| | | No Comment |  Well, one could be forgiven for thinking that the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) conference last week, including the World Editors Forum (WEF), was actually a conference about online media, because the lines are so blurred now between the different news mediums, we’ve all become purveyors of news using any medium at our disposal… be it online – from web to social media sites like YouTube, blogging and podcasts; print – newspapers with magazines; broadcast – sound and video, etc. In fact, we’re actually not even news mediums any longer, we’re building communities. Because engaging with your readers – in all forms possible and fulfilling all their needs (news, entertainment, fun, interaction, education etc) – you are building loyal communities of readers who feel that they have a stake in their medium of choice (you) and interact with you accordingly (commenting, providing news, columns etc). We’re taking that whole community thing further than our launch last week at WAN of our news blogs and vlogs (video) from WAN, with our man in Cannes this week: Stuart Stobbs, failed drag queen and now the creative dude at proximity#ttp (logical career trajectory it seems). He’s a judge and partygoer there and will be reporting regularly on the goings on, so keep a look out this week on Biz. Thanks also to our hardworking Jozi sales and marketing team for holding down the fort at Markex Johannesburg last week. Because Biz also has some expansion plans ready to launch (more about this soon!) we need to streamline some of our email addresses. Please start sending all news for this ezine (media, marketing, advertising South Africa) to: marketingnews@bizcommunity.com. My email address as editor of Biz Marketing and editorial director of Bizcommunity.com remains editor@bizcommunity.com for all strategic client contact, including queries, proposals, invites, confidential info, etc.
Keep warm! Louise Marsland, editor@bizcommunity.com. All news: marketingnews@bizcommunity.com
| | Headlines | WAN ignores media agenda, ownership
MoneyWeek comes to SA
SMS: biggest revenue earner for operators
Vodacom enters pay-TV market
What does the 2012 Olympic logo prove?
High standards require clear ethics
Search fuels appetite for mobile surfing
SA D&AD student nominees
SABC takes on CNBC Africa, Al Jazeera
PR requires skill, industry knowledge
20 ways to leave an impression
Online news readership increases
No regrets for leaving SABC – John Perlman
SABC Education honoured at international festival
Innovation is the core in Africa
Positive reaction for Al Jazeera – Nigel Parsons
Bill amendments not enough – SANEF
Natural born creatives must be nurtured
The Times: strong family resemblance
Warnings over increasing media surveillance
Press freedom theme spotlighted
Three keys to 21st century media profitability
Johncom joins new media revolution
The return of Idols
Loeries introduce Young Creatives Award
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3 - 6 June 2007, CTICC
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| | | High standards require clear ethics
[Winnie Graham] Editors are facing yet another dilemma as they grapple with a range of issues confronting them in the multimedia debate. Are the old values that applied in news papering an asset – or will they be a burden in the new era? Frits van Exter, former editor in chief of the Netherlands newspaper, Trouw, posed the question at a final sessions of the World Editors Forum in Cape Town this week when he warned that ethical standards and integrity were once again open to debate.
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Quality journalism in a free sheet
The future of the printed mass media will inevitably be about free newspapers. That was one side of a heated debate that raged between two Danish editors and a Dutch one, on the feasibility of producing quality journalism in a free sheet, at the 60th World Newspaper Congress and 14th World Editors Forum in Cape Town this week.
Innovation, embracing change key to surviving digital age
Innovation and embracing change were two keys to survival in the digital age, newspaper editors from the around the world were told this week. Gathering on the last day of the 60th World Newspaper Congress in Cape Town, 1600 editors, managers and publishers from more than 100 countries pondered successful strategies for coping in the era of multimedia, digitisation and convergence.
20 ways to leave an impression
[Louise Marsland] Newspaper newsrooms are being expanded globally, journalists retrained in multi-media functionality and consumers engaged with like never before. Journalism has become a conversation with your readers and communities. This may have been the World Association of Newspapers congress in Cape Town this week, but is there really any difference between the different media categories with digital innovation?
Online news readership increases
[Louise Marsland] The use of online as a medium to source news and information is increasing in the developed nations, according to a readership survey commissioned by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). This special survey on key newspaper readership issues and trends was conducted by Harris Interactive in conjunction with Innovation International Media Consulting Group for the Innovations in Newspapers 2007 report for WAN.
Innovation is the core in Africa
 [Trevor Ncube] African editors and publishers need swift and smart thinking in order to withstand persecution in countries with prickly presidents and parliaments. When state adverts dry up, usually on order from on-high, new business models have to be invented on-the-fly.
Stop whinging about bad press – Guy Berger
The time has come for African journalists to stop whinging about the bad press their countries receive in the West and to start doing the job themselves. This is the message from Professor Guy Berger, head of the department of journalism at Rhodes University, who told the World Editors Forum in Cape Town this week that the time for moaning and mourning was time over. It was time to become “mesmerising” about Africa.
How youth use media
Research released this week during a seminar on the eve of the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, shows that young people perceive traditional media as more accurate, trustworthy and reliable than new media, but many get most of their news and information from another source entirely – family and friends.
Making money – fast – in media
How do you transform a solid newspaper business into a media company producing many millions of US dollars in earnings? You “try everything”, says Luis Fernando Santos, president of Casa Editorial El Tiempo in Columbia. Speaking at the 60th World Newspaper Congress in Cape Town this week, Santos gave media executives from around the world tips on how to boost profits in a world where print bosses find themselves in a mature industry.
Zuma vs Phumzile over lunch
[Louise Marsland] One a former deputy president and the other, the current deputy president of South Africa, squared off with editors over lunch yesterday, Tuesday, 5 June 2007, at the World Association of Newspaper congress and World Editors Forum second day. Part history lesson and part campaign speeches, both Jacob Zuma and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka put Africa on the newspaper editors' agenda.
WAN releases strategic reports
Five new strategy reports on some of the most important recent developments in the newspaper industry globally – increasing digital revenue development, advertising best practices, innovative management systems, newspaper company reorganisation and the power of local focus – have just been published by the World Association of Newspapers. The reports were released yesterday, Tuesday, 5 June 2007, at the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum in Cape Town, South Africa.
Warnings over increasing media surveillance
The World Association of Newspapers has called on democratic governments to take specific measures to protect freedom of the press in the face of widespread tightening of anti-terrorism measures. WAN also issued several resolutions specifically highlighting abuse of media freedoms in various countries, one of them being Zimbabwe.
World's press condemns Zimbabwe repression
The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) has condemned “the repressive government policy against a free press in Zimbabwe” and has called on President Robert Mugabe to stop arresting and harassing journalists and to uphold international standards of freedom of expression in the country.
Press freedom theme spotlighted
 [Louise Marsland] While the theme of this year's World Association of Newspapers Congress and World Editors Forum centres on reshaping newspapers and the impact of digital, press freedom remains a current theme addressed by many speakers on the opening day, Monday, 3 June 2007, including South African President Thabo Mbeki and WAN president Gavin O'Reilly.
Global newspaper circulation, advertising increases
Newspaper circulations world-wide rose 2.3% in 2006 while newspaper advertising revenues showed substantial gains, the World Association of Newspapers announced yesterday, Monday, 4 June 2007. WAN said global newspaper sales were up +2.3% over the year, and had increased +9.48% over the past five years. Newspaper sales increased year-on-year in Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, with North America the sole continent to register a decline.
Three keys to 21st century media profitability
US newspaper executive Mark Contreras says three words have led his newspaper company to success that has exceeded wildest expectations – fragmentation, interactivity and accountability. Contreras, senior vice president: newspapers of The E.W. Scripps Company, was speaking on Monday, 3 June 2007 at the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) congress in Cape Town.
Calls for African press freedom
Leaders of the world's press, meeting in South Africa this week, have called on African governments “as a matter of urgency” to abolish all laws that restrict press freedom, and have pledged to increase “aggressive and persistent campaigning against press freedom violations and restrictions in Africa”.
Newspapers prospering despite themselves
[Chris Moerdyk] Newspapers are their own worst enemies, if statistics presented on the first day of the World Association of Newspapers Congress in Cape Town are anything to go by. Reporting on the state of the global newspaper industry, WAN chief executive Timothy Balding said that in spite of many media industry analysts sowing doom and gloom about falling newspaper circulations and drops in advertising revenue, this was an entirely wrong perception.
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Marketing | | Line-up for Live Earth SA revealed
 Live Earth today, Monday, 11 June 2007, announced the artist line-up and ticketing information for Live Earth South Africa, which will be staged at The Cradle of Humankind, Maropeng, just outside of Johannesburg. The 24-hour Live Earth concert series will bring together more than 100 of the world's top music acts to inspire an audience of over two billion people to trigger a mass movement to combat global warming.
Brand preferences by the youth
The Sunday Times Generation Next Brand Survey 2007, conducted among South Africa's urban tweens, teens and young adults during the first quarter of 2007, is reportedly the largest annual youth brand preference study conducted in SA. The survey is powered by HDI Youth Marketeers in association with Monash University.
Business start-up packages - Opulent Consulting
Individuals often initiate businesses without having any proper guidelines on how to go about the whole process. Opulent Consulting can equip newcomers in the business world with all the vital marketing tools, in order to give the business a kick start.
How to get boards of directors to take marketing seriously - Chris Moerdyk
The biggest problem faced by brand managers, PRO's, ad and events people and marketers in general is that their clients or boards of directors don't take them seriously.
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23 – 25 July 2007 – Park Hyatt Hotel, Johannesburg
IIR Training and The Balanced Scorecard Institute, part of the Strategy Management Group, Washington, U.S.A. bring you 9 Steps to Successfully Building & Implementing The Balanced Scorecard.
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Advertising | | Singer sues advertising agency
South African singer PJ Powers is taking legal action against advertising agency HerdBouys Mcann-Erikson for uncompensated and unauthorised use of her celebrity name in a national radio station's advertising campaign.
Highlighting human trafficking
Saatchi and Saatchi has joined forces with the International Organisation for Migration's (IOM) Southern African Counter-Trafficking Assistance Programme (SACTAP) to create a television advertisement message aimed at raising awareness of human traffickers operating on the continent.
SA D&AD student nominees
Students from Red & Yellow School, University of Pretoria, and AAA School of Advertising in South Africa have been nominated for the D&AD Global Student Awards 2007 and to be featured in the D&AD Student Annual 2007, D&AD announced yesterday, Thursday, 7 June 2007.
Pendoring campaigns for heroes
The Pendoring committee and Saatchi & Saatchi recently unveiled this year's Pendoring campaign, aimed at persuading a predominantly English-speaking advertising profession to enter an Afrikaans advertising competition. Its premise is that when a golden Pendoring walks in, unknown glory and fame follow on its heels.
Natural born creatives must be nurtured
 True creativity cannot simply be taught – you are either born to be creative or you are not. But, even natural born creatives must be nurtured. So says John Busken creative head at MGM Brand Construction and Advertising. “While true creativity is something some people are just born with, even the most talented creatives need to be nurtured to unleash and achieve their full creative potential.”
Loeries introduce Young Creatives Award
The Loerie Awards and Vodacom have launched The Young Creatives Award this year to honour outstanding achievements by two individuals, aged 27 years or under, working in any area of brand communication, including advertising, communication design and experiential. Each winner will receive a Gold Loerie and an all-expenses paid trip to an international award show.
International award for Ireland/Davenport
 Just 18 months since being awarded the BMW account in October 2005, Ireland/Davenport has received an international accolade rewarding it for its creativity in BMW advertising. At the fourth annual BMW Advertising Awards held in Brussels recently, the agency walked away with first place in the Creative Print category for its tactical print advert for BMW's Night Vision technology.
Power-ful billboard wins big
 It was a proud moment for Johannesburg-based Net#work BBDO when it walked away with a Yellow Pencil at the recent D&AD awards in what is believed to be a South African first in the enhanced poster category, normally dominated by the US and UK – for a solar billboard that powers up a kitchen, in a Johannesburg township, for client Nedbank.
Grey SA on a roll
Of the over 1 000 WPP offices around the world, Grey Worldwide SA has been named the most awarded Grey agency in the world, according to CEO Ann Nurock, “And this also puts us eighth in rankings of all the WPP agencies worldwide going into Cannes,” she says.
Lowe Bull gives Stormers supporters a platform - Lowe Bull
As part of a project to more closely align the Vodacom Stormers and WP Rugby brands, Lowe Bull Cape Town and Western Province Rugby decided the time had come to change the focus of the campaign and move the work in a new direction.
Paballo – to protect • to conserve - Creationstation
 Reading about our impressive achievements on our Bizcommunity press office inspired Grootgeluk Coal, an Exxaro mine, to appoint Creationstation as its agency of choice. With valuable insight into its target market, Creationstation's creative team set out to create and launch a successful campaign that proved crucial to the protection of the ecosystem on the world's biggest open coal mine.
AMASA hosts Graham Warsop in June - AMASA
Members of AMASA, media owners, agencies and marketers are invited to join creative legend Graham Warsop on Thursday, 7 June 2007. Warsop is group chairman of The Jupiter Drawing Room and the chief creative officer of The Jupiter Drawing Room (Jhb). The agency was awarded Agency of the Year 2007 at both the AdFocus and AdReview award ceremonies.
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| | | What does the 2012 Olympic logo prove?
 [Naseem Javed] There is absolutely nothing wrong with the new London 2012 Olympics logo, but there is something seriously wrong with the logo-driven branding industry at large. This new logo clearly proves that, as we approach 2012, global society will not respond to conventional logos or graphics, but only to these kinds of insignificant, dysfunctional and obscure design works which will eventually become branding norms throughout the world.
Innovation through line extensions
 [Roman Cylkowski] Product and brand life cycles in the chocolate confectionery market are shortening, partly due to the intense competition in the marketplace. One of the ways in which companies are extending the life of their brands is through line and brand extensions.
Who really owns your brand?
[Naseem Javed] You may think that you have an absolute, 100% ownership for your brand, yet if your name identity is shared with hundreds of others, then you clearly lack 100% ownership. What's the point of brand-building if you are simply brand-sharing?
2012 Olympic, Paralympic Games logo launched
 LONDON: The new brand and vision for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games was launched in London yesterday morning, 4 June 2007, by London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe and a team of London 2012 ambassadors. The brand was designed by Wolff Ollins and it is intended to symbolise the dynamic Olympic spirit and its inspirational ability to reach out to people all over the world.
We needed a synerg'ist – stat! - thebrandsurgery
 Sumari van Dyk was appointed to thebrandsurgery in late 2006. Holding a degree in visual culture studies, communication design and creative studies, she has also attained a higher diploma in 3D animation, photography, film and video, interactive media, communication design, visual culture studies and creative studies.
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CRM | | LifeWorld launches new Mugg & Bean rewards card - LifeWorld
 Feel Good Coffee just became more rewarding as leading franchise operator, Mugg & Bean launches an all-new loyalty and rewards program that adds dimensionality, relevancy and emotionality to its brand.
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Design | | Concept continues its association with Adobe as accredited training partner - Concept Interactive
Expertise, industry experience and dedication to high standards has earned yet another Concept Interactive lecturer the accreditation as an ACE (Adobe Certified Expert).
Masterfile's new website raises the bar for image searches - Great Stock!
 Long regarded as the leading website for easy, intuitive image searches, Masterfile has recently launched a comprehensive site redesign.
NineNovember's Joburg alliance
Charl Nel of NineNovember announced recently that it will be forming a strategic alliance with a new niche agency to be formed in Johannesburg during the following few months. Nel, who has commuted since the inception of the new venture, will serve as MD for the Johannesburg agency until such time a permanent MD is appointed. Some of Nel's long-standing clients from Cape Town will form part of the deal as a separate business unit, still to be named.
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| | | Separating the wheat from the new media chaff
[Kevin van Deventer] If a new media owner wants a slice of the ad spend pie, it needs to bring to the table more than just a novel idea. Often it falls to the savvy media planner to divide the wheat from the chaff, to find the odd gem that will add real value to a client's campaign.
A different way to look at change... - Ukubona
Change is the only constant factor in our world. Yet people tend to have a natural resistance to change. How do we overcome this obstacle? Ukubona has evolved its new brand philosophy around change.
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Direct Marketing | | The great trek - Tollreach Mindblast
 Thousands of city dwellers are packing their families into cars to get away from the city. Can you afford to let these people slip through your fingers without a message about your product?
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Eventing | | Stephanie Moss produces family fun day for SABMiller brewery - Stephanie Moss Solutions
 One of SABMiller's breweries recently staged a carnival-style fun day for staff and their families – a total of around 800 people. The fun day, which takes place every two years, is intended to demonstrate to families SABMiller's profound appreciation for the roles they play in supporting their loved ones, in their capacity as SABMiller staff members.
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Exhibitions | | Concilium displays groundbreaking technology at mediatech - mediatech africa
mediatech africa will showcase several of Concilum's technology and industry breakthroughs when the all-inclusive broadcast, media, entertainment and AV exhibition opens its doors at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 12 – 14 June 2007.
mediatech africa 2007 fact sheet: broadcast & production/satellite & signal - mediatech africa
mediatech africa 2007, South Africa's only all-inclusive broadcast, media, entertainment and AV exhibition will take place at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 12 - 14 June 2007. Entrance is free to visitors who pre-register online.
mediatech africa 2007 fact sheet – DJ & music equipment - mediatech africa
Participating companies at mediatech africa 2007, South Africa's only all-inclusive broadcast, media, entertainment and AV exhibition, are gearing up for the show, which will take place at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 12 – 14 June 2007. In the category of DJ and music equipment, a range of products will be launched.
Waterfront developments are hot property - Biz Events
 The exhibition of waterfront properties and developments will be an interesting attraction for property investors at the forthcoming Absa National Boat Show, which takes place 17 – 19 August 2007 at the Coca-Cola Dome in Northgate, Johannesburg.
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Magazines | | MoneyWeek comes to SA
Fleet Street Publications announced last week that it is launching MoneyWeek, currently published in London and considered one of the best providers of global financial information, in South Africa. MoneyWeek interprets and makes sense of all the thousands of column inches that are published daily in magazines, newspapers and on Internet sites and distils the information into useful investment knowledge that readers can profit from.
Makeover for The Big Issue
To celebrate 10 years on the streets, social development project and magazine The Big Issue has had a makeover and will be parading its new look at a celebratory bash at Spier later this month.
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| | | Koos Bekker honoured by Ernst & Young
MONTE CARLO: Earlier this week, Koos Bekker of Naspers was inducted into the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame as the winner of the South African chapter of the World Entrepreneur Awards Programme at an awards ceremony in Monte Carlo.
Bill amendments not enough – SANEF
The South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF), at its recent AGM in Cape Town, welcomed the amendments to the Films & Publications Amendment Bill which will reduce pre-publication and pre-broadcast censorship of newspapers and broadcasters. However, it was reported to SANEF that the changes do not go far enough. A new council was also voted in.
Johncom joins new media revolution
The Times, the new morning daily newspaper from the Sunday Times stable, as well as its interactive website, launched today, Tuesday, 5 June 2007. The Times is not only intended to take the Sunday Times brand from a weekly to daily platform but is using Johnnic Communication's strongest asset to catapult the group into new media space.
Connie Molusi appointed chair of Telkom Media
Connie Molusi, former group chief executive of Johnnic Communications, has been appointed chairperson of Telkom Media. Says Telkom Media CEO Mandla Ngcobo, “We believe that Connie Molusi's experience leading one of the country's largest media organisations, Johncom, makes him a brilliant candidate for the position, and we are very excited to have him on board.”
Death of Manu Padayachee
Veteran radio and television journalist and sub-editor on citizen journalist site Reporter.co.za, Manu Padayachee, passed away peacefully at his Parkhurst, Johannesburg home in the early hours of Tuesday morning, 5 June 2007, writes Reporter.co.za. For more, click here.
Nat Nakasa award for Jacques Pauw
SABC staffer Jacques Pauw won the Nat Nakasa Award for 2007 at a ceremony hosted by the South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) in Cape Town over the weekend, reports SABCnews.com For more, click here.
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| | | SMS: biggest revenue earner for operators
 SMS revenues have continued to grow year-on-year and are providing mobile network operators with their most significant messaging revenue earnings. The result is that analysts have had to admit that their predictions on the demise of SMS have been premature. This was the word from last week's Global Messaging 2007, the fourth annual mobile messaging industry congress, held in this year in Monte Carlo.
Search fuels appetite for mobile surfing
Bango, which works as a “global exchange” for the mobile web, earlier this week published statistics which show the top five countries accessing the mobile web via Bango in April 2007 were the UK at 27%, the US at 21%, South Africa at 11%, India at 9% and Indonesia at 3%. The rapid rise of the US, to second position behind the UK, is being fuelled by the increasing popularity of mobile search as a way of finding new content and services.
Clickatell appoints new vice president for European Sales - Clickatell
Clickatell has appointed Spencer Young as its vice president for European Sales. In his new role, Young will spearhead Clickatell's continued expansion into Europe as the leading provider of enterprise-standard mobile messaging solutions, with a particular focus on the burgeoning financial and healthcare sectors.
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[Mahmood Sanglay] The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) held its sixtieth annual congress in Cape Town last week, 3 – 6 June 2007. At the same time the World Editors Forum (WEF) held its fourteenth annual meeting. Over 1600 delegates from 52 countries attended the event in Cape Town. It was spectacular, it was eventful and it was fundamentally flawed.
Sweden to host 2008 World Newspaper Congress
The 60th World Newspaper Congress, 14th World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo came to an end in Cape Town on last week with an optimistic look toward the future of newspapers. Next year, the 61st World Newspaper Congress, 15th World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2008 will be held 1 – 4 June 2008 in the south-western Swedish maritime city of Göteborg.
SANEF concerned by latest press-gagging attempt
The South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) recently expressed concern over the attempt by the Department of Transport to prevent Beeld from publishing information about the debacle surrounding the installation of a new electronic National Transport Information System (eNaTIS), after having been asked to comment on the story. SANEF believes the department is acting unconstitutionally.
The Times: strong family resemblance
[Chris Moerdyk] There is absolutely no way that South Africa's newest newspaper, The Times, will be confused with the Times of London, The Times of India, The Times of Malta or The Times of Swaziland, Pawtucket, Shreveport or any of the other thousands of newspapers branded under this classic newspaper name all over the world.
Vodacom Bulls celebrate in Rapport - Rapport
 A commemorative album and medallion to celebrate the Vodacom Super 14 victory of the Vodacom Bulls over the Sharks will be issued to give the still-jubilant Bulls fans a much sought-after memento.
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| | | Unique users to SARugby.com double in just one month - Habari Media
The success of South African rugby teams in the recent Super 14 and test matches, coupled with the informative and interactive content on the SARugby.com website, has resulted in SARugby.com's unique user base doubling, and its page impression served growing by 150% in just over a month.
Blue chip brands turn to Trafficonomy for custom online games - Trafficonomy
As the demand for fresh online games continues to expand, Trafficonomy is consolidating its position as a leading games development agency and the first choice for some of South Africa's top brands.
Andrew ''Tank'' Lanning makes the move to online - 24.com
Andrew “Tank” Lanning (36) is the newly appointed news and sports editor at South Africa's largest internet portal, 24.com, and is based in Cape Town.
Realmdigital launches partner program offering e-marketing technology to agencies - Realmdigital
Realmdigital has launched a new partner program targeted at design houses, marketing and advertising agencies in the local and international market. This program aims to build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships between Realmdigital and these companies.
Back by industry demand - Bruce Clay SEOToolSet Training Course hits Johannesburg in 2007 - Purple Cow Communications
In light of the overwhelmingly positive industry response to last year's SEOToolSet Course, hosted in Cape Town by Californian SEO expert Bruce Clay, this intensive training course will again be hosted during 2007 – but this time, in Johannesburg.
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Printing | | Molotov Cocktail: dismantling the master's house brick by brick - STE Publishers
 Johannesburg-based Molotov Media launched the first issue of its new quarterly magazine, Molotov Cocktail, in March 2007. The second issue is due out in June.
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Production | | FEPACI calls for Film Resource Unit investigation
The Secretariat of the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) has been made aware of the possible liquidation and closure of the Film Resource Unit (FRU) and believes that if this threat of closure translates into fact, the repercussions will be widely felt. There will be an unfortunate regression of a distribution legacy that FRU has built, FEPACI says, a legacy which will take years to rebuild before there is effective recuperation.
Show your love for short doccies
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival and the Jan Vrijman Fund of the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) are inviting proposals for documentary films of up to 10 minutes duration on the subject of love. New love, old love, unconditional love, secret love, true love, puppy love, forbidden love, love at first sight…
Documentary festival calls for volunteers
The 9th Encounters – South African International Documentary Festival – is calling on documentary enthusiasts to volunteer/intern on the 2007 festival. Encounters is a well-established festival which showcases local and international documentary films and runs various workshops, panels and masterclasses.
More international honours for The Rubbish Monster - Condor Cape Town
 Braam Jordaan, senior animator at Condor, has just came back from a trip spanning 27 days around the world to attend various animation festivals in the Czech Republic, the US and South Korea.
Terraplane's Benjamin Magowan makes MTN cool... again - Terraplane
 Terraplane's Benjamin Magowan has moved the goal posts on ‘cool' again and has shot the first commercial for MTN on a cellphone for MetropolitanRepublic/The Jupiter Drawing Room.
Jupiter and Fresh Eye forge long-term union over Edgars - Fresh Eye Film Productions
When The Jupiter Drawing Room asked Fresh Eye Film Productions to forge a long-term union and produce loads of creative retail commercials for Edgars, co-owner Gavin Gillespie willingly said: “I do.”
The hidden power of the Springboks revealed by Sasol - Masters & Savant
 In the first of a series of Sasol and Springboks ads, The Jupiter Drawing Room Johannesburg and Masters & Savant joined forces in the delivery of the broadcast sponsorship adverts for the incoming tour and Tri-Nations.
Precious metal from a pair of jeans - Velocity Films
 Keith Rose was recently awarded a Bronze Clio for Cinematography for the Nokia Cape Town Fashion week commercial.
Welcoming the broader view of the Loeries - Masters & Savant
Roger Smythe, co-founder and creative director of one of South Africa's leading animation studios, Masters & Savant's, says that the move to incorporate the broader African, Middle East, African Islands and Madagascar markets will not only see new entrants, but will expose the usual attendees to new and inspirational ideas.
She's been in the trenches - The Refinery
 Recently appointed by The Refinery as GM, Pam Marsh comes with an interesting background. From assistant film editor to producing for the country's first woman director to managing a US film school post-production department, to an agency producer, to an industry journalist to a line producer on shows like Who wants to be a millionaire? – this gal has been in the trenches and knows the business inside out.
Quark extends SA distribution channel
LONDON: QMedia Distributors, which has been Quarks' full service distributor in Africa since 1998, has joined forces with software distributor Direct Distribution Services Cape Town to provide Quark's products to the African market. “This new partnership with QMedia and Direct Distribution Services enables Quark to better serve and communicate with our customers, by providing first-class support to the distributors who, in turn, support those customers,” said Michaela Degale, Quark Northern Europe channel manager recently.
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| | | PR requires skill, industry knowledge
[Gerian Miller] Public relations (PR) is not about liking people but about communicating a message to a target audience in the most effective way. PR graduates entering the industry think being a practitioner simply involves organising events, writing and speaking to a journalist. They don't realise that a client's brand and reputation is at stake.
Help for aspiring entrepreneurs - Tshirundu Communications
Written and produced every Thursday by moneybiz.co.za, the Into Business supplement helps South African entrepreneurs in starting, running and growing their businesses.
New project for Grapevine - Grapevine Communications
Below-the-line brand marketing and sponsorship agency, MindSpace Africa, has appointed Grapevine Communications to conduct a public relations campaign to build awareness of the MindSpace Africa brand.
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| | | No regrets for leaving SABC – John Perlman
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Former SAfm presenter John Perlman has joined Kaya FM and is now in charge of a new show called ‘Today with John Perlman', which airs from Monday to Thursday between 6 and 7pm. He spoke to Bizcommunity.com about his new job and his past challenges at the SABC.
East Coast Radio – lending warmth to winter - East Coast Radio
 East Coast Radio, KwaZulu-Natal's independent radio brand, has launched Winter Warmth 2007, a corporate social investment campaign. With more than 1.7 million listeners, unmatched penetration and regional influence, the station aims to provide thousands of new blankets to less fortunate communities in its broadcast area.
Gareth Cliff seeks legal advice on suspension
IOL reports that 5FM DJ Gareth Cliff is seeking legal opinion following his two-day broadcasting suspension for playing a news clip last week “in which a Bangladeshi national's watermelon shop had been looted in the Free State”. For more, click here.
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| | | Creative coup - Viv Gordon Placements welcomes back Tamara Wolpert - Viv Gordon Placements
 Tamara Wolpert has been welcomed back into the fold by Viv Gordon Placements, where she'll be managing its very busy creative portfolio.
Career planning – when last did you give that part of your life some focus? - theWorksquad
When last did you pull into the pit stop of your career journey? How long ago did you stop and re-evaluate You, the career mover? While we stay at home this winter, around the log fire with a glorious cup of steaming hot choc, why don't we make the most of this time by doing some career planning?
Print, online job-hunting collaboration
CareerJunction has teamed up with The Times, Sunday Times' new daily newspaper, to launch The Times' Careers – a partnership that sees thousands of CareerJunction's online jobs being published into the newspaper each day. According to Hoosen Kolia, GM of Sunday Times, readers can easily locate the job they found in the newspaper, by searching using the job reference number on either the CareerJunction or The Times' website.
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| | | Transport details for PAMRO conference
The ninth PAMRO Meeting and All Africa Media Research Conference takes place at Club Makokola, Mangochi, Lake Malawi, 19 -22 August 2007, and due to limited flights to Mangochi, Club Makokola has arranged bus transport from Lilongwe and Blantyre Airports to the hotel and visa versa.
Bookings closed for Black Diamond 2007 - but more seminars in the pipeline - UCT Unilever Institute of Strategic Marketing
Bookings have been closed for the forthcoming Black Diamond 2007: On the Move seminars, as all of the venues have reached capacity. However, those marketers who did not manage to secure a booking should not despair, as additional seminars are in the pipeline.
Survey reveals music trends rocking young urban Asian consumers - Synovate
Convenience, convergence and growth opportunities from connecting with consumers are the three big trends driving the consumer music market in Asia according to the Branded, MTV and Synovate Music Matters survey released last week at the 2007 Music Matters Asia Pacific Music Forum in Hong Kong.
Bateleur Khanya Research Solutions – backing BEE - Bateleur Khanya
 Early in March 2007, one of South Africa's largest research suppliers made research industry history when two young black South Africans, Pearl Thamaga and Yolanda Vilakazi, purchased 50% of Bateleur Research Solutions for an estimated R6 million. This allegedly makes the newly formed Bateleur Khanya Research Solutions the largest black economic empowerment (BEE) research company in South Africa.
Synovate launches new market potential solutions - Synovate
Synovate has introduced a suite of models and simulators for quantifying the market potential of a product or service, coinciding with the creation of Synovate MarketQuest, evolved from its Product Design & Development specialist division.
HIV/Aids: high-risk behaviour on the increase - Markinor
A new HIV/Aids survey reveals that three in every 10 sexually active South African adults display high-risk behaviour and two in 10 display medium-risk behaviour. Furthermore, the combined score for the medium and high-risk categories increased significantly over the past six years; from 37% to 50%. This is the most important finding of the latest HIV/Aids risk-group study released by Markinor this week.
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Retail | | Nederburg wines on auction
 The oldest table wine in this year's line-up for the 2007 Nederburg Auction, the 1977 Edelkeur, has just been awarded Top 10 status in the recent International Botrytis Type Wine and Sweet Competition in Budapest. Just five cases of the 375 ml bottles will come under the hammer of auctioneer Stephan Welz on 29 September 2007 at Nederburg.
Amstel joins Brandhouse portfolio
Brandhouse Beverages has taken over marketing and distributing premium beer Amstel Lager in the southern African region, reports Fin24.com. The premium beer will be available to consumers from the first week of July 2007. For more, click here.
Depicting the relief of pain
The Grand-Pa Art Competition, celebrating the 90th birthday of Grand-Pa Headache Powders & Tablets, is currently underway on 13 university campuses nationwide. The competition encourages students to visually capture 90 years of fast pain relief, with a R10 000 cash prize up for grabs. Heribert Voss, GM and VP Consumer Healthcare Southern Africa, eagerly awaits submission of the final art pieces. “We're really excited to see the quality of work which we're sure will pour in over the next few weeks”, he says, “Grand-Pa is a brand with a long history in South Africa, and we are interested to see what kind of art will be produced to honour this legacy”.
Sports drink makes SA comeback
Isostar, one of Europe's leading sports nutrition drinks, has been brought back to South Africa by family-owned business Pharmaceutical Enterprises. The new Isostar range is available initially through Dischem stores nationwide and includes products for the high performance athlete, as well as people who exercise for recreational or health reasons.
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Sales | | Seeing a prospect who isn't interested
[Richard Mulvey] How do you get to see the customer when he has already got a supplier and is not interested in changing?
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| | | Tenth Business Day/BASA Awards winners
Companies making innovative and effective use of arts sponsorship were recognised at the 10th Annual Business Day/BASA Awards for business sponsors of the arts earlier this week, sponsored by Anglo American. The awards were presented by Zanele Mbeki, following an address by Evita Bezuidenhout.
Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs look to soccer passion and skill - SAIL
Vodacom Challenge inaugural winners Orlando Pirates and defending champions Kaizer Chiefs will be put to the test by the English Premiership side Tottenham Hotspur, when this year's popular tournament takes place 21 – 28 July 2007.
Enabling marathon dreams
Imperial Car Rental celebrates 20 years of sponsoring the Comrades Marathon this year and its strategy includes supporting more Grassroot runners, some of which are disabled. “Three are blind and one is deaf,” comments Imperial MD Dawn Jones. “We enable their dream with financial and logistical assistance.”
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| | | Vodacom enters pay-TV market
Vodacom announced yesterday, Sunday, 10 June 2007, that it has formalised its entry into the broadcasting and multimedia market through securing an exclusive pay-TV agency agreement with MultiChoice. Vodacom and non-Vodacom customers have a choice between two DStv Select bouquets, each offering a variety of the latest entertainment, news, sports, movies, documentaries and music channels.
On Digital Media commits to skills transfer
At the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa's (ICASA) hearing earlier this week into the granting of of Pay-TV licences, On Digital Media (ODM) said it intended to introduce and use new and existing skills and technology in South Africa to deliver a cost-effective African broadcasting solution that will provide affordable choice to the SA population and accommodate its cultural diversity.
SABC takes on CNBC Africa, Al Jazeera
Last night, Thursday, 7 June 2007, saw the soft-launch of SABC News International, a channel with a Pan-African focus aimed at providing an African perspective on domestic and international stories. Airing at 6pm, the launch included live feeds from SABC's six international bureaux in Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Washington, Brussels, New York, Senegal and Nigeria.
SABC Education honoured at international festival
The US International Film and Video Festival recently honoured It's for Life and Tsha Tsha with five awards this year. The festival, founded in 1967, is one of the world's leading international events devoted exclusively to the recognition of outstanding business, television, documentary, educational, entertainment, industrial and informational productions.
Positive reaction for Al Jazeera – Nigel Parsons
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] After months of media speculation and denials, Al Jazeera English has finally arrived in South Africa. Bizcommunity.com asked its MD, Nigel Parsons, to share his thoughts about what many misinformed western analysts call the ‘dark' continent. Barely a week after the channel began broadcasting here, there is a huge positive reaction from viewers who speak about ‘something different from what they used to see'.
Arbitrator rules in favour of SABC
Earlier this week, the arbitrator in the SABC/PSL dispute issued a judgement or determination on the SABC's application to amend the ambit of the dispute to include the question that the PSL has been negotiating in bad faith. The PSL opposed the application and legal argument was conducted on 28 May 2007 and judgement was reserved.
The return of Idols
After a one-year absence South African Idols is back on M-Net, with auditions kicking off in Johannesburg on 23 June 2007. “This reality format is incredibly successful all over the world and during the past year viewers have begged us to bring back a local version,” says Carl Fischer, head of M-Net's Original Productions.
The edge of human limits
Later this month will see the launch of e.tv's I Shouldn't Be Alive, which puts viewers in the heart of the moment, as survivors of death-defying ordeals relive their experiences at the edge of human limits – and the moment of truth that kept them alive.
CNBC – global outlook, African flavour - CNBC Africa
More and more there is an acceptance that we live in a global village, and that much of what happens in the world will affect what happens locally. “To understand, therefore, what is happening locally, it is necessary for the media to track global trends and interpret them for local use,” says Peter Ndoro, Head of Corporate Communications at CNBC Africa.
African business gets a boost - CNBC Africa
One of NEPAD's ideals is to halt the marginalisation of Africa in the globalisation process and enhance its full and beneficial integration into the global economy. Encouraging and promoting African business is one of the cornerstones of this ideal, and new entrant into the business news market, CNBC Africa, is planning to do just that.
Welcome, CNBC Africa! - CNBC Africa
The fledgling democracy at the southern tip of the African continent is about to take another step towards going global. On 1 June 2007, CNBC Africa, the first 24-hour, live international business channel in sub-Saharan Africa, began broadcasting from Johannesburg, South Africa.
Behind the scenes at CNBC Africa - CNBC Africa
On 1 June 2007, CNBC Africa, the first 24-hour, live international business channel in sub-Saharan Africa, began broadcasting from Johannesburg, South Africa.
Competitor for MultiChoice in Africa
The new Pay-TV service GTV, which initially launches in east Africa later this month but will eventually be available across the continent, will be competing with MultiChoice, reports IOL Technology. For more, click here.
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| | Forums | | | The size and value of the youth market in South AfricaI am looking for information about the size and value of the youth market in South Africa. What is your view? | | Where to study a short course in journalism?I'm in PR profession and would like to do a short course in journalism. Does anyone have any info on where one can do a three-month course, specifically research and writing? What is your view? | | Finding your Mojo!Now after a couple of years in the Industry, well working in the corporate sector(+/-5 years), how do you keep the fire burning? How do you manage to produce quality work that is cutthroat (graphic) design? What is your view? | | More... Submit a Forum | | |
| | Accounts | | | ABSA two in a row for Currin't Events - more info | | Pump Brand Ideas has been appointed new creative communications partner for Equinox. | | Armstrong PR awarded account for international premier spa cosmetic range - more info | | New account gains for Sub urban - more info | | N/M/D Advertising have been appointed to work on a campaign for Extreme Adventures. | | Fujitsu, LR Group and Sandton Aesthetic Institute join Trinitas stable - more info | | Red Nail appointed as below-the-line agency for Nedbank retail - more info | | More... Submit a New account | | |
| | People | | | Tyson Properties has appointed Kevin Botha as advertising and marketing manager. | | Andrew "Tank" Lanning makes the move to online - more info | | Five new appointments for Ramsay, Son and Parker - more info | | Red Cherry announces three new appointments - more info | | Exciting new appointments at The Refinery - more info | | East Coast Radio makes two new appointments - more info | | New appointments at Mediaedge:cia - more info | | Jamie Robertson has been appointed as a sales executive at iLogic. | | Bertus Kriel steps up the Primedia @ Home ladder - more info | | 8 Ink Media appoints Johannesburg business manager - more info | | Two new appointments at ORD - more info | | More... Submit a Person | | |
| | Events to diarise | HTML and Dreamweaver MX Vega The Brand Communications School - Cape Town, 11 June
This eight-session course encompasses the basics of HTML and websites through to owning a site and consolidating your work in Dreamweaver. | | | Photoshop CS3 full course Access International - Cape Town, 11 June
In this comprehensive Photoshop CS3 course you will get to know the work area, work with Adobe Bridge, learn how to do basic and advanced photo corrections and retouching and learn how to work with selections etc. | | | Customer care Primeserv HR Solutions - Ferndale, Randburg, 11 June
At the end of this two-day programme learners will be able to collect and record information queries and requests from customers, handle a range of customer complaints etc. | | | How to create and maintain your own website Eridge Marketing - Randburg, 12 June
In this three-day course you will not only learn how to create your own website, but also know how to do your own maintenance and you get your own domain name. | | | Writing and presenting reports and proposals Institute for the Advancement of Journalism - Johannesburg, 12 June
This highly practical four-day course facilitated by expert trainers will equip you to work your idea into a convincing format and present it effectively enabling you to sell it. | | | ACCPAC media and hospitality seminar Acctech - Johannesburg, 13 June / Cape Town, 20 June
Understand the breadth of customers to better target and cross-sell across all publications and manage your loyalty programmes with integrated web self-service and inquiry handling etc. with this one-day course. | | | MPASA launches new brand Magazine Publishers Association of South Africa - Cape Town, 15 June / Johannesburg, 22 June
Patricia Scholtemeyer, chairperson of the Magazine Publishers Association of South Africa invites you to join us at a luncheon presentation as we celebrate the unveiling of MPASA's new and dynamic corporate identity. | | | Cape Town Book Fair 2007 The Cape Town Book Fair - Cape Town, 16 June
The fair will host exhibitions by publishers from Africa, Europe, the United Kingdom and elsewhere with more than 470 events including readings, book launches, panel discussions and seminars. | | | Create and maintain your own website crash-course Eridge Marketing - Randburg, 16 June
In this weekend crash-course you will not only learn how to create your own website, but also know how to do your own maintenance and get your very own domain name. | | | Revit short course Greenside Design Center - Johannesburg, 18 June
After completing the course you will be able to produce working drawings with proper documentation. i.e create and modify different types of walls, doors and windows, create and use dimensions and constraints to control object positioning etc. | | |
| | Upcoming events | Managing marketing assets USB Executive Development Ltd - Cape Town, 11 June Professional selling skills Achieveglobal - Bryanston, 11 June Intensive filmmaking course The Excellent Film School - Johannesburg, 11 June Adobe Flash Concept Interactive - Cape Town, 11 June Marketing planning using a business simulation IMM Graduate School of Marketing - Johannesburg, 11 June Events management IMM Graduate School of Marketing - Durban, 11 June Kickstart - Adobe® Photoshop CS3 Friends of Design - Academy of Digital Arts - Cape Town, 11 June Web design - programming and content Friends of Design - Academy of Digital Arts - Cape Town, 11 June HTML and Dreamweaver MX Vega The Brand Communications School - Cape Town, 11 June Photoshop CS3 full course Access International - Cape Town, 11 June | More... Submit an event | | |
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| Senior Copywriter - Cape Town
Ideal opportunity for a senior copywriter with great TTL experience to work in a rapidly growing small studio. You will partner the creative director and lead and guide junior teams. read more
| Advertising Consultant - Houghton
Advertising sales person required for Profile's Stock Exchange Handbook and other titles. Good basic plus commission. Experienced consultant comfortable with listed company directors. read more
| Production Manager - Johannesburg
Experienced in through-the-line production (at least three years). Take jobs from brief to completion, ensure optimal quality, meet deadlines, be on budget. Print, collateral, interactive and electronic media. read more
| Web Designer – Middle-weight - Cape Town
A great opportunity to stretch both your creative front-end and basic coding skills in an upmarket, trendy environment. Online portfolio, Freehand, Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML. read more
| Copywriter BTL/CRM - Cape Town
Have a fabulous opportunity for a wordsmith with an understanding of consumer behaviour and direct marketing principles, to join a conceptually driven BTL agency in Cape Town. read more
| Mild-weight Designer - Meville
Wanted - ground-breaking web and graphic designer with experience (a must) to fill mid position. Can you design a logo, web (Flash and html), magazines, illustrate? If so then join us now! read more
| Mid-senior Designer - Rivonia
Are you a young, dynamic designer with industry experience? Want to be exposed to all types of design and creative challenges with a top notch TTL agency? read more
| Junior Designer - Ndabeni
GetIt seeks two junior designers to complete its magazine layout department on a number of community lifestyle magazines. Applicants must be hard-working, meticulous and able to work under pressure. read more
| Marketing and Communications Consultant - Sandton
A leading global corporate travel management company is in search of a marketing and communications consultant to join the department's team. Individuals that are exceptional need only apply. read more
| Translators - Johannesburg North
Is Afrikaans your home language? Do you love the magazine industry? If yes then read on. read more
| Journalist - Ndabeni
GetIt community magazine wants bright, enthusiastic and talented journalists with interests in the pillars of its lifestyle-based editorial in the neighbourhoods it covers - city bowl and Atlantic seaboard, southern and northern suburbs. read more
| Sub-editor - Ndabeni
GetIt is looking for an experienced part-time sub-editor with meticulous attention to detail and excellent first-language English skills to sub and proof its community magazines. read more
| Middle-weight Designer - Northern Johannesburg
Mid-weight, experienced versatile designer wanted for well-respected communication design company. All aspects of design and branding on blue chip accounts. Excercise creative thought, apply creative talent, win some awards. read more
| Marketing Operations Manager - Johannesburg North
Our progressive, fast-growing client requires a management consultant with experience in processes, people and technology with enablement to take up a permanent role. read more
| Retail Business Partner - Cape Town/Durban/PE
Outstanding opportunities in fashion for ambitious, driven, entrepreneurial leaders, to establish a career with the most dynamic clothing retail group in the country. read more
| Area Sales Business Manager - FMCG - Johannesburg North
Area sales business manager FMCG required to join a dynamic team in Johannesburg north. read more
| Strategic Planner - Cape Town
Our client, a well-established creative agency, has a brilliant opportunity in their Cape Town office for a strategic planner to join their highly committed team. read more
| PHP and MySQL Developer - Cape Town
PHP and MySQL programmer required for a London-based, international legal firm. R100,000 pa. and international travel provided. Our office will be based in Cape Town. read more
| 3D Animator and Compositor - Middle-weight - Bryanston
Ontwerp is a collective of individuals comprised of designers, animators, illustrators and vfx artists. Functioning primarily as a design, animation and vfx production house based in Bryanston, South Africa. read more
| Art Director/Copywriter Team - Cape Town Only
We have been asked to find a talented junior to middle-weight art director/copywriter team for a good retail ad agency working for a really talented and energetic creative group head. read more
| Middle-weight Book Designer - Cape Town
My publishing company client is looking to employ a middle-weight book designer. This is an interesting and varied position, working for a company that really looks after its people. read more
| Client Services Representative - Central Gauteng
Ticketconnection a powerful, young dynamic company is looking for area managers who are self-motivated and ready to create a future for themselves. read more
| Radio Portfolio Sales Manager - Johannesburg
Maximise sales revenue and increase market share for various radio brands in the Limpopo region, grow market share within the radio industry etc. read more
| Visual Studio .Net Developer - Houghton - Johannesburg
Parity Software, Gold Microsoft Partner, is looking for a .Net Visual Studio Developer with SQL skills for their Joburg.co.za website. Experience or degree preferable. Great environment. read more
| Category/Channel Development Manager – FMCG - AA - Johannesburg North
Multinational FMCG manufacturer requires a category/channel sales development manager to develop and manage category strategies across channels and customers. Directly implement category and brand plans etc. read more
| Traffic Manager - Cape Town
Large, busy and successful agency requires an experienced, resilient and highly effective traffic manager to join their creative team. A minimum of five years trafficking management experience esential. read more
| Sales Executive - Counrtywide
Excellent sales reps wanted by a 20 year old magazine brand in the "black diamonds" industry. Work with a dynamic, young, energetic team of self-motivated professionals. read more
| Editor - IT/Business Magazine - Rivonia
ITWeb requires a creative thinker, with a passion for magazine editing and the ICT industry, to edit its flagship monthly IT business magazine, Brainstorm. read more
| Web Designer - Cape Town
Web designer needed, must be super talented, super creative and super eager. read more
| Proofreader - Cape Town
One of our clients with an emphasis on packaging design is looking for a very careful, meticulous proofreader with zero tolerance for typos, spelling errors and the like. read more
| Account Manager - Houghton
Experienced account manager required for top SA PR company. Must be a hard worker, good writer, well organised and able to apply strong PR skills across a variety of industries. read more
| Functions Co-ordinator - Dunkeld
A leading residential property company is looking for a functions co-ordinator who will be responsible for the planning, organisation, set-up and breakdown of all internal/external company functions. read more
| 2IC Strategic Planning - TTL Ad Agency - Rivonia
A superb opportunity for a dynamic strategic professional to join the exco team of an award-winning TTL agency. A young team of highly committed advertising professionals. read more
| Operations Director - Johannesburg
Full operational function, including commercial, marketing and logistics functions. Relevant qualification, board-level experience, must have a played a strategic role at board-level. read more
| Financial Director - Johannesburg
Financial management function within a local subsidiary of an international company associated with the printing industry. Qualified CA, experience at director/board-level, international reporting experience. read more
| Sales Strategist/Media Planning - Johannesburg
Analyse campaigns and recommend strategic and tactical changes to maximise campaign performance. Media planning diploma. 2-3 years planning experience. TGI, AMPS Groupwise. read more
| Flash Programmer Freelance - Countrywide
Flash, Flash, Flash. We at Yellow Lizard are looking for a passionate freelance flash designer who can commit to and meet deadlines with high quality work. read more
| Marketing and Event Administrator - Rosebank
A vibrant, organised and energetic young person who is capable of dealing with clients, managing marketing campaigns and administering corporate events and able to spot business opportunities. read more
| Flash Multimedia Designer - Johannesburg
A well-established company is looking for a talented Flash multimedia designer with good design skills. Must be skilled in CS2. read more
| Research Assistant - Junior Media Planner - Johannesburg
Dynamic, young, media planner/market researcher required for leading broadcast house. Media planning diploma. 1-2 years planning/research experience. Telmar, TGI, Dynamix. BEE position. read more
| Sales Representative - Johannesburg and Pretoria
Food manufacturing and distributing company looking for female sales representative aged 23-26 years. Must be well-disciplined, presentable, bilingual, have own reliable transport and be capable to work under pressure. read more
| Graphic Designer - Sunninghill
Dynamic graphic designer required to join small design agency in Sunninghill. We offer good growth opportunities and financial reward. Make your mark with us. read more
| Human Resources Officer - Johannesburg
Leading company in radio advertising sales requires HR officer, minimum two years experience with post-matric qualification in HR. Flexible, above average negotiation skills, knowledge of HR-related legislation. read more
| Copywriter - Green Point - Cape Town
94.5 Kfm and 567 CapeTalk are seeking a copywriter to conceptualise and write live and recorded commercials, competitions and promotions. To start asap. read more
| Sales Representative - Cape Town
SA’s leading daily online marketing news resource is looking to expand its sales force. If you like and understand online and are passionate, energetic and motivated, we need your services. read more
| Online Media Sales Assistant - Cape Town
Candidate must be female, age 23 to 26 years. Must be presentable, confident and friendly with an enthusiastic nature. Must have own reliable transport. read more
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