Looking for digital marketing jobs that let you put a technical qualification to work?
Media24 B2B, South Africa’s leading business-to-business media division, is offering a 12-month Digital Marketing Intern (Technical & Systems) internship at its Woodmead, Johannesburg office. This isn’t a generalist marketing internship — it’s built for candidates with a technical background who want to work on the systems, automation, and tracking infrastructure behind a marketing team’s day-to-day work.
Well, IT graduates this is your plug. 🔌🔌
If you’ve studied IT or computer science and assumed digital marketing jobs weren’t for you, this one is worth a second look. Media24 is explicit that they value comfort with logical systems and basic programming more than prior marketing experience, which makes it an unusually accessible entry point for tech-minded graduates who want exposure to a business environment without switching fields entirely.
Overview
Employer: Media24
Location: Woodmead, Johannesburg
Type: 12-month internship
Start date: 1 October 2026
Salary: Market related
Closing date: 03 September 2026
Reference: 199066
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll join a four-person Digital Marketing team that handles social media, paid advertising, email marketing, analytics, SEO, and website maintenance — but your role is specifically to build the infrastructure that connects it all. Reporting to the Digital Marketing Lead, you’ll work closely with Sales, Editorial, and Graphics on:
Building internal systems and automating marketing processes that outlast the internship
Syncing tools and data across Marketing, Sales, Editorial, and Graphics
Implementing campaign tracking infrastructure that shows clear ROI
Strengthening SEO foundations and moving toward AI-search-ready tactics
Producing documentation and handover materials for the team
It’s a project-based role, so there’s room to design and build durable systems rather than chase short-term fixes. That distinction matters: many marketing internships have interns firefighting day-to-day campaign needs, but this one is structured around sustained ownership of infrastructure that the team will keep relying on after the 12 months are up.
Requirements
Essential:
A qualification in IT, computer science, software development, or a related technical field
Comfort with logical systems, databases, or basic programming — valued more than marketing experience
Strong documentation skills and the ability to explain technical work to non-technical colleagues
A collaborative, curious approach to working across departments
Based in Johannesburg, able to commute to Woodmead daily
Advantageous:
Exposure to automation, integration, or data-handling (connecting tools, structured data, basic scripting)
Familiarity with WordPress and SEO fundamentals
Interest in how technology intersects with marketing and business operations
Interest in or knowledge of AI applications
What’s on Offer
Hands-on experience in B2B media
A 12-month contract at the Woodmead office
Access to Media24’s online learning platforms
The chance to build real systems used by a professional marketing team
Exposure to broader digital marketing skills
About Media24 B2B
Media24 B2B delivers industry-specific insights and trusted platforms across five sectors: Medical, Retail, Finance, Design and Construction, and Manufacturing and Quality Control. Its titles include MoneyMarketing, Leading Architecture & Design, SA Food Review, Pharmaceutical & Cosmetic Review, Analytical Reporter, and DIY & Industrial Trade News, reaching over 500,000 readers a month. Working across this portfolio means exposure to several industries at once, rather than a single niche — useful experience for anyone still figuring out which sector they’d like to specialise in.
Why This One Stands Out
Technical internships that sit inside a marketing team are relatively rare among digital marketing jobs in the South African job market. Most technical placements are ring-fenced within IT departments, while marketing internships tend to favour candidates already fluent in campaigns, content, and social media. This role bridges the two, offering a 12-month runway to build real systems, work cross-functionally with Sales, Editorial, and Graphics, and pick up commercially relevant digital marketing knowledge along the way — all while based at a well-established employer with a large reach.
Note: Preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups, in line with Media24’s employment equity policy.
Apply here: Media24 Digital Marketing Intern
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