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Posted recently. Step into a Public Relations Officer role in Umhlanga and make your mark across KwaZulu-Natal. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.
The Role
The Public Relations Officer vacancy forms part of how the Umhlanga branch keeps performing. It pairs day-to-day delivery with longer-running priorities that keep the marketing jobs side of the business moving forward.
Equally, the successful applicant is given the room to plan, deliver and review their work without unnecessary noise. The organisation has built its Umhlanga team on trust, and the Public Relations Officer role will feel that from week one.
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 KwaZulu-Natal is consistently high and consistently fair.
Career Growth
This role can grow with you. Strong performers in the marketing jobs team in Umhlanga 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 Umhlanga have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across KwaZulu-Natal.
Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.
Why This Role
Few roles let you see the impact of your work as quickly as this one. Every shift, project and decision in Umhlanga contributes to real outcomes for clients and colleagues across the marketing jobs space in KwaZulu-Natal.
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 KwaZulu-Natal.
On top of that, 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 Umhlanga keep progressing.
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 Umhlanga.
Crucially, the Umhlanga 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
- Maintain the editorial and content calendar across owned channels
- Create on-brand content for web, social, email and in-store
- Plan and execute integrated marketing campaigns across digital and traditional channels
- Manage email marketing journeys, segmentation and lifecycle automation
- Support sales teams with collateral, presentations and trade activations
- Ensure all marketing complies with POPIA and consumer protection codes
- Manage brand assets, tone of voice and corporate identity guidelines
- Track campaign performance against KPIs and produce monthly reports
What You’ll Need
- Experience with email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, HubSpot, etc.)
- Working knowledge of CMS platforms (WordPress preferred)
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Marketing, Communications or related field
- Awareness of POPIA and consumer protection requirements
- Familiarity with the South African media and influencer landscape
- Strong copywriting skills with a portfolio of published work
Candidates who meet most of these criteria are welcome to be considered for the role.