Senior Online Content Executive

Rentokil Initial

Senior Online Marketing Executive responsible for website content and performance within the digital marketing team. Collaborating on keyword strategies and enhancing organic search results for UK business.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeClaremont • 🇿🇦 South AfricaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support the wider marketing team by owning the website for one of our UK businesses
Improve and update its content, structure and overall organic search performance
Drive organic visitors and ensure top performance for priority search terms
Conduct site audits to ensure correct content placement
Create and maintain content suitable for various devices and recruitment channels
Write engaging content to support business needs
Build inbound links and enhance overall site authority
Research, develop and implement the social media plan in collaboration with the marketing team
Provide additional digital support to other areas of the business as needed
Define target pages for priority keywords and update website with appropriate content

Requirements

What you’ll need

**PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**
Key Responsibilities:
Your other duties will include:
- Conducting site audits to ensure we have the right content in the right places
- Having content in a suitable format for different devices and recruitment channels
- Writing great content to support the business
- Building inbound links and growing overall site authority
- Liaising with the Marketing team to research, develop and implement the social media plan
- Supporting other parts of the business when additional digital support is required
To be considered for this superb opportunity, you must have:
- Proven success in improving website enquiry generation
- A good understanding of the entire web development cycle and web technologies, including HTML
- Experience of web development tools and content management systems, ideally Rhythmyx
- The ability to write content which is both creative and succinct
- Experience of Google Adwords and Google Analytics
- Experience of using MS Office
- Recruitment knowledge is an advantage, but not essential**
**SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES**
- **Content Creation & Writing: Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills with a strong command of grammar,**
** spelling, and punctuation. Proven ability to produce clear, concise, engaging, and error-free content for various**
** digital platforms.**
- **Digital Marketing Knowledge: Solid understanding of digital marketing principles, including SEO, content marketing,**
** email marketing, and social media marketing.**
- **Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and execute content strategies aligned with business objectives and target**
** audience needs.**
- **Communication & Collaboration: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate effectively with**
** cross-functional teams (marketing, sales, PR, internal stakeholders).**
- **Attention to Detail: Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy, consistency, and quality across all content**
- **Adaptability & Learning: Ability to adapt to evolving digital trends, tools, and algorithms, with a continuous learning**
** mindset.**
- **Project Management: Strong organisational and project management skills to manage multiple content initiatives**
** simultaneously and meet deadlines.**
**QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE**
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, journalism, or a related field.
- Proven experience in digital content writing, with a strong portfolio of blog articles and web content.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Benefits including:
- Company contribution to Medical Aid and Pension / Provident Fund
- Opportunity for Growth and Development
**Employment Equity**
Rentokil Initial believes in diversity and thus offers all employees opportunities and avoids discrimination in compliance with the Employment Equity Act. Our selection process will therefore give preference to suitably qualified Employment Equity candidates in order to to achieve our Employment Equity numerical targets.
*Do you love to provide a valued professional service throughout your community? Do you feel like you could do the job well? Apply for the role today!*

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Hard Skills & Tools

HTMLSEOcontent marketingemail marketingsocial media marketingGoogle AdwordsGoogle Analyticscontent management systemsweb developmentcontent creation

Soft Skills

writingeditingproofreadingstrategic thinkingcommunicationcollaborationattention to detailadaptabilityproject managementinterpersonal skills