Jacques van Niekerk has a degree in Communications from RAU and post-graduate qualifications from the AAA/IAA (International Advertising Association).

His career started with Ster-Kinekor Pictures where he looked after the marketing concerns for studios such as Miramax, Polygram and Castle Rock. He joined M-Net's Strategic Development Department, where they worked on the development of interactive television applications. From there he moved into M-Net's marketing department, where he was promoted to Marketing Manager. The next move was to O2 Communications where he joined as Project Director working on the launch of South Africa's first free-to-air broadcaster e.tv.

The lure of the interactive field and ultimately the Internet and its unique marketing opportunities led to Jacques joining Acceleration as CEO in March 2000.

Contact Jacques on 021 487 1380 or 083 292 4018

About Acceleration
Acceleration is a company of highly talented digital marketing specialists who view the digital channel as an integral part of marketing mix. With offices in New York, Cape Town and Johannesburg, Acceleration creates digital campaigns that deliver measurable results across global territories for world-class brands and eBusinesses. Acceleration is South Africa's only digital marketing company that has worked across multiple product and service categories - from financial to FMCG - and has created and implemented campaigns across territories as far flung as Russia, China and Brazil. Clients include the likes of Alamo Car Rental, National Car Rental, Du Pont, Thawte, Standard Bank, Johnson & Johnson, Galderma Labs, WebMD, Microsoft, Old Mutual, Truworths, M-Web and ClickaTell.

Acceleration specialises in digital marketing services from campaign management; knowledge and research: email marketing and list management; and search engine optimisation to consulting. Tracking and reporting on campaigns are a major focus for Acceleration who uses DoubleClick's acclaimed technology platforms. By harnessing sophisticated technology, Acceleration demystifies digital marketing to make it a powerful and effective part of the marketing mix that delivers real returns. Milestones include pioneering 3rd party advertising; post-click and most recently post impression analysis in South Africa; and being the first company to implement geo-targeting, pay-per-performance and online postal code targeting locally. Founded in 1999, Acceleration was elected as one of South Africa's top ICT companies by the Corporate Research Foundation, and sits on DoubleClick's Advisory Board in New York.
www.accelerationmedia.com