Marketing Coordinator

Role: Marketing Coordinator. Location: Calvinia, Northern Cape. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.

About the Opportunity

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

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.

Internal documentation, process notes and shared playbooks make it easier for the Marketing Coordinator to step into the marketing jobs workflow quickly. Institutional knowledge is well-organised, so people are not reinventing the wheel from one week to the next.

Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Calvinia teams, and the new Marketing Coordinator will feel that from the first week.

Equal Opportunity

Beyond that, the organisation is committed to fair, merit-based recruitment and equal opportunity. Applications are assessed against the published role requirements in line with applicable employment law.

Importantly, the hiring organisation’s applicable employment-equity and inclusion practices will be explained in the final vacancy details for Northern Cape.

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

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.

The Environment

Equally, 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.

Health, safety and well-being are taken seriously. Current policies and procedures are maintained, and the Calvinia site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.

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

Practically speaking, 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.

A Typical Day

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.

In addition, the Calvinia 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.

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

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

Career Growth

Career progression for this marketing jobs role in Calvinia depends on the hiring organisation’s policies, role requirements and business needs in Northern Cape.

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

Beyond that, internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Calvinia have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Northern Cape.

Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Create on-brand content for web, social, email and in-store
• Optimise organic search performance through on-page and technical SEO
• Support sales teams with collateral, presentations and trade activations
• Monitor brand reputation and respond to customer comments online
• Coordinate events, sponsorships and community activations
• Plan and execute integrated marketing campaigns across digital and traditional channels

What You’ll Need

• Proven experience managing paid media campaigns
• Experience with email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, HubSpot, etc.)
• Working knowledge of CMS platforms (WordPress preferred)
• Creative thinker who can also analyse data and report on ROI
• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Marketing, Communications or related field
• Comfortable creating short-form video and social media content

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