Marketing Assistant

Posted recently. Role: Marketing Assistant. Location: Parys, Free State. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.

What This Role Involves

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

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 Parys.

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 Parys much easier.

Meet the Team

The team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the Parys 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.

Equally, the team mix in Parys 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.

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.

Career Growth

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

Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Parys 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.

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

Based in Parys

Working in Parys means a place within the Maluti-A-Phofung logistics node, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Free State region, and the Parys office benefits from those long-standing connections.

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

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 Parys.

Many candidates already living within reach of Parys 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.

Our Commitment to Transformation

Diverse teams build stronger workplaces. Applications are welcome from candidates of every background, language and community across Free State, and recruitment is fair, transparent and aligned with the EE Act.

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

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 Parys.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage email marketing journeys, segmentation and lifecycle automation
• Test, learn and iterate on creative, channels and audience targeting
• Optimise organic search performance through on-page and technical SEO
• Conduct market research and competitor analysis to inform positioning
• Brief and manage external creative, media and PR agencies
• Plan and execute integrated marketing campaigns across digital and traditional channels
• Manage paid media budgets across Google, Meta and LinkedIn

Candidate Profile

• Comfortable creating short-form video and social media content
• Experience with email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, HubSpot, etc.)
• Strong copywriting skills with a portfolio of published work
• Awareness of POPIA and consumer protection requirements
• Working knowledge of CMS platforms (WordPress preferred)

Importantly, if most of these boxes are ticked, you are encouraged to put your name forward.