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  • Posted: Sep 26, 2025
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • MultiChoice South Africa's activities involve the operation of Pay-Television and internet subscriber platforms. The MultiChoice South Africa group includes the digital satellite Pay-Television business ("DStv"), which has been in operation since 1995. Other businesses in the group are; M-Net (delivers thematic channels and exclusive content to DSt...
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    Social Media Specialist

    Tasks 

    Content and social media strategy 

    • Daily, weekly, and monthly managing of social media platforms including content creation, scheduling, and planning.   
    • Day-to-day management of always-on and large-scale marketing campaigns across multiple social media platforms and regions for local, international and original content.  
    • Plan, brief, approve and execute content as and when needed from designers, mixed media specialists, creative teams, and external agencies.  
    • Ongoing collaboration and alignment with internal teams (content, marketing, PR and comms, operations, partnerships etc) to develop and maintain a social media content calendar based on key marketing focus areas and region. 
    • Provide guidance and support for key local and international content; partnerships; product and other brand relevant campaigns including specifying required deliverables, communicating support strategy, and ensuring timeous execution.  
    • Identify relevant tactical social media content and customer opportunities to grow brand love across all regions.   
    • Develop and execute detailed, original social media content strategies for relevant key marketing focus areas per region as required.   
    • Assist in development/input of short and long-term social media strategy. 
    • Manage platforms relevant to designated regions (Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Diaspora, and others) 

    Internal and external stakeholder management 

    • Align with and/or brief external agencies across multiple regions to ensure adequate support on campaigns.   
    • Provide feedback and guidance to ensure all required creative is delivered on-brand, fit-for-purpose and of high quality, to be used on brand pages.   
    • Align with various internal stakeholders across the MultiChoice Group to execute and deliver on cross-promotion of assets to drive, support and create awareness of the brand.  

    Operational Excellence 

    • Proactively contribute ideas to projects. 
    • Consistently demonstrate ability to successfully move into problem-solving mode whenever challenges or concerns arise. 
    • Compile media and content calendar and regularly identify opportunities to strengthen our presence. 
    • Coordinate and proactively think through all pieces of content. 
    • Create social media content that demonstrates a solid understanding of the medium as well as understanding of our business objectives and how it is to be positioned in the social media ecosystem. 
    • Consistently meet project deadlines.

    Influencer campaigns 

    • Manage and provide guidance on multiple influencer campaigns as required across multiple regions, including briefs, copy, content approval and PCAs. 

    Reporting and analytics 

    •  Actively measure, track and report on organic content on a weekly and/or monthly basis with actionable insights, as per management and business requirements.  
    • Manage post campaign analysis reporting on social media campaigns to feedback on successes and key insights. 

    People Management 

    • Co-ordinate and oversee the workload and deliverables of the MAH Social Media Co-ordinator

    Qualifications 

    • Grade 12 
    • Diploma or Degree in social media, marketing, communication and/or business would be preferred  
    • Industry relevant certifications would be advantageous – Google Ads, PPC, SEO, FB Blueprint, Google search and Display etc.  

    Experience/Skills 

    • At least 4-6 years’ experience in a similar role. 
    • Experience within implementation of Social Media Strategies 
    • A creative portfolio of previous campaigns highlighting the role the candidate played to contribute to its success (strategy, ideation, briefing and execution) is required.  
    • Highly organised and able to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects across multiple regions.   
    • Ability to identify potential negative or crisis situations and apply conflict resolution principles to mitigate potential issues.  
    • Experience with paid social media and managing a budget.  
    • Interest in, and knowledge of Showmax Original programming, and streaming entertainment categories, is preferred.  
    • Engaging social media content.  
    • Up-to-date with relevant industry trends.  
    • Clear understanding of content creation per platform. 

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    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to MultiChoice on careers.multichoice.com to apply

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