Hirehangar
Virtual Assistant (Marketing Support)
South Africa, Remote. Posted 7 days ago
The role
This person will provide administrative and hands-on execution support to a marketing team. They will manage calendars, coordinate projects, and assist with social media, email campaigns, and content creation.
What you will do
- Provide administrative support including calendar management, meeting scheduling, and inbox organization
- Coordinate marketing projects and tasks in project management tools
- Schedule and publish social media content across platforms
- Assist with drafting, proofreading, and formatting marketing copy, emails, blog posts, and social captions
- Create simple graphics and visual assets in Canva
- Support email marketing campaigns including list management, building templates, and scheduling sends
- Conduct basic market, competitor, and trend research
- Pull and organize basic campaign performance data and prepare simple reports
- Maintain and organize marketing asset libraries, content calendars, and shared files
Required qualifications
- Experience as a virtual assistant, administrative assistant, or coordinator supporting a marketing team, a marketing leader, or within a marketing agency
- Working understanding of core marketing concepts, including social media, content marketing, email campaigns, and brand consistency
- Hands-on experience with social media platforms and content scheduling tools
- Strong written and spoken English with a clear, professional communication style and a keen eye for detail
- Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple tasks, priorities, and deadlines at once
- Proactive and resourceful, able to work independently and take ownership of tasks
- Prior remote work experience
- Fluent with remote collaboration tools and platforms such as Slack, Zoom, Google Workspace, Asana, or similar
- Ideally worked with US or UK-based companies
Nice to have
- Experience with email marketing platforms such as Mailchimp, Klaviyo, or HubSpot
- Familiarity with basic analytics tools such as Google Analytics or native social media insights
- Basic knowledge of website content management systems such as WordPress, Webflow, or Shopify
- Experience supporting paid advertising campaigns on Meta or Google
Before you apply
- Complete the application form in full
- Record a video as part of the application process
- Applications without prior remote work experience will not be considered
- Applications without experience working with US or UK-based companies will not be considered
About the company
Hire Hangar connects top talent with vetted employers and offers real growth opportunities.