Job Description

Yuppiechef is looking for a creative and strategic marketing manager, to bring to life our purpose of helping people create moments of joy at home. The role oversees brand-building activities and tactical sales campaigns that aim to grow our audience base and their affinity for Yuppiechef.


The role reports into the Head of Marketing, has two reports, and is based from our offices in Westlake, Cape Town.

Who we are

We're Yuppiechef, and see ourselves as helping people find moments of joy at home. We're here to offer outstanding and memorable service, while selling things that our customers love using. We're foodies and home lovers and aesthetes and early adopters, and we're passionate learners more than we're experts. We have a loved online store and nearly 20 beautiful physical stores across SA, and are a proud member of the dynamic Mr Price Group. Our offices in Westlake, Cape Town, have a view of the mountains, a beautiful Rancilio coffee machine, and plenty of books to borrow. They're filled with people who value excellence, and who like to make and eat pizza together. We're always looking for new people to teach us new ways of doing things and help us make big things happen. We'd love to know if you might be one of them.



Qualifications: Qualifications and experience


10+ years' experience in retail marketing -

both ecommerce and bricks & mortar

working on known consumer brands

managing timelines, briefs, creative reviews and production oversight of large campaigns with creative agency teams

collaborating with Buying, Planning and other internal teams

3+ years' experience of managing direct reports

A qualification in marketing, branding or communications would be beneficial



Attributes we're looking for:



Comfortable commercially, using sales insights to justify campaign decisions

A natural affinity for branding, and close interpretation of how messaging lands with customers

Strong communication, briefing and presentation abilities

Extremely well organised and skilled in project management

Keen collaborative skills, in bringing other teams together to make projects happen

Quick to build trusting, professional relationships, with inspiring leadership capabilities

Focussed creative thinking, in conceiving new campaigns mechanics and communication angles

Familiarity with ecommerce and digital marketing performance metrics

Positivity, flexibility, helpfulness, and a continuous openness to learning, mentoring and improvement



Pay and benefits



We'll equip you with a Macbook

Office parking available

Your salary is based on a "Total Cost To Company" model and includes:

Medical Aid (Discovery) contributions

Group Life Cover

Retirement Annuity

Employee Assistance programme
+ 17 days paid annual leave, increasing to 20 days with length of service


Responsibilities: Working with your team and our internal creative team to build great briefs and conceive and implement campaigns to hit their objectives, be that growing sales or creating brand love

Overseeing our organic social media and guiding the Co-ordinator in optimising the brand value it creates, and supporting business objectives

Building and running impactful promotional campaigns with the Campaign Manager ensuring they reach revenue targets

Positioning Yuppiechef as a year-round destination for gifting, and maximising the business value achievable from wedding registries

Growing our audience of omnichannel-shopping customers via campaigns and incentives that convert them to new channels

Using partnerships to grow specific audience groups, through the funnel

Co-ordinating regular analysis of campaign performance, and sharing learnings and insights within Marketing and across teams for future improvements
* Driving research projects to better understand current and potential customers and opportunities, to maximise the impact of those campaigns