Marketing Coordinator

The Marketing Coordinator plays a vital role in driving Feenix’s brand visibility, digital
engagement, and community storytelling. The role is ideal for a self-starter with a passion for
youth empowerment, social justice, and innovation in the nonprofit space.
You will support and implement marketing strategies that enhance Feenix’s voice as a
thought leader, trusted partner, and impact-led community. The position requires creativity,
resourcefulness, and strong collaboration across internal teams and external stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

Strategy and planning
● Co-develop and execute the annual marketing plan alongside the head of fundraising and communications
● Align content and communications with organisational strategy and fundraising objectives.
● Maintain a consistent and engaging brand voice across all platforms.

Social media and digital communications
● Implement monthly social media content calendars, including paid and organic campaigns.
● Grow social media audience and engagement (with 10–50% growth targets across platforms).
● Monitor, report and adapt based on engagement analytics and trends.
● Coordinate and manage influencer and ambassador collaborations.

Content creation and storytelling
● Source, write, and curate content that shares student impact stories and donor testimonials.
● Develop visual and written collateral aligned to campaigns, reports, and Feenix’s values.
● Maintain and organise the Feenix content library (google drive, canva).

Campaign management
● Support fundraising campaigns including Mandela day, youth month, and end-of-year drives.
● Collaborate with fundraising and student support teams to ensure integrated messaging.
● Coordinate campaign assets such as email templates, social posts, videos, blogs, and reports.

Marketing administration and coordination
● Coordinate marketing briefs for external creatives and internal departments.
● Support the development of Feenix’s content-rich, user-friendly website.
● Ensure timely execution of marketing deliverables across email, print, and digital platforms.

PR and external visibility
● Identify and pitch story angles to media houses and journalists to boost public profile.
● Support the set-up of thought leadership platforms (e.g. webinars, podcasts, blogs).

Stakeholder engagement
● Support donor acquisition and retention through tailored marketing content.
● Elevate leadership and partner voices in key communication touchpoints.

Candidate profile
Qualifications and experience
● Degree or diploma in marketing, communications, or related field.
● 2+ years’ experience in a similar marketing or communications coordination role.
● Proficiency in tools such as Mailchimp, Canva, Google analytics, social media schedulers (e.g. Sprout Social), and Airtable.
● Experience with digital fundraising or NPO marketing is a strong advantage.
● Advantageous: Experience with InDesign, Illustrator and/or Photoshop

Skills and attributes
● Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
● Strong storytelling and copywriting abilities.
● Excellent planning, coordination, and project management skills.
● Ability to interpret data and translate it into meaningful insights.
● Relationship builder with high emotional intelligence and empathy.
● Proactive, accountable, agile and able to thrive in an ever-evolving environment.
● Deep interest in youth development, social justice, and nonprofit innovation.

What we offer
● A purpose-driven environment where your work directly impacts the youth.
● A flexible and supportive team culture grounded in values of collaboration, integrity, and joy.
● Professional development opportunities, including short courses and skills training.
● Hybrid working with wellness-focused policies and leave benefits including mental health leave days.

Application process
Interested candidates should submit the following to gro.xineef@sboj
1. CV
2. A one-page motivation letter, short video or voice note answering:
“Why Feenix and why do you believe you’re the best person for this role?”

Company Description

Feenix is an independent, nonprofit and technologically innovative organisation. We serve
higher education students to assist in removing their debt through a secure crowdfunding
platform and our Skills Development Bursary programme with businesses.
Feenix comprises a team of innovators who believe that access to education is one of
the most important issues affecting South Africa today. Our team is diverse and ever-
evolving. You need to be comfortable with change and have a roll-up-your-sleeves attitude.
We have a hybrid in-office / work from home work-week. We offer flexible work hours,
innovative leave policies and great opportunities for learning and training. Our social mission
and values-based leadership team will provide you with a purpose-driven and meaningful
work environment.

Posted on 13 May 10:06, Closing date 25 May