Marketing Manager

South Ave; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Job summary

South Ave is building a scalable marketing engine. You will own marketing operations, manage a three-person team, and ensure campaigns are delivered end-to-end with accountability across partners. You’ll establish the systems that enable the brand to scale smoothly and deliver growth.

This national, hybrid role offers Adelaide-based flexibility, direct access to the founding team, and real ownership from day one as the brand expands across Australia.

Qualifications

• Experience leading marketing operations and teams.
• Ability to manage agencies and partners.
• Track record delivering campaigns end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Own marketing operations and processes.
• Manage a three-person in-house team and external agencies.
• Run campaign delivery from brief to launch to wrap.
• Build systems to scale the brand without chaos.

Skills

Marketing operations

Team leadership

Campaign delivery

Cross-functional alignment

Job description

Job Description

Full-Time | National brand, hybrid | Adelaide base preferred, open to the right person anywhere in Australia

South Ave's marketing is already working. We need someone to build the engine that makes it scale.

ABOUT US

South Ave sits at the intersection of fashion, culture and better-for-you beverages — and we've built a brand with real cut-through. Consistent growth. Creative that doesn't look like anything else in the category. A product people are genuinely proud of. Now we're expanding nationally and we need a senior marketing operator to take ownership of the function that makes all of it happen at scale.

WHAT THIS ROLE ACTUALLY IS

This is not a coordinator role with a senior title. You will own marketing operations. You'll manage a team of three, hold agencies accountable, run campaign delivery end-to-end, and build the systems that let the brand scale without chaos. In six months, the marketing function should run clearly and consistently — with you at the centre of it.

WHAT YOU'LL BUILD

• A structured, high-output marketing operation with clear accountability throughout
• Clean campaign delivery - brief to launch to wrap - across product drops, retail, activations, and partnerships
• A 12-month marketing roadmap the whole business works from
• Tight cross-functional alignment between creative, social, and sales
• New channels and initiatives that push the brand into new territory

You'll manage a Senior Brand Lead, Graphic Designer, and Social Media Coordinator in-house —

plus external agencies. This is a real team producing real output. Your job is to help scale and grow them.

THE 30 / 90 / 180 EXPECTATION

• 30 days: Brand inside out. Weekly cadence, clear owners, single source of truth established.
• 90 days: Running independently. Fewer bottlenecks. Cleaner handovers. Numbers visible.
• 6 months: Output higher and consistent. New channels live. Function stable. You own it completely.

THIS ROLE IS FOR YOU IF

• You've led marketing teams and know how to get consistent output from people
• You're an operator first - you build systems and structure, not just strategies
• You're comfortable in fast-moving environments where priorities shift
• You want to own a function completely, not manage tasks within one

THIS ROLE ISN'T FOR YOU IF

• You're creative-first with limited operational discipline
• You need a fully structured system before you can perform
• You're uncomfortable with accountability or commercial pressure

WHAT YOU GET

$90K-130K base + bonuses. Adelaide-based, hybrid flexible. Direct access to the founding team. Real ownership from day one.