Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Somewhere explicitly welcomes applicants based in South Africa. 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

Marketing Assistant / Generalist

Type:Full-Time, Independent Contractor

Working Hours:Aligned with US Business Hours

About the role: We’re looking for a sharp, hands-on Marketing Assistant to support the day-to-day execution of the marketing strategy for a growing DTC business.

The manager will own the overall marketing strategy, creative direction, and content creation. This person will be responsible for helping turn that strategy and creative into consistent execution across the company’s marketing channels.

What you’ll do
* Upload, schedule, and distribute marketing content across relevant platforms
Upload, schedule, and distribute marketing content across relevant platforms
* Manage and execute email campaigns and flows inKlaviyo
Manage and execute email campaigns and flows inKlaviyo
* Support paid advertising across platforms such as Meta and other relevant channels
Support paid advertising across platforms such as Meta and other relevant channels
* Repurpose and distribute existing content across marketing channels
Repurpose and distribute existing content across marketing channels
* Assist with website, social media, email, and other general marketing updates
Assist with website, social media, email, and other general marketing updates
* Keep marketing campaigns, content, and assets organized and moving on schedule
Keep marketing campaigns, content, and assets organized and moving on schedule
* Monitor basic campaign performance and surface relevant insights
Monitor basic campaign performance and surface relevant insights
* Help with other day-to-day marketing tasks as needed
Help with other day-to-day marketing tasks as needed

What we’re looking for
* 1–3+ years of experience in a marketing assistant, marketing coordinator, or generalist role
1–3+ years of experience in a marketing assistant, marketing coordinator, or generalist role
* Hands-on experience withKlaviyo
Hands-on experience withKlaviyo
* Experience working with paid advertising platforms, ideally Meta Ads
Experience working with paid advertising platforms, ideally Meta Ads
* Comfortable working across a range of marketing tools and platforms
Comfortable working across a range of marketing tools and platforms
* Strong attention to detail and ability to execute without needing constant direction
Strong attention to detail and ability to execute without needing constant direction
* Able to take existing strategy and creative and turn it into consistent execution
Able to take existing strategy and creative and turn it into consistent execution
* Organized, proactive, and comfortable juggling multiple marketing tasks
Organized, proactive, and comfortable juggling multiple marketing tasks
* Experience supporting aDTC or e-commerce businessis strongly preferred
Experience supporting aDTC or e-commerce businessis strongly preferred

Ideal candidate

This is not a role for someone who needs to own the entire marketing strategy. The manager is already doing that.

We're looking for someone sharp who can take the strategy and creative direction, handle the execution, and make sure content actually gets uploaded, distributed, scheduled, and put to work across the right channels.

Tips for South African Applicants

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.

Salary in Context

Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.

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.

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 1819 open positions on Hirezar. View all Somewhere jobs →