# Copywriter & Content Producer at takealot.com

Copywriter & Content Producer at takealot.com in Cape Town. Posted October 5, 2026.

- Company: takealot.com
- Location: Cape Town
- Posted: 2026-10-05
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/takealotcom/jobs/8249182
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/copywriter-content-producer-takealotcom-hzew73

## Description

 

takealot.com, South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented **Copywriter & Content Producer **to join our team in **Cape Town**.

We are a young, dynamic, hyper growth company looking for smart, creative, hard-working people with integrity to join us. We offer a market related, Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs, a great work environment and a promise that you won’t be bored as long as you are prepared for a challenge and want to build something great.

**Purpose of the role: The role requires an exceptional content producer and storyteller — someone who can conceptualise, write and edit sharp, scroll-stopping content for Takealot Marketplace. **They will be responsible for communicating the voice, tone, and creative consistency of Takealot while producing content that drives measurable engagement, talkability, and conversion across platforms where Takealot’s audience lives.

**This position reports to the Content Production ManagerYour responsibilities will include:**

- **Marketing Content:** Plan, write, and edit high-volume content, managing concept through execution while ensuring alignment with Takealot’s Marketing, Marketplace, and Content Strategy.

- **Copywriting Excellence:** Write and adapt compelling copies for a range of channels, ensuring clarity, emotional resonance, and on-brand storytelling.

- **Creative Concept Development: **Collaborate with Marketing and Takealot Marketplace teams to ideate and execute strong creative concepts that bring on-brand campaigns to life.

- **Research & Insights: **Stay on the pulse of South African content marketing trends, audience behaviour, and competitor activity to strengthen creative outputs and keep content relevant and talk worthy.

- **Performance & Optimisation: **Measure, analyse, and report on content performance to refine tone, messaging, and creative direction — ensuring future content is data-led and impactful.

- **Collaboration & Brief Management: **Understand and respond to creative and marketing briefs to effectively plan and brief collaborators.

**Qualification & Experience: **

- **Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification in Communications, Copywriting, English Language or related degree.**

- A** minimum of 5 years working in eCommerce/E- learning/content production and/or related digital communications**.

**Attributes Required**:

- Highly organised with meticulous attention to detail and a well-structured thought process.

-  Ability to multi-task and to meet tight deadlines.

- Very strong interpersonal skills and experience in marshalling cross-departmental resources towards daily goals and objectives.

 

**The Environment**: 

- takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer- centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e- commerce company in Africa. 

- We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve. 

- We are short on ego and high on output. 

- We are doers and not only thinkers, its all in the execution after all. 

- We love what we do and what we are creating.

- We seek to employ an **Extra Ordinary Mind **who is Smart, has Integrity, and is Hardworking. 

If you meet the above you are an **Extraordinary Mind **so come and join us! 

***Takealot Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applicants from the previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities, to apply*.**