Work-Force
Bring your skills as a Public Relations Officer to Pretoria and join a team that moves fast. This Gauteng role is one to watch.
About the Opportunity
The organisation is investing in its Pretoria operation, and this Public Relations Officer position reflects that commitment. The successful candidate will work across the marketing jobs function and contribute to the wider Gauteng business.
Beyond that, the organisation keeps reporting lines clean and expectations realistic. Performance is measured against a small, agreed set of metrics, and there are no surprise yardsticks for the Public Relations Officer taking on this position.
Quality is everyone’s job. Whether the Public Relations Officer is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Gauteng is consistently high and consistently fair.
Your Workplace
Practically speaking, 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 Pretoria site adheres to the standards expected of a responsible South African employer.
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.
Your Future Here
This role can grow with you. Strong performers in the marketing jobs team in Pretoria 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 Pretoria have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Gauteng.
Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Pretoria team member.
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 Pretoria.
Equally, the Pretoria 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.
Key Responsibilities
- Create on-brand content for web, social, email and in-store
- Track campaign performance against KPIs and produce monthly reports
- 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
Minimum Requirements
- Proven experience managing paid media campaigns
- Comfortable creating short-form video and social media content
- 2-4 years’ experience in a marketing or communications role
- Hands-on experience with Google Analytics, Search Console and Tag Manager
- Working knowledge of CMS platforms (WordPress preferred)
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English
Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.