Marketing CoordinatorAccount Manager
Durban - South Africa
Job Summary
Employment Type: Part-time to potential Full-time transition Independent Contractor
Work Model: Remote
Work Hours: US Business Hours alignment (Eastern Time)
Territory Focus: United States
We are seeking a versatile highly organized Marketing Coordinator / Account Manager to serve as a key operational anchor across a growing portfolio of client accounts. Positioned at the intersection of project management client execution and content coordination this role functions as a strong number two to agency leadership by ensuring deliverables move smoothly through the pipeline from concept to completion.
This is not a purely administrative role nor is it a heavy creative role. The ideal candidate sits comfortably within the account management spectrumcapable of managing multi-project workflows across active accounts coordinating with external creative freelancers batch-producing monthly social media assets and assembling clean professional presentation decks for client reviews. We are looking for a proactive individual who takes ownership of account momentum and thrives in an agile agency environment.
- Project Management & Workflow Execution: Serve as the internal operational hub across active client accounts keeping project timelines on track monitoring contractor deliverables and ensuring team members have the assets needed to meet deadlines.
- Social Media Operations & Content Batching: Manage monthly social media content calendars rephrase and adapt copy using AI tools and existing content libraries request visual assets from third-party production artists and schedule posts via publishing platforms (e.g. Buffer Meta Business Suite).
- Presentation Deck Assembly: Compile strategic campaign concepts visual comps and copy into polished client-ready presentation decks for pitch meetings strategy reviews and campaign launches.
- Account Administration & Client Support: Maintain comprehensive status reports across active projects follow up on outstanding tasks and gradually participate in virtual client meetings as trusted internal account support.
- Agency & Marketing Experience: 3 years of experience working as a Junior Account Executive Marketing Coordinator or Project Manager within a boutique advertising agency marketing firm or client-side marketing department.
- Project Management Mastery: Exceptional organizational and tracking skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple overlapping projects across diverse client portfolios without letting details slip.
- Content & Tech Stack Fluency: Familiarity with social media management software (Buffer Meta Business Suite) basic digital asset workflows and leveraging AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT Claude) to rephrase and format marketing content efficiently.
- Communication & Deck Creation: Excellent written and verbal English communication. Proficient in building clean visually structured presentation decks (Google Slides PowerPoint Keynote) with high attention to detail.
- Proactive Account Mindset: High degree of personal agency and self-direction. Ability to take high-level direction anticipate next steps and keep client work moving forward independently.
- On-Time Project Completion: Ensuring 100% of client deliverables and internal milestones progress according to schedule across all assigned accounts.
- Content Execution Reliability: Seamlessly batching compiling getting approval on and scheduling monthly social media assets well ahead of publishing deadlines.
- Leadership Capacity Relief: Successfully absorbing day-to-day operational follow-ups contractor coordination and deck preparation to significantly free up executive leaderships strategic bandwidth.
- Deliverable Quality & Accuracy: Delivering polished publication-ready presentation decks and marketing collateral that require minimal revisions before client presentation.