Marketing Assistant

About the role

Abantu Staffing Solutions is recruiting a Marketing Assistant in East London, Eastern Cape, on a full-time basis. The role covers marketing administration, coordination of product samples and events, and support for retail and trade marketing.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain marketing filing systems, shared folders, calendars, activity schedules, databases, contact lists and distribution lists.
• Monitor shared inboxes, route enquiries to the right stakeholders and manage shared marketing resources and content libraries.
• Resolve customer service and order issues with other departments and submit monthly advertising invoices, including Meta advertising expenses, to Accounts.
• Coordinate product samples for influencers, media, suppliers and internal stakeholders, track requests, dispatches and inventory, and maintain records of promotional product allocations.
• Coordinate courier collections and deliveries, raise purchase orders and quotations, assist with supplier onboarding and follow up on outstanding supplier information and approvals.
• Assist with event planning logistics, venue, catering, travel and post-event documentation, and support influencer and ambassador programmes.
• Support store check administration and reporting, compile retailer and promotional information, coordinate retailer marketing asset submissions and maintain promotional calendars.

Required profile

• Diploma or degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration or a related field.
• 2 years' experience in an administrative, marketing assistant, coordinator support or office administration role.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills, and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Advantageous: experience in a marketing department, experience with Monday.com, and experience coordinating product dispatch and samples.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and marketing platforms.