Marketing Intern: Accountants + Small Direct at Sage

• Are you a creative and driven individual ready to make a real impact? We are looking for a passionate Marketing Intern to join our team in Midrand, South Africa. The role will provide a new early-career colleague with practical marketing work experience across campaign execution, reporting, events, digital marketing, stakeholder collaboration and marketing technology. It will also support development of marketing capability while giving the colleague exposure to Sage’s Accountants and Small Direct business areas. 

What will the programme look like?

• As a Marketing Intern, you will support the Accountants + Small Direct AME marketing team while gaining practical experience across B2B marketing, campaign delivery, digital marketing, events, reporting and customer engagement. The role is designed to balance learning and professional development with meaningful contribution to the team’s execution capacity. 
• Working with the marketing team, the intern will assist with campaign briefs, asset coordination, event and webinar support, reporting inputs, marketing trackers, nurture activity, customer-facing communications and stakeholder follow-up. The role will provide exposure to how Sage engages accountants and small businesses through cloud solutions, digital campaigns, customer journeys, thought leadership, events and performance marketing. 

Key Responsibilities    Summary of the Role

• Support Accountants and Small Direct campaign execution across AME. 
• Assist with campaign briefs, asset coordination, landing page updates, email/nurture support and customer communications. 
• Support accountant engagement activity, including roadshows, webinars, certification activity, accounting body programmes and customer spotlights. 
• Assist with Small Direct demand generation activity linked to Sage Accounting, Sage for Accountants, free trials, onboarding and customer engagement. 
• Help track campaign, lead, free trial and conversion performance for reporting and optimisation. 
• Support event and webinar coordination, including registration support, stakeholder follow-up and post-event reporting. 
• Maintain project trackers, action logs and reporting inputs for marketing interlocks and performance reviews. 
• Build practical skills in B2B marketing, digital campaign execution, reporting, stakeholder management and AI-enable

What will make me successful?

• A grade 12 matric certificate
• You must have a degree or a national diploma qualification in Marketing Management
• You must have basic computer skills – Microsoft office
• A Clear Criminal record
• You must be unemployed
• Must have excellent telephonic etiquette
• Good understating of customers in the Accounting, Payroll & HR environment
• Must demonstrate good interpersonal skills and work with internal and external customers
• A proactive and motivated attitude with a strong desire to learn and grow.
• Excellent communication (both verbal & written)
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively to support the Customer Operations team.