An exciting career opportunity exists in Somerset West, Cape Town for a Receptionist within the Retail food industry. If you have the following behavioural competency and experience, we look forward to receiving your application.

Behavioural Competency:

• The ability to multi-task and apply knowledge to different situations is important
• To use independent judgement and to manage and impart confidential information
• To assist with the implementation of promotional programmes
• To assist with documenting of administrative policies and procedures
• To prepare detailed narrative and statistical reports

 Duties include but not limited to:

• Maintain records, reports, or files
• Type documents
• Answer questions from employees or public
• Maintain telephone logs
• Apply oral or written communication techniques
• Communicate with customers or employees to disseminate information
• Examine files or documents to obtain information
• Route multi-line telephone calls
• Apply telephone communication in customer service
• Use computer to enter, access or retrieve data
• Arrange teleconference calls
• Recognize needs of communication-impaired persons
• Transcribe spoken or written information
• Arrange travel itinerary
• Distribute correspondence, mail, faxes and e-mail
• Maintain appointment calendar
• Resolve/Assist customer or public complaints
• Schedule meetings or appointments
• Take messages
• Maintain inventory of office forms
• Make appointments
• Explain rules, policies or regulations
• Provide clerical assistance to customers or senior management
• Type letters or correspondence
• Fill out business or government forms
• Greet customers, guests, visitors
• Make travel reservations
• Schedule or contract meeting facilities

  Requirements:

• Computer skills, research skills and decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written) and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse working environment
• Organising and co-ordinating skills
• Records maintenance skills and to maintain confidentiality of records and information.
• Conflict resolution and/or mediation skills
• Typing skill of about 45 words per minute

Application Process:
To apply for above mentioned position, please apply on our Website www.intelligentplacement.co.za also attached your profile picture to you CV.
 Vacancy Reference no: CPT002295   Closing Date: 6 March 2019
To apply for above mentioned position, please apply on our Website www.intelligentplacement.co.za also attach a profile picture to your CV.
If you don’t hear from us within three weeks of your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Posted on 01 Mar 14:06

Job description

Ninety9cents is a full service, integrated advertising agency located in Cape Town, and is one of South Africa’s largest independently-owned agencies. Led by founder and Managing Director Andrew Brand, the agency’s extensive client base includes leading brands such as Shoprite/Checkers, Ackermans, PUMA, Spur Group, Capitec and Distell, to name a few. We are looking for talented Copywriters to join our team.

Summary of main duties include but are not limited to:

• Translating the brief and the strategic requirements into a compelling creative solution,
• Presentation of work to the Creative Group Head and/or Creative Director
• Together with an Art Director, generate effective, innovative and compelling creative concepts for individual ads or campaigns based on sound strategies
• Pro-actively identify creative trends and opportunities
• Direct and produce effective, impactful and compelling advertising that reflects insight into the task, the brand and the target market
• Write copy and scripts (through-the-line)
• Direct radio towards a high quality final product
• Take ownership of your tasks and actively manage the creative process to progress towards deadline
• Writing and production for radio

Requirements

Minimum Relevant Experience and Skills required

• Four+ years’ copywriting experience within an agency
• Conceptual and exceptional advertising ability 
• A portfolio that reflects creative copywriting proficiencies
• Flair for writing imaginative, broad, intrusive, creative and original work
• Understanding of advertising as a selling tool  
• Capability to take on campaigns with multi-element tasks which requires a concept and a thought through process
• Accept guidance and respond well to criticism 
• Resilient – can accept setbacks 
• Finely honed copywriting skills and latest techniques
• Have a great sense of humour
• Must demonstrate creative insight and brilliance for client solutions across all media platforms.
• Detail-obsessed big thinker, passionate and hard-working, self-motivated team player with the ability to grasp a client’s strategy and brand, and deliver beautiful, insightful, polished work

Qualifications required

• Ideally, a degree/diploma in Copywriting or Journalism
• Be proficient in Powerpoint/Keynote, MS Word

Kindly submit link to portfolio along with concise CV. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.  Should you not hear from us within two weeks of your application, please regard your application as unsuccessful.  Please adhere to our dedicated recruitment process.  We remain committed to the principles of employment equity.

Posted on 01 Mar 13:34