INTERNATIONAL HIGH END JEWELRY STORE REQUIRES A DYNAMIC JEWELRY SALES CONSULTANT IN BLOEMFONTEIN
Please Note:
If you do not fit the specification with the minimum requirements your application will not be accepted for this position. Shortlisted candidates may be required to complete an Assessment or Test to demonstrate your knowledge of this position.
Requirements:
Relevant Sales and Marketing Degree
3-4 Years sales experience in exclusive Jewellery or sales experience in a fashion retail environment
Clear concise communication in both Afrikaans and English
Proven track record in in-store sales and marketing experience is essential
Exceptional customer service
Must be well-groomed and presentable
Valid code 8 driver’s license and own transport
Applicants must reside in BLOEMFONTEIN or surrounding area.
Only South African citizens, who are suitably qualified, live in the applicable area and meet the requirements of the position are eligible to apply for this vacancy.
Please take note: if you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) isn’t confined to soldiers on the battlefield; it can happen to anyone after a traumatic event – including pregnancy loss.
After a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy, one in 6 women can have PTSD nearly a year later, European researchers report.
Shocking, scary or dangerous experience
“Early pregnancy loss is associated with a significant level of psychological distress, and in particular, on the order of 20% will have PTSD that persists until at least nine months after the loss and probably longer,” said lead researcher Dr Tom Bourne.
PTSD is a psychiatric condition that can develop after a shocking, scary or dangerous experience. In many cases, PSTD will not respond to general counselling and will require specific treatment, said Bourne, a professor from Imperial College London and a consultant gynaecologist at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London.
His team studied more than 650 women who experienced a miscarriage – defined as loss of pregnancy before 12 weeks – or an ectopic pregnancy. That’s where the embryo starts to grow outside the womb and is unable to develop.
Those who suffered from PTSD continued to relive the feelings they had from losing their baby, and suffered intrusive or unwanted loss about their miscarriage. Some also had nightmares or flashbacks, and others avoided anything that would remind them of their loss.
For many women, pregnancy loss will be the most traumatic event in their life, Bourne said.
“There needs to be greater awareness of this issue and appropriate treatment provided. It is likely in the near future, women will be screened for PTSD at an interval after a pregnancy loss so appropriate treatment can be given,” Bourne said. “Given the number of women who suffer an early pregnancy loss each year – this represents a significant public health problem.”
Distress declined over time
In this study, questionnaires asked the women about their emotions and behaviour.
Researchers found that in the month after, 29% met criteria for PTSD, 24% had moderate to severe anxiety, and 11% suffered from moderate to severe depression.
Distress declined over time, but remained significant. After nine months, 18% suffered from PTSD, 17% had moderate to severe anxiety and 6% had moderate to severe depression.
The responses were compared with those from 171 women who had normal pregnancies. The level of psychological distress was significantly higher among those who had had a pregnancy loss, the researchers found.
Kate Rawson, a British actor and playwright, wrote a radio play based on her two miscarriages.
“After my first miscarriage I was numb. I did not know how to react or who to approach. I did not know if it was grief that I was feeling, or if that was even a valid response to have about losing something so ‘small’,” she said in an Imperial College London news release.
Trying again ‘full of anxiety’
Rawson’s second miscarriage was even more devastating, she said. Besides guilt “at what I could have done to cause it,” she said she also felt a deep sadness for herself, her husband and friends, who would have to console her again.
“I tried to ‘move on’ as advised. ‘Trying again’ was full of anxiety that got worse when I fell pregnant for the third time,” Rawson said.
“I struggled to keep perspective and flitted between wanting this baby more than anything else to wishing I would just bleed and get the awful thing over with and my life back,” she said. It was only after her baby was born, she said, that she realised the enormity of what she’d been through, and the need to process it.
“The loss of a baby is a painful experience to a family,” said Dr Lisa Waddell, deputy medical officer at the March of Dimes.
“We know that many women suffer in silence,” Waddell said. “These findings highlight the need to continue to evaluate ways to best support women before, during and after pregnancy,” she said. It’s important to ensure access to mental health services, social supports and clinical care, she added.
The report was published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
A sixth suspect wanted for the murder of a constable in Coffee Bay in the Eastern Cape, appeared in the Mqanduli Magistrate’s Court on Friday, over a month after a gang gunned the officer down and forced another into the back of a police vehicle with his dead colleague.
Constable Lonwabo Soga was shot dead on December 3.
He and his colleague Constable Siyabonga Nani, 41, had reportedly been attending to a complaint in Coffee Bay when they were approached by six men in a double-cab bakkie who were ostensibly in need of police assistance.
Soga, in the driver’s seat, was approached by two of the men while another two were on Nani’s side of the vehicle, Hawks spokesperson Captain Anelisa Ngcakani said.
“One of the suspects standing at the passenger’s side drew his firearm and shot at Constable Soga, who died instantly. The suspects then ordered Constable Nani, who was not armed, to move the body of Constable Soga from the driver’s seat to the back of the state vehicle. Constable Nani was then forced to get inside the back,” Ngcakani said.
The gang drove the police van to a nearby shop where a security guard was forced to open the gate, reasoning that it was an official vehicle.
“It is alleged that the suspects went to the owner’s house and demanded R3 000, liquor and tobacco. The suspects then allegedly fled the crime scene with the shop owner’s Nissan Navara, which they allegedly abandoned on the way to Mqanduli.
“The state vehicle was left on the crime scene with Constable Nani and Soga locked at the back.”
Bonginkosi Ndevu, 27, was arrested in an intelligence-driven operation in Qunu on Wednesday.
Afika Bavu, 21, Afikile Nabo, 27, Xhantilomzi Ntshinga, 27, and Lubabalo Hlomendlini, 37, were arrested on December 6. Hlomendlini was apprehended in Mqanduli and the rest in Mthatha.
Anela Pencil, 31, was arrested five days later at a hospital in Elliotdale. He had allegedly been stabbed by Ndevu in a dispute, Ngcakani said.
“During the arrest of the first four accused, the team recovered six unlicensed firearms, including the one belonging to the deceased member who was robbed during the incident, as well as ammunition. An assortment of police equipment including hand cuffs, a reflector jacket and a hand radio were also found during the arrests.”
All six are expected back in the dock on January 22. They face charges of murder, attempted murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances.
Black Snow Group is looking for a DigitalCampaign Manager (Paid Media). The role requires an innovator, a trendsetter, and a progressive thinker who can connect digital to all other aspects of our clients businesses and to drive sales/growth opportunities/ROI.
NB: You will have a minimum of five+ years‘ experience in executing Paid Media – PPC, SEO, and Social Media (Paid Search and Display).
Key responsibilities:
Your primary responsibility is to coordinate, support and execute campaigns through various online marketing channels to drive ROI/lead generation in support of our clients goals. As an online marketing specialist, your primary focus will be on the planning, strategy, execution, maintenance, and optimisation of Social Media/PPC and its alignment to SEO in support of ROI/lead generation for key segments.
This position requires a high degree of collaboration with various internal groups. Innovative thinking and problem-solving along with an open and collaborative communication style are critical. Familiarity with the following is preferred: email marketing, search engine marketing, social media, pay-per-click campaign management (Google Adwords/Display). Marketing systems may also included marketing automation platforms or email marketing system and customer relationship management platforms.
In short:
Your primary focus will be on the strategy/planning, execution, management and optimisation of all Paid – PPC, SEO, and social media campaigns/projects both for our clients and for our agency’s internal brands.
Strategy:
Play an advisory role on client engagements, serving as a online strategic advisor to both account leads and clients.
Define key performance indicators and implement enterprise level measurement, analytics and reporting methods to gauge success.
Lead the development of organisation-wide PPC, SEO, Social Media Management standards, policies, and rules of engagement for social media. Develop unique strategies and builds upon current client strategies which meet/exceed objectives.
Perform detailed evaluation of client business environment including customer needs, capabilities/assets, and competitive realities to identify unique market opportunities and threats.
Lead the design of insight-driven strategies from opportunity identification through to experience definition.
Proactively keeps abreast of assigned clients’ Paid, SEO, social marketing and media plans, and provide technological solutions including rich media, promotional ideas, mobile, social networks, viral, etc.
Management/Campaign:
Manage online paid media campaigns and day-to-day activities – scheduling, running and engaging in regular social promotions and paid advert campaigns, creating the correct targeted audiences and tracking their success.
Manage social media presence including community sites, posting on relevant blogs, and seeding content into social applications as needed.
Analytics and Reporting:
Monitor effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of online programs, and analyse, review, and report on the effectiveness of campaigns in an effort to maximise results.
Measure results of monthly (ROI and KPIs) campaigns and compile monthly client reports – ROI, CTR, CPM on various client accounts monthly.
Analyse campaigns and translate anecdotal or qualitative data into recommendations and plans for revising the social media campaigns.
New Business:
Fosters new business leads and prepare and present winning strategic pitches and presentations.
Demonstrate an ongoing ability to work collaboratively with our company’s management and other agency teams on RFPs, tenders, meetings and presentations.
Run monthly online media (PPC, Social, SEO) for business workshops to clients and at exhibitions or events (strong presenter).
Company Description
Established in October 2009, Black Snow Group is one of the top digitally-led branding and marketing companies in South Africa, servicing smart brands nationally and globally. We have subsequently grown into a well-balanced, progressive and bold marketing team with expert knowledge in all things marketing.
Requirements
South African citizens (only).
Relevant diploma or degree.
Minimum five+ years of experience managing PPC/SEO (search and display), Social Media accounts and programs in a mid-senior role.
Very tech/web savvy and extensive web/interactive knowledge.
Wordsmith – excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Google and Blueprint certifications (huge plus).
Note:Please append an electronic copy of your CV in a MS Word/PDF format.
Advantageous:
Proficiency with online marketing techniques such as CRM, ORM an advantage.
Experience in CRM/ORM tools/using third-party social media monitoring tools.
Personal skills/attributes:
Very tech/web savvy and extensive web/interactive knowledge.
Ability to network and nurture leads – highly motivated to meet/exceed targets and Excel.
Well-spoken with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Meticulous attention to detail.
Ability to cope under pressure and follow a brief.
If you have not heard back from us with in 14 working days, please note that your application has been unsuccessful.
Posted on 17 Jan 15:51
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That is not a misprint. Our purpose is to make people more valuable to the marketplace, which often involves removing the ghosts of the past, sadly with fewer special effects, and a worse soundtrack.
Does this purpose resonate with you? We’ve been helping people be more valuable since 1995, and we’re getting steadily better at it, which is why we need more ghostbusters.
Making people more valuable requires a sense of purpose beyond oneself. Also a blend of personal discipline, conceptual smarts, being good with numbers, having a genuine affinity for people, persistence, and creativity. Authenticity and integrity are crucial qualities for us.
You will need to be a good listener and an effective communicator. You must be teachable and non-judgmental, with a healthy curiosity. If you already know everything, stay where you are.
Passionate people do well with us. It’s not that critical precisely what you’re passionate about, just that you feel strongly about things, and can articulate this. Actually, that’s not entirely true. If you’re an anti-vaxxer, or a flat-earther, or think that chemtrails are a thing, don’t apply. Even we have limits.
While serious about what we do, we try not to take ourselves too seriously. If you can’t laugh at yourself, click out now.
Oh, and you should be a team player. No, really. We operate as small, self-managed site teams, and it’s hard for your teammates to focus on adding value if you have weird personal space and/or hygiene issues. We don’t do positions and titles – respect is earned.
Our work is not for the faint of heart – even people who know that they need to change their behaviour are grumpy about actually having to do it this week. Being okay with conflict is very much part of the deal.
Be warned, this is not an office job. We work on-site with the client, wherever they may be. Some indoors, but lots of outdoors. You’ll also be away from your blankie and your budgie during the week, most weeks. If we get work out of the country, you can probably take your blankie with you, but the budgie will have to stay here.
On the plus side, you get to meet all kinds of interesting people, most of them eventually grateful to have us there to help them become more valuable to their particular marketplace.
A final, and quite important, point – you ain’t gonna get rich working here. We pay okay, we look after our people properly [everyone is a shareholder BTW], and you sleep the sleep of the righteous, but none of us does this for the money. We take the money, but it’s not about the money. If you want to get rich, try the parastatals. Better do it soon though – that particular party appears to be winding down fast.
Does this sound interesting? It’s hard work, we must be honest. Not for snowflakes.
When we succeed – and we try very hard to succeed every time – we fundamentally empower the people we work with. They connect better with their business and can make Better Business Decisions. These Better Business Decisions make their business more profitable, stronger and more resilient. This, in turn, keeps people employed, which pays salaries and taxes and groceries and teachers and healthcare and suppliers and utilities and transport and rates etc., all of which keeps vital money pumping into the community. Which brings us neatly back to making people more valuable to the marketplace. That’s the part that gets us out of bed in the morning.
We hire for character, and train for skills. Don’t worry too much about exactly how we do what we do, or exactly what you’ll be doing. We’ll teach you everything you need to know. It’s tough, but not impossible.
What you need:
A completed tertiary qualification, preferably an honours degree, and preferably in a field that blends humanities and sciences. We know, we know. That’s why you need to be a ghostbuster. If you studied something on either end of that spectrum, and then realised you’d made a terrible mistake, we can talk. You still need a tertiary qualification – we need proof that you are disciplined in both thought and action. Well-intentioned but undisciplined doesn’t work for us.
Some meaningful work experience in a non-academic environment. We need people who have realised that home / school / varsity are not the real world, and have gotten over that disappointment, but are still flexible and teachable.
To be willing to be away from home during the week. We don’t have a ‘head office’ – you’re either on site adding value, or you’re on leave.
A valid passport. If we work internationally, you will be away on a rotational schedule.
To be currently based within a 200km radius from Potchefstroom. Yes, it’s a real place.
To be medically and physically fit.
To have a valid driver’s license and your own reliable transport.
To have a functional smartphone.
Action:
Email the following to
az.oc.xrowtem@tnemtiurcer
CV including your contact details;
A few paragraphs about why you think you might be a good match for us, and why you think we might be a good match for you.
Please note – we’re serious about that discipline thing. Applications that don’t have the requested documentation will be automatically rejected.
Posted on 17 Jan 15:48
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Black Snow Group is looking for an energetic, dynamic and confident Social Media Manager with minimum five+years of experience in a social media role. The Social Media Manager is ultimately responsible for the smooth running of our clients’ accounts: strategically, operationally, creatively and financially.
Main responsibilities:
As a Social Media Manager, your primary focus will be on the strategy/planning, execution, management and optimisation of all social media projects both for our clients and the internal agency.
Strategy:
Play an advisory role on client engagements, serving as a social media strategic advisor to both account leads and clients.
Develop unique strategies and builds upon current client strategies which meet/exceed objectives.
Perform detailed evaluation of client business environment including customer needs, capabilities/assets, and competitive realities to identify unique market opportunities and threats.
Lead the design of insight driven strategies from opportunity identification through to experience definition.
Proactively keeps abreast of assigned clients’ social marketing and media plans, and provide technological solutions including rich media, promotional ideas, mobile, social networks, viral, etc.
Management:
Manage social media campaigns and day-to-day activities. Scheduling, running and engaging in regular social promotions and paid advert campaigns, creating the correct targeted audiences and tracking their success.
Manage presence in social networking sites including Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, and other similar community sites, posting on relevant blogs, and seeding content into social applications as needed.
Content/community management:
Overseeing and developing the overall design of all social media platforms, landing pages and content marketing materials.
Become an advocate of our clients’ brand in social media spaces, engaging in dialogues and answering questions where appropriate including emerging social platforms, such as Pinterest, Google+, and Instagram.
Conceptualise, edit, write and re-write articles, features, ad copies, and other content.
Include driving online advocacy, writing editorial pieces, community-outreach efforts, competitions, etc.
Growing blog subscribers and expanding the overall blog’s reach.
Analytics and reporting:
Monitor effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of social media programs, and analyse, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns in an effort to maximise results.
Measure results of monthly (ROI and KPIs) campaigns and compile monthly client reports – ROI, CTR, CPM on various client accounts monthly.
Analyse campaigns and translate anecdotal or qualitative data into recommendations and plans for revising the social media campaigns.
Business:
Fosters new business leads and prepare and present winning strategic pitches and presentations.
Demonstrate an ongoing ability to work collaboratively with our company’s management and other agency teams on RFPs, tenders, meetings and presentations.
Run monthly social media for business workshops to clients and at exhibitions or events (strong presenter).
Company Description
Established in October 2009, Black Snow Group is one of the top digitally-led branding and marketing companies in South Africa, servicing smart brands nationally and globally. We have subsequently grown into a well-balanced, progressive and bold marketing team with expert knowledge in all things marketing.
Requirements
South African citizens (only).
Relevant diploma or degree.
Minimum five+ years of experience managing social media accounts and programs in a mid-senior role.
Experience in ORM tools/using third-party social media monitoring tools.
Very tech/web savvy and extensive web/interactive knowledge.
Wordsmith – excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Posted on 17 Jan 15:33
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We’re looking for a hustler with a work hard, play hard kinda attitude. Someone with a ‘roll-up your sleeves and get stuck in’ approach. 9 – 5 behind a desk not for you?Great. Wanna spend your time connecting with other people, building long-term relationships on behalf of the brand, and selling one of the best spaces in Cape Town – and get paid for it? Read on.
The Jack Black Taproom sits within our state-of-the-art Brewery at Diep River, Cape Town. The Taproom is our true brand home. We are looking for someone who has a love for both beer and people… someone who understands community and sub-cultures.
The role requires personality, event management, a nose for new opportunities and some solid sales skills. We expect you to be dependable, trustworthy, consistent, thorough and able to take the initiative. If you’re goal-orientated, up for a challenge, can work a little bit of magic, and believe that ‘Sales’ requires a custom approach, we’re probably looking for you.
Primary role:
Bring feet through the door by identifying, developing and fostering relationships.
Primary responsibilities:
Implement Sales Plan for Jack Black Taproom
Host individuals and groups at the brewery – share the brewing process and brand story
Identifying, developing and fostering relationships with key players in the target groups
Reporting on progress, successes, challenges, and opportunities.
Sound good? To apply please submit:
Your CV.
Letters of reference.
A cover letter.
In your cover letter, please tell us about:
Where you’re from
Your favourite lunch spot
Your favourite place for Friday night drinks
Where you go or what you do to let your hair down
Your idea of a perfect weekend
What’s currently on your playlist
What you love about beer
How Jack Black is different from other craft breweries
Your dreams for your future/what you’re working towards
Looking forward to hearing from you!
*Unfortunately due to the number of applications we receive, we’re not able to respond personally to every applicant. If you haven’t been contacted within 14 days of your submission, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Requirements
Attributes:
Confident – not arrogant.
Self-starter – not a lone ranger.
Can work in a team – not a coaster.
Eye for new opportunities – not impulsive.
Loves beer – not necessarily a ‘beer geek’.
Hustler – not a swindler.
Solutions-driven – not a know-all.
Story-teller – not a big-talker.
Entertainer – not a clown.
Able to hold a conversation – not an ‘I’ specialist.
Enjoys a good beer – not a party animal.
Desired capabilities:
Fluent in English.
Desirable: speaks another local language.
Strong selling and negotiation skills.
Strong administrative and organisational skills.
Understanding of beer and brewing is preferred.
Passionate to learn more about craft beer and Jack Black.
Technologically-oriented with experience reporting and sharing data (intermediate Excel and MS Word).
Able to work independently with a sense of purpose, and function collaboratively alongside a larger team.
Loves working with other people and presents a positive outlook.
High energy and enjoys being out and about.
Mature and seeks to learn from supervisors and peers.
Hungry to learn and able to flourish in a high-growth, entrepreneurial environment.
Results-driven focus and tenacious work ethic, with the drive, resolve, and urgency to do “whatever it takes” to accomplish specific goals.
Physical requirements
Local travel approximately 80% of the time.
Unusual/extensive hours: May be required to work long or unpredictable hours.
Work revolves around objectives, projects and priorities, not hours. Must be available nights during Taproom opening hours.
One of South Africa’s leading providers of integrated technologies and enterprise management solutions is seeking multi-disciplinary professional. They are in need of a senior DevOps specialist.
You will be expected to manage the Azure DevOps environment from TFS (VSTS) through to the Pipelines and package management.
Reference number for this position is DZ44121 which is a permanent position based in Sandton offering a cost to company salary of R1,400,000 CTC negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Dudley on
az.oc.egrem-e@zyeldud
or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
Requirements
Understand SDLC and Agile Methods
Azure DevOps
C#, MS SQL Server, Web Services, Powershell
Relevant qualification at least Bachelor level or Diploma
Eight+ years of DevOps hands-on experience
Nice-to-haves:
ASP.Net, HTML5, JavaScript
ADO.Net, CSS, jQuery, XML
Web Security Implementation Experience
Azure Development
Responsibilities:
Deployment and DBA resource management
Software Versioning, Releases and Installations
Program/Software Builds and Deployments
Pipeline – Build, Deployment and Release Configurations
Documentation/Technical Authoring
Coaching and Mentorship
System Testing
Posted on 17 Jan 15:14
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A Cape Town-based financial institution that leverage technology to ensure they remain ahead of the competitions requires a senior DevOps engineer for a 12-month Contract.
Easy commute from most of the northern suburbs – Century City, Salt River through Milnerton. I imagine it’s great for you if you don’t want to drive from Table View into the City. I would also suggest that if you are sitting in the Woodstock/Foreshore side of town, the commute would all be against traffic.
Come build, evolve and operate rapidly-changing resilient systems at scale. Sound kinda cool?
What happens if I tell you that we are working with not only one of the biggest projects in SA but also one of the fearless crews who are pushing boundaries across the board.
Would it interest you if I disclosed that this is a crew who fall under one of the big corporate brands but that you will join a dev shop within the corporate who have largely been responsible for pushing back the threat of Fintechs to this financial?
You’ve got all the power of a big name brand mixed with most of the fearlessness, dynamism and pace of a stereotypical Fintech crew.
Obviously (you can tell from the breadth of the rates on offer) we’ve got an expanding team offering seats to several people. There is room for people approaching the senior Devops level as well as at least one seat for you if you are a serious influential, veteran/lead/architect equivalent within the DevOps realm.
You’ll need a couple of chickens to get into this farm including:
They’re involved in some hectic work, so you’ll need to be either an SME or very close to SME in the DevOps world.
Lean and Agile is your bread and butter.
Continuous delivery – automated builds, versioning, test automation. Generally good knowledge of CI/CD pipelines.
Planning in Jira or TFS or open source types like Slack.
Build experience covering one of TFS, Team City, Maven, Bamboo and/or Jenkins.
Release experience covering one of Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes, Octopus, Cloud formation or Terraform.
Kibana or ELK Stack or New Relic or Splunk.
Any experience working on infrastructure like AWS or Azure or GCP or tooling like Mongo or SQL Server would be useful.
Contracts will start at 12 months. We expect you to be onsite for anything between the next three to five years.
Send me through a copy of your CV to dudleyz@e-merge.co.za I’ll give you the lowdown. Ref DZ44133
Posted on 17 Jan 15:04
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