Brand Content Manager

Accelerate Agency; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing SaaS SEO agency is seeking a Brand Content Manager to oversee their content strategy and production. The role involves managing a team, optimizing content for conversion, and collaborating with various departments. Candidates should have at least 3 years of experience, strong writing skills, and familiarity with SEO best practices. This position offers a competitive salary, with benefits after a probationary period, and is remote, requiring a flexible schedule.

Benefits

Paid holidays

Sick days

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of content management experience in an international setting.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills are essential.
• Experience in using popular content management systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the company's content strategy and production.
• Manage a team of creatives and handle administrative tasks.
• Develop and maintain a content calendar.

Skills

Content management experience

Writing and editing skills

Organizational skills

Creativity

Experience with CMS and analytics tools

SEO best practices

Stakeholder communication

Ability to meet deadlines

Communication skills in English

Tools

Ahrefs

WordPress

Google Search Console

Asana

Job description

Brand Content Manager (South Africa) The Companyaccelerate agency is a fast growing SaaS SEO agency.

Objectives of this Role

• Overseeing our company's content strategy from ideation to distribution
• Driving content production that will attract and convert leads for our sales
• Managing a team of creatives and balancing administrative tasks alongside editorial duties
• Optimizing content for conversion, improving existing content, and filling content gaps

Responsibilities

• Working with the content writing, graphic design, web development, and social media teams to plan, create, and distribute content
• Developing a comprehensive content strategy across multiple platforms, including the company website, off-site and social media channels
• Creating and maintaining a streamlined content calendar that keeps the whole team on track
• Proofreading and editing submissions according to brand guidelines
• Reviewing analytics and search performance reports to assess the success of content marketing initiatives
• Performing regular content audits to ensure content is accurate, optimized, updated, and relevant to the target audience
• With our in-house SEO team, implement SEO best practices to ensure all content ranks well and demonstrates an understanding of its target audience
• Working with our outreach team to improve the website's search engine ranking scores
• Brainstorming new content ideas alongside the larger creative and marketing team

Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of content management experience in an international setting
• Proven people management skills and experience
• Exceptional writing and editing skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• A knack for creativity
• Experience using popular content management systems and analytics tools (Ahrefs, WordPress, and Google Search Console are a few examples)
• A firm grasp of UX and on-page conversion rate optimisation
• Experienced with SEO best practices
• Confident working with a wide variety of stakeholders, both internal and external
• Can work and deliver to tight deadlines
• Possesses strong written and verbal English language communications skills
• Ability to express ideas and feedback accurately

Bonus Skills

• Knowledge of web design, including CSS3, HTML5, and JavaScript
• Basic graphic design skills
• Project management tools (Asana)
• Useful

Useful Information

We offer a competitive salary, which will be transferred to the employee from our UK-based account as a gross amount.

The employee will be responsible for any tax‑related procedures in the country of residence.

We kindly ask you to apply only if you are happy to work remotely as an independent contractor.

Working hours: Mondays - Fridays, 8 hours 30 minutes per day inclusive of 30 mins break, with flexible start time (between 7:30 and 10:00 am, UK time zone). There will be additional benefits post a paid 3‑month probationary period.

Benefits include paid holidays and sick days, and others.