Social Media, E-commerce Sales Specialist

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💕 Social Media Manager

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VirtuHire

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

🎯 Recruiter

👥 HR Tech

☁️ SaaS

Recruitment • HR Tech • SaaS

VirtuHire is a remote recruiting and employer-of-record service focused on connecting businesses with vetted South African talent. The company rigorously vets candidates and provides a curated shortlist, interview scheduling, onboarding, payroll, compliance, and full employee management. It offers a no-fee recruitment process, advertises cost savings versus local hires, and emphasizes English proficiency, university-educated candidates, and industry experience. Metrics provided include clients served, hires made, and a high retention rate. VirtuHire positions itself as a partner handling hiring, EOR services, and HR administration to let clients focus on growth.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement social media strategies aligned with business growth and sales objectives • Create, schedule and publish engaging content across LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and other relevant platforms • Plan and execute LinkedIn marketing campaigns targeting UK schools, educational institutions and businesses • Design professional graphics, promotional materials, advertisements and multimedia content • Maintain consistent brand identity across digital channels • Develop and manage monthly content calendars • Monitor social media engagement, campaign performance and lead generation • Identify opportunities to increase brand visibility and customer acquisition • Own the company's online store and day-to-day e-commerce operations • Manage product listings, descriptions, images and promotional content • Maintain an organised, professional and user-friendly online shopping experience • Update website content, product information and promotional campaigns • Support website design, layout improvements and content management • Improve customer engagement and online sales conversions • Coordinate with internal teams to ensure accurate product information and effective online promotions • Track e-commerce performance and identify opportunities for revenue growth • Generate qualified sales opportunities through social media and digital marketing • Develop campaigns targeting B2B customers, including schools, businesses and public-sector organisations • Convert digital enquiries and customer interest into commercial opportunities • Work closely with the sales team to support lead generation and revenue targets • Identify new markets, customer segments and digital sales opportunities • Monitor campaign performance against measurable sales and lead-generation objectives • Create visual content using Canva, Adobe Creative Suite or similar tools • Produce multimedia content for social media, marketing campaigns and the e-commerce platform • Support website design and content updates using Shopify, WooCommerce or similar platforms • Ensure digital content is visually appealing, accurate and commercially effective • Recommend improvements to website presentation, usability and customer experience • Within 90 days, establish a B2B social media content calendar, manage the online store, launch targeted campaigns, demonstrate measurable improvements and implement digital revenue-growth opportunities

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in social media management and e-commerce • Demonstrated experience managing an online store or e-commerce platform • Strong experience developing and executing LinkedIn marketing campaigns • Proven ability to generate leads, enquiries or sales through digital marketing • Hands-on experience with Shopify, WooCommerce or comparable e-commerce platforms • Strong graphic design and multimedia content creation skills • Proficiency in Canva, Adobe Creative Suite or similar design software • Experience creating and managing content calendars • Good understanding of B2B marketing and commercial sales objectives • Ability to manage website content and undertake basic web design activities • Excellent written and spoken English • Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple projects independently • Commercially minded, proactive and results-driven • Comfortable working remotely during UK business hours • A mandatory portfolio with examples of social media campaigns, LinkedIn campaigns, e-commerce websites or online stores, website design or multimedia projects, and campaign results, lead generation or sales growth • Advantageous: experience within IT hardware, technology distribution or IT reselling • Advantageous: previous experience marketing products or services to UK customers • Advantageous: experience targeting schools, educational institutions or public-sector organisations • Advantageous: experience in a digital marketing agency or online retail business • Advantageous: knowledge of Microsoft 365 • Advantageous: demonstrable experience increasing online sales, improving conversions or generating B2B leads • Advantageous: experience independently managing digital marketing and e-commerce operations