Marketing and Communications Manager

Salary: Up to R35 000 per month

Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (or Cape Town) - in person

Job type: Permanent

Maximize South Africa is a leading South African technology services provider, specialising in office automation, IT support, telecommunications, networking, and security solutions. Maximize delivers tailored business technology solutions that improve efficiency, connectivity, and productivity for organisations across various industries. We are looking for a Marketing & Communications Manager to join our team either in Durban or Cape Town.

Duties and Responsibilities

Lead Generation & Pipeline Growth

• Design, launch, and manage multi-channel B2B campaigns engineered specifically to generate high-intent inbound leads for the regional Sales Teams
• Implement performance marketing campaigns across social media platforms to drive brand awareness, lead generation, and customer engagement.
• Track, analyse, and optimize campaign metrics—focusing on Cost Per Lead (CPL), Lead-to-Opportunity conversion rates, and return on ad spend

Sales Enablement & Collateral Development

• Equip the regional sales teams with sales enablement toolkits
• Partner directly with Sales Leadership to create localised, campaign-specific promotional offers and quick-close sales incentives
• Develop benefit-driven promotional content

Social Media, Content & Outbound Brand Push

• Manage Maximize South Africa's corporate social channels with a strong emphasis on commercial, client-winning success stories and product capabilities
• Maintain a high-volume content calendar
• Drive community management and social selling tactics to identify and capture warm business prospects

Digital Properties, SEO & Conversion Optimisation

• Maintain and continuously optimise the corporate website, ensuring every landing page is engineered for high conversion and quick inquiry submission
• Execute targeted SEO strategies to increase and maintain rankings for high-intent B2B keywords in office automation, telecommunications, and solar solutions

High-Impact Events & Campaign Activations

• Plan and execute high-converting external sales activations, client golf days and executive networking sessions
• Oversee end-to-end event logistics, promotional gift items, brand collateral, and rapid post-event lead distribution to sales teams

Central Brand Control & Enterprise Communications (CodeTwo)

• Act as primary administrator for centralised email signature platforms (CodeTwo) to maintain brand compliance across all branch mailboxes
• Develop, implement, and enforce corporate brand standards and corporate identity across all internal and external marketing and communication channels
• Manage and maintain the organisation's corporate identity, ensuring consistent application of branding, messaging, logos, templates, and visual standards across all touchpoints
• Manage enterprise-wide communications, ensuring consistent messaging, branding, and visual identity across the organisation
• Review and approve marketing collateral, customer communications, presentations, and digital content to ensure alignment with brand guidelines
• Coordinate company-wide communication campaigns, announcements, and promotional initiatives
• Monitor brand compliance and recommend improvements to strengthen brand awareness, reputation, and market positioning

Skill Set Requirements

• Must be able to work under pressure
• Must be able to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Must have strong communication and people skills
• Must be meticulous with details

Educational Requirements

• Qualification in Marketing or related field

Experience Requirements

• 6+ years of B2B marketing experience, ideally within Office Automation, ICT industries.
• Proven track record of directly supporting direct sales engines
• Proficiency in centralized email signature tools (CodeTwo or similar platforms)
• Strong technical proficiency in performance marketing channels: Google Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager etc.
• Content creation capability using tools like Canva, Adobe Creative Cloud, or video editing software
• Commercial mindset—thrives when tied to sales metrics and pipeline goals
• Excellent copywriting, pitch writing, and visual presentation skills
• Highly energetic, assertive, and capable of managing multiple campaign deadlines simultaneously

Pay: Up to R35 000,00 per month

Work Location: In person