Work-Force
Listing live now. Role: Campaign Manager. Location: Mthatha, Eastern Cape. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
About This Position
The Campaign Manager position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Eastern Cape. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Mthatha and across the marketing jobs space.
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 Mthatha team.
Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the marketing jobs group in Mthatha.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Campaign Manager is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Eastern Cape is consistently high and consistently fair.
Day in the Life
You usually start by scanning campaign dashboards over coffee, checking performance against targets and flagging anything that needs attention. Mornings are often given to creative work — briefing designers, refining copy, planning the next content drop — while afternoons mix stakeholder meetings, agency calls and a steady stream of approvals. In between, you’re watching what competitors are doing, listening to what customers are saying online, and shaping the next set of experiments to push the brand forward.
Beyond that, the Mthatha office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.
No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Mthatha.
Notably, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Eastern Cape operations throw up the unexpected.
Working in Mthatha
Mthatha continues to grow as an employment hub in Eastern Cape, with in the growing Buffalo City Metro. This role gives you a foothold in one of its busier business communities, with access to the local services, suppliers and partners that keep the work moving.
If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Mthatha, Eastern Cape.
Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around Mthatha.
Many candidates already living within reach of Mthatha cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Eastern Cape economy.
About the Team
Notably, you will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the marketing jobs side of the business inside out. The Mthatha group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
Practically speaking, the team mix in Mthatha reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.
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.
What We Offer
Crucially, the company invests in the people who join it. From structured onboarding to ongoing skills development, you will find clear paths to grow your career in marketing jobs from your base in Mthatha. Many colleagues across Eastern Cape have moved into senior roles after starting in positions just like this one.
Crucially, 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 Mthatha keep progressing.
Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Mthatha 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 Eastern Cape.
Our Commitment to Transformation
Practically speaking, 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.
Practical steps back the words. Structured EE reporting, transformation initiatives and learnership programmes give real opportunities to candidates from across Eastern Cape.
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.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Mthatha.
Daily Duties
- Test, learn and iterate on creative, channels and audience targeting
- Brief and manage external creative, media and PR agencies
- Optimise organic search performance through on-page and technical SEO
- Manage email marketing journeys, segmentation and lifecycle automation
- Manage brand assets, tone of voice and corporate identity guidelines
- Ensure all marketing complies with POPIA and consumer protection codes
Minimum Requirements
- Solid understanding of SEO and content marketing principles
- Awareness of POPIA and consumer protection requirements
- Comfortable creating short-form video and social media content
- Experience with email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, HubSpot, etc.)
- Creative thinker who can also analyse data and report on ROI
- Strong project management and organisational skills
Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.