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Social Media Specialist

Social Media Specialist

MultiChoiceRandburg, ZA
2 days ago
Job description

Job title : Social Media Specialist

Job Location : Gauteng, Randburg

Deadline : October 26, 2025

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Tasks

Content and social media strategy

  • Daily, weekly, and monthly managing of social media platforms including content creation, scheduling, and planning.
  • Day-to-day management of always-on and large-scale marketing campaigns across multiple social media platforms and regions for local, international and original content.
  • Plan, brief, approve and execute content as and when needed from designers, mixed media specialists, creative teams, and external agencies.
  • Ongoing collaboration and alignment with internal teams (content, marketing, PR and comms, operations, partnerships etc) to develop and maintain a social media content calendar based on key marketing focus areas and region.
  • Provide guidance and support for key local and international content; partnerships; product and other brand relevant campaigns including specifying required deliverables, communicating support strategy, and ensuring timeous execution.
  • Identify relevant tactical social media content and customer opportunities to grow brand love across all regions.
  • Develop and execute detailed, original social media content strategies for relevant key marketing focus areas per region as required.
  • Assist in development / input of short and long-term social media strategy.
  • Manage platforms relevant to designated regions (Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Diaspora, and others)

    • Internal and external stakeholder management

  • Align with and / or brief external agencies across multiple regions to ensure adequate support on campaigns.
  • Provide feedback and guidance to ensure all required creative is delivered on-brand, fit-for-purpose and of high quality, to be used on brand pages.
  • Align with various internal stakeholders across the MultiChoice Group to execute and deliver on cross-promotion of assets to drive, support and create awareness of the brand.

    • Operational Excellence

  • Proactively contribute ideas to projects.
  • Consistently demonstrate ability to successfully move into problem-solving mode whenever challenges or concerns arise.
  • Compile media and content calendar and regularly identify opportunities to strengthen our presence.
  • Coordinate and proactively think through all pieces of content.
  • Create social media content that demonstrates a solid understanding of the medium as well as understanding of our business objectives and how it is to be positioned in the social media ecosystem.
  • Consistently meet project deadlines.

    • Influencer campaigns

  • Manage and provide guidance on multiple influencer campaigns as required across multiple regions, including briefs, copy, content approval and PCAs.

    • Reporting and analytics

  • Actively measure, track and report on organic content on a weekly and / or monthly basis with actionable insights, as per management and business requirements.
  • Manage post campaign analysis reporting on social media campaigns to feedback on successes and key insights.

    • People Management

  • Co-ordinate and oversee the workload and deliverables of the MAH Social Media Co-ordinator

    • Qualifications

  • Grade 12
  • Diploma or Degree in social media, marketing, communication and / or business would be preferred
  • Industry relevant certifications would be advantageous – Google Ads, PPC, SEO, FB Blueprint, Google search and Display etc.

    • Experience / Skills

  • At least 4-6 years’ experience in a similar role.
  • Experience within implementation of Social Media Strategies
  • A creative portfolio of previous campaigns highlighting the role the candidate played to contribute to its success (strategy, ideation, briefing and execution) is required.
  • Highly organised and able to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects across multiple regions.
  • Ability to identify potential negative or crisis situations and apply conflict resolution principles to mitigate potential issues.
  • Experience with paid social media and managing a budget.
  • Interest in, and knowledge of Showmax Original programming, and streaming entertainment categories, is preferred.
  • Engaging social media content.
  • Up-to-date with relevant industry trends.
  • Clear understanding of content creation per platform.
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