Associate Social Media Manager

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🌐 South Africa, Kenya – Remote

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote 🇰🇪 Kenya – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

💕 Social Media Manager

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Carry1st

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2020

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Marketing • Logistics

Carry1st is a leading games publisher based in Africa, specializing in the distribution and monetization of digital content across the continent. They partner with global gaming companies to bring popular mobile games to African audiences, offering end-to-end publishing services, localized content creation, user acquisition, and customized payment solutions. Carry1st also provides an online shop where users can purchase in-game currency and other digital goods using a variety of local payment methods, with a commitment to secure transactions and fraud protection. The company aims to unlock Africa's potential as a gaming market by building infrastructure for interactive entertainment and facilitating easy access to global content.

📋 Description

• Come up with and run campaigns around tournaments and events, major game launches and live ops, and audience-relevant announcements • Keep always-on feeds fresh with entertainment, memes, creator and UGC content, useful tips, and community conversation • Turn campaigns into clear plans covering ideas, formats, channels, timing and success metrics • Brief and work with creative teams to produce content, and write copy, captions and hooks • Run campaigns live across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp community • Monitor gaming trends, memes, slang, creators and conversations and turn them into ideas • Engage the community through challenges, polls, UGC, shout-outs and live moments • Work with creators to bring local voices and faces onto channels • Report campaign reach, follower growth, engagement, sentiment and brand mentions • Act as a cultural sense-check so content feels authentic and representative for local audiences

🎯 Requirements

• 1–3 years in social media, community or content, either agency or in-house (a strong personal or creator track record counts too) • A portfolio of campaigns or posts you came up with and ran, with results • Deep knowledge of youth culture, and a real love of gaming • Sharp, funny, native-sounding copywriting for social • Comfortable working across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, and with tools like CapCut, Canva and scheduling tools • Organised and quick: you can move from idea to live campaign in days, not weeks • Comfortable on camera is a plus, but not required

🏖️ Benefits

• The ability to scale one of the fastest-growing companies in Africa • Unlimited room for career growth with a VC-backed startup • Own shares in the Company - enabling you to benefit from the value you create • Awesome equipment: Get everything you need to work effectively • Remote working allowance: Put an additional $600 / year to optimise your WFH experience • Learning and development: Attend courses, conferences and training events • Social events: Participate in regular company events to relax and connect with teammates • Birthday leave: Enjoy a paid day off on your special day • Fully remote and 100% global team • Remote-first company