Remote Growth Ops & Marketing Assistant

Assist World; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 125,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote

Birthday bonus $50

Testimonial bonus $200

No tracker

Job summary

Assist World, a growing food business, seeks a generalist Operations and Marketing assistant to move between systems and hands-on marketing execution. The role focuses on turning disjointed workflows into a smooth, data-driven customer journey from first contact to purchase, with admin support like labeling, SOPs, supplier research, and email triage.

Marketing execution, Canva design, social scheduling, and campaign delivery start immediately, with potential to grow into AI automation in later

Qualifications

• Experience supporting e-commerce or food-service operations in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Canva and basic design tooling.
• Familiarity with Zapier, Make.com, or n8n and AI tools.
• Strong written and spoken English; ability to produce clear reports.
• Portfolio showing design work preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build out the customer journey and funnel from lead to purchase.
• Ensure customer and lead data is captured accurately at every stage.
• Identify gaps across current systems and workflows.
• Set up and manage the marketing suite, including email and social posts.
• Triage the business email inbox and maintain an organized system.
• Design labels and marketing assets in Canva and prepare print-ready assets.
• Manage supplier and competitor databases and SOP documentation.
• Support deployment of AI agents in later phases.

Skills

E-commerce ops

Marketing automation

Canva design

Social media scheduling

Email marketing

Automation tools

Google Workspace

English proficiency

Tools

Zapier

Make.com

n8n

Klaviyo

Mailchimp

Buffer

Adobe Express

Job description

Assist World, a growing food business, seeks a generalist Operations and Marketing assistant to move between systems and hands-on marketing execution. The role focuses on turning disjointed workflows into a smooth, data-driven customer journey from first contact to purchase, with admin support like labeling, SOPs, supplier research, and email triage.

Marketing execution, Canva design, social scheduling, and campaign delivery start immediately, with potential to grow into AI automation in later