A leading, highly creative and ‘aspirational’ advertising agency in Cape Town is on the prowl for a senior integrated strategic planner. We’re looking for an experienced planner able to lead integrated strategy (across all channels), work independently and hold the strategic relationship on key business. The ideal candidate is someone who will contribute new insights to the creative briefing process, ensuring the production of the most effective creative product towards building client brands and business. The role calls for someone who will advocate the effects of advertising and champion its contribution to clients’ business. This is a fabulously desirable opportunity at a highly awarded agency.
Requirements
The successful candidate must have/be:
Related industry degree/diploma
Five to six years’ experience in strategy ideally within an agency environment
Passionate about communication and inspiring great creative work
An understanding of marketing disciplines and knowledge of branding and brand value proposition
Good verbal and written communicator and presenter
Maturity and the ability to cope with conflict constructively
Able to mentor and lead two junior strategists
Company Description
Viv Gordon Placements (VGP) is a specialist recruitment agency in the advertising, marketing, media, public relations and publishing industries.
Posted on 22 Jul 10:02
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MERCHANDISER/ JUNIOR SALES REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRED IN CAPE TOWN Requirements: Grade 12/ Matric Relevant Merchandising Experience Experience in the Hardware, Tools and/ or Fastener Industry Good Communication skills Self-motivated Fully bilingual Valid Driver’s license and own transport Applicants must reside in CAPE TOWN or surrounding area. Please take note: if you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful. Interested? Please visit our website www.mprtc.co.za to submit your CV or for more information.
Our client offers their customers’ a unique, customisable end to end wagering software solutions to enable their clients to run a business and not have to worry about building websites, infrastructure, back end processing and business intelligence. They are the oldest wagering software solutions provider in South Africa and have the strongest relationships within the online sport betting industry. Our clients is trusted by all their clients for over 30 years and continue to expand and grow in not only South Africa but into the global market.
Our client is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who will form an integral part of the development teams and assist developers and testers during each sprint with the preparation of their environments.
Role Responsibilities:
Responsible for the IT Infrastructure management and software release management within the Agile developer teams.
Script and automate tasks quickly and integrate those processes in the workflow of the various development teams.
Updating all teams including the development teams, support and other stakeholders as to the status and deployment.
Provisioning of Windows and Linux servers (physical and virtual).
Infrastructure monitoring configuration.
Assist with the configuration of the Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) services
Configuration and monitoring of networks (physical and virtual).
Numerous scripting and automation tasks on Windows and Linux based infrastructure.
Database maintenance and backup scripting (PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server).
Management of the Cloud Tenant (AWS and MS Azure).
Integration into the agile SDLC.
Planning, implementing and testing of high availability and disaster recovery.
Release planning, management, communication and execution.
Infrastructure Asset Management.
Systems monitoring and resolution of problems.
Monitoring of the cloud billing and consumption data.
During software releases, ensuring that the release processes can be fully automated (with assistance from the development teams) as well as roll back functionality should a specific release be pulled out of an environment.
Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
Minimum NQF level 4 (grade 12).
NQF level 7 in a computer science or engineering field (B.Sc or B.Eng).
AWS or MS Azure cloud certification will be an advantage.
Any relevant industry related certification will be an advantage.
At least 5 years’ experience in a IT Infrastructure operations role
At least 3 years’ experience in managing Microsoft and Linux server environments (respectively).
At least 3 years networking experience.
At least 3 years database experience (PostgreSQL and/or MS SQL Server).
Experience working in agile teams in a DevOps role, with the focus on the operational aspects.
Technical Requirements:
Windows Server 2008+, including OS hardening and security configuration.
CentOS and Ubuntu OS, including OS hardening and security configuration
PowerShell Scripting.
Python Scripting.
Bash Scripting.
Amazon Cloud Services – Infrastructure management, including EC2, S3, VPC, Route 53, ELB, Glacier, RDS, Lambda as well as the numerous tools required to manage a tenant
Microsoft Azure – similar as Amazon AWS.
Microsoft SQL Server (set-up, configuration management, backup and restore).
PostgreSQL Server (set-up, configuration management, backup and restore).
Experience in the following products:
Docker
Kubernetes
Nagios
Puppet
TCP/IP Networking, Routing and DNS – including troubleshooting, tracing, packet capture and analysis. VPN configuration and technical support.
Competencies and Attributes:
Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
Strong problem tracing, identification and solving skills.
Ability to keep a cool head and meet deadlines.
Ability to think creatively and deliver clever concepts.
Able to be meticulous and show a high level of attention to detail.
High level of professionalism.
Ability to work independently as well as in a team.
Cardova Productions is looking for a PR Manager with excellent communication skills and at least three years experience in the media industry. PR for brand campaigns, TV shows and events.
The candidate needs to have: – Well established contacts with press/radio/TV/digital in Jhb, CT and Durban – Strong writing skills – press releases – Creative Thinking – follow the trends and think out the box – Flexible and multi-tasker – Account Management – Management of influencers / people – PR Reporting – Newsclip etc
Willing to work long hours.
Requirements
– Reliable – Hard working – Motivating – Great time management – Self direction skills and organised – Writing, communication, general PR skills, excellent contacts in media
Posted on 21 Jul 16:10
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Our client, an established, specialist outsourcing company providing customer services to clients in the UK and Europe, currently has many exciting positions for retention agents who seek to build a career within the insurance industry. Our client is for retentions agents that will primarily retaining the customers over some specific period.
Package on offer:
Incentive R5 000pm + shift allowance + gym and personal trainer + free transport available (evening shifts) + subsidized meal allowance
Matric (non- negotiable)
Two years’ call centre experience
Six months retentions experience essential
Ability to work shifts between 12 pm – 12am
Excellent communication skills! (International market – must have neutral accent)
SA Citizenship essential
Must be credit clear
Job hoppers will not be considered for this role
To apply for this position please forward your CV to
R600000 – R900000 per year negotiable Cost to company
Location:
Cape Town, Somerset West
Education level:
Degree
Job level:
Senior
Type:
Permanent
Reference:
#NK39135
Company:
E-merge IT Recruitment
Job description
One of the top customcompanies in SA is looking for senior UI developers to join their team. You will be working with massive and challenging projects and experience in JavaScript, HTML, Spring, REST, JSON, Maven and Application Servers. You will be part of a team that changes the way that trade and travel trends work and being involved in constant re-focus, and customising smart software solutions.
Requirements
Five years’ experience in software development as a GUI developer
JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Spring, REST Framework, JSON
Maven
AngularJS or Angular 2 or React
Ability to work in a team environment: Follow leadership and collaborate on a common design model
Keen to work with team development tools: Use of source control applications (preferably GIT); Use of a UML tool for documentation
Knowledge and experience of:
Bootstrap
Grunt
Bower
Yoeman
JAXB
XML Schema
Integration Experience (Web Services and JMS)
If you are ready to take your career to the next level, then this may be the right opportunity for you!
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 Nanette on
az.oc.egrem-e@kettenaN
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!
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‘If you haven’t heard from e-Merge IT within 2 weeks of your application, please consider it unsuccessful for this position’
Posted on 21 Jul 14:36
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Salary: Highly Negotiable Software Engineering: 3+ years working experience Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (ideally Honours/Strong Bachelors) Strong C#; TSQL; Multi-threaded environments; TDD Designing & implementing systems; Optimizing systems for high throughput; Write both functional & technical specifications; Manage version control; Manage the build server; Writing & maintaining unit tests.
As the digital operations director, you will be responsible for the following:
Ensure the delivery of great client digital media campaigns.
Accountable for overall process to setup, launch, optimise, report and invoice to the client.
Drive efficiencies in the campaign-execution process through both workflow ( from brief to launch, to reporting, to invoice), and creative improvements.
Manage operational team leads (search, SEO, display, social and creative)
Review processes and efficiencies between departments
Ensure close collaboration with client services
Constant communications between all relevant departments
Pull reports and follow-up on outstanding billings
Set-up templates for briefing/ budgeting purposes
Make recommendations on performance improvement to internal clients
Direct the annual budgeting process and subsequent control of operational costs thereafter
Coordination of annual capital projects and associated budget controls
Organisational effectiveness
Drive initiatives and effectiveness and collaboration amongst the management and functional teams
Leadership
Contribute to organisational planning and implementation
Inspire a culture of positive situational leadership and empower staff
Operational risk management
Succession Planning and talent pipeline management
Keep Sprout in line with (and exceeding, where possible) the industry’s best practices with regards to search and display, and sharing these best practices across the organisation.
Ensure the Ops team is always ahead of the curve
Responsible for execution and oversee flow through of strategy – PM to handle the logistics.
Performs other duties as assigned
Company Description
Sprout Performance is a South African performance media buying agency run by young, bright, career-driven individuals who excel in their field of expertise. An impressive client list featuring prominent local e-Commerce brands and established Financial Services Institutions together with a progressive approach of transparent performance media buying strategies has made Sprout Performance the local frontrunner in the industry.
In a nutshell: several high-end e-Commerce brands are coming on board and Sprout Performance is looking to grow the Business Intelligence Team to service them. We are hiring ambitious individuals who want to shoot the lights out to ensure clients are well looked after.
We are looking for people who have worked in the Digital Marketing or Media agency environment before, someone who is knowledgeable, confident, understands the importance of excellent customer service and someone who is a real team player.
Requirements
Five years of experience in digital marketing and operations.
Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, management, economics or marketing.
Ability to analyse finances, communicate professionally, identify legal issues, and improve productivity
Strong negotiation, organisation, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
Experience with marketing technologies; campaign-management tools, content-management systems, marketing, Google Analytics, etc.
Strong presentational skills: ability to articulate complex workflows, dependencies, solutions, and tradeoffs
An understanding of modern advertising technology, services and methods
Excellent problem solving and analytical skills and an advanced understanding of internet/e-commerce mechanics
You possess a successful track record of managing large scale operations at Top level within a digital agency
Strategy is crucial within this role along with having a hands-on style
You must be dynamic, tenacious and able to adapt within a fast-paced operation
* Please send through salary expectations
Posted on 19 Jul 16:56
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