Jozua Smit

Ecommerce specialist, online marketer, project manager and entrepreneur with 7+ years of experience managing various successful online marketing campaigns and projects. I have worked a vast range of technical and marketing related jobs, pursued many online business ventures and even successfully started and sold an ecommerce store brand. As a result, I have gained a broad range of knowledge and experience applicable to many areas of business. 

-I am an organized and disciplined individual that lives by task lists, an expert planner, making sure projects are managed efficiently and completed within schedule no matter how big or small. 

-I am known to be reliable and consistent in my dealings with customers, team members, vendors, or whoever comes across my path as well as to be a great communicator. 

-I strive for continuous improvement of self, expertise, knowledge, processes, best practices and ways to gain an edge in whichever industry or task I set my hands to

Ecommerce Specialist

Crelo Couch Covers ·Jun 2021 - Jan 2022 · South Africa · Remote

Crelo Couch Covers is an online store selling couch covers in South Africa. The online store has become one of the top couch cover stores in South Africa. I started the store in 2020 and successfully exited the business after profitably selling it in early 2022.

Apart from being the previous owner of this online store, I performed the following tasks:
-Product & market research
-SEO optimization (on-page and off-page SEO)
-Content creation, content optimization, copywriting
-Sales management, customer management, supplier management
-Shopify store optimization, user experience optimization, conversion rate optimizations
-Product importation, packaging, shipping management etc.

Crelo Couch Covers is an online store selling couch covers in South Africa. The online store has become one of the top couch cover stores in South Africa. I started the store in 2020 and successfully exited the business after profitably selling it in early 2022. Apart from being the previous owner of this online store, I performed the following tasks: -Product & market research -SEO optimization (on-page and off-page SEO) -Content creation, content optimization, copywriting -Sales management, customer management, supplier management -Shopify store optimization, user experience optimization, conversion rate optimizations -Product importation, packaging, shipping management etc.

Skills: E-commerce Optimization · E-Commerce · Conversion Optimization · Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Marketing Content Specialist

MonetizeMore · 2017 - Jul 2021 · Remote

MonetizeMore is an Canadian based ad optimization company serving customers world wide. At MonetizeMore, I was in charge of various areas of content marketing, SEO and other marketing tasks. The role later transitioned in me becoming team captain working directly under the Marketing Manager.

I was in charge of the following tasks
-Content creation (blog articles), writing, editing, publishing
-WordPress website management
-Project management of video production, technical website issues
-Outsourcing and managing various freelancers
-Video scripting, video publishing, video editing
-SEO optimization (on-page and off-page)

MonetizeMore is an Canadian based ad optimization company serving customers world wide. At MonetizeMore, I was in charge of various areas of content marketing, SEO and other marketing tasks. The role later transitioned in me becoming team captain working directly under the Marketing Manager. I was in charge of the following tasks -Content creation (blog articles), writing, editing, publishing -WordPress website management -Project management of video production, technical website issues -Outsourcing and managing various freelancers -Video scripting, video publishing, video editing -SEO optimization (on-page and off-page)

Skills: Content Creation · Content Marketing · Search Engine Optimization (SEO) · Project Management · WordPress

Website Designer

College SA· Feb 2014 - Dec 2014 · Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

During my time at College SA I helped design and maintain a portfolio of the company's websites. I formed part of a team of four web designers and a bigger marketing team of 10+ employees.

Most of the websites were designed in Joomla. I also managed a few PHP and WordPress websites. Later on I was part of the team designing lading pages for Google AdWords campaigns which included basic Photoshop edits. 

College SA has since be sold off and rebranded.
During my time at College SA I helped design and maintain a portfolio of the company's websites. I formed part of a team of four web designers and a bigger marketing team of 10+ employees. Most of the websites were designed in Joomla. I also managed a few PHP and WordPress websites. Later on I was part of the team designing lading pages for Google AdWords campaigns which included basic Photoshop edits. College SA has since be sold off and rebranded. 

Skills: Image Editing · Search Engine Optimization (SEO) · WordPress

Bcomm (Bachelor of Commerce) Business Management degree 

With a focus on financial management, investment management & additional years majoring in Marketing Management, 2011.