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Digital Writer (Johannesburg)

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Remuneration: negotiable 
Location: Johannesburg, Bryanston
Education level: Degree
Job level: Junior/Mid
Type: Permanent
Reference: #Writer
Company: SoulProviders Collective

Job description

We’re looking for a natural-born writer with exceptional copywriting skills to join our creative team. If you love spinning a juicy tale through your carefully honed skills of massaging the written word; and are as comfortable with crafting a punchy one-liner for Twitter through to an in-depth feature article for our Xulture trend-focused articles, do get in touch. We are looking for a sharp and witty writer who is multi-lingual in a number of SAs official and unofficial languages and who is not afraid to dig deep into the fabric of our lives to find a compelling story to craft.

We’re also hoping that our candidate has a strong techy & geeky side, as we look for creative executors on our team who understand the tech and digital world intimately and who are keen to shape their ideas and writing for the different platforms and endless media & technical possibilities out there…. So yes, you’re probably in your third or fourth year of work and are looking for somewhere that feels like home, somewhere where you get to work on exciting brands that talk to a broad sector of South Africans, taking your highly-considered words into the hearts of a listening and engaged consumer. You’re also wanting to learn more about being a creative in our industry and are willing to get your hands dirty in many spheres of the business besides writing, like community management, where your carefully worded replies light fires under the brandlove woodpile in our different communities.

Please note we are a new-age agency with a tightknit, nimble, and highly-diverse crew who are always learning and shifting. Although some days are a little mad, if you’re looking for a revisit of the Mad Men days, we won’t be the right fit. Candidates who are curious about culture and communications are most encouraged; as are those who are brimming with energy and ideas.

If you’re interested in submitting your candidature, please send your CV, profile if you have one and a cover letter telling us a bit about yourself.

Company Description

SoulProviders Collective is a creative agency based in Bryanston. We deliver content across media channels, wherever great creative is required from Broadcast, ATL, through to new media channels.

We are a team of young and passionate imagineers, creators, instigators, marketers, writers, designers – excited about creative content and the online space. We are going places, are you coming with us?

Requirements

  • Insights-driven person on top of trends and societal changes
  • Someone who is able to write great copy, easily, without loads of rewrites
  • Someone in touch with social media and who understands the platforms and who is interested in where creative and tech merge
  • Great at research and sharing insights with the team
  • Cares about speed, details and accuracy
  • Able to brainstorm and write up ideas in good time
  • Gets on with work under pressure – efficient and high-performing
  • Able to take critique and feedback on board and improve on the output
  • Care deeply about developing their craft and produce inspirational, flawless work
  • Afrofuturist and optimistic South Africans who is excited about our future and wants to bring-to-life future-minded ideas
  • Must be energised and interested in being in an entrepreneurial environment

Great-to-haves

  • Able to be trusted to get it right the first time
  • Must be able to put a concept doc/creative strategy together if required
  • Prefer candidates who enjoy being client-facing
  • Team player – comfortable dealing with debate and different personalities
  • Fast and efficient start-up style workpace
  • Want to be part of a medium-sized business that is growing and expanding

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Porter in East London | Front Office | Job Mail | 4298021

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A Medical supply client of ours situated in East London has requested a front desk porter. Negotiable from R4700 per month. Ref:EstFrnt6D Requirements: • Matric certificate • Willing to be trained. • Hospitality work experience will result in a slightly higher salary. To apply for this position, please send your CV and any relevant Certificates via Fax or email to us at 1fourall Recruitment. All calls will be answered between 10am and 1pm (Mon to Friday) We do not charge candidates any fees. Fax number: 086 750 4094 (Mark it attention Peter) Email:apply@1fourall.co.za Tel:061 403 4436

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Finance Director (Durban)

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Remuneration: Negotiable depending on experience 
Location: Durban
Job level: Management Jnr-Mid
Type: Permanent
Company: Urban Lime

Job description

Urban Lime is a rapidly expanding property investment and development company that specialises in large scale inner city regeneration projects in Durban, Cape Town, and London. We are looking to appoint a Finance Director to be based at our Durban office.

The role will include full responsibility for managing the accounts department and supervising the Finance Managers and their staff. The Finance Director will be responsible for consolidating the group’s reporting, streamlining the existing finance function and improve systems and controls across the group. 

Please send your CV with a covering email describing your experience and suitability for this important role within our business addressed to the contact given below.

Requirements

Prospective candidates should be commercially astute with strong leadership qualities and capable of growing with our business. Previous experience should include a Finance Director role in a medium-sized business. 

  • CA or equivalent
  • Accounting articles with a mid to large sized audit firm
  • Three to five years’ post-articles experience
  • Experience within the commercial property industry very advantageous
  • Contactable references

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Senior SQL Developer (Durban)

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Remuneration: R800000 – R840000 per year Cost to company 
Location: Durban
Type: Permanent
Reference: #MH41954
Company: e-Merge IT Recruitment

We have some great work in at a top consulting house that is looking for great senior SQL developers to join their dynamic team. They are an international player in the transformation and performance of companies. It sets out to position itself as a strategic partner for its clients, assisting them in analysing and valorising their data and developing and mastering their digital experience. 

Requirements:

  • Degree or relevant technical qualifications:
  • Three years of solid experience with T-SQL, database admin, including server maintenance, security monitoring.
  • Excellent knowledge in SSIS, SSRS and Data Warehousing using the Kimble methodology
  • Excellent knowledge in developing SSAS cubes in SQL Server
  • Proven experiences of large data sets
  • Proven Knowledge of MDX, PowerShell, tracing of stored procedures
  • Strong Knowledge of SQL Server
  • Excellent knowledge of SQL queries, stored procedures and triggers
  • Retail experience advantageous but not essential

 If you are ready to take your career to the next level, then this may be the right opportunity for you!

Reference Number for this position is MH41954 which is a permanent position based in Durban offering up to R840k per annum based bonuses (based on skillset and experience).

The time for change is now! e-Merge IT recruitment are specialist niche recruiters with a wide range of positions available. We offer researched positions with top companies to strong technical candidates. Email Michelle on 

az.oc.egrem-e@ellehcim

 or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

Check out our website www.e-merge.co.za for more positions that might be right for you!

Do you have a friend who is a technology specialist? We pay big cash to you if we place a friend that you sent us!

If you haven’t heard from e-Merge IT within two weeks of your application, please consider it unsuccessful for this position.

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Health24.com | These African countries have the world’s most active adults, while Arab countries bring up the rear

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A quarter of the world’s adults are doing too little exercise, putting them at risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, dementia, and some cancers – and there has been no improvement over the past 15 years.

This is according to a global study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) published in The Lancet Global Health journal this week, that looked at exercise rates in 2016 and compared them to 2001.

Mozambicans and Ugandans doing fine

In four countries, more than half of adults did not get enough exercise in 2016: Kuwait (67%), American Samoa and Saudi Arabia (both 53%), and Iraq (52%). Kuwait and Samoa have some of the highest obesity rates in the world.

In contrast, Mozambicans and Ugandans were the most likely to get enough exercise, with only 6% reporting less than the recommended exercise ­of at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity every week.

“In 2016, around one in three women (32%) and one in four men (23%) worldwide were not reaching the recommended levels of physical activity to stay healthy,” according to the study.

The study, based on self-reported activity levels from 358 population-based surveys in 168 countries covering 1.9 million participants, noted that there had been no improvement in exercise rates since 2001.

“Unlike other major global health risks, levels of insufficient physical activity are not falling worldwide, on average, and over a quarter of all adults are not reaching the recommended levels of physical activity for good health,” said the study’s lead author, the WHO’s Dr Regina Guthold.

China making great progress

Women were less active than men in all regions of the world, apart from east and southeast Asia.

There were large differences in activity between women and men in many countries, such as Bangladesh (40% vs. 16%), India (44% vs. 25%), Iraq (65% vs. 40%), Philippines (49% vs. 30%), South Africa (47% vs. 29%), and the USA (48% vs. 32%).

China has made the most progress in promoting physical activity, but in high income Western countries, there has been an increase of 5% in people doing insufficient activity.

“Regions with increasing levels of insufficient physical activity are a major concern for public health and the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs),” says Guthold.

Although a recent NCD policy survey showed that almost three quarters of countries report having a policy or action plan to tackle physical inactivity, few have been implemented to have national impact, according to the researchers.

The study’s release comes ahead of the Third United Nations High Level Meeting on NCDs and their risk factors, including physical inactivity, being held on 27 September 2018 in New York. – Health-e News.

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Health24.com | 4 migraine treatments that might actually work

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Let’s talk migraines: Specifically how incapacitating they can be.

As if that familiar migraine pain weren’t enough – you know, that squeezing sensation and brain fogginess – those capital “H” Headaches also come with increased sensitivity to light noise, and smells, and sometimes even nausea and vomiting. And don’t even get me started on those auras.

And while about 12% of people get these headaches, they disproportionately affect women, who are three times more likely than men to get migraines.

Although you can’t necessarily make sure you never, ever get a migraine (they likely have a genetic cause, per the US National Library of Medicine [NLM]), you can keep a few things in your migraine arsenal for the next time the pain strikes.

To help calm your throbbing head, try these migraine helpers, recommended by Dr Lauren Natbony, assistant professor of neurology and headache specialist at Mount Sinai Hospital, and Dr Kerry Knievel, a neurologist in Phoenix.

1. Pop some magnesium supplements.

Migraine sufferers tend to have lower levels of magnesium, a vitamin that can inhibit ache-causing brain signals.

To slash frequency and severity of head pain, pop a 400- to 500-milligram supplement daily (clear it with your doctor first). Patience is a virtue with this OTC aid – it could take up to six weeks to notice a change.

Read more: Menstrual migraines are incredibly common – despite being often ignored

2. Give acupressure a try.

Pressing specific trigger points, like where the base of your head meets your neck, or your temples, for a few minutes could provide relief in the moment.

Ever heard of “daith” piercings? (They’re in the ear fold’s innermost cartilage, FYI.) There’s no proof, but (non-expert) proponents say they help, per the same theory.

3. Ask your doctor about prescription meds.

Fighting migraines five or more days a month? A preventive prescription could cut occurrence and intensity in half.

There’s no one drug that works for everyone, so you may have to experiment. Ask your doctor about oral options (like Topamax) or consider an injection, like the newly-approved Aimovig.

Read more: 5 types of headaches – and what the pain really means

4. Look into Botox (yes, really).

The wrinkle miracle is approved by the FDA to prevent chronic migraines (15 or more headache days, including eight migraine ones, a month).

Every 12 weeks, a trained physician injects 31 nerve-dense sites – some are where facial lines appear (talk about an added bonus).

This article was originally published onwww.womenshealthmag.com

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Lodge Duty Manager

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Lodge Duty Manager in Grahamstown | Front Office | Job Mail | 4297961

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Must have previous Duty Management experience in a similar lodge environment with good all-rounder experience although main focus will be front office / guest relations. Must have super communication skills, able to interact with both local and international guests. Own transport preferred. Must be flexible and versatile, able to assist in all areas of the lodge. Single live in position with accommodation offered on site . liz@lfhr.co.za

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Account Manager – Educational Sales (Durban)

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Remuneration: R20000 – R30000 per month negotiable Basic salary 
Location: Durban, Durban
Education level: Diploma
Job level: Mid
Own transport required: Yes
Travel requirement: Often
Type: Permanent
Company: Snapplify

Job description

Snapplify is a leading global edutech company focused on content distribution, mobile publishing, and innovation for digital education. Snapplify provides a comprehensive platform for distribution, reading and retail of digital educational content to educational institutions, and individual readers. Since its establishment in 2012, the company has grown and expanded into new markets, with offices across South Africa, as well as in Nairobi, Amsterdam and United States.

Our responsive and interactive e-learning solutions are already being implemented in hundreds of schools. Our solutions are industry celebrated and globally recognised for their innovation in technology. Snapplify has won multiple awards for revolutionising e-book distribution for schools.

As the account manager will be the face of our business. You are passionate about education and want to help our clients pinpoint the right mix of Snapplify products to suit their needs. You know the industry inside-out (and if not, you’re constantly learning).

Not only are you comfortable with technology and a wide range of online media, you’re a go-getter: you’ll be out of the office often, travelling to trade shows and meeting with prospective customers. You work as well independently as you do on a small team. Above all, you’re proactive, and your sales-focus helps us expand our new and existing client relationships.

The awesome work you will be doing:

  • Assist in the development of effective strategies, based on key insights, and increase penetration into the education market.
  • Identify opportunities for partners in the education industry.
  • Develop and provide presentations on Snapplify products to prospective customers. Client meetings will be performed over the phone and face-to-face when needed.
  • Drive Snapplify’s customer acquisition, conversion and retention goals.
  • Negotiate and manage contracts.
  • Ensure all partnered schools are following best practices in setting up and managing their e-learning platforms.

Minimum qualifications:

  • BA degree/diploma preferred; or equivalent practical experience (three years). 
  • Ability to speak, read and write in English.
  • Proven technical ability with CRM programs a plus.
  • Strong communication skills, persuasive, and able to pitch to prospective clients face-to-face and over the phone. 

Find out more about Snapplify by visiting www.snapplify.com

To apply, please send your cover letter and CV to

moc.yfilppans@grubnedarkvm

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Note: Your cover letter is much more important than your CV. We want you to tell us who you are as a person, and why you are perfect for this job. Writing a great cover letter shows us that you are a proficient communicator, that you pay great attention to detail, and that you’ve done your research. We don’t employ people who are just looking for a job. We’re more than that. We know you are too.

Requirements

  • Strategic and tactical selling skills
  • Ability to problem-solve
  • Good people skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication
  • Attention to detail
  • Strong troubleshooting
  • Driven
  • Time management
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Relationship management

Own reliable transport is non-negotiable.

Must be willing to travel

 

Posted on 07 Sep 10:01

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Creative Director (Port Elizabeth)

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Remuneration: negotiable Cost to company 
Benefits: Within the cost to company package
Location: Port Elizabeth
Education level: Degree
Job level: Senior
Type: Permanent
Reference: #Tam350
Company: Viv Gordon Placements (VGP)

Previously disadvantaged candidates will be given preference.

We have a very exciting opportunity on our books for a talented and inspiring creative director at a fabulous Through-the-Line agency in PE. It is important that the successful CD be both conceptual and technically skilled. We are looking for someone that will be able to inspire the team creatively while being able to lead effectively. Someone who will give guidance and valuable contributions to the projects the team works on. In this role, you need to be able to ignite a creative spark in the team and feel comfortable managing a studio complement of 13. Ideally, you come from an art direction/design background, but a copy-based CD may also be considered. We need someone who has their finger on the pulse for the role. You will need to understand the nuances and intricacies of the South African consumer and emerging markets and FMCG experience is a plus. If you are able to follow advertising trends and deliver meaningful and culturally, contextually relevant campaigns that are a true reflection of the times, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities

  • Attend strategy meetings for new business
  • Meet with creative team to check the status of current projects and assign new projects
  • Lead brainstorming sessions with creative teams to develop ad campaigns based on client’s needs
  • Create advertising proposals for clients
  • Pitch (convincingly) concepts to clients
  • Being accountable for the design and copy quality of all projects
  • Direct and concept as well as execute creative material when needed
  • Manage and mentor the designers, art directors, copywriters, and DTP/production
  • Lead projects, critique work and approve final design executions
  • Inspire creative team to constantly strive for excellence in the work they produce
  • Set and maintain creative standards for the department and enforce accountability when standards are not met
  • Challenge and introduce new and innovative methods of creative execution
  • Assist the traffic manager in ensuring deadlines are met both internally and externally
  • Maintain and encourage a positive creative culture
  • Work with leadership team to improve processes and tools to increase product quality and efficiency
  • Be strategic when identifying project deliverables, think before designing, support the project goals, and support the business goals
  • Making sure that all awards entries are prepared to a superb level and on time

Requirements The successful candidate must have/be:

  • Degree/relevant industry qualification
  • Agency experience – at least 10 years.
  • The ability to lead, and inspire, a team of creative people. This is a key KRA
  • A solid background in art direction and esign or copywriting.
  • Conceptual thinking is very important.
  • Able to manage a team
  • FMCG experience – advantageous
  • Willingness to work long hours and weekends
  • Able to travel often – required.
  • The ability to meet and sell idea to clients is important.
  • Good communication, interpersonal and be a great representative of the agency
  • Experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, PowerPoint
  • HTML, PHP, and other web experience
  • Knowledge of each step of an ad campaign’s process to give creatives direction, work on a schedule and meet client’s advertising expectations.
  • Lots of Agency knowledge and background.
  • Relevant portfolio

Please provide a portfolio on application.

Should you not receive a response within one week, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Company Description

Viv Gordon Placements (VGP) is a specialist recruitment agency in the advertising, marketing, media, public relations and publishing industries.

Posted on 07 Sep 09:40

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