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Step into a SEO Specialist role in Port Shepstone and make your mark across KwaZulu-Natal. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.
About the Opportunity
An experienced SEO Specialist is needed to support operations in Port Shepstone. The role forms part of how the business keeps its marketing jobs portfolio strong in KwaZulu-Natal.
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 Port Shepstone 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 Port Shepstone.
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 Port Shepstone much easier.
What We Offer
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 Port Shepstone. Many colleagues across KwaZulu-Natal have moved into senior roles after starting in positions just like this one.
Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the Port Shepstone teams.
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 Port Shepstone keep progressing.
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 KwaZulu-Natal.
Equal Opportunity
In addition, 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 KwaZulu-Natal.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Port Shepstone.
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.
Working in Port Shepstone
Port Shepstone continues to grow as an employment hub in KwaZulu-Natal, with minutes from King Shaka International Airport. 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 Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal.
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 Port Shepstone.
Many candidates already living within reach of Port Shepstone cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local KwaZulu-Natal economy.
About the Team
Importantly, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Port Shepstone office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when KwaZulu-Natal 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.
Beyond that, the team mix in Port Shepstone 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.
Your Future Here
Career progression here is real, not a slogan. The marketing jobs space in Port Shepstone 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 KwaZulu-Natal.
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 Port Shepstone have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across KwaZulu-Natal.
Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Port Shepstone team member.
Daily Duties
- Brief and manage external creative, media and PR agencies
- Maintain the editorial and content calendar across owned channels
- Conduct market research and competitor analysis to inform positioning
- Manage email marketing journeys, segmentation and lifecycle automation
- Create on-brand content for web, social, email and in-store
- Manage brand assets, tone of voice and corporate identity guidelines
Essential Criteria
- Strong copywriting skills with a portfolio of published work
- 2-4 years’ experience in a marketing or communications role
- Comfortable creating short-form video and social media content
- Experience with email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, HubSpot, etc.)
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Marketing, Communications or related field
- Creative thinker who can also analyse data and report on ROI
Notably, if your CV speaks to the points above, this role is worth a closer look.