🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Somewhere is open to applicants from South Africa. The estimated monthly salary is R37,000 – R55,500 ZAR. This role is suited for senior-level professionals. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

Role: Content Strategist

Priority Location: South Africa, Philippines or Latin America

Working Hours: 40 hours per week (Mon - Fri), flexible with overlap to U.S. Eastern Time (EST) for meetings and collaboration

Salary Range: $2,000 - $3,000 USD ($) per month(The final offer is at the client’s discretion and depends on the candidate’s interview result, skills, and experience.)

Type of contract:Independent Contractor

Type of job:Remote

About the Role:

The Content Strategist will lead the development and execution of an integrated thought leadership and content marketing strategy designed to position the firm as a leading voice within higher education consulting.

This is not a content coordinator role. The successful candidate will proactively identify opportunities, develop strategic initiatives, and create a cohesive content roadmap across multiple channels. The ideal person is someone who brings ideas to the table, anticipates opportunities, and requires minimal handholding.

Key Responsibilities:
* Develop and own the company's content strategy across digital channels
* Create integrated campaigns that align thought leadership, PR, social media, and sales initiatives
* Identify trending topics, industry developments, and market opportunities within higher education
* Build and maintain a content calendar aligned to company objectives
* Collaborate with leadership to extract insights and transform them into valuable content
* Coordinate content production across writers, editors, and external contributors
* Develop strategies for webinars, whitepapers, articles, case studies, and executive thought leadership
* Measure content performance and recommend optimization strategies
* Ensure all content supports business development and brand positioning objectives
Required Qualification & Skills:
* 5+ years of content strategy or content marketing experience
* Proven experience developing thought leadership programs
* Strong understanding of B2B professional services marketing
* Experience working with executive-level stakeholders
* Ability to independently develop and execute strategic initiatives
* Exceptional communication and project management skills
* Experience within higher education, consulting, education technology, or professional services is highly preferred
* Strong understanding of SEO, content distribution, and audience engagement strategies
Preferred Qualification & Skills:
* Higher education industry exposure
* Consulting or professional services environment
* Thought leadership and executive branding initiatives
* PR and media collaboration

Tips for South African Applicants

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Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

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Salary in Context

At R37,000/month, this role is competitive with the average South African remote salary. The USD equivalent ($2,000/mo) benefits from the favourable exchange rate.

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Application Tips

Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.

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Load Shedding Preparedness

If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.

About Somewhere

Somewhere is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 686 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →