Brand, Marketing and Activation Lead

Recruiter

Talented Recruitment

Job Ref

DBN003241/LP

Date posted

Monday, June 22, 2026

Location

Durban, South Africa

SUMMARY

Ballito - We're looking for a creative and energetic Brand, Marketing & Activation Lead to bring the brand to life through impactful campaigns, content, activations, and events.

If you're a hands-on marketer with strong organisational skills, creative flair, and a passion for driving brand growth, we'd love to hear from you!

POSITION INFO

Duties and Responsibilities: Brand execution: help ensure the company shows up consistently, clearly and confidently across all touchpoints. Marketing coordination: manage marketing activity, timelines, priorities and follow-through. Content and copywriting: assist with writing, editing and refining content across social media, employer communication, presentations, campaigns, WhatsApp flows, website content and internal material. Events and activations: coordinate employer activations, team events, campaign launches, roadshows and brand moments. Agency and designer coordination: work closely with X Facta, designers and other creative partners to brief work properly, manage feedback and keep delivery moving. Campaign support: help plan and execute campaigns across employer, digital, WhatsApp, call centre and partner channels. Brand tone and presence: help build the company's voice, personality and presence as the brand grows. Internal brand energy: help create a positive, energetic office environment and ensure the team lives the brand internally as well as externally. AI and marketing tools: use AI tools where appropriate to improve content creation, speed, campaign thinking, workflow and creative output. Marketing processes: build simple, practical processes for content planning, approvals, campaign tracking, asset management and event coordination. Performance tracking: work with the finance and data team to understand what marketing activity is driving engagement, conversion and brand momentum. Requirements: Diploma or Degree in Marketing, Brand Management, Communications, Public Relations, or a related field. Minimum 3-5 years' experience in a marketing, brand, or communications role. Proven experience coordinating and executing marketing campaigns and brand initiatives. Strong content creation and copywriting skills across various marketing channels. Creative, positive and energetic. Passionate about building a world-class brand. Inspired by the opportunity to help build a household brand. Aligned with the the company, values and purpose. Comfortable in a fast-moving entrepreneurial environment where plans evolve and priorities shift. Ready to get their hands dirty and be on the ground where required. Strong at coordinating events, activations and brand moments. Able to stretch across different areas of marketing, brand, content, events and internal communication. Comfortable working with agencies, designers and external partners. Interested in AI and the role it can play in marketing, content, design, automation and brand building. Strong with detail, tone, copy and follow-through. Team-focused and able to create energy around them. Ready to help build the marketing function, not just work inside one. Strong copywriting ability. Good brand instinct and creative judgement. Strong event coordination ability. Ability to manage multiple moving parts. Comfortable working with agencies and designers. Good eye for detail. Ability to brief creative work clearly. Strong communication skills. Comfortable using AI and modern marketing tools. Positive energy and strong people skills. Ability to create structure without slowing things down. Strong follow-through. Willingness to get hands dirty. Ability to work directly with the founder and senior team. Should you not receive a response within the next 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Vacancies are advertised on our website, should you wish to keep abreast with our active roles. IMPORTANT NOTICE By applying to this advert you hereby acknowledge that you have read and accept the following Protection of Personal Information ACT (POPIA) disclaimer: I hereby consent for Talented Recruitment to process my personal information as part of the recruitment process. Talented Recruitment shall take all reasonable measures to protect the personal information of applicants and for the purpose of this disclaimer "personal information" shall be defined as detailed in the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act 4 of 2013 ("POPIA").