Social Media Manager

Posted recently. Role: Social Media Manager. Location: Sasolburg, Free State. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.

About the Opportunity

This Social Media Manager role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for Sasolburg. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the marketing jobs pipeline across Free State.

Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.

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

Stakeholders for this position include line managers, peers across the marketing jobs team and trusted external partners. Building those relationships early makes the next twelve months in Sasolburg much easier.

Growing With Us

Career progression here is real, not a slogan. The marketing jobs space in Sasolburg 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.

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

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

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

A Typical Day

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.

The Sasolburg 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 Sasolburg.

Crucially, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Free State operations throw up the unexpected.

Working in Sasolburg

Sasolburg continues to grow as an employment hub in Free State, with in the Welkom gold fields. 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.

Many candidates already living within reach of Sasolburg cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Free State economy.

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 Sasolburg.

If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Sasolburg, Free State.

Why This Role

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

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.

In addition, 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 Sasolburg keep progressing.

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

Key Outputs

• Manage email marketing journeys, segmentation and lifecycle automation
• Maintain the editorial and content calendar across owned channels
• Create on-brand content for web, social, email and in-store
• Manage brand assets, tone of voice and corporate identity guidelines
• Coordinate events, sponsorships and community activations
• Test, learn and iterate on creative, channels and audience targeting
• Ensure all marketing complies with POPIA and consumer protection codes
• Conduct market research and competitor analysis to inform positioning

Essential Criteria

• 2-4 years’ experience in a marketing or communications role
• Solid understanding of SEO and content marketing principles
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• Experience with email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, HubSpot, etc.)
• Proven experience managing paid media campaigns
• Comfortable creating short-form video and social media content

Importantly, if your CV speaks to the points above, this role is worth a closer look.