Campaign Manager

Role: Campaign Manager. Location: Witbank, Mpumalanga. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.

Overview

This Campaign Manager role sits within the marketing jobs function in Witbank. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across Mpumalanga.

Communication runs both ways. Managers across the marketing jobs team in Mpumalanga make time for one-to-ones, and people are expected to speak up early when something needs attention.

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 Witbank much easier.

Where You’ll Work

The environment is creative, deadline-driven and data-aware. Cross-functional work with sales, product and design is the norm, and ideas are tested with real audiences quickly.

Equally, the role is intended to operate under the hiring organisation’s workplace conduct, health and safety policies in Mpumalanga.

On top of that, the working environment is set up to give the team the focus needed for deeper work, while keeping collaboration and quick problem-solving close at hand.

What Your Day Looks Like

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.

Notably, the Witbank 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 Witbank.

Based in Witbank

Notably, the role is based in Witbank, within the Highveld coal corridor. Public transport links and parking are within easy reach, making the daily commute manageable for candidates living across Witbank and the broader Mpumalanga region.

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 Witbank.

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

What You’ll Be Doing

• Ensure all marketing complies with POPIA and consumer protection codes
• Create on-brand content for web, social, email and in-store
• 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
• Manage email marketing journeys, segmentation and lifecycle automation
• Brief and manage external creative, media and PR agencies
• Plan and execute integrated marketing campaigns across digital and traditional channels

Essential Criteria

• Familiarity with the South African media and influencer landscape
• Experience with email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, HubSpot, etc.)
• Strong project management and organisational skills
• Creative thinker who can also analyse data and report on ROI
• Ability to work cross-functionally with sales, design and product teams
• Comfortable creating short-form video and social media content
• Proven experience managing paid media campaigns

Potential is considered alongside experience, so candidates who tick most of these boxes should still be considered.