Producer

Cape Town-
- Rival is a **marketing consultancy for challengers**—and we’re looking for a **Producer** to join our Cape Town team.
- This isn’t a role for someone who wants to do “business as usual.” Our clients come to us because they need **breakthrough marketing strategies** that cut through complexity, beat incumbents, and create disproportionate impact.
- **What You’ll Do**- The focus of this Producer role will be on our media/marketing activity, owning much of the day-to-day planning and production activity
- You will spend most of your time overseeing the production and distribution of content and events, as well as developing our editorial strategy/content calendar, and strategies and tactics to drive distribution for our content, attendance to our events, and the growth of our community
- You’ll have scope for working autonomously and have the ability to really have an impact as part of growing a business
- Play a key part in Rival Media’s mission to understand what drives the growth of challenger brands and uncover the next-gen marketing playbook for marketing leaders, and we do this by building content, research and events for senior marketing leaders globally.
- You’ll be joining the media team which spends 70% of time creating a digital publication for modern marketers and CMOs and 30% of time fulfilling client production requests on scopes alongside our design team.

**Why Rival, Why Now**- ** A consultancy built differently.** We’re four years in, growing fast, and proving there’s a premium alternative to the bloated incumbents.
- **Global perspective.** Work with ambitious clients across North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
- **Small team, big impact.** With boutique sizing, every project is high visibility and high impact—no hiding in the back row.**‍**
- **Direct influence.** Work alongside Rival’s founders, shaping the consultancy’s future as much as our clients’.

** Who Thrives Here**
- We don’t hire CVs, we hire **people who think and act like challengers.**- Strong organizational skills along with the demonstrated ability to work to a deadline
- A good understanding of what’s happening in new age media (YouTube, TikTok)
- The ability to spot trends in media content and programming
- A start-up mentality and personality: you're mission-driven and not afraid to get stuck in- ** Extra points if**- You’ve helped scale a start-up, agency, or consultancy.
- You’ve lived the battle of challengers vs. incumbents.

** Premium Compensation, Real Upside**
- We believe in rewarding excellence with **premium upside, not average paychecks.**- ** Base Salary**: Competitive within consultancy/agency benchmarks.
- **Profit Share**: Twice-yearly distributions (eligibility after 90 days), tied to performance.
- **Employee Liquidity Plan (“shadow stock”)**: Share in Rival’s long-term success—without the friction of traditional options (eligibility after 1 year)- ** Benefits Designed for Impact**- 21-days vacation days for South African employees + public holidays
- Discovery Health Medical Aid contribution
- Rival will contribute up to R3750 per month
- Retirement Annuity
- Rival will contribute a maximum of 3% of the employee's Cost to Company (CTC) to the RA fund.
- The employee must at a minimum match the company’s contribution of 3%.
- Parental/Family/Maternity/Adoption Leave- **About Rival**
- Rival is a **marketing consultancy built for challengers.**
Incumbent best practices deliver average results—we don’t do average. We challenger brand thinking to help CMOs achieve outsized impact with smarter, leaner, bolder marketing strategies.
- **Our Hiring Philosophy**
- We’re building a consultancy that’s both **premium and progressive**—a home for the world’s best marketing talent and a model for diversity in our industry.
- Our commitments:

- Clarity and fairness in every process
- Speed and transparency in communication
- Feedback opportunities throughout
- You’ll speak to a range of people in different roles, to give you a flavour of what it’s like here- ** Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**
- We know diverse perspectives drive better strategies. Rival is committed to building a consultancy where individuality fuels innovation. Authenticity isn’t an initiative—it’s a requirement.