Copywriter & Content Producer New Cape Town

Takealot Group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 550,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

takealot.com , South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Copywriter & Content Producer to join our team in Cape Town. 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

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, copywriting or English Language or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years working in ecommerce/content production or related digital communications.

Responsibilities

• Plan, write, and edit high-volume content, aligning with Marketing, Marketplace, and Content Strategy.
• Write and adapt compelling copies for multiple channels with on-brand storytelling.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Takealot Marketplace to ideate and execute strong concepts.
• Stay informed on South African content marketing trends to keep outputs relevant.
• Measure, analyse, and report content performance to drive data-led optimization.
• Understand briefs and effectively brief collaborators to meet deadlines.

Skills

Copywriting

Content production

E-commerce

Content strategy

Editing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Copywriting or English

Job description

takealot.com , South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Copywriter & Content Producer to join our team in Cape Town.

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.

Purpose of the role: The role requires an exceptional content producer and storyteller — someone whocan conceptualise, write and edit sharp, scroll-stopping content for TakealotMarketplace. They will be responsible for communicating the voice, tone, andcreative consistency of Takealot while producing content that drives measurableengagement, talkability, and conversion across platforms where Takealot’s audiencelives.

This position reports to the Content Production Manager

Your responsibilities will include:

• Marketing Content:Plan, write, and edit high-volume content, managing concept through execution whileensuring alignment with Takealot’s Marketing, Marketplace, and Content Strategy.
• Copywriting Excellence: Write and adapt compelling copies for a range of channels, ensuring clarity,emotional resonance, and on-brand storytelling.
• Creative Concept Development:Collaborate with Marketing and Takealot Marketplace teams to ideate and executestrong creative concepts that bring on-brand campaigns to life.
• Research & Insights:Stay on the pulse of South African content marketing trends, audience behaviour, and competitor activity to strengthen creative outputs and keep content relevant andtalk worthy.
• Performance & Optimisation: Measure, analyse, and report on content performance to refine tone, messaging, and creative direction — ensuring future content is data-led and impactful.
• Collaboration & Brief Management:Understand and respond to creative and marketing briefs to effectively plan and briefcollaborators.

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification in Communications,Copywriting, English Language or related degree.
• A minimum of 5 years working in eCommerce/E- learning/content productionand/or related digital communications.

Attributes Required:

• Highly organised with meticulous attention to detail and a well-structuredthought process.
• Ability to multi-task and to meet tight deadlines.
• Very strong interpersonal skills and experience in marshalling cross-departmental resources towards daily goals and objectives.

The Environment :

• 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.
• 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.
• We are short on ego and high on output.
• We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
• We love what we do and what we are creating .
• We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply .