Hi-Tec are seeking a new employment in an exciting Integrated Brand Marketing role with a big focus on the planning, communication and rolling out of branded content and seasonal brand campaigns. You will be the heartbeat of the department, the central point of contact and head of integrated strategic brand and omnichannel calendar planning and implementation.Describing the candidateYou are highly structured, operationally organised to implement new systems and processes to guide team members to successfully deliver on-brand content and messaging for your approval. You eat digital for breakfast, you understand paid media, content creation and omnichannel. You are comfortable sitting in an inter-department role, constantly drawing information from product and sales teams. You are creative and highly strategic. Ideally you can prove agency experience and/or demonstrated experience in a recent role.Your role:

• Gather and coordinate input on seasonal and annual multi-channel campaign planning.
• Responsible for overseeing content strategies and implementing comprehensive content-delivery plans with your team to drive consistent campaign implementation. This includes writing, directing, and presenting the production of content in appealing ways across all brands.
• Write or source, and approve all things copy across all brands.
• Provide an always switched-on consolidation of go to market information from product heroes, key account buys to Head of Marketing and Content Teams.
• Bring to life and communicate all updates of brand and omnichannel calendar to internal staff.
• To accurately monitor and update or improve the overall transparency and communication of Go-To-Market strategies to all department heads.
• Creative and art director across all content.
• Oversee and direct the planning, developing, and implementation of stakeholder (media, influencers, CSI partners, events partners, and ambassadors) relationship management strategies.
• To deliver a data-based analysis of the omnichannel brand calendar and resulting seasonal campaigns, to drive data-driven decision-making.
• To partner with team members to ensure they deliver successfully.
• Awareness of B2B campaigns and heroes and their fit withing the B2C strategies.

 Experience and Capabilities

• Strong project management skills
• Strong leadership, problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Advanced user of Google, MS office, Presentations skills, Slack, and other project management tools
• Fluent in English and excellent in writing
• Confident in pitching ideas to the leadership team

Qualifications

• University degree in Business and Marketing or Postgrad in Creative Branding
• 5 years brand marketing experience or Agency experience within an integrated brand role
• Complete understanding of Brand portfolio touchpoints
• Leadership experience will be advantageous

Company Description

Our core purpose is to enable people to enjoy the freedom of the active outdoors. Proud, honest, fun and hungry are the core values that drive us in succeeding this mission. Getting the world outside does not only fuel our innovative approach to well designed, technology-infused products, but also drives our corporate citizenship.

We are family orientated, and offer numerous opportunities in education and upskilling yourself. Everyone at Hi-Tec enjoys flexibility and a work-life balance. The marketing department itself is a young, agile, energetic and innovative team.

Posted on 25 Jan 14:16

Job description

Our client’s business, headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, focuses on mobile transacting and the development of digital applications while specializing in integration into retailers’ point-of-sale (POS).

The goal is to simplify and improve how the world transacts. We are currently looking for an admin assistant/junior personal assistant to join their team. Are you always the organised one, who loves sorting out the finer details of life and sometimes use the magic of Excel to do so? Are you a complete rock star who can multi-task and still keep a cool head? Can you divide by zero? If you’re a team player and can juggle tasks like a circus freak…then you might want to take a look below…

Responsibilities

1. Managing diaries
2. Assist with client liaison on behalf of managers and our executive PA in her absence
3. Monitoring emails and setting up meetings accordingly
4. Assist in booking and keeping a record of the companies travel
5. General administration and filing
6. Screening calls
7. Running personal errands for managers
8. Fetching the companies post on a weekly basis
9. Reception relief as required
10. Assist with recruitment including posting adverts, screening candidates, and setting up interviews
11. Other ad hoc admin duties as required

Requirements

• General knowledge of Microsoft Office with emphasis on Outlook and Excel, internet and systems savvy
• A keen grasp of technology
• Proven written and oral communication skills
• Proficient in managing business correspondence
• Ability to organize personal work priorities
• Knowledge of filing and updating records
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent customer service orientation
• Demonstrated ability to remain self-motivated at all times
• Able to manage pressure and deadlines timeously and effectively
• Proactive, passionate, and able to take initiative

Qualifications

• Tertiary education in administration or similar

Characteristics

• Perfectionist (mediocre work won’t cut it)
• Extremely organised
• Efficient multi-tasker (we’re a fast-paced company)
• An eye for detail (no room for mistakes)
• Deadline and delivery driven (enough said)
• Logical with a passion for solving problems (we’re looking for solutions and initiative)
• Proactive with a sense of urgency (gets stuff done)
• Fun and plays well with others (work hard, play hard)
• Positive and energetic
• A keen learner (stretch yourself)
• Flexible and comfortable taking direction (can you keep up?)

Posted on 22 Jan 17:47

Sexy Socks is hiring!

Who are we?

Sexy Socks is one of Cape Town’s original sock brands and we have played an integral role in driving and shaping the sock movement in South Africa.  More importantly, we are also at the forefront of for-profit businesses that use business as a force for change in our community.

Why are we hiring?

We are looking for a vivacious, energetic, bubbly and relationship oriented individual to join our team.  We are about to launch an innovative new business model, and a big part of your job will be to champion the model and drive its success. 

This is a half day job with flexible hours (within reason), based in the office, and has no travel requirements.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing and driving the roll out of our new sales model
• Forging strong and lasting relationships with all of our customers, and making sure that we are doing everything we can to support their success.  This will be done primarily over the phone.
• Analysing our sales data and using this data to improve the success of each of our customers
• Liaising with our sales team

What are we looking for?

• Bubbly extravert with good attention to detail
• Self-starter
• Highly efficient and organized
• Great communication skills
• Excellent command of the English language, and ideally fluent in another language (but this is a bonus and by no means a necessity)
• Good at working with systems and decent excel knowledge

What is in it for me?

• This is a half day job, with room to grow into a full-time position
• Salary: R7 000 – R9 000

Next steps?

• Send us your CV to moc.skcosyxesyub@yxesteg
• Make sure to include a cover letter as to why you are the right person for this role.

Posted on 22 Jan 17:20