Our Client is a leading company based in the pretty seaside town of Hermanus. Due to recent expansion, they are now looking for a Communications Specialist who will be responsible for the creation, implementation and management of all the organisation’s communications, including social media content, advertising content, communication initiatives and all internal & external communications. The role will also require you to be resourceful, gather information, write and manage stories/blogs and create frameworks for advertisements, infographics, videos, checklists and ‘how to’ guides.

Duties & Responsibilities
• Day-to-day creation, coordination and management of content for relevant social media platforms, newsletters, blogs, marketing material,
brochures, advertisements, articles, etc.
• Increase brand awareness and traffic across social platforms through high quality content development
• Plan, write, implement and execute the digital media content strategy
• Develop social media content strategies and integrated campaigns, in collaboration with the Marketing & Communications Lead to align with
and support the organisation’s lead generation objectives.
• Liaises closely with the Marketing Department in the creation of all Company communications.
• In collaboration with Marketing, develops annual communications strategy to ensure a leading voice with target markets across all media
channels: print, television, radio and digital.
• Liaises with the Marketing Department on the identification of newsworthy content for submission to all media channels
• Assist with the production of integrated reporting and the creation of abridged annual reports.
• Creates the quarterly staff newsletter.
• Continuously researches and monitors company brand’s health performance and the impact of communication and identifying areas for
improvement.
• Manage and write content on websites and participates in the design of a customer feedback capability in respect of internal
communications service delivery.

Desired Experience & Qualification
• A Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Marketing, Communications, Journalism or related discipline.
• Minimum 4 to 5 years’ experience in corporate communication, copywriting and marketing, preferably within a Financial Services or similar
corporate environment.
• Solid networking and relationship building skills with colleagues and external stakeholders.
• Creative and Innovative ability to research and develop new content and follow through to publication.
• Strong attention to detail and follows through with high degree of initiative, creativity and innovation.
• Sophisticated communications skills, both verbal and written (English and Afrikaans) with excellent grammar and spelling
• Copywriting; excellent writer, editor and experience in delivering written communication.
• An understanding of SEO concepts and prior SEO copywriting would be advantageous.
• Solid systems knowledge - familiar and comfortable with working on required applications such as MS Word, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,
Instagram, Google+.