Theory
The foundations of performance marketing: ad platforms, sales funnels, strategy building — plus accreditations in the platforms you'll work on.
R17 Academy · Cape Town
Learn performance marketing by doing it. And get paid while you do.
A 6-month, full-time paid apprenticeship at our Cape Town office — open to graduates and non-graduates. You leave with platform accreditations, real account experience and a shot at a permanent role.
Next intake: to be announced.
Follow us on LinkedIn →The program
An apprenticeship, not a course.
You won't watch videos for six months. You'll train inside a working agency — mentored by the Academy Lead and our senior performance marketers, on the platforms and accounts this team runs every day.
It's full-time and on-site at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, and you earn a salary from day one. No marketing degree required; the entry assessment cares about how you think, not what you studied.
How it works
Three stages. Real work throughout.
The foundations of performance marketing: ad platforms, sales funnels, strategy building — plus accreditations in the platforms you'll work on.
You apply it on real work: building strategies, setting up and managing campaigns, optimizing and reporting — guided and checked by the senior team at every step.
Finish strong and there's a path to joining R17 as a junior performance marketer. Some graduates have been hired or promoted within two months of completing the program.
Who we're looking for
Curiosity, honesty, and appetite.
The same things we look for in every hire: curiosity, proactivity, honesty, and a genuine appetite for solving hard problems. Degree or no degree.
Next intake: to be announced.
Intake dates, the application link and the entry assessment will be posted on our LinkedIn page first. Follow us there and you won't miss it.