Digital Media Specialist SLS SanlamConnect (PG8) Bellville

Date: 28 Apr 2026

Location:

Bellville, Western Cape, ZA

Company: Sanlam Group

Who are we?

Sanlam is dedicated to supporting, growing, and empowering clients with affordable, easy, and suitable solutions, primarily through face-to-face intermediary channels, but also directly. We have approximately 2,000 tied advisers and 2,000 supporting independent brokers, all dedicated to meet the financial needs of our clients. Our vision: We aspire to be the best at building enduring relationships by connecting clients with Sanlam. We create sustainable value by attracting new clients, supporting ongoing client engagement, and providing adaptive solutions designed to answer life’s financial questions. ULTIMATELY, WE EMPOWER PEOPLE TO BE FINANCIALLY CONFIDENT, SECURE AND PROSPEROUS.

What will you do?

This role supports projects which enable intermediaries to grow their business through the effective use of digital media channels such as social media, websites, emails, mobile and other online marketing platforms.

What will make you successful in this role?

Key focus areas for this role would be:

Digital marketing account management services – part of team performing duties such as content planning & scheduling, content creation/proofing and repurposing, trend watching, community management, creating intermediary digital properties on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram.
Producing a monthly newsletter and content calendar
Eye for detail, design and the Sanlam brand narrative/ identity
Paid media advertising support (basic)
Strong social media insights, with the ability to translate trends, platform nuances, and audience behaviour into practical, compliant business content
Supporting intermediaries and staff regarding social media marketing best practices for business use
Participate in initiatives to continuously help make social media add value to intermediaries
Develop and maintain digital marketing tools/support kits for intermediary use

Qualification and Experience

Grade 12
Suitable qualification in Digital Studies/Web design/Media Management or related would be preferential
2- 4 years experience in a Social Media focussed role
Experience within a financial distribution environment
Experience in Digital Media Marketing

Knowledge and Skills

IT/Systems/Tools:

MS: Office (Excel, Word, PPT, Outlook, MS Teams, Co-pilot AI Assistant)
Social Media Platforms (functionality, content formats, engagement mechanics and platform-specific best practices)
Google Analytics/Facebook Insights
Meta Suite, Ads Manager
Graphic Design/ Canva/ Adobe Express
Content Schedulers e.g. Sprout Social, HootSuite, Buffer etc.
Planning & Collaboration e.g. Miro, JIRA, Trello, MS Planner, ClickUp

Business:

Financial services industry knowledge/context (basic)
Adviser business model and value proposition (basic)
Sanlam/ Financial Services Product Knowledge (basic)
Understanding of sales and advice processes (basic)
Social media & content marketing principles and processes (platforms, applications, organic, paid etc.)
Brand and CI guidelines and practices
CRM, Database Management (basic)
Content management processes and guidelines
Document and media manipulation/ editing
Compliance legislation/regulations incl. FAIS, TCF etc. (basic)
Marketing and communication principles and processes
Digital strategy and policy
Training and coaching

Core Competencies

Being resilient
Collaborates
Cultivates Innovation
Customer Focus
Drives results

Personal Attributes

Proactive, initiates actions/self starter
Communication and persuasion skills
Analytical, detail minded, accurate
Innovative in looking for ways to improve process/practice
Collaborator
Good relationship/stakeholder builder
Presentation/facilitation skills
Comfortable operating natively within social media platforms, with curiosity for emerging features, trends, and evolving content styles

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Our commitment to transformation

The Sanlam Group is committed to transformation and embracing diversity and our employment equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society as well as people with disabilities.