About this role
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.takealot.com/">takealot.com</a>, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Marketing Manager to join our team in Cape Town</span></p> <p>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.</p> <p>This position reports to the <strong>Head of Brand & Communications</strong></p> <p><strong>Your responsibilities will include:</strong></p> <p>Strategic Planning & Positioning:</p> <ul> <li>Develop go-to-market strategies for new venture propositions from concept to launch</li> <li>Conduct market research and competitive analysis for untested business models</li> <li>Create positioning frameworks and value propositions for pilot projects in collaboration with the Brand & Communications team</li> <li>Define customer segmentation and targeting strategies for new audiences</li> </ul> <p>Campaign Development & Execution:</p> <ul> <li>Plan and execute integrated marketing campaigns across multiple ventures simultaneously</li> <li>Manage marketing budgets</li> <li>Develop creative briefs and oversee asset creation with internal/external teams</li> <li>Coordinate multi-channel campaign deployment (digital, traditional, partnership channels)</li> </ul> <p>Stakeholder Management:</p> <ul> <li>Serve as primary marketing liaison with Strategy & Ventures team and channel marketing managers</li> <li>Manage relationships with external partners</li> <li>Coordinate with legal, compliance, and operations teams for regulated offerings</li> <li>Present campaign performance and insights to senior leadership</li> </ul> <p>Performance Management & Optimization:</p> <ul> <li>Establish KPIs and measurement frameworks for new business lines</li> <li>Monitor campaign performance and optimize based on pilot learnings</li> <li>Conduct post-launch analysis and recommend scaling strategies</li> <li>Conduct monthly marketing reports in collaboration with channel marketing managers</li> </ul> <p>Project Portfolio Management:</p> <ul> <li>Manage concurrent marketing streams for 5+ pilot projects</li> <li>Ensure timeline adherence for venture launches and milestone delivery</li> <li>Coordinate complex project dependencies across multiple business units</li> </ul> <p><strong>Qualification & Experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li>3+ years marketing experience, preferably in e-commerce, fintech, or high-growth environments</li> <li>Proven track record managing product/service launches from concept to market</li> <li>Project management experience handling multiple concurrent initiatives</li> </ul> <p><strong>Attributes Required</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">:</span></p> <ul> <li>Proficiency in marketing analytics tools (Google Analytics, Facebook Business Manager, etc.)</li> <li>Experience with marketing automation platforms</li> <li>Strong Excel/data analysis capabilities</li> <li>Familiarity with A/B testing methodologies</li> </ul> <p><strong>The Environment</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: </span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 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. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 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. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We are short on ego and high on output. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> We love what we do and what we are creating</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></li> <li>We seek to employ an <strong>Extra Ordinary Mind </strong>who <span style="font-weight: 400;">is </span>Smart, has Integrity, <span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span>is Hardworking. </li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you meet the above you are an </span><strong>Extraordinary Mind </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">so come and join us! </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></strong></p>
- LOCATION
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- WORK MODE
- On-site
- JOB TYPE
- Not specified
- POSTED
- Sep 18, 2026
Source: takealot.com Careers