The Marketing Co.
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Build the team
behind seven
growing brands.

We are building the founding team for The Marketing Co.—a small, senior group with the mandate to shape brands, create demand and build marketing systems that compound.

Location
67 Constantia Main Rd, Unit 2, Plumstead, Cape Town, 7800
Working model
In-office roles
Team stage
Founding hires

The opportunity

Breadth without the agency churn.

You will work across different categories and creative problems, while staying close enough to the businesses to see what your work actually changes.

This is a chance to help define the standards, systems and culture of a new marketing company from the beginning—backed by a live portfolio, real budgets and founders who want marketing at the centre of growth.

Real ownership

Shape the function, not just your corner of it.

Varied briefs

Work across B2B SaaS, professional services and consumer community.

Visible impact

Stay close to decisions, performance and the people behind the brands.

High standards

Join a team designed around senior judgment, pace and craft.

Founding roles

The first three seats.

Each role has a clear centre of gravity. All three will collaborate closely across strategy, creative, distribution and measurement.

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Founding team · In office

Marketing Manager

Set the direction, build the function and keep seven distinct brands moving toward clear commercial goals.

What you’ll own

  • Group marketing strategy and brand positioning
  • Campaign planning, launches and brand priorities
  • Budget ownership and resource allocation
  • Team leadership, operating rhythm and quality
  • Performance reporting and founder communication

Who will thrive here

A strategic operator who can move comfortably between the big picture and the work itself—and build a high-accountability team without adding unnecessary layers.

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Founding team · In office

Growth Marketing Specialist

Own the systems that turn attention into pipeline, customers and measurable, repeatable growth.

What you’ll own

  • Google, Meta and LinkedIn campaign management
  • SEO strategy and conversion-led landing pages
  • Email journeys, lifecycle programmes and automation
  • Attribution, analytics and testing frameworks
  • Channel reporting and ongoing optimisation

Who will thrive here

A commercially curious performance marketer who is as interested in the full customer journey as the first click, and who can explain the numbers without hiding behind them.

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Founding team · In office

Content & Creative Specialist

Create the stories, systems and standout work that make every portfolio brand feel unmistakably itself.

What you’ll own

  • Brand copy and multi-channel content planning
  • Social content, photography, video and reels
  • Campaign graphics and day-to-day design
  • Case studies, website content and email creative
  • Creative consistency across distinct brand worlds

Who will thrive here

A versatile maker with strong taste, a sharp editorial instinct and enough range to move from a thoughtful case study to a fast, culturally aware social idea.

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Applications

Bring your point of view.

Tell us what you have built, what you care about and where you do your best work. We review every application sent through this form.

01

Choose the role that best matches your strengths.

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Attach a current CV in PDF or Word format.

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Add a portfolio or LinkedIn profile if it helps show your work.

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