Marketing Manager

HuntWave Technologies; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

HuntWave Technologies is seeking a hands-on Marketing Manager in Cape Town to lead creative and brand strategy for a retail fashion client. You will shape brand identity and bring it to life through content, photography, and digital platforms.

You will own the brand narrative across channels, brief campaigns, and manage photoshoots while collaborating with the marketing team to ensure consistent messaging. A strong fashion eye and startup-ready mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in brand or content roles.
• Strong portfolio across Instagram, TikTok, and other digital channels.
• Excellent eye for fashion, styling, photography and visual storytelling.
• Self-starter able to test and iterate quickly.
• Thrives in fast-paced startup environment.
• Based in Cape Town; able to work from office ~twice a week.

Responsibilities

• Own our client's brand narrative, tone, and visual identity across all channels.
• Produce and brief marketing plans and seasonal campaigns.
• Develop monthly content calendars aligned with objectives.
• Manage and execute photoshoots to produce high-quality content.
• Collaborate with marketing team to ensure consistent messaging online and in-store.
• Brief and collaborate with internal design resources on assets.
• Monitor brand performance and evolve creative direction.

Skills

Brand management

Content creation

Social media strategy

Photography

Styling

Visual storytelling

Job description

Our client in the retail fashion space is looking for a passionate, hands-on Marketing Manager to lead our client's creative and brand strategy. This person will shape how our client shows up - across all touchpoints. The role is both strategic and deeply executional: You’ll be responsible for defining brand identity while rolling up your sleeves to bring it to life through content, photography, and digital platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• - Own our client's brand narrative, tone, and visual identity across all channels.
• - Produce & brief marketing plans & seasonal campaigns.
• - Develop and oversee monthly content calendars that align with business and campaign objectives.
• - Manage and execute photoshoots - from styling to direction - to produce high-quality content for social and marketing assets.
• - Work closely with the rest of the marketing team to ensure messaging consistency across digital and in-store platforms.
• - Brief and collaborate with internal design resources on creative assets.
• - Monitor brand performance and use insights to evolve creative and campaign direction.

Requirements:

• - 3+ years experience in brand or content roles, ideally in fashion or youth-driven brands.
• - A strong portfolio of content work across Instagram, TikTok, and other digital channels.
• - Excellent eye for fashion, styling, photography and visual storytelling.
• - Self-starter attitude - willing to build, test and iterate quickly.
• - Must thrive in a fast-paced, high-output startup environment.
• - Based in Cape Town and comfortable working from the office when needed - most likely twice a week.