Marketing Coordinator

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented  Marketing Coordinator to join our team in  Cape Town

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the :Group Head: Cross-Platform Customer Growth

Purpose of the role:The Marketing Coordinator for Group Customer Engagement is responsible for coordinating marketing operations and campaigns across different group (BU) marketing teams & platforms, ensuring consistency and efficiency.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinate marketing operations and initiatives across different Group (BU) marketing teams and platforms; working with the Takealot and Mr D marketing teams as needed.
• Manage project timelines and deliverables to meet deadlines and maintain quality standards for cross-platform consistency.
• Coordinate traffic: Create Asana projects and tasks for campaigns, promos, newsletter, weekly carousels, and merchandising and follow up on creative as needed.
• Ad hoc support for all Group Marketing team members in coordination of daily duties and administrative tasks 
• Administration of all Marketing-led competitions and prize-draws (including winner selection, prize fulfillment and CPA compliance documentation)
• Daily monitoring & trafficking of inbound Marketing enquiries from Zendesk, Conversocial & Marketing inbox relating to TakealotMORE / cross-Group customers, escalating to relevant team members and responding directly where possible
• Send weekly Marketing Activity Updates.
• Collaborate with the business and Product team to drive new feature launches, educational content and improvements, including through A/B tests.
• Prepare marketing reports and presentations by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing all applicable data.
• Creating and managing cross-Group coupons using the coupon tool.
• Event co-ordination and management.
• Keep promotional materials ready by coordinating requirements with graphics department; inventorying stock; placing orders; verifying receipt.
• Assist marketing managers: Competition agreements for Radio ads, sourcing products for TV ads, support influencer campaigns.
• Build and maintain landing pages brand stores as required.
• Complete ad hoc research and analysis.
• On time Campaign Go-Lives (100% on-time)
• Cross-Platform Brand Consistency (>98% adherence)
• Coordinated marketing calendar and initiatives across BUs
• Resource & traffic management & coordination

Qualification & Experience:

• Relevant qualification in Marketing.
• At least 2 years experience in a Retail / Marketing role.
• A high level of attention to detail and great organisational abilities are a prerequisite to succeeding in this role.
• A passion for e-Commerce and marketing is essential.

Attributes Required:

• Smart, hard-working, with demonstrable integrity 
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• A passion for retail and marketing is essential
• Bias towards action and solution-oriented 
• A self-starter and fast learner with an active thirst for knowledge
• Willing to take direction and able to work independently, demonstrating initiative
• Highly organised with meticulous attention to detail, and a well-structured thought process
• Ability to multi-task and to meet tight deadlines 
• Comfortable working under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Confident, with very strong interpersonal & communication skills and a proven ability to build productive relationships quickly
• The ability to be reactive and adaptability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Good numerical and analytical skills “ adept at creating formulae, graphs etc.
• Fast and diligent learner Motivated self-starter with a drive for results
• A strong working knowledge of Excel / Google sheets and Microsoft Office

The Environment: 

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 
• We are short on ego and high on output. 
• We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all. 
• We love what we do and what we are creating.
• We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us! 

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.