Marketing Intern at Talented Recruitment Specialists

• Exciting opportunity for a Marketing Intern (12 month Fixed Term Contract) to join a marketing and manufacturing company with an extensive experience and footprint in the personal care market both in South Africa and Internationally.

Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be required to perform the following which may not be limited to:

• Assisting on all marketing-related tasks.
• Research competitors’ offerings and pricing to identify marketing opportunities.
• Help to develop strategic marketing mixes to maximise these opportunities.
• Required to have a good sales data analysis acumen as will help to analyse and interpret data to identify market trends and commercial success of existing products.
• Help to provide recommendations for brand development.
• Assist and support team with cross-functional projects to execute plans within assigned timelines and budgets.
• Support team with new product innovations.
• Put together advertising and creative briefs.
• Copywriting for marketing literature.
• Implement and capture results from fragrance tests.

Requirements:

• Matric with pass in HG Maths – preferred Marketing Degree or Honours degree (including Finance/Business Science grads) or IMM Diploma.
• High attention to detail and accuracy, comfortable working with numbers and creative artwork.
• Computer and Excel skills.
• Great team working skills.
• The ability to communicate effectively in English (written and spoken word).
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Meticulous and deadline driven with a good eye for detail, yet dynamic and able to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to cope whilst under pressure.
• Ability to conduct oneself in a professional manner with both internal and external interfaces and at all levels.
• A great team player who wants to be involved in a winning company and brands.
• Strong work ethics and values.
• Organized/driven and committed to learning and having fun doing so.