Job description

Living & Loving, South Africa’s trusted, go-to place to for parenting advice, is looking for a senior content manager.

As the parenting vertical of All4Women and The Citizen, this team works alongside the broader newsroom team to captivate audiences through powerful storytelling and quality journalism. 

The ability to work quickly under pressure while telling engaging stories which includes advice, the low-down on local and international celebrity parents, health news, and the best tips and tricks for busy parents are all in a day’s job for this exciting role.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone keen to build on their experience in online media and work in a busy newsroom. The successful applicant will learn every day while working alongside an experienced team of journalists.    

Key responsibilities:

• Take ownership of the Living & Loving brand and actively grow the audience
• Covering breaking parenting news
• Producing and editing stories daily under the various pillars for the site
• Building a strong base of contacts in the parenting fields
• Taking stories forward and innovating in different storytelling techniques
• Looking for personal and human-interest pieces
• Generating story ideas that resonate with parents

Minimum qualifications

• Matric/Grade 12 qualification or SAQA Accredited Equivalent
• Some experience in people management
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field
• At least three to five years’ experience in journalism or related media field and writing/reporting experience
• Being a parent helps!

Knowledge/experience

• A passion for news, parenting and digital media.
• An understanding of SEO and legal best practice.
• Demonstrated writing skills, with proven ability to produce clear and compelling copy.
• Ability to write concise, timely and accurate breaking news.
• Ability to source original news and feature stories.
• Excellent knowledge of the English language, grammar and syntax.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments and deadlines simultaneously and produce accurate work at a high volume
• Be familiar and comfortable with standards for avoiding libel and slander, and have a good grasp of the legalities of filing for online
• Ability to work in a high-energy, fast-paced environment and be committed to learning throughout their careers.

Skills

• MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Outlook
• Excellent communication, language, research and people skills
• Ability to work under pressure and after hours when necessary
• High degree of professional journalistic conduct
• Ability to work both independently and in a team

Other requirements

• Solid references
• No criminal record
• Valid Driver’s license and own, reliable transport

Posted on 20 Nov 13:11

Splendid chance to break innovative development boundaries in an environment that is building for the future! Get involved in a team working on next-generation manufacturing technology developing top tier projects using high-performance technologies and platforms. If using cutting edge technologies and taking your career to the next level is what you’re looking for, apply today!!

The opportunity requires a minimum of 10 years extensive experience in Java, JavaScript and Cloud Technologies. Technical leadership experience gained over a period of plus four years.    

Technical landscape:

• Java EE
• Java 10
• RESTful services
• Jenkins
• Continuous Integration
• DevOps
• IoC
• Dependency Injection
• JavaScript
• Git
• Node.JS
• SQL
• Oracle
• Postgres
• Flyway
• Test-Driven Development
• OpenShift
• Docker
• Gradle
• MVN
• IntelliJ
• WebStorm
• Gradle
• Spring Boot
• Elastic
• AWS
• React
• Angular
• Bitbucket
• Jira
• Prometheus
• Grafana

Reference number for this position is GZ49851 which is a long-term contract position based in Pretoria offering a contract rate of R750 toR900 per hour negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth on az.oc.egrem-e@htrag or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

Are you ready for a change of scenery? E-Merge IT Recruitment is a specialist niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right developers with the right companies in the right roles. Check out the E-Merge website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions.

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Posted on 16 Nov 15:13

Job description

The art director’s role is focused on digital, creative and strategic innovation. This includes creatively applying a concept utilising digital innovation across digital channels to ensure a seamless, strategic digital journey to meet client briefs and their expectations.Job objectives

Leadership

• Providing leadership and direction that harnesses the power of the collective team to achieve our business objectives
• Drive leadership in terms of Digital Design for our business and for clients
• Provide direct leadership and growth to team members and relevant resources
• Implementing and driving departmental targets and goals, helping each team member to achieve these goals

Strategic/analytics

• Identify platform relevant innovations (eg. Google Marketing Platform, social channels, etc.) in order to share findings with team members
• Conduct research on the latest design industry trends (weekly) in order to enhance our creative offerings.
• Consistently research and update knowledge and skills on industry tools in order to remain relevant.

Consultancy (internal/external)

• Assist and manage junior/intermediate designers within the creative team
• Creative collaboration in order to drive conceptual development that can be expanded into multiple digital platforms/channels.
• Contributing to knowledge share sessions within the creative team in order to educate and drive experimentation of the new knowledge gained through research.
• Support overall team performance by enabling fluidity of skills/expertise transfer into other areas of the team.
• Ensure that creative outputs are in line with specifications required by platform partners in order for them to execute client campaigns seamlessly
• Ensure that SLA’s with external clients and platform partners are managed within efficient turn around times, in order to mitigate risks between platforms and clients.
• Delivery of Creative Digital Design presentations to internal team and external clients as and when required

Delivery

• When required, ensure smooth running and delivery of all job outputs within the creative department
• Oversee and checking QA of all Junior team members creative work prior to escalation to the Head of Creative
• Adapting and craft digital executions from an existing concept for digital outputs, in order to ensure the correct application on digital platforms
• Ensure that daily billable hours are met in line with the company’s quarterly targets for self and junior team members
• Contributing, building and growing innovation within a digital creative aspect
• Day to day digital design for campaigns that are platform or channel-specific.
• Consistent and timely reporting of tasks/activities in order to ensure efficiency in studio management.
• Ensure that all creative output is presented in an acceptable manner to the client (Google Slides/Keynote).
• Clear communications with the operations division in order to ensure that deliverables correlate to creative time estimations.
• Consistent communication around team dynamics and workflow efficiencies in order to drive a progressive work environment
• Attend client briefings in order to define the direction of a creative brief

Experience:

Operational
? 5+ years experience in Digital Design within an Agency environment (essential)
? Intermediate level of experience using Google Suite (Docs, Drive, Calendar, Slides, Sheets, Hangouts etc.)
? Intermediate level of experience using agile working systems (Workflowmax, Trello)

Consultancy
? 3+ Years of experience managing teams of people

Technical
? 5+ Years experience using Adobe Creative Suite (essential)
? Intermediate level of experience working in InVision and Sketch (desirable)

Industry Specific
? 3+ Years experience within a Digital Marketing environment (essential)

Operational knowledge

• Knowledge of effective methods to derive and interpret client objectives.
• Knowledge of the broader design fields (graphic, multimedia, copywriting etc.)
• Knowledge of design principles
• Knowledge of design processes

Industry knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of digital design trends and latest industry innovations
• Knowledge and understanding of the latest trends and their role within a commercial environment
• Knowledge of TTL advertising

Technical knowledge

• Knowledge of digital platforms and channels (formats and outputs)
• Knowledge of Multichannel platform integration
• Knowledge of Multi programme integration (e.g. Adobe Illustrator to Photoshop)
• Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite

Skills requirements

• Excellent werbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to be agile, and adapt the creative to changing trends in the industry
• Ability to have a high propensity to learn quickly
• Ability to understand and work on the intricacies of social and digital platforms/channels
• Ability to use Google Web Designer
• Key focus on attention to detail to ensure accuracy of design/interactive artwork supplied to platforms/channels
• Ability to determine which creative will best be suited on a specific platform
• Well-rounded skills using Creative Suite (Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD) as well as Sketch and InVision
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
• Ability to work within a team and independently

Posted on 13 Nov 11:13

There is an exciting opportunity with a JHB based Investment banking environment the work you will be doing in this data platforms and AI team. Our client is looking for a senior SQL database administrator to join their team.You will provide proven database services to their huge databases across the continent. This senior SQL database administrator will be responsible for implementation, maintenance, performance, integrity, and security of the banks databases. You will also gain exposure to cloud project work in this dynamic banking team. Apply now and become a part of fast paced environment.Requirements:

• Minimum of six+ experience
• MCSE (MSSQL 2012+(preferred)
• Degreed – Computer Science /BSc /IT

Experience with the following is important:

• Senior SQL Database Administrator
• MS SQL Server 2016/2017
• Server OS
• MS Azure / AWS
• SSIS
• SSRS
• SSAS
• Clustering
• SQL Replication
• T-SQL

Responsibilities:

• Manage document and test all backups processes.
• Design manage and document replication processes.
• Configure manage and document all server hardware and software that houses the SQL engines.
• Ensure uptime and optimal health of MS SQL RDMS’S
• Schedule and monitor all SQL jobs.
• Ensure the integrity of all databases.
• Design maintain and audit all security aspects around the SQL Server, logins and the associated applications.

Reference number for this position is SM49043 which is a contract position based in Johannesburg offering contract rates of up to R600 per hour negotiable based on experience and ability. Contact Sifiso on az.oc.egrem-e@mosifis or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.Are you ready for a change of scenery? E-Merge IT Recruitment is a specialist niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right developers with the right companies in the right roles. Check out the E-Merge website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions. Do you have a friend who is a developer or technology specialist? We pay cash for successful referrals!https://www.e-merge.co.za/careers/referralprogramme

Posted on 11 Nov 11:04

Job description

An exciting 360 agency seeks a senior art director/copywriter team toservice a range of prestigious fintech clients.

Open to existing teams or individuals. Every candidate to submit a CV and portfolio.

Must-haves for this role:

• Relevant advertising experience within the financial and/or insurance industries 
• Minimum of five years’ overall experience in art direction or copywriting
• Proven conceptual ability
• Experience in digital media
• Experience in TTL media
• Exciting portfolio/s of relevant creative work
• Relevant qualification
• Awards would be beneficial

Requirements

• Art direction
• Digital art direction
• Concept development
• Copywriting
• Digital copywriting
• Graphic design
• Technical writing

Posted on 06 Nov 15:43