CPM, CPD, IP targeting, PubID Targeting
  • Market research into emerging markets, managing all sales reports
  • Manage ZA office
  • Speak at respective conferences on behalf of Buzzcity, deal with all Blue chip clients and optimize clients and keep relations stable
  • Travel to prospective clients & new markets within Africa to keep Buzzcity top of mind and further educating all markets on our offerings and Publishers/Features/Systems & all other digital strategies
  • Head up all PR for Africa and Buzzcity’s involvements
  • Extensive experience in all forms and platforms of BLT, ATL, TTL - digital, CMS, Online, Mobile, Applications & CRM.

Key Senior Account Manager (All blue chip clients)

Liquorice
04.2011 - 03.2012
  • Managing all team Account Managers, managing my clients to facilitate campaigns and all requirements, such as creating end of year marketing strats, costing’s, presentations, ICM, and approval of all processes, i.e
  • Briefs, proposals, creative, specs, HTML, Development, QA (quality control) and client pass over
  • Managing all processes for TV ads, Print ads and all digital (online, Mobile & Application development)
  • Extensive experience in all forms and platforms of BLT, ATL, TTL - digital, CMS, Online, Mobile, Applications & CRM.

Senior Account Manager/Project Manager

CellSmart
03.2008 - 03.2011
  • Cold calling big brands and agencies organizing meetings with marketing directors, developing marketing strategies for merging mobile marketing strategies
  • Drawing up in-depth campaign proposals including costs & payment Scheduled
  • Further liaisons with clients, closing on proposals/deals
  • Continue client relationship and bring in new business
  • During campaign development continue to project manage and further up sell on campaign best practice
  • Continue client liaison and management of the developers throughout the campaign
  • Drawing up campaign closures and many other documents to make the entire campaign be productive as possible, including Solution Overviews (campaign technical Requirements), Mechanics Overviews (Client technical spec of the proposed campaign), Analytical Reports (Clients Documents of the complete success of the proposed campaign), and more
  • Extensive experience in Google analytics, online media, mobile media, online digital development & implementation, mobile digital development & implementation and BTL advertising through publications.

Sales Manager

Naseba
  • Outbound Executive Telesales
  • Cold calling big brands and agencies organizing meetings with marketing directors, developing marketing strategies for merging mobile marketing strategies
  • Drawing up in-depth campaign proposals including costs & payment Scheduled
  • Further liaisons with clients, closing on proposals/deals
  • Continue client relationship and bring in new business
  • During campaign development continue to project manage and further up sell on campaign best practice
  • Continue client liaison and management of the developers throughout the campaign
  • Drawing up campaign closures and many other documents to make the entire campaign be productive as possible, including Solution Overviews (campaign technical Requirements), Mechanics Overviews (Client technical spec of the proposed campaign), Analytical Reports (Clients Documents of the complete success of the proposed campaign), and more.

Education

Batcholers - Quantity Surveyor

Cape Town University of Technology
Cape Town, South Africa
04.2001 -

Skills

Customer Relations

Education

Metric 2005 - Senior Certificate with endorsement, Wynberg Boys High School, Cape Town, Blues award for drama, BSc Quantity surveying, Cape Town’s University of technology

Software

Facebook Ads

Google Ads

Tiktok Ads

Mysql Database

Zennolabs (Automation Creation)

C#

Javascript

Google Anylitics

Binom Ad Tracking

Timeline

Digital Media Director

Yazimedia
11.2014 - Current

Digital Sales Manager

Times Media Group - Times Media Live (TMG)
11.2013 - 11.2014

Key Senior Account Manager (All blue chip clients)

Liquorice
04.2011 - 03.2012

Senior Account Manager/Project Manager

CellSmart
03.2008 - 03.2011

Batcholers - Quantity Surveyor

Cape Town University of Technology
04.2001 -

Sales Media Director - Africa

Buzzcity
3 2012 - 9 2014

Sales Manager

Naseba
Shaun Van DoornDigital Media Director