Executive PR, Marketing & Communications Specialist

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Bellville; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit is seeking an Executive PR, Marketing & Communications Specialist in Bellville, South Africa. The role focuses on enabling the CEO’s effectiveness by managing time, access, and information flow, while shaping a credible leadership narrative for internal and external audiences.

You will craft communications across digital and live formats, coordinate media efforts, and support leadership messaging to drive alignment and strengthen brand trust.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years’ experience supporting senior leaders in executive support, communications, or related roles.
• Degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or related field.
• Strong executive-level writing and messaging capability.
• Proven ability to create content across digital, live, and leadership platforms.
• Experience coordinating media, PR, and external communication partners.

Responsibilities

• Enable the CEO’s effectiveness through proactive management of time, access, information flow, and executive readiness.
• Act as a trusted gatekeeper, ensuring structured prioritization, confidentiality, and disciplined follow-through on CEO commitments.
• Shape and deliver a clear, credible, and consistent CEO leadership narrative across internal and external platforms.
• Drive organizational alignment through effective internal communication and leadership messaging.
• Strengthen brand trust and CEO visibility through well-prepared engagements, events, media interactions, and stakeholder communication.
• Ensure all CEO engagements are supported by well-researched, accurate content.

Skills

Executive writing

Content creation

Social media

Stakeholder comms

Media coordination

Event support

Education

Marketing/PR degree

Tools

Outlook / Workspace

Job description

Executive PR, Marketing & Communications Specialist

Bellville, South Africa | Posted on 28/09/2026

We are seeking an Executive Support and Communications Specialist toenable the CEO’s effectiveness through proactive executive support, structuredgatekeeping, and high-quality communication. The role owns the CEO’s time,access, information flow, and readiness, while also shaping and delivering aclear, credible, and consistent leadership narrative internally and externally.It translates CEO intent, strategy, and change priorities into communicationthat drives alignment, reinforces culture, and builds trust with stakeholders.

Requirements

Key ResponsibilityAreas:

• Enable the CEO’s effectiveness throughproactive management of time, access, information flow, and executivereadiness.
• Act as a trusted gatekeeper, ensuringstructured prioritization, confidentiality, and disciplined follow-through onCEO commitments.
• Shape and deliver a clear, credible, andconsistent CEO leadership narrative across internal and external platforms.
• Drive organizational alignment througheffective internal communication and leadership messaging.
• Strengthen brand trust and CEO visibilitythrough well-prepared engagements, events, media interactions, and stakeholdercommunication.
• Ensure all CEO engagements are supported bywell-researched, accurate, and fit-for-purpose content.
  

EXPERIENCE:

• 3–7 years’ experience supporting senior leaders in executive support,communications, or related roles.
• Degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, orrelated field.
• Strong executive-level writing and messaging capability.
• Proven ability to create compelling content across digital, live, andleadership platforms.
• Experience coordinating media, PR, and external communication partners.
• Solid research and insight development skills to support speeches andengagements.
• Comfortable coordinating stakeholders and agencies to deliverhigh-quality communication output.
• Strong exposure to content creation, digital communication, and socialmedia.
• Experience supporting events, leadership communication, or PR initiative.
  

KNOWLEDGE:

• Executive support best practices, including calendar, inbox, and accessmanagement.
• Executive and leadership communication practices.
• Internal and external communication platforms and engagement channels.
• Digital communication and social media (including LinkedIn).
• Speechwriting, briefing preparation, and executive protocol.
• Digital productivity and collaboration tools (e.g. Outlook / Workspace).