Marketing Graduate: TFS

takealot.com; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online retail organization in Cape Town is seeking a Marketing Graduate to join their team on a 12-month contract. The role involves assisting in marketing campaigns, developing content, and analyzing data while working closely with industry experts. Ideal candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and creativity in developing ideas. The company offers a supportive and dynamic work environment with exceptional career growth opportunities.

Benefits

Mentorship Program

Access to online courses

Regular social events

Flexible Total Remuneration Package

Free parking

Confidential counselling services

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing or a relevant field.
• Knowledge of digital marketing tools like Google Analytics.
• Ability to analyse consumer insights.

Responsibilities

• Assist in executing campaigns and marketing strategies.
• Monitor social media, website, and SEO performance.
• Develop engaging content for various platforms.
• Conduct research and analyse campaign effectiveness.
• Support team with administrative tasks.

Skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Creativity in developing content

Basic understanding of digital marketing tools

Ability to work collaboratively

Ability to analyse data

Good organisational and time‑management skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing

Qualification in Logistics

Job description

Takealot Group, South Africa’s leading online Retail / Delivery organisation, is looking for a highly talented Marketing Graduate: TFS to join our team in Cape Town. The Graduate Programme will be split between all businesses within the Group, namely: takealot.com, TFS and Mr D.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard‑working people with integrity to join us!

Think you’ve been challenged before? Think again!

• Scale: Over 2.5 million happy shoppers shop online. Show them what you can do.
• Learn: We work with the best of the best, and then some. Work alongside industry leaders and upskill yourself in record time.
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast‑growing Takealot Group: takealot.com, TFS and Mr D. We like to promote from within: Here’s your chance.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or an equivalent discipline
• Qualification in Logistics will be advantageous

The skills we need

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Creativity in developing content, ideas, and marketing concepts.
• Basic understanding of digital marketing tools and platforms (e.g., social media channels, Google Analytics, email marketing tools).
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast‑paced environment.
• Ability to analyse data and interpret consumer insights.
• Good organisational and time‑management skills.

Attributes required

• Creative Energy
• Hands on
• Have an opinion and voice it

Key responsibilities

• Assist in executing campaigns and marketing strategies, coordinating schedules, coordinating with vendors and suppliers for marketing materials and events and deploying promotional materials (brochures, mailers, newsletters, branding).
• Monitoring Social media, Website and SEO performance, Community Management.
• Help develop engaging content for various platforms, ensuring brand alignment.
• Conduct research, gather audience feedback, and analyse data to report on campaign effectiveness.
• Handle leads data, liaise with agencies and internal stakeholders, and support the team with administrative tasks.

This is a 12-month contract position.

High Level

At the Takealot Group, our Graduate Programme will help you build both technical and soft‑skills to launch your career, learning from the best in the business. The Graduate program will prepare you for a career in a large-scale and fast‑paced environment.

Every selected graduate gains unique insights into the e‑commerce environment with vast amounts of practical experience from daily exposure to a broad range of skills. The program consists of various technical and soft skill courses where you will receive training on a variety of areas.

You’ll be working with some of the strongest professionals South Africa has to offer who bring experience from a multitude of Great Industries.

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, it’s all in the execution after all.
• We love what we do and what we are creating.

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market‑related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab and make something great.
• Mentorship Program: We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best, by learning from the best.
• Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up‑skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out‑of‑office activities (think hikes, think mini golf, think good times).
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

Like what you see?

If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.