Social Media Coordinator Mr Price Home

Do you eat, sleep and dream social media? Is building an engaged social community your life's passion? Do you understand digital and social media platforms and how each platform works? Do you have an innovative and creative side?

If you answered yes to these questions, then this is the position for you!

We are recruiting a Social Media Coordinator to join our Digital Marketing team to support the execution of the Digital Marketing strategy. If you have a passion for all things homeware, all things design and you are a team player with a hunger to learn more about social media, then we are looking for you!

Job description:

• Build and execute the social media strategy with the Digital Team through competitor research, platform determination, benchmarking, messaging and audience identification.

• Generate, edit, publish and share daily content (original text, images, video or HTML) that builds meaningful connections.

• Data analysis on the appropriate social data/metrics, insights and best practices, and then acting on the information

• Work on the business applications of social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube)

• Scheduling social media posts using applications such as Hootsuite and Iconosquare.

• Facebook Ads Manager, and familiarity with building paid social media ads.

• Interacting with customers and dealing with customer queries on social platforms

• Collaborate with other departments (Brand team, digital team, E-comm merchant team, customer Services, etc.)

• A relevant university degree or college diploma in Communications, Marketing or New Media.

• 1-2 years of proven experience in social media, marketing and or digital marketing.

• Intermediate photoshop experience - familiar and comfortable with designing weekly artwork.

• Exceptional communications skills: writing, editing (photo/video/text), interpersonal and presentation.

• Detailed and customer oriented with good multitasking and organisational ability.

• Knowledge of social marketing and good understanding of broader marketing principles.

Mr Price Group Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity.