Junior Brand Strategist

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a Junior Brand Strategist at Recruitify, a company seeking to expand its dynamic digital team. The position is designed for an individual eager to make their mark, fresh from a leading institution, and involves a dual focus: maintaining strategic continuity for existing client portfolios and contributing fresh, disruptive thinking to new business pitches. The salary offered for this position ranges from R20,000 to R25,000. **What you will do** Key responsibilities include: * **Strategic Planning & Insights Existing Clients** * Conduct desk research, consumer trend analysis, and competitor audits to uncover actionable insights for existing brand campaigns. * Assist in translating client briefs into clear, inspiring strategic frameworks, target audience personas, and consumer journey maps. * Collaborate with the digital and data teams to review campaign performance metrics, helping to evaluate what worked and how future strategies can be optimized. * **Pitch Support & Fresh Thinking** * Actively participate in brainstorming sessions, bringing fresh, culturally relevant, and digitally native ideas to new business pitches. * Assist in structuring and designing compelling pitch presentations and strategy decks that tell a clear, persuasive brand story. * Keep a pulse on emerging digital, social, and cultural trends particularly within the South African landscape to ensure pitch concepts remain innovative. * **Administrative & Operational Excellence** * Maintain meticulous records of strategy documents, research libraries, workshop notes, and competitor trackers. * Coordinate smoothly with account management, creative, and media teams to ensure strategic deliverables stay on schedule. * Assist in preparing status reports, meeting agendas, and briefing templates for internal and client-facing syncs. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Qualifications | Years of Experience** * Relevant tertiary qualification Degree or Diploma in Brand Building, Strategic Brand Management, Communications, or Copywriting. * Fluent in English and Afrikaans, both written and spoken. * Strong copywriting or transcreation capabilities in both English and Afrikaans. * A genuine interest in advertising, consumer psychology, and digital marketing. * **Skills and Competencies** * Proactive, resourceful, and able to work independently with minimal supervision. * Strong organisational and administrative skills, with excellent attention to detail. * Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously. * Creative and analytical thinking, with an understanding of how ideas connect with consumers. * Collaborative, adaptable, and able to work under pressure. * Eagerness to learn from senior leadership and grow professionally. **Who should apply** The ideal candidate is described as sharp, driven, and creatively curious. They should be fresh out of a leading institution such as AAA School of Advertising, Vega, or Red & Yellow, and eager to make their mark. This individual is a natural self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced agency environment, possesses strong administrative discipline, and balances conceptual creativity with data-driven logic. They should be proactive, resourceful, able to work independently, possess strong organisational and administrative skills with excellent attention to detail, and be capable of managing multiple tasks and deadlines. The candidate will also demonstrate creative and analytical thinking, collaboration, adaptability under pressure, and an eagerness to learn and grow professionally. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/junior-brand-strategist-recruitify Source: myjobmag

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• Bilingual (English & Afrikaans)
• Afrikaans

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