Marketing Assistant

Bring your skills as a Marketing Assistant to East London and join a team that moves fast. This Eastern Cape role is one to watch.

About This Position

The Marketing Assistant position is part of an ongoing recruitment drive across Eastern Cape. The brief has been shaped carefully, with a focus on delivery in East London and across the marketing jobs space.

In addition, the role suits a candidate who values consistency and clear communication. The East London operation runs on accurate work, steady relationships and a genuine respect for the people in the team.

Crucially, the role has been written to be sustainable, not just busy. Strong output is expected, and managers in East London also pay attention to recovery, learning and the kind of breathing room that keeps people doing good work over time.

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 East London.

Working in East London

Working in East London means a place along the Sunshine Coast tourism belt, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Eastern Cape region, and the East London office benefits from those long-standing connections.

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 East London.

If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in East London, Eastern Cape.

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

Growing With Us

This role can grow with you. Strong performers in the marketing jobs team in East London have moved into senior, supervisory and specialist positions, and that journey is supported through coaching, training and exposure to bigger projects.

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

Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in East London have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Eastern Cape.

Your Team

Crucially, the team you will be working with is fast-paced and energetic. Things move quickly across the East London office, and the people who thrive here are the ones who plan ahead, communicate openly and pick up the slack when Eastern Cape 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.

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.

Notably, the team mix in East London reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.

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.

Beyond that, the East London 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 East London.

Notably, the rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Eastern Cape operations throw up the unexpected.

Why This Role

Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in East London contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the marketing jobs space in Eastern Cape.

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 Eastern Cape.

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 East London keep progressing.

Recognition matters here. Strong performers are noticed quickly, and many promotions across the business have started in the East London teams.

Core Functions

• Create on-brand content for web, social, email and in-store
• Manage paid media budgets across Google, Meta and LinkedIn
• Plan and execute integrated marketing campaigns across digital and traditional channels
• Test, learn and iterate on creative, channels and audience targeting
• Support sales teams with collateral, presentations and trade activations
• Coordinate events, sponsorships and community activations
• Track campaign performance against KPIs and produce monthly reports

Essential Criteria

• Comfortable creating short-form video and social media content
• Awareness of POPIA and consumer protection requirements
• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Marketing, Communications or related field
• Strong project management and organisational skills
• 2-4 years’ experience in a marketing or communications role
• Experience with email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, HubSpot, etc.)

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