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Marketing Manager

takealot.com takealot.com Open · verified Sep 21, 2026
Cape Town Manager General Marketing

At a glance

Mid-level General Marketing role at takealot.com. Cape Town.

Pay not stated Marketing Manager salary

RoleGeneral Marketing
SeniorityManager
LocationCape Town
PostedSep 17, 2026 · 4d ago
Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • You'll build go-to-market plans, research markets, and shape positioning for ventures from idea through launch
  • You'll define audiences and targeting, then run integrated campaigns across multiple ventures and channels
  • You'll manage budgets, creative briefs, asset production, and campaign rollout with internal and external teams
  • You'll coordinate partners and internal teams while presenting campaign results to senior leadership
  • You'll manage 5+ pilot workstreams, track milestones, optimize from results, and recommend scaling strategies

What you bring

  • At least three years in marketing, preferably in e-commerce, fintech, or high-growth settings
  • A record of taking products or services from initial concept through market launch
  • Project management experience across several initiatives running at the same time
  • Skill with marketing analytics tools, automation platforms, Excel, data analysis, and A/B testing

Who this fits

You'll work with the team in Cape Town and report to the Head of Brand & Communications. This role suits someone comfortable owning several venture launches, collaborating across business units, and acting on direct feedback. The company encourages applications from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities.

From the employer

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Marketing Manager to join our team in Cape Town

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

This position reports to the Head of Brand & Communications

Your responsibilities will include:

Strategic Planning & Positioning:

  • Develop go-to-market strategies for new venture propositions from concept to launch
  • Conduct market research and competitive analysis for untested business models
  • Create positioning frameworks and value propositions for pilot projects in collaboration with the Brand & Communications team
  • Define customer segmentation and targeting strategies for new audiences

Campaign Development & Execution:

  • Plan and execute integrated marketing campaigns across multiple ventures simultaneously
  • Manage marketing budgets
  • Develop creative briefs and oversee asset creation with internal/external teams
  • Coordinate multi-channel campaign deployment (digital, traditional, partnership channels)

Stakeholder Management:

  • Serve as primary marketing liaison with Strategy & Ventures team and channel marketing managers
  • Manage relationships with external partners
  • Coordinate with legal, compliance, and operations teams for regulated offerings
  • Present campaign performance and insights to senior leadership

Performance Management & Optimization:

  • Establish KPIs and measurement frameworks for new business lines
  • Monitor campaign performance and optimize based on pilot learnings
  • Conduct post-launch analysis and recommend scaling strategies
  • Conduct monthly marketing reports in collaboration with channel marketing managers

Project Portfolio Management:

  • Manage concurrent marketing streams for 5+ pilot projects
  • Ensure timeline adherence for venture launches and milestone delivery
  • Coordinate complex project dependencies across multiple business units

Qualification & Experience:

  • 3+ years marketing experience, preferably in e-commerce, fintech, or high-growth environments
  • Proven track record managing product/service launches from concept to market
  • Project management experience handling multiple concurrent initiatives

Attributes Required:

  • Proficiency in marketing analytics tools (Google Analytics, Facebook Business Manager, etc.)
  • Experience with marketing automation platforms
  • Strong Excel/data analysis capabilities
  • Familiarity with A/B testing methodologies

The Environment:

  • takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa.
  • We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
  • We are short on ego and high on output.
  • We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all.
  • We love what we do and what we are creating.
  • We seek to employ an Extra Ordinary Mind who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking.

If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind so come and join us!

Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply.

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