Marketing Insights Intern

OUP; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 89,000 - 134,000; Part time

Job summary

Oxford University Press is seeking a Marketing Insights Intern in Cape Town for a 12‑month fixed term. You will collect and analyze data to drive marketing decisions, support dashboards, and assist with market research and reporting.

You will report to the marketing intelligence specialist in a dynamic, fast‑paced team at the Goodwood office, gaining hands‑on experience across customer insights and campaign performance analyses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level degree in business, information systems or related fields.
• Experience with data visualization tools and dashboards preferred.
• Strong written/spoken communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Collect, analyze, and interpret data to support marketing decisions.
• Help maintain dashboards and reports (Power BI, Excel).
• Support benchmarking and marketing performance analysis.
• Assist with documenting reporting processes and SOPs.

Skills

Data analysis

Communication

Time management

Teamwork

Multi-tasking

Education

BCOM / BTECH / BSocSci (information systems or marketing preferred)

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Job description

Marketing Insights Intern (Fixed term role – 12 months)

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Learning changes lives – and we’re here to drive that change.We support people wherever and however they want to learn, so they can achieve their learning goals and uncover new possibilities.

Today, we reach more learners than ever, in more ways than ever.And we’re just getting started.

About the Role

The Marketing Insights Intern will collect, analyze, and interpret data to help drive informed business and marketing decisions. This role offers valuable hands‑on experience in market research, campaign performance analysis, customer insights, and reporting. The intern will work closely with marketing to identify trends and measure the effectiveness of marketing initiatives.

The marketing insights intern will report to the marketing intelligence specialist. This post is based in Cape Town, at the Goodwood office.

In this role, you will

• Data analysis and performance measurement through generation of post campaign reports.
• Help update and maintain dashboards and reports (e.g., Power BI, Excel)
• Support benchmarking and marketing performance analysis.
• Supporting the implementation of the data strategy to gain customer insight through data clean‑up and transferring data between platforms
• Assist with documenting reporting processes and dashboard Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Support market research efforts, including competitor analysis and audience behaviour studies
• Experiencing being a team player in a fast‑paced, future‑focused, high performing Marketing department
• Social media and website monitoring and reporting (including competitor activities and wider trends in the education sector)
• Assist in preparing marketing materials and supporting campaign execution

About You

• BCOM (information systems or marketing preferred) / BTECH / BSocSci
• Experience working with data visualisation tools.
• Data analysis (preferred)
• Exposure to Power BI or Power Query(preferred)
• Sound communication and presentation skills
• Effective time management
• Ability to multi‑task and perform under pressure
• Ability to work in a team
• South African citizen
• Access to reliable transport

Oxford University Press, an equal opportunity employer, seeks a talented individual to fill this post based at Goodwood, Cape Town. Oxford University Press will consider all applications in terms of its Employment Equity Plan, which acknowledges the need for transformation.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.

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