OUTsurance has been propelling the South African insurance industry forward for the last 25 years. As leaders in the field, we’re always looking for innovative ways to create digitally-advanced solutions, without losing sight of our human values. Our continued success can be attributed to outstanding employees who set the bar high with their energy and expertise. If you’re keen to grow your career in a vibrant environment with lots of ‘fun’, this could be the career opportunity you’ve been looking for.

The internship is a structured work-based program, affording unemployed graduates work experience in our company. The successful applicants will enter into a 12-month fixed term Internship agreement (not an employment contract) with the company and receive a stipend. 

The successful candidate must be self-motivated with a passion for Marketing. This person must be able to function well in a diverse team. The successful candidate must be able to multitask, prioritise and be able to work under pressure.

Responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Assist in sourcing clients for testimonial campaigns; discuss the requirements (demographics, vehicles, locations etc.) for the campaigns, assist in sourcing lists of clients from the business, contact clients, source policy schedules, pics and videos from clients as required to enable the Marketing project manager, production manager / creative lead / the business to monitor progress and, once signed off, hand clients over to production house for preproduction.
• Ensure that flighting codes are timeously obtained from media, and manage the process of getting new flighting codes.
• Ensure that scripts, TV titles and disclaimer information are timeously obtained from production and share with the design team.
• Assist with uploading all campaign scripts, offlines and onlines on the Compliance Sharepoint platform and coordinating all changes as needed.
• Assist the Marketing project manager, production manager / creative lead where possible with campaign planning, integrating campaign planning in MSPlanner and Jira, adding production schedules to relevant calendars, setting up recordings where necessary etc.
• Assist with quality checks on all endboards and alignment with flighting codes.
• Manage campaign inbox and respond to clients as needed.
• Updating production folders on the server and on Adstream timeously with the latest quotes, treatments, cast updates, final ad versions etc.
• Show ongoing initiative and apply an intuitive/pro-active approach to assisting with production by checking in regularly with the Marketing Project manager and seeing if there is anything that requires attention or follow up rather than waiting for instructions
• Stay on top of all ongoing email updates concerning production. Make the first attempt at answering questions in a thorough and helpful way
• Support the marketing team with successful rollout of campaigns and strategies.
• Requesting clean bodies and audio seps from production houses and sharing with the production team.

Skills and competencies:

• Attention to detail (quality orientated)
• Deadline and results oriented
• Initiative and tenacity
• Effective at planning and organization/Work management
• Teamwork/Collaboration
• Judgment/Problem solving
• Adaptability
• Integrity
• Good Interpersonal and Communication skills
• Computer literacy (MS Office)
• Administration skills
• Excellent telephone etiquette

• Matric qualification or equivalent qualification
• A Marketing diploma or Marketing bachelor’s degree

Take note to qualify for an INSETA Internship program you need to:

• Be a South African citizen
• Not previously part of an internship/learnership with INSETA
• Be between the ages of 18 & 35
• Unemployed in the last 2 months

An ideal candidate will be able to align their personal work values to the OUTsurance values of awesome service, dynamic, honest, human, passionate and recognition.

In accordance with OUTsurance Insurance Company Ltd Employment Equity goals, preference will be given to individuals who meet the job requirements and are from the various designated groups.