Copywriter

A Copywriter is needed in Mthatha. The role focuses on consistent delivery, accurate work and clear communication across the Eastern Cape operation.

About the Opportunity

The Copywriter vacancy forms part of how the Mthatha branch keeps performing. It pairs day-to-day delivery with longer-running priorities that keep the marketing jobs side of the business moving forward.

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 Copywriter is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Eastern Cape is consistently high and consistently fair.

Your Workplace

Crucially, 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 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.

Practically speaking, a respectful, professional environment is the standard in Eastern Cape. Bullying, harassment and unfair conduct have no place here, and managers are trained to act decisively when concerns are raised.

Day in the Life

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.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in Mthatha.

In addition, the Mthatha 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.

Diversity and Inclusion

Importantly, 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.

Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Mthatha.

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

What You’ll Be Doing

• Optimise organic search performance through on-page and technical SEO
• Maintain the editorial and content calendar across owned channels
• Manage paid media budgets across Google, Meta and LinkedIn
• Manage brand assets, tone of voice and corporate identity guidelines
• Brief and manage external creative, media and PR agencies
• Test, learn and iterate on creative, channels and audience targeting

Who We’re Looking For

• Comfortable creating short-form video and social media content
• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Marketing, Communications or related field
• Creative thinker who can also analyse data and report on ROI
• Ability to work cross-functionally with sales, design and product teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• Working knowledge of CMS platforms (WordPress preferred)

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