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Listing live now. Role: Digital Marketing Specialist. Location: Mahikeng, North West. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
About the Opportunity
This Digital Marketing Specialist role sits within the marketing jobs function in Mahikeng. It offers a defined scope, clear measures of success, and the support of an experienced team across North West.
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 Mahikeng 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 Mahikeng 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 North West is consistently high and consistently fair.
Why Join Us
Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Mahikeng contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the marketing jobs space in North West.
The role’s development opportunities, training and benefits, if offered, will be set out in the final vacancy details.
In addition, the package, working arrangements and any available support will be confirmed by the hiring organisation for this vacancy.
Career development may be available depending on the role, business needs and the hiring organisation’s policies.
Career Growth
Notably, this role can grow with you. Strong performers in the marketing jobs team in Mahikeng have moved into senior, supervisory and specialist positions, and that journey is supported through coaching, training and exposure to bigger projects.
Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Mahikeng have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across North West.
Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Mahikeng team member.
Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.
About Mahikeng
Mahikeng continues to grow as an employment hub in North West, with in the Rustenburg platinum belt. 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.
Candidates should review the listed location, schedule and travel requirements before applying for this role in Mahikeng, North West.
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 Mahikeng.
Many candidates already living within reach of Mahikeng cite the location as one of the role’s quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local North West economy.
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 Mahikeng.
Importantly, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when North West operations throw up the unexpected.
Equally, the Mahikeng 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.
Your Role
- Coordinate events, sponsorships and community activations
- Test, learn and iterate on creative, channels and audience targeting
- Manage email marketing journeys, segmentation and lifecycle automation
- Manage paid media budgets across Google, Meta and LinkedIn
- Ensure all marketing complies with POPIA and consumer protection codes
- Create on-brand content for web, social, email and in-store
- Support sales teams with collateral, presentations and trade activations
- Plan and execute integrated marketing campaigns across digital and traditional channels
What You’ll Need
- Strong project management and organisational skills
- Working knowledge of CMS platforms (WordPress preferred)
- 2-4 years’ experience in a marketing or communications role
- Creative thinker who can also analyse data and report on ROI
- Solid understanding of SEO and content marketing principles
- Comfortable creating short-form video and social media content
Practically speaking, candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.