Job as content coordinator, Cape Town, Paarden Eiland

job description

This is an opportunity to join the marketing team of a leading pet supplies retail company, where you will play a key role in managing text and content across different channels and platforms and providing ongoing marketing support in this regard. You would be part of a very ambitious, highly productive team with very high standards and a lot of passion and energy for the work you are doing.

This position requires a candidate with strong planning / coordination, communication and writing skills who have a good understanding of product and marketing content and its role in a retail organization.

You report to the Marketing Manager, but communicate with various people and departments in the company as well as with external stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ongoing content management and coordination
• Evaluate the different platforms – social media pages and websites
• Constantly propose content ideas and plans for the different platforms
• Work with different team members to gather content and design elements to run the content plan
• Implement, monitor and maintain content plans

• Writing and proofreading texts for products, websites, articles, social media, and other marketing materials.
• Research and write on various pet care topics.
• Coordinate and manage all of the brand’s social media pages
• Coordinate and implement content across three websites.
• Stay up to date on changes to the various platforms and what that means for the company
• Support of the department in all ad hoc marketing tasks
• Pet lover
• Organized and meticulous – great attention to detail
• Productive and extremely efficient
• Driven / action-oriented
• Excellent communication skills, especially writing and proofreading skills
• Exceptional planning skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to grasp concepts quickly
• Strong initiative
• Resourceful
• Service oriented
• Safe working on digital and online platforms
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and re-prioritize
• Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines

Skills and strengths:

• Pet lover
• Organized and meticulous – great attention to detail
• Productive and extremely efficient
• Driven / action-oriented
• Excellent communication skills, especially writing and proofreading skills
• Exceptional planning skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Ability to grasp concepts quickly
• Strong initiative
• Resourceful
• Service oriented
• Safe working on digital and online platforms
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and re-prioritize
• Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines

Experience and qualifications:

• Completed training in the field of marketing / copywriting or similar.
• At least 2 years of full-time work experience in a similar role
• Writing experience (social media, product text, web text, short articles)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Suite
• Experience with Facebook, Instagram, web platforms, GoogleMybusiness and Mailchimp,
• Experience in graphic design or exposure is an asset

Required qualifications and / or experience:

• Content management
• Writing, editing and proofreading (across different marketing channels)
• Social media management

Experience with the following platforms / programs required:

• Mailchimp
• Facebook Creator Studio (or similar)
• Facebook advertising manager
• Excel

Posted on Jul 19 12:03 PM