Content Specialist (10-month contract) - Johannesburg at Apex Group

Job Description
The role and key responsibilities:

• Content planning and approvals
  • Manage the thought-leadership content schedule
  • Ensure social media content meets the requirements outlined in the brief submitted by stakeholders
  • Manage content approvals from our sport sponsorship stakeholders
  • Develop website content briefs with stakeholders and oversee the approval workflow
  • Engage the operations and analytics teams about what content works and align with content strategy
  • Support the Content Manager with ensuring content requests are managed through agreed content SLAs

• Content creation
  • Support in the content creation process across a variety of channels, coordinating closely with the Content Manager and Head of Content
  • Attend local industry events and post live to social media, while also capturing content for post event blogs
  • Capture stakeholder feedback in drafted content
  • Perform proof-reading and ensure all content is in accordance with our tone of voice guidelines
  • Research credible references for content
  • Work with the SEO manager to ensure content is in line with strategy and gains maximum exposure
  • Work with external agencies as required on content production, briefings, and proofing
  • Support our web-bot initiative by working with our vendor to update bot copy as required
  • Repurpose existing content to maximise content value and longevity – finding ways to update it, and/or turn it into new forms of content such as infographics etc.
  • Provide ad-hoc support to the broader marketing team in developing and delivering effective content

• Content delivery
  • Upload thought-leadership content to our websites
  • Ensure content is produced in a timely manner and meet deadlines
  • Upload thought-leadership content to our internal channels

Skills required:

The successful candidate will have:

• A min 7 years in a content or communications role – preferably within financial services
• Demonstrable ability to write engaging and well-structured copy
• Excellent writing skills and attention to detail
• You will need experience in and a passion for creating content, both written and visual, that supports our brand awareness and lead generation efforts
• Degree educated - ideally in English, business, communications, marketing, or journalism
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills, with excellent levels of English
• Able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to think creatively
• Ability to delve into technical content and translate it into engaging and thought-provoking messages
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to build strong relationships across geographies and levels
• Highly organised and able to work in a fast-paced environment
• An interest in financial services
• Experience in Microsoft office tools is a must-have