Remote Growth Ops & Marketing Assistant

Assist World

South Africa

On-site

ZAR 125,000 - 143,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

100% remote
Birthday bonus $50
Testimonial bonus $200
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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

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