VirtuHire
Organic Social Lead - SAST hours
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
South Africa only
Employer listed it 2 months ago · Added yesterday
Been open since 2 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
Not stated
Location
South Africa only
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Marketing
This employer didn't state pay. Jobs like this usually pay around $160k–$240k a year, a typical range taken from 241 lead-level marketing roles on Nomaders that do state pay. It's a guide, not an offer.
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in South Africa. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "South Africa"
- Job description states: "based in South Africa looking for an Or"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
A client based in South Africa looking for an Organic Social Lead to own and scale their organic social media strategy across multiple platforms. This person will be responsible for driving brand awareness, audience engagement, and ultimately revenue through high-performing organic content. You'll combine creativity with commercial thinking, using data, AI tools, creators, and repeatable content systems to build a best-in-class organic social presence.
Responsibilities
Develop and lead the company's organic social media strategy aligned with business objectives.
Manage organic social channels across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and Pinterest .
Translate commercial goals into engaging social content strategies and campaigns.
Build and manage a network of content creators, freelancers, and AI tools to produce high-quality content efficiently.
Create scalable processes for identifying, testing, and scaling successful content formats.
Monitor content performance and use analytics to continuously optimise strategy.
Ensure content drives brand awareness, audience engagement, and commercial outcomes.
Oversee or contribute to video and image editing to maintain high content quality.
Manage multiple projects, priorities, and content calendars effectively.
Requirements
Proven experience developing and executing successful organic social media strategies .
Strong understanding of Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and Pinterest algorithms, trends, and best practices.
Ability to translate commercial objectives into high-performing organic content.
Excellent understanding of content hooks, storytelling, scripting, and audience engagement.
Experience using AI tools and automation to improve content creation and workflows.
Ability to build scalable systems and repeatable content processes.
Strong video and image editing skills, or experience managing external creative resources.
Data-driven mindset with the ability to analyse performance metrics and optimise content accordingly.
Excellent project management, organisation, and prioritisation skills.
Commercially minded with a proactive, hands-on approach.
Positive, ambitious, solution-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Strong ownership mentality with the confidence to challenge ideas and collaborate effectively.
Requirements
- ·Proven experience developing and executing successful organic social media strategies .
- ·Strong understanding of Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and Pinterest algorithms, trends, and best practices.
- ·Ability to translate commercial objectives into high-performing organic content.
- ·Excellent understanding of content hooks, storytelling, scripting, and audience engagement.
- ·Experience using AI tools and automation to improve content creation and workflows.
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at VirtuHire, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 1d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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