dComm Content Specialist needed at Unilever

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Job title : dComm Content Specialist

Job Location : KwaZulu-Natal,

Deadline : December 13, 2025

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JOB PURPOSE

  • Drive brand-aligned content strategy, ideation, and execution across retailer platforms to deliver best-in-class digital brand presence. This role ensures that every piece of eCommerce content — from product imagery to A+ pages — reflects the brand’s positioning, connects with consumers, and converts at the digital shelf.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

Brand & Content Strategy

  • Act as the brand guardian for all eCommerce content, ensuring alignment with brand positioning, tone, and visual identity.
  • Partner with brand teams and U-Studio to translate brand campaigns and equity into compelling digital content that drives conversion.
  • Develop content creation plans for key launches and activations, identifying storytelling opportunities and innovation across retailer ecosystems.

Content Ideation, Briefing & Execution

  • Lead the end-to-end process of content creation — from ideation and brief development to production, approval, and deployment.
  • Create clear and inspiring briefs for U-Studio and agency partners that outline strategic objectives, key messaging, and required assets.
  • Manage timelines, approvals, and feedback loops to ensure timely and high-quality content delivery across all platforms.
  • Review and optimize content performance post-launch, feeding learnings into future briefs.

Retail Media & Platform Excellence

  • Partner with Retail Media teams to ensure content and media are fully integrated and optimized for visibility and performance.
  • Conduct retailer audits to identify content gaps and opportunities, recommending actionable plans for improvement and brand investment.
  • Ensure all content follows platform best practices (7OA, A+, A+ Premium) and is optimized for search and conversion.

Key relationships

  • Collaborate closely with brand, shopper marketing, and media teams to ensure a consistent brand narrative across digital touchpoints.
  • Co-ordinate with global and regional teams to leverage tools (PIM / KWR / TAB / PCP) and maintain a seamless content workflow.
  • Train brand teams on Unilever’s content suite and online principles to drive adoption of best-in-class digital content standards.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications

  • Marketing or Business degree
  • 3–5 years of experience in digital content, brand management, or eCommerce marketing
  • Proven ability to translate brand strategy into impactful digital content
  • Strong project management and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Experience working with creative and media agencies
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to assess content effectiveness and drive continuous improvement

Skills

  • Project leadership and business acumen
  • Strong numeracy skills
  • Ability to deliver operationally, while thinking ahead of the long-term growth strategy
  • Cross-functional relationship management
  • Strong levels of growth and ownership mindset – a self-starter with a winning and competitive mindset
  • Bias for action and drive – willingness to get things done with speed & efficiency, and comfortable working independently to deliver agreed goals
  • Consumer and customer focus – curiosity, ability to uncover relevant insights and translate these into actionable plans
  • Rigour and order – ability to identify important issues and work through complex problems in an accurate and in-depth way.
  • A deep seeded passion for exploding the nutrition category and marketing with a purpose with the consumer always top of mind

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