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Social Media Manager needed at 99C

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Job title : Social Media Manager

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline : August 24, 2025

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Responsibilities

Client Service

  •  Establish and maintain relationships with clients. Build trust through ongoing thought leadership in social media.
  •  Manage creative briefs, client feedback and delivery of content.
  •  Plan, create timelines, update status, manage deliverables and expectations.
  •  Set up, manage, conduct, and contact report on client presentations.
  •  When necessary, assist with the administration of cost estimates and billings thereof.
  •  Manage user security and access to clients’ accounts / tools / reports / dashboards.

Strategic Thinking

Collaborate and contribute on Social Media proposals for:

  • Planned and ad-hoc activity.
  • Online listening, trend sourcing, outreach & tactical response
  • Channel health or emerging channel creation
  • Ideation, workshops, brainstorms etc.
  • Contribute to mentoring junior staff members.
  • Contribute to Influencer Marketing and Content Marketing efforts.
  • Regularly update teams / clients on current and emerging landscape trends, competitor activity and latest news

Content & Channel Planning

  • Work closely with client & wider client service team to create, manage and maintain social content and/or communication calendars.
  • Conduct regular research to monitor clients, consumer, influencer, competitor, industry, and social landscape/trends activity.
  • Ensure each individual channel has clarity on plans, actions, responsibilities, and social posting schedule with best practice in mind.

Content & Channel Administration

  • Assist and/or manage the production of content on social jobs.
  • Ensure collaboration with creative, paid media and other relevant departments for effective execution of work.
  • Scheduling & deactivation of content across channels.
  • Ensure effective searchability / tracking / tagging across content.
  • Manage client’s creative content bible.
  • Be an advanced user in all tech and tools relevant to your role.
  • Ad hoc community management as-and-when required.

Content & Channel Performance Management

  • Work closely with Strategy department to ensure effective integration of efforts.
  • Assist with Channel, Content, Campaign and Health Audits / Reporting
  • Assist with Benchmark, Review, Live Listening and ROI Reporting
  • Conduct regular performance checks & ensure escalations/recommendations are made timeously.
  • Manage Creative Identity of Channel, Content, Templates and Spec sheets. 

Department Integration

  • Establish and manage relationships and/or partnerships with key leverage points that affect social media strategy, management and/or implementation. You’ll need to be able to collaborate and partner in any relevant exercises.

This is including but not limited to:

  • In-House Departments
  • Social Media Platforms
  • Paid Media Agencies and/or Publishers
  • Influencer Management
  • Online Listening & Reputation Management
  • Content Marketing & Production
  • Technology Development (AR, VR or AI)
  • Immerging technology etc.  

Requirements

Qualifications

  • Relevant degree in advertising, marketing, social media, communication science or equivalent
  • Proactive Social Certifications – Intermediary to Advanced 
  • Advantageous: Google Analytics Academy Certification or other online training for social media platforms / analytics also acceptable

Experience

  • Work experience in Social Media and/or Agency Environment
  • Experience in the fundamentals of classical and digital marketing
  • Experience with retail brands is beneficial

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