The role exists at the intersection of three things: brand authority, commercial rigour, and external presence. Events are our primary credibility engine in 2026. Content needs to reach the right decision-makers repeatedly. The sales team needs sharper tools. And Jem needs a face and a voice that can hold a room.<\/p>\n
Marketing at Jem is not an independent empire. It is a support function to sales, and this role exists to make that function work commercially.<\/p>\n
WHAT YOU\u2019LL OWN<\/p>\n
\tJem\u2019s brand narrative, positioning, and category POV, the story we tell and how consistently we tell it.
\n\tMarketing strategy execution: events as the primary credibility engine, account-based marketing, content distribution that reaches enterprise decision-makers
\n\tCommercial alignment between marketing and sales: the content, enablement materials, and timing that helps deals close
\n\tJem\u2019s external presence: events, media, industry stages, investor narrative, and customer storytelling
\n\tLeadership of a small, AI-augmented marketing team, Marketing Lead, Content Creator, and multiple AI agents
\n\tQuality gate on everything the team produces, including agent-generated output
\n\tProduct marketing discipline: preventing the \u201cI didn\u2019t know Jem does that\u201d problem at enterprise level<\/p>\n
WHAT WE\u2019RE LOOKING FOR<\/p>\n
\t+10 years of marketing experience, with meaningful time at startups or early-stage scale-ups where you had to build, not just manage
\n\tA narrative thinker: someone who can take a complex dual-sided product and turn it into a story a CFO repeats to their HR Director
\n\tCommercial literacy: you think in pipeline, CAC, and retention, not just reach, impressions, and share of voice
\n\tConfident on stage and in rooms: events are central to this strategy, and you\u2019re part of the engine, not just the logistics
\n\tAI-fluent: you already use AI tools in your day-to-day workflow. Not exploring it. Using it.
\n\tA team builder who understands that a small team + well-built AI agents can outperform a bloated team if the systems are right
\n\tB2B experience useful, not essential, we care more about your ability to understand and articulate a buyer\u2019s world than your sector history<\/p>\n
WHAT WILL MAKE YOU STAND OUT<\/p>\n
These matter more to us than certifications, brand-name employers, or years of experience.<\/p>\n
\tYou built something outside of a job. A consultancy, side hustle, product you tried to monetise, a curiosity path you followed properly. It doesn\u2019t need to have succeeded. It needs to have happened.
\n\tYou\u2019ve built a brand people actually remember, not just a company that ran campaigns. If you can point to a brand positioning shift you drove and explain why it worked commercially, that\u2019s the conversation we want to have.
\n\tYou\u2019re genuinely comfortable on stage. Presenting to 200 HR Directors at a Sandton venue is part of this role, not a footnote.
\n\tAI is embedded in how you work, not something you\u2019re keeping an eye on. You have workflows, tools, and opinions.
\n\tYou\u2019ve worked somewhere resource-constrained, where \u201cbuild it\u201d was the brief, not \u201cmanage it.\u201d You know what it feels like when there\u2019s no playbook.<\/p>\n
Apply via company website ( ) or<\/p>\n
www.linkedin.com<\/p>\n
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