Generation
51 - 200 employees
Founded 2015
📚 Education
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
Education • Non-profit • Social Impact
Generation is a mission driven non-profit focused on training the next generation of diverse leaders in the progressive, civic, and social impact data community. They offer a variety of online and in-person training programs tailored to equip students with essential skills in data visualization, data engineering, and progressive data analysis. Their initiatives aim to empower individuals from marginalized communities and enhance their capabilities to impact democratic processes and social movements through data literacy.
Digital Marketing Super Agent – Freelance Mentor
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Generation
51 - 200 employees
Founded 2015
📚 Education
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
Education • Non-profit • Social Impact
Generation is a mission driven non-profit focused on training the next generation of diverse leaders in the progressive, civic, and social impact data community. They offer a variety of online and in-person training programs tailored to equip students with essential skills in data visualization, data engineering, and progressive data analysis. Their initiatives aim to empower individuals from marginalized communities and enhance their capabilities to impact democratic processes and social movements through data literacy.
📋 Description
• Provide ongoing one-on-one and group mentoring sessions for assigned graduates • Support graduates in applying digital marketing skills in real-world client environments • Guide graduates in building confidence, professionalism, effective work habits, and sustainable freelance careers • Provide feedback on portfolios, proposals, project work, quotations, and client communications • Help graduates identify income-generation opportunities through freelance and remote work • Advise on sourcing opportunities through networks, referrals, direct outreach, LinkedIn, and freelance platforms • Guide pricing strategies, service packaging, positioning, client discovery, negotiation, and project scoping • Assist with professional profile creation and optimization on LinkedIn, Upwork, Fiverr, Contra, and other marketplaces • Review portfolios and recommend improvements aligned with global recruitment standards • Support personal branding, online presence, profile visibility, and client attraction • Provide project guidance, review outputs, and deliver actionable quality feedback • Help graduates navigate client communications and project-management challenges • Conduct regular progress reviews and monitor graduate development and success • Share digital marketing resources, tools, templates, case studies, examples, trends, and best practices • Collaborate with Generation staff and other Super Agents to support learner success
🎯 Requirements
• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in Digital Marketing • Hands-on expertise in social media marketing, content marketing, Design, SEO, SEM, paid advertising, analytics, email marketing, and campaign management • At least 2 years of proven freelancing experience delivering digital marketing services to clients • Demonstrated success sourcing, securing, managing, and delivering freelance projects • Strong understanding of freelance business development, pricing strategies, proposal writing, client relationship management, and project delivery • Excellent communication, coaching, facilitation, and interpersonal skills • Strong organizational and time management skills • Ability to mentor multiple learners simultaneously • Ability and willingness to dedicate a minimum of 10–15 hours per week to mentoring and learner support activities • Must be currently based in South Africa and open to remote ways of working • Strong knowledge of the South African business environment, digital economy, and remote work ecosystem • Commitment to empowering young people from diverse backgrounds through freelancing and digital work • Previous mentoring, coaching, teaching, or career-development experience preferred • Experience helping freelancers secure clients and build sustainable freelance careers preferred • Certifications in Google Ads, Google Analytics, Meta Blueprint, HubSpot, LinkedIn Marketing, SEMrush, or related specializations preferred • Experience using Upwork, Fiverr, Contra, Freelancer.com, PeoplePerHour, or related platforms preferred • Experience working with international clients and remote teams preferred • Familiarity with online learning platforms, virtual collaboration tools, and community engagement approaches preferred • Submit an up-to-date CV/Resume, cover letter, and relevant profile, portfolio, website, or work-sample links
🏖️ Benefits
• Opportunity to support and mentor Digital Marketing graduates transitioning into freelancing and remote work • Flexible remote ways of working • Opportunity to contribute to economic mobility and financial independence for young people • Collaboration with Generation staff and other Super Agents • Access to and sharing of digital marketing resources, tools, templates, and best practices
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