Marketing Coordinator

The Programme 

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 new 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 role reports to the Head of Retail Marketing. 

What You Will Do 

• Load promo and merchant priority on Google Ad Manager timeously. 
• Monthly Google Ad Manager reports for promo and merchant priority campaigns. 
• POE screenshots & documentation. 
• Execution of weekly merchant priorities i.e. prompt buyers and suppliers for briefs, send relevant specs, follow-ups, artwork and stock approvals. 
• Scheduling & Loading Merchant Priority Flyouts. 
• Manage Marketing Inbox. 
• Daily monitoring & trafficking of all inbound Marketing enquiries from Zendesk, Conversional & Marketing inbox, escalating to relevant team members and responding directly where possible. 
• Creating and management of coupons using the coupon tool. 
• Booking of merchant priority campaigns into Asana and check against marketing calendar. 
• Administrative support for all Marketing team members. 
• Administration of all Marketing-led competitions and prize-draws (including winner selection, prize fulfilment and CPA compliance documentation). 
• Ad hoc support for all Marketing team members in coordination of daily duties and administrative tasks. 
• Assist with administrative tasks around broadsheets. 
• Send weekly Marketing Activity Updates. 
• Partnership and sponsorship assistance, such as: Weekly/monthly offers (e.g. Mobicred, FNB), Discovery Mall, UBM,
• Varsity Vibe, Vouchers (request & issue) and Approve eBucks 
• Management of merchant priority sampling campaigns. 
• Event co-ordination and management. 
• Prepare marketing reports and presentations by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing all applicable data. 
• Keep promotional materials ready by coordinating requirements with graphics department; inventorying stock; placing orders; verifying receipt. 
• Assist brand team. 
• Competition agreements for Radio ads. 
• Sourcing products for TV ads. 
• Influencer campaigns. 
• Assist Traffic Manager. 
• Creating Asana tasks for promo’s, newsletter, weekly carousels, flyouts. 
• Following up on creative. 
• Building and maintaining brand stores. 
• Uploading Ts and Cs on site.
• Supporting function to the Retail Marketing Managers.  

Required Skills and Abilities 

• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing. 
• Between 1-2 years' experience as a Promotions/Marketing Coordinator or in a similar role. 
• Internship experience in a Retail/Marketing role desirable. 
• A strong working knowledge of Excel/Google sheets and Microsoft Office. 
• Good numerical and analytical skills - Adept at creating formulae, graphs etc. 
• 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 organized 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. 
• Fast and diligent learner. 
• Motivated self-starter with a drive for results.

We seek to employ an extraordinary mind who:  

• Is respectful but forthright. 
• Is an expert at doing, who can not only design but also execute. 
• Is analytical, able to use data to make decisions. 
• Is competitive, self-directed and strive to be the BEST (GREAT requires a lot of work and does not only happen during business hours. 
• Is passionate about the potential of e-commerce and delivering a world-class customer experience. 
• Is entrepreneurial, thrives under change and accepts it is a constant and always looks for solutions to do something better and faster. 
• Is business SMART. Able to think about problems from a business perspective using technical and product input. 
• Is curious and challenge the status quo. 
• Is innovative and enjoys iteration. 
• Is collaborative. 
• Will be at the cutting edge of developing new concepts for Takealot. Com. 
• Thinks like an owner of the business. 
• Is SMART, has INTEGRITY and is HARD WORKING.