Marketing Assistant urgently needed: APPLY HERE

Cape Town, Western Cape

This position will form part of a small marketing department that has content, digital advertising, design and production services within its team – reporting to the Marketing Manager.

The role will support and optimize all brands. Duties for the Digital Marketing assistant will include tracking campaign progress, assisting on the development of various marketing materials, sourcing images and artwork, collating content, updating online assets, streamlining digital marketing production, and handling general digital marketing activities.

Ideal candidates for this role should be creative and innovative, multimedia savvy, well-organized, and must be an excellent communicator. Ultimately, the exceptional Digital Marketing assistant should have a firm grasp of the different digital touch points, drive highly effective digital campaigns, enhance user experience, and deliver on digital objectives.

Digital Marketing Assistant Responsibilities:

Supporting marketing initiatives.
Creating and managing mailing lists (and other communication databases like Mailchimp,SMS, Social Media groups and WhatsApp groups).
Ensure marketing automation processes are implemented and optimised
Proofing and Editing marketing material, ensuring all assets are updated with the latest information (Journalism qualification advantageous)
Researching market trends.
Coordinating marketing events.
Developing and sourcing content for digital platforms (in conjunction with the social and digital team members).
Responsible for SEO audits of website as well as implementation of SEO changes
Set up goals, conversions and tracking on the website and obtain & interpret website analytics reports
Responsible for role out of Social Media Campaigns and advertising with ROI
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Pintrest as well as various social bookmarking sites
Assisting on the management Google adwords account ensuring highest ROI
Google Analytics – analyse and draw up monthly reports, providing insight, solutions and guidance to the Marketing Manager
Experience with Google tag, optimise and search metrics
Drafting articles or developing own content a huge advantage
Photographing, creating & editing of videos & marketing material relating to the relevant offering.. Ability to create Social Media video’s and Photo Carousal ads on: Facebook, Instagram, Google Display, YouTube etc.
Should be able to work Adobe programs, Camera editing, Video editing etc.
Wordpress skills will be an advantageous

Digital Marketing Assistant Requirements:

Experience in digital marketing and advertising.
Thorough understanding of digital marketing and analytics.
Be active on social media.
Can do attitude and willingness to learn and grow
Highly organized and an excellent communicator.
Strong computer literacy.
Project management experience.
Strong attention to detail.
Knowledge of web analytics.
hands-on, and metrics-driven tasks
Excellent understanding of marketing concepts and metrics· * * Superior time management and communication skills
Attention to detail
Design experience essential (Web, Graphic and Video)
e-Learning experience advantageous
Please note only suitable candidates will be contacted.