Work-Force
Looking for your next move as a Digital Marketing Specialist in Kathu? A role has just opened that gives you real responsibility and a clear path forward in Northern Cape.
About the Opportunity
The Digital Marketing Specialist position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Northern Cape. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in Kathu 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 Kathu team.
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 Kathu much easier.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Digital Marketing Specialist is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Northern Cape is consistently high and consistently fair.
Why Join Us
You will join a team that values respectful collaboration, honest feedback and shared wins. The Kathu colleagues take pride in supporting one another and in doing the marketing jobs side of the business properly, day in and day out.
Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Kathu 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 Northern Cape.
On top of that, 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 Kathu keep progressing.
Working in Kathu
Beyond that, the role is based in Kathu, within the Upington solar corridor. Public transport links and parking are within easy reach, making the daily commute manageable for candidates living across Kathu and the broader Northern Cape region.
If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in Kathu, Northern Cape.
Many candidates already living within reach of Kathu cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Northern Cape 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 Kathu.
Meet the Team
Equally, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Kathu office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when Northern Cape operations get busy.
Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.
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.
On top of that, the team mix in Kathu reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.
Diversity and Inclusion
Diverse teams build stronger workplaces. Applications are welcome from candidates of every background, language and community across Northern Cape, and recruitment is fair, transparent and aligned with the EE Act.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Kathu.
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 Northern Cape.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Optimise organic search performance through on-page and technical SEO
- Manage paid media budgets across Google, Meta and LinkedIn
- Track campaign performance against KPIs and produce monthly reports
- Manage email marketing journeys, segmentation and lifecycle automation
- Maintain the editorial and content calendar across owned channels
- Support sales teams with collateral, presentations and trade activations
- Conduct market research and competitor analysis to inform positioning
Who We’re Looking For
- Creative thinker who can also analyse data and report on ROI
- Awareness of POPIA and consumer protection requirements
- Familiarity with the South African media and influencer landscape
- Proven experience managing paid media campaigns
- Comfortable creating short-form video and social media content
Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.