Copywriter | SEO & Social Media

Cape Business Online is a marketing agency supporting businesses across South Africa and abroad for their digital marketing requirements with emphasis on SEO and social media, seeking to recruit a Copywriter.  

If you have a passion for writing, for storytelling, for creative blogging and for everything that goes into creating wonderful stories, then we would like to hear from you. We are looking for an experienced copywriter to join our digital marketing team to assist us in creating copy for websites, blogs and social media. Our ideal candidate will be a university graduate with majors in languages and/or journalism.   

Your role will be to:

• Understand client briefs to create original copy to uniquely promote the business of each client through their website.
• Write click-friendly copy and text snippets for SEO purposes.
• Write interesting and fun blogs for our clients.
• Write social media copy for an array of social platforms. 
• Produce copy for Cape Business Onlines own websites, blogs and social media platforms.
• Publish approved copy to a range of digital platforms, including social media.

Your personal attributes are:

• You are willing and curious to learn new technologies.
• You have a great sense of humour.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Afrikaans. 
• You are inquisitive and able to research across an array of topics, even those not familiar to you.
• You are well-presented and have sober habits.
• You are administratively organized and methodical, able to organize and prioritize tasks.
• You are a problem solver.
• You can work both independently and as part of a team.
• Your work ethic is beyond reproach.
• You are a team player.
• You cope well under pressure.
• You are dedicated, passionate and hard-working.
• You have a friendly and helpful demeanour.

Your qualifications and experience include:

• BA Degree (or similar), majors in languages and/or journalism.
• 3-5 years of copywriting in an agency or similar setting.
• Understanding of SEO, social media and other digital marketing concepts.

Please direct your CV and covering letter, motivating your fit for the role and remuneration requirements, to careers@cbol.co.za.

Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in a similar role or environment.

Due to a large volume of applications, we are unfortunately unable to reply to every applicant. If you do not hear from us within 14 days of application, please consider that on this occasion, your application was unsuccessful.