Marketing Executive

Step into a Marketing Executive role in Kroonstad and make your mark across Free State. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.

About the Opportunity

An experienced Marketing Executive is needed to support operations in Kroonstad. The role forms part of how the business keeps its marketing jobs portfolio strong in Free State.

Expect a structured first ninety days, with onboarding milestones, regular check-ins, and an early focus on getting comfortable with the systems and processes that underpin the Kroonstad team.

Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Kroonstad teams, and the new Marketing Executive will feel that from the first week.

Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Marketing Executive is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Free State is consistently high and consistently fair.

What We Offer

Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Kroonstad contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the marketing jobs space in Free State.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Kroonstad teams.

Benefits are clear and consistent. Beyond the package on offer, the role includes the supports you would expect from an established South African employer in Free State.

The company reinvests in its people: paid training, internal moves and the chance to take on bigger projects are all part of how careers in Kroonstad keep progressing.

Career Growth

Career progression here is real, not a slogan. The marketing jobs space in Kroonstad offers a clear runway from delivery into team leadership and beyond, and managers sit down with each team member regularly to map out the next step in Free State.

Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Kroonstad team member.

Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Kroonstad have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Free State.

Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.

Your Team

In addition, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Kroonstad office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when Free State operations get busy.

Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.

In addition, the team mix in Kroonstad reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.

Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.

Equal Opportunity

Importantly, the organisation is committed to transformation and equal opportunity. Hiring is on merit, and applications are actively encouraged from women, youth, people with disabilities and other historically disadvantaged groups in line with the Employment Equity plan and B-BBEE objectives.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Kroonstad.

B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.

Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Free State.

The Environment

Equally, the environment is creative, deadline-driven and data-aware. Cross-functional work with sales, product and design is the norm, and ideas are tested with real audiences quickly.

Practically speaking, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.

A respectful, professional environment is the standard in Free State. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Kroonstad site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

Core Functions

• Manage paid media budgets across Google, Meta and LinkedIn
• Support sales teams with collateral, presentations and trade activations
• Conduct market research and competitor analysis to inform positioning
• Create on-brand content for web, social, email and in-store
• Manage brand assets, tone of voice and corporate identity guidelines
• Test, learn and iterate on creative, channels and audience targeting
• Brief and manage external creative, media and PR agencies

What You’ll Need

• 2-4 years’ experience in a marketing or communications role
• Strong project management and organisational skills
• Awareness of POPIA and consumer protection requirements
• Creative thinker who can also analyse data and report on ROI
• Comfortable creating short-form video and social media content
• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Marketing, Communications or related field

Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.