Head of Digital Growth

Head of Digital Growth required in Johannesburg. This role sits in an international media company with operations across multiple markets. The team is lean, the structure is flat, and the Group Director is the kind of leader who is in the detail and hires people who are too. One thing to be clear about upfront: this is a digital performance role, not a brand marketing role. Events, social posting, CSR, and collateral belong to a separate team. If your world is website optimisation, organic search, content-driven lead generation across LLM, and commercial pipeline with data and analytics, read on. If it is not, this one is not for you. In the first 90 days, you are in the work: keyword research, technical audits, content briefs, agency reviews, and dashboard builds. You are not inheriting a function; you are building one. Over time, the balance shifts toward strategy and management, but the executional instinct stays. Content production and activity is big. This company does not hire people who point out problems and wait for someone else to fix them. The scope will stretch you. Fifty-plus country pages. Seventy-plus programmatic landing pages to build. Agencies to govern. A content specialist to direct. Six-language website translation to oversee. AI search visibility to own, because when a customer searches on ChatGPT or Perplexity, you want this business to appear. And twice a week, you will draft thought leadership posts for the Group Director’s LinkedIn and other outlets, in conjunction with the content creator. Performance is tracked, reviewed, and taken seriously.

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Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng (Office-Based). Salary: R55 000 – R75 000 gross per month + performance bonus. What makes it worth your while: Outsized influence in a lean team, your work is visible, your results are measured, and credit goes where it is earned. Direct access to Group Director-level leadership with no layers between your ideas and a decision. The opportunity to build a digital growth function from the ground up across a multi-country international operation. A compensation package that rewards performance with a bonus structure tied to the outcomes you drive. A business that moves fast, makes decisions quickly, and does not waste your time with approvals that go nowhere. Outsized influence in a lean team, your work is visible, your results are measured, and credit goes where it is earned. Direct access to Group Director-level leadership with no layers between your ideas and a decision. The opportunity to build a digital growth function from the ground up across a multi-country international operation. A compensation package that rewards performance with a bonus structure tied to the outcomes you drive. A business that moves fast, makes decisions quickly, and does not waste your time with approvals that go nowhere. What Makes This Worth Your While: Outsized influence in a lean team, your work is visible, your results are measured, and credit goes where it is earned

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