Remote Social Media Growth Strategist

Placements24; Klerksdorp; Hybrid; ZAR 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Flexible hours

Health insurance

Paid time off

Training opportunities

Tool access

Team collaboration

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Remote Social Media Marketing Specialist to drive engagement and growth across social channels. You will develop strategies, create content, manage communities, and analyze performance to optimize results.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in social media marketing, a bachelor’s degree in a related field, and proficiency with major social tools and analytics. This fully remote role offers flexible hours and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in social media marketing with proven success.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing and growing social media accounts for brands.
• Excellent content creation skills, including copywriting, basic graphic design, and video editing.
• Proficiency with social media management tools and analytics platforms.
• Experience with paid social advertising platforms.
• Strong understanding of SEO and its relation to social content.
• Excellent communication and community management skills.
• Ability to work independently in a remote setting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement comprehensive social media marketing strategies.
• Create, curate, and schedule high-quality content for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok.
• Manage and grow online communities, respond to comments professionally.
• Monitor trends and algorithm changes; stay ahead of platform changes.
• Execute paid social campaigns with targeting, budgets, and optimization.
• Analyze data, generate reports on KPIs and insights.
• Collaborate with marketing and design teams for brand consistency.
• Identify influencers and brand advocates to expand reach.
• Monitor brand sentiment with social listening tools.
• Stay current with emerging platforms and best practices.

Skills

Content creation

Copywriting

Graphic design

Video editing

Social media management

Paid advertising

SEO

Analytics

Community management

Remote work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, or related field

Tools

Sprout Social

Buffer

Hootsuite

Facebook Insights

Instagram Insights

Google Analytics

Facebook Ads Manager

LinkedIn Campaign Manager

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a highly skilled Remote Social Media Marketing Specialist to drive engagement and growth across social channels. You will develop strategies, create content, manage communities, and analyze performance to optimize results.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in social media marketing, a bachelor’s degree in a related field, and proficiency with major social tools and analytics. This fully remote role offers flexible hours and competitive compensation.