Part Time Marketing Teaching Assistant

Red & Yellow Creative School of Business is South Africa’s leading authority in marketing, communication and design education. We have the mission to unlock creative thinking, to build brilliant careers and organizations using Commercial Logic and Creative Magic. Our mandate, as educators, is to prepare students for career success in the future, not the past. This single-minded purpose is why we exist, and what continues to drive and inspire us 30+ years later.

We are looking for talented Teaching Assistants who are fun, dynamic and passionate about all things education and that enjoy working with people – students, lecturers and staff to join various teams across our fast-growing company.

This is a part-time role and could provide you an excellent opportunity to support our lecturers and enhance the learning journeys of talented Red & Yellow students on the BCOM programmes. This is a hybrid position, in which you will be required to spend certain scheduled times at our campus in Cape Town.

You will be required to work closely with the lecturers in the Programme Coordinator and lecturing team in the BCom faculty to maintain, develop and grow Red & Yellow's respected programme offering. This position will require a commitment until 20 November 2026. The hour commitment will be approximately 16 hours per week - exact times & dates TBC.

This position will require, but is not limited, to the following activities:

• Assisting the module lecturer with facilitating contact and distance delivery of module material
• Guided lecturing and conducting tutorials in accordance with the requirements of the programme outcomes and in accordance with the accredited programme outlines;
• The tutoring of 2/3 of modules per semester (depending on class size);
• Planning lesson planning, tutorial content and marking tutorials, activities and formative assessments;
• Provide student support for contact and distance learning;
• Participate in the monitoring & evaluation of the academic programme, including attendance and maintenance of student records;
• Conduct marking and participate in the moderation processes;
• Use your network of industry or academic professionals to support offer students and offer practical and real-world exposure
• Utilize your experience in employability or student placement exposure for internship purposes
• Attend regular meetings with respective lecturer, faculty meetings and general staff meetings;
• Ensure both hard and electronic filing of all required documentation, including tracking and reporting on at-risk students;
• Adhere to centralised policies and procedures that ensure outstanding quality and unquestionable integrity of all academic programmes that are offered;
• Attend relevant marketing activities for the school (i.e. Open days etc.)

• A Marketing-related degree and/or currently enrolled in an Honours in the BCom General degree in Business, Marketing or a related discipline.
• Experience in facilitating student learning, engagement and activities via respective LMS platform (Moodle) would be highly advantageous.
• Commitment to excellence in teaching and to providing the highest quality experience for students.
• Tech savvy
• Ability to achieve deadlines
• Experience in conducting research, conducting evaluations and handling confidential documents with discretion
• The ability to communicate effectively with students, faculty members, and staff
• Excellent administrative abilities
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent English, written and verbal communication skills - with a specific focus on both academic writing skills and using plain English masterfully
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Professionalism, patience and kindness. Dealing with people day in and day out can be taxing, and it takes a particular kind of person to keep calm, cheerful and effective.