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The Loerie Awards 2009
 The Loeries Travelling Exhibition, which showcases the winning work from the awards, will make its first stop of the year at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) from 7 to 14 March 2009. Read more >>
Marketing & Media
 [Naseem Javed] Why our world suddenly became a massive junkyard, crowded with junky-ideas on junky-promises with junky-finances, is now where brand new corporate philosophies and structures will harshly collide with the wide range of old business models. Read more >>
Marketing
 SABC, as the official broadcaster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, has embarked on an awareness campaign to promote its involvement in the sporting event. SABC Content Enterprises, together with The MediaShop, has compiled a holistic marketing drive, which sees Joburg's Metrobus selected as the premier alternative medium. Read more >>
Advertising
[Dave Mac] Traditionally we were taught to believe that you get what you pay for. This has been turned on its head recently and savvy advertisers are realising that sometimes free equals high quality content read by a targeted, engaged audience. Read more >>
 The Loerie Awards 2009 is introducing two new awards this year, for promoting the production of non-English radio advertising and the creative use of paper. Entries open on Monday, 16 March 2009, and brand communications industry agencies from Africa, the Middle East, and surrounding island regions have until 15 May to submit their finest work from the past year. Read more >>
Framptons reunion party correctionIt seems that even the brightest and the best aren't immune to the occasional human frailty. The Framptons reunion party for ex-Framptonians and DDBers, which was to have been held at Primi Piatti in Rivonia, Johannesburg, has been moved to the News Cafe as the former establishment has closed down. The date and time - 12 March 2009, at noon - remain unchanged. The organisers apologise for the confusion.
Facebook is taking a second swing at online classified ads, teaming up with Oodle to launch a classified section that combines selling with the more social aspects that Facebook's users have grown accustomed to. How Facebook will make money from them is still to be determined, however. Read more >>
Are advertising agencies in South Africa taking advantage of talking head show reels to promote the quality and breadth of their services? It seems that their agency counterparts in the UK have been doing this effectively for some years, according to the AAR Group, which handles client/agency relationships. Read more >>
 Starcom SA was awarded bronze for its dunhill Fragrances media strategy, as well as gaining a finalist position for its Beechies strategy at the first annual International Awards for Media Innovation. Read more >>
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 ChilliBush Communications, a full-service communications agency, has launched a sumptuous new promotion for the ANAT Falafel & Shwarma franchise. Using a variety of communication platforms the company aims to bring the Anat brand to even higher levels of market recognition. Read more >>
 [Dr Nikolaus Eberl] Paris is romance, New York is energy, Milan is style, Tokyo is modernity, Washington is power, Barcelona is culture, and Rio is fun. Many times, a city brand is reduced to a single attribute in the mind of the global audience, and the brand is the context in which messages and news are received. Read more >>
TNS and Research International combine strengths to become world leader in custom research. Read more >>
Cinema
Director Clint Eastwood and stars Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon have begun production on a major new Warner Bros. film on location in South Africa. Read more >>
CRM
 [Johann Engelbrecht] The fact that Gartner predicted that worldwide Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software revenue would grow by 14% in 2008 doesn't surprise me. The consumer thinking is deeply penetrating businesses of all sizes and the interest in extending CRM applications and strategies into communities and social media is spiralling. Read more >>
Advertisement: [Jeff McCall] It's going to be a tough year as we all try to lift ourselves out of this economic funk we're in. Retailers can help lift their prospects with some well-planned strategic moves to attract new customers and retain existing ones. Listening to your customers can help you focus your efforts. Read more >>
CSI
Top achievers in the Rainbow Maths and Science Incubator Programme, administered by Star Schools, were recognised at an award ceremony held at the Mpumalanga College of Education in Hammarsdale at the end of February 2009. Read more >>
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The South African Blog Awards are designed to showcase the very best of SA blogs. Nominations for the fifth annual awards are now open, and will close on 1 April 2009, so put your best blogs forward, now. Read more >>
 [Matthew Buckland] One of the key viral elements of content websites, such as news sites, are the “email to a friend” links you see on many articles. But they're also an outdated viral element. Read more >>
Eventing |  |
Levi's Vintage Sundays begin in Joburg in MayLevis Vintage Sundays have changed Sunday night from wind down to get up and dance with the best local bands pumping out their home-grown sounds, countrywide and in the past five years there have been 160 shows all over the country - all of them totally free. Now the event is about to enter its sixth year in May, 2009, and the line-up is: 3 May - Karen Zoid, Josie Field, Laurie Levine; 10 May - Kwani Experience and Pops Mohamed, Tumi Molekane;17 May - 340ml: Bongeziwe, Apple Ann; and 24 May - Prime Circle: Shadow Club. Start times will be announced soon.
Advertisement: Have you ever worked with, or alongside, one of the ad industry's finest dodgy characters? Are you an ex-Framptonian and/or DDB'er? If so, the reunion party on Thursday, 12 March 2009, at noon at News Café, Rivonia, Johannesburg, is the place to be. Read more >>
 The Black Light Theatre of Prague is bringing Life is Life, its madcap ultra-violet cartoon spectacular, to Johannesburg in March. Read more >>
Magazines |  |
 Popular Mechanics writer Sean Woods recently took top prize in the Siemens Profile Awards, a competition open to technology journalists across Africa. He beat more than 300 other entrants from 10 countries with an article titled A load of gas, describing the operation and benefits of biogas digesters. Read more >>
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 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) last week launched a new website to promote its Ethical Journalism Initiative (EJI) campaign about making core values of journalism an integral part in today's media worldwide. Read more >>
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The role of the media in the fight against climate change came under the spotlight at the 2009 National Climate Change Summit this week in Johannesburg. “We want the media to come on board and assist us in creating awareness and providing us with suggestions and useful ideas,” Roopa Singh, environmental affairs and tourism (DEAT) deputy director of content management, told Bizcommunity.com. Read more >>
 [Tshepiso Seopa] The national broadcaster reacted to media reports that it is financially strapped, cannot pay its creditors and is under liquidation by holding a press briefing at its head offices in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, yesterday, Thursday, 5 March 2009. Read more >>
Mindshare receives Internationalist awardsMindshare South Africa received a Silver and a Bronze in The Internationalist magazine awards in February 2009, for Innovation in Media for M-Net's Ugly Betty and KFC's Variety campaigns, respectively. The award took place on February 17, 2009. The awards recognise international examples of best practices as media takes a leadership role in the complex world of marketing strategy. Mindshare South Africa is part of the global Mindshare network. Advertising Age, a US marketing and media magazine, on March 2, 2009 named Mindshare Global as Media Agency of the Year.
[Dave Mac] The rise of the ‘free-zine' - a quality publication distributed free of charge and paid for by advertising - combines into a single package the benefits of both digital and print publishing. In this two-part series, I will take a look at what exactly a free-zine is, and then consider why it is an extremely valuable vehicle for advertisers today. Read more >>
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 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] Samsung Electronics has showcased six of its 11 new devices it is planning to release in two weeks, reaching a multimedia and style milestone and strengthening its leadership in the premium full-touch market. The devices, which include a waterproof cellphone and a high definition (HD) handset, were launched in South Africa yesterday, Thursday 5 March 2009, at the Peech Hotel in Johannesburg. Read more >>
MTN has announced the acquisition of Verizon Business South Africa, and from 1 March 2009, Verizon Business South Africa began trading as MTN Business. This follows the unconditional approval of the transaction from the Competition Tribunal earlier this year. Read more >>
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Two of South Africa's most established newspaper brands - The Herald, the country's oldest newspaper, and the Weekend Post - are launching a new web platform today, Monday, 9 March 2009, as part of efforts to grow their audience - and get closer to them. Read more >>
Soccer-Laduma is No2 after Sunday TimesSoccer-Laduma remains the second biggest weekly newspaper in the country according to the recently released Audit Bureau of Circulation figures for October to December 2008. With a circulation of 312,659 the newspaper is second only to the Sunday Times. It is also the third biggest newspaper overall in the country, following the Sunday Times and the Daily Sun. Rapport has the fourth biggest circulation in the country.
The new World Association of Newspapers Power of Print Conference, coming up in May 2009, will see speakers from Australia and South Africa making presentations on their experiences in, among others, curing ad revenue blues, and growing South Africa's largest daily newspaper. Read more >>
Production
 The recent Oscar Awards yielded many winners and among them was French-based Transvideo, designers and manufacturers of LCD monitors and motion picture electronic equipment. Read more >>
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 [Roger Hislop] Once upon a time - a better time, a wonderful time, a time of big fat juicy magazines and hefty newspapers that landed with a satisfying thud on your doorstep - PR agencies could get the results they needed to keep the clients happy, and pick up a healthy cheque every month. Read more >>
Hayward's Safaris appoints Marcus Brewster PublicityVIP eventing specialist Hayward's Safaris has appointed Marcus Brewster Publicity as PR agency, with effect from March 4, 2009. Hayward's Safaris organises and manages product launches, travel incentives, strategic corporate breakaways and bosberade right up to weddings and one-of-a kind luxury tented holiday expeditions. For more information, go to http://www.haywardsafaris.com.
Firehouse Communications wins big-name accountsPR agency The Firehouse Communications says it has added four new clients to its list since the beginning of 2009. “Mutual & Federal initially signed on for corporate PR; since January we've been assigned to handle their consumer PR as well. I am also extremely proud to announce that we have been working in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers on their corporate PR since the start of this year,” announced Sandy Greaves-Campbell, MD of The Firehouse Communications. UPS, the largest express carrier and package delivery company in the world, signed with the agency in February, and Inspiration Office, specialists in the design of office space and furniture, will be joining the client list from March.
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 The lucky winner of R50 000 in the 10 Second Challenge on OFM is Des Williams from Bloemfontein. The challenge was won on the Mambo Jumbo show with Rian last week. Read more >>
 South African fans of Hollywood will now be able to keep up with the latest news and gossip - because hugely popular international entertainment and broadcasting icon Ryan Seacrest will be broadcasting his show to South Africa, 7pm -10pm, on two Primedia Broadcasting radio stations. Read more >>
 Good Hope FM has appointed Natano Brache as its new station manager with effect from Monday, 2 March 2009. Brache returns to the station where he started his career as DJ, producer and programme compiler. Read more >>
Teenagers don't listen to radio in the same way that adults do. SAARF's one-off Teen RAMS survey shows some interesting radio-listening trends for teens aged 13 to 15 and identifies the most popular radio stations. Read more >>
Research |  |
The recently released South African research study, supplychainforesight for 2009 claims to clearly demonstrate that one major impact of the recession on multinational South African-based businesses is that they are radically revising their commitment to global sourcing, manufacturing - and even distribution of product. Read more >>
[Daniel Okubo] A study produced by a leading UK-based research company shows that enterprises in the Benelux and Nordic countries, and Australia, are the most confident about their future. In many other nations, however, companies are taking a far more conservative approach to weathering the current financial crisis. Read more >>
It's official: Men are ‘more complicated' than ever before. Read more >>
Retail
The inaugural MasterCard Worldwide Index of Consumer Purchasing Priorities finds consumers are realising the importance of saving. Read more >>
Sponsorship
 Novare Actuaries and Consultants, the South African implemented investment consulting firm, has boosted its contribution to the development of the country's wine industry by making available additional funds to recognise wine-making excellence, while also investing in agricultural skills development. Read more >>
 The Shoprite Group, together with broadcast partner SABC2, is cancelling the sponsorship of the Woman of the Year Awards, following the retailer's announcement this morning, Wednesday, 4 March 2009, that it is launching a feeding programme aimed at assisting South Africa's poorest communities. The group says it will be using the resources usually set aside for hosting the awards as project funding. Read more >>
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 Nickelodeon Africa is planning activities in 2009 to highlight the channels appeal to consumers and businesses in southern Africa. Plans for 2009 include the launch of on- and off-air marketing opportunities for brands and companies targeting kids aged 2 - 14. Read more >>
In the past two months Township TV has gone live in Alexandra and Ivory Park. This week, March 2, 2009, it launched in Joubert Park. Read more >>
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Design Indaba 2009
 The desire to design and share a better future, and empower through technology, reigns supreme in the winning entries of the South and Most Beautiful Object in South Africa awards. Read more >>
Marketing & Media
 Egg Marketing & Communications has just launched Africa's first family and children's industry platform, Chirp Network. Read more >>
Marketing
Some of the best business ideas and many great global brands were born during the recession of the early 1970's, proving that tough times can be turned into profitable times. And with marketing being such an important factor in business today, here are ten ways of beating the tough times. Read more >>
Advertising
 Regardless of the economy the need to animation and design continues, and is possibly heightened as companies look for the best and most talented. The general rule of employment in times of economic downturn remains true - top talent will be sought after more. Read more >>
 A strong idea and a simple message is sometimes all it takes to make a memorable spot. Check out the surprising new Hyundai H1 commercial, also recently featured on BestAdsOnTV.com. Specialists in GG, Wicked Pixels show they are comfortable with performance too. Read more >>
PEP Stores, together with Zoom Advertising, swept the 2009 Sunday Times Marketing Excellence Awards with a Gold medal in the category ‘Brand Marketing Campaign of the Year' and also triumphed by winning the overall Grand Prix prize for the PEP repositioning campaign in Generations, the popular TV soapie. Read more >>
Branding
 [Anthony Swart] Anthony Swart, CEO of The Brand Union, looks at the economic downturn as it effects three industries: FMCG, motor and financial services. He argues that our perceptions of the industries themselves is, of necessity, different and that our perception of financial services could be critical. Read more >>
South African banks are coming under increasing pressure to communicate with their customers using documents that are transparent, easy to understand and free from jargon and 'small print'. That's according to Simplified, a Johannesburg-based plain-language training and consultancy firm. Read more >>
Talk2Us has opened a representative office in Singapore which will be headed by Roy Vesty, a senior trainer, marketer and sales professional with experience in various industries throughout Africa and Europe. Read more >>
Three new key appointments are part of Interbrand Sampson's increased activities throughout Africa. Read more >>
When the final whistle is blown on at the 2010 FIFA World Cup will the president of the world's largest sports brand, Joseph Blatter, be able to reiterate his summary of the 2006 event that it was "the best World Cup of all time"?. Read more >>
CRM
Jack Daniel's Auction House is a central online presence that engages, unites and rewards Jack Daniel's consumers for simply doing what they do best: being a loyal friend of Jack Daniel's. Read more >>
Digital
The key to a great digital event is not just the fun and networking that takes place, but the calibre of speakers who will be sharing their learnings and insights with you. Here is a sneak preview of The Habari Media Digital Symposium line-up. Read more >>
It is with much anticipation and excitement that Spirit formally launched its Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Web Marketing division on March 1, 2009. This new division promises to be a brilliant addition to Spirit's current result-driven digital offering. Read more >>
 Since the official launch of World Wide Creative's Johannesburg branch in August last year, the world's most talented digital agency** has not rested in its quest to conquer the City of Gold. Read more >>
 Digicape has been awarded the Top Adobe/Comztek Creative Solutions Partner and Certificate of Appreciation as an Adobe Creative Solutions Partner for 2008. Read more >>
 A completely integrated digital home is not futuristic fiction, it's a reality, its here, and its will make a significant difference to every aspect of your life. A digital home offers a world of comfort, entertainment, social interaction, fantasy, security and time saving solutions. Read more >>
Drive-by-download components dominate February's list of Top Ten E-Threats, according to BitDefender. These drive-by-download components are atomic bits of malware strung together like a "daisy-chain" by malware creators. Each "atom" represents another attempt by cybercriminals to compromise the security of a user's system. Read more >>
The cream of the digital technology crop, including a number of major international brands, will be exhibiting at the DigitalLife Expo, which takes place from 27 - 29 March at the Sandton Convention Centre. Read more >>
Direct Marketing
Promotion and tactical direct marketing specialist Habari Direct has upgraded its Personal Assistance (PA) team with qualified new personnel and state-of-the-art call-centre technology in a bid to ensure that client campaigns run efficiently and effectively, from start to finish. Read more >>
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Creative inspiration company, HeadSpark, is pulling out all the stops to help aspiring authors write the books they've always dreamed of writing, and to get them published, too. Read more >>
In today's fast-paced corporate environment, a professional who falls short on the ability to present effectively, actually starts out at a crippling disadvantage. In fact, no matter how good your idea is - if you can't present it effectively - you simply can't sell it. Read more >>
 After months of planning, the team at Engen, in collaboration with The Learning Theatre, embarked on a four-week road show across the country. In an effort to communicate their Big 5 Values, Engen decided to use a 30-minute Industrial Theatre Intervention entitled "The Dream". Read more >>
Eventing
Are you interested in doing business in Africa and Kenya in particular; here is the perfect platform for you and your company. Join us at the Intra-Africa Business Executive Breakfast Meeting, from 07h30 until 11h30 on Thursday, 26 March 2009 at the newly launched Radisson Blu hotel, Sandton. Read more >>
 Take a 150kg block of ice, a chainsaw, some chisels, a die grinder, some serious sweat and you will have a spectacle to remember. Ice Art held a stand at Cavendish Bridal Fair where live carving demonstrations were serious crowd pleasers. Read more >>
 In October last year Flying Pigs handled the relaunch of Design Square in Brooklyn, Pretoria. The project went off so well, that in January this year they were booked again for two weekends, and then promptly contracted to handle all the entertainment at the centre for the next six months. Read more >>
 Think modern, think chic, think stylish... The newly opened Radisson Blu Hotel in Sandton, the upmarket business and shopping hub of Johannesburg, definitely deserves each of its five stars. Read more >>
 Bobbie Skinstad, Robbie Fleck and Ron Rutland were sitting in a pub in Bangkok a year ago and decided over a few beers that they would like to host the first ever Cape Town Ten's rugby tournament and so the dream was born. Read more >>
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 An exhibition stand speaks volumes about its sponsor. An eye-catching, functional exhibition stand makes a declaration that creates a memorable impression on everybody visiting the space. Meetings Africa (25-27 February 2009), proved an ideal medium through which this potential for creating memorable brand experiences could be leveraged. Read more >>
 The Exhibitions and Events Association of Southern Africa (EXSA) has appointed Karen Calitz as the Association's new General Manager. Read more >>
 Heidi Warricker, MD of Biz Events, organiser of the continent's biggest boat and boating lifestyle show, The National Boat Show, featuring the Dive Expo, is an avid proponent for continued marketing in the face of economic crisis: “It's an argument that needs to be heard at board level in every company that is serious about survival. " Read more >>
Magazines
 In these days of a global economic crisis it is imperative to be financially literate. For up-to-date and investigative financial and business news, Finweek magazine is the leading financial publication in South Africa. Read more >>
Mobile
[Richard Mullins] Even though the big numbers are there and the big strategies are being talked about, mobile advertising is in its infancy. It is held back by disparate technologies and an inability to effectively track marketing return on investment. Read more >>
Newspapers
 The daily isiZulu newspaper, Isolezwe, is promoting a Zulu poetry competition as it aims to keep this vibrant African language alive and thriving in a pure, unadulterated form. Read more >>
Online Media
The Online Publishers Association (OPA), South Africa's independent representative body for online publishers recently appointed its 2009 Executive Committee. Read more >>
ITWeb, the technology news leader, has launched Africa's first dedicated daily defence and security news service. Read more >>
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 John Withers (Art Director) and Theo Egbers (Copywriter) of The Jupiter Drawing Room have been selected by members of the Creative Circle as the recipients of the annual Street Pole Ads Cannes Award. Their winning Ugly Betty campaign, submitted on behalf of Musica, secures them an all-expenses-paid trip to Cannes in June this year. Read more >>
 Are you passing though the airport or have you been through the domestic departures at O.R. Tambo recently? Tired of having nothing to do while waiting for your flights? Next time you are there make sure you talk to one of the Nokia Experts just past the boarding gates. Read more >>
Printing
For the 12th successive year, global paper producer Sappi will be supporting the annual Design Indaba, highlighting the pivotal role of paper in the creative value chain. Read more >>
 Following the success of the Triple Green product range, Sappi Fine Paper South Africa has added another line extension, Triple Green Embossed to the range. Read more >>
Production
 Brenton Green's television commercial for Draftfcb, "The Dark Side of the Moon", has been selected from thousands of entries worldwide into the Under Commission category for music videos, adverts and TV trailers at the Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart 2009 competition. Read more >>
Public Relations
Your media database should be a public relations tool to inspire great opportunities for media coverage. It should never create inefficiencies by causing you to spend more time checking media details than building media relationships. Read more >>
 You may know PURE Communications - we mostly handle PR and marketing communications in the B2B sector - and more often than not the projects we run are in really complex businesses. But that doesn't mean that we don't like to have fun too! Read more >>
The role of spokespeople was thrown into the spotlight on SAfm recently when a panel of communications professionals engaged in a robust debate around the manipulation of messages. Read more >>
Radio
Algoa FM's .mobi site is up and running and it's on your phone. A successful nine-day launch promotion saw over eight and a half thousand .mobi site visits via cell phone, and almost 55 000 page views. Read more >>
In light of the current economic climate and countless personal challenges that South Africans are faced with on a moral, social and personal level in their lives, East Coast Radio has crossed the threshold of traditional radio promotions to bring their listeners something that is close to home and even closer to their hearts. Read more >>
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 Sparkplugs Placement Agency is a small specialised agency, dedicated to developing a unique understanding of each of our client's specific needs. Read more >>
Research
Market intelligence firm Synovate has released results from a new study on women and financial independence, which found that nearly six in ten (58%) women across 12 diverse countries believe themselves to be financially independent. Read more >>
Brand loyalty is highly sought after by marketers as there is a direct positive relationship between brand loyalty and repetitive buying behaviour which ultimately translates into a larger share of the market. Read more >>
The 2009 SAMRA Education and Training portfolio will be holding its first two events. Although these events run back-to-back, they are aimed at different target groups at the SAMRA offices from 10 - 12 March 2009. Read more >>
South African eye-tracking research company Prompt Research Insights will be hosting Prof Michel Wedel, a world leader in the field of eye-tracking and other modern market research techniques, at a breakfast briefing in Johannesburg during his visit to South Africa in May 2009. Read more >>
Household spending in South Africa is contracting and house prices are falling, while the state of the global economy is an economic tsunami that we surely cannot escape. But is there perhaps some sun shining out of the bottom of the pyramid? Eighty20 will host a breakfast presentation of its ongoing research into the low income market in South Africa. Read more >>
The 2009 SAMRA Conference to be held at the Spier Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, Cape Town on the 28th and 29th of May is already 60% sold out! This is with still three months until the conference open its doors. Read more >>
Retail
Todwil Retail Solutions, a South African company that provides retail marketing solutions, has secured yet another deal to install its locally developed pack delivery systems technology into the United Kingdom's trendiest bars and restaurants. Read more >>
 Natalie du Toit has officially joined the Vital family as a Vital Health Foods Ambassador. Read more >>
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| | Scan Display appoints new directors - more info | | Rod Godlonton to head new EOH division - more info | | Redline appoints new strategic and business development director - more info | | Gail Cameron joins Promise as Brand Operations Executive. | | Claudia Henkel joins Prestige - more info | | Redline strengthens its eventing and sponsorship capability - more info | | Another new face for CANDO Advertising - more info | | More... Submit a Person | | |
| Challenging opportunity for individual with passion and drive as the head of mobile business unit head with a company in Cape Town. Read more >>
| November 1 - a below-the-line branding solutions company in Fourways Johannesburg - seeks to employ a dynamic brand consultant to join the energetic sales team in its Johannesburg office. Read more >>
| Ad operators required for busy online ad management company. Successful candidates will be professional, have excellent written and spoken communication skills and strong computer skills (flash/html). Read more >>
| Innovative media owner Nine Mile Media looking for enthusiastic self-motivated sales executive for position with huge growth potential. If you can sell ice to eskimos apply now! Read more >>
| Popular Mechanics is the leading science and technology magazine for curious minds. We are looking for an experienced adsales executive to manage a portfolio in the Gauteng region. Read more >>
| Code Marketing and Design requires experienced and highly organised individual to manage the administration and finance of the office. Read more >>
| Masters & Savant Cape Town is looking for a strong, conceptual motion designer/designer/illustrator, to complement our team. Work in high-end design for television. Read more >>
| Strategic brand agency, part of a leading global maketing and communications group. Only the cream of the crop will be considered for this brilliant career opportunity. Read more >>
| Leading photo library looking for a picture researcher, to handle search requests from clients in the advertising and publishing industries. Strong visual sense required. Read more >>
| South Africa’s leading home improvement media company is looking for a sales star to sell online advertising. Read more >>
| Fast growing and highly sought after document management company, seeking a very sophisticated business mind to sell their solutions to SME market. Read more >>
| Sell an established medium into record houses and radio stations. Relationship building, account management and new business development. Read more >>
| A rare opportunity to join South Africa's visionary animation group. We're looking for a TV producer to join our award-winning team. Read more >>
| Leading publisher of art books and magazines seeks one medium-weight and one junior designer. Experience in InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Freehand and Microsoft Word and Excel and email. Read more >>
| Are you very, very creative and want the chance to show it off? This is an exciting opportunity for a really creative web designer to join a vibrant advertising agency. Read more >>
| Top electronic media house looking for a marketing executive to work in conjunction with the sales team in preparing presentations and analyzing industry research in order to optimize the clients marketing spend. Read more >>
| Top electronic media house looking for an experienced MSM to lead and drive the team to new levels and focus on the full research, analytical and strategic marketing of campaigns. Read more >>
| Candidate needed with a minimum of one to two years web development experience. Essential experience PHP, HTML, JavaScript and CSS. R12 500 per month. Read more >>
| Exciting opportunity for a sales and marketing manager in the shipping industry. Five years shipping experience a must, excellent sales, communication and interpersonal skills imperative. Salary negotiable depending on experience. Read more >>
| Real Estate Media are looking for an enthusiastic, sales driven person with excellent telesales skills experience. The ideal candidate will be someone who is suitably qualified in a telesales environment. Read more >>
| Sales consultant required to sell advertising space for an outdoor advertising industry. Read more >>
| Label company forming part of a very successful group of companies is looking for a general manager with a bookkeeping/financial back ground to run operations. Read more >>
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Cool Ideas is a large format digital printing company whether its billboards , vehicle wraps or wall art for your offices we cover all aspects of signage and if you require designs we have graphic designers.
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For the last 5 years, Habari Media has been at the forefront of knowledge sharing in the online environment. To this end, Habari has hosted the annual Digital Symposium, which prides itself on presenting non-biased online information to the media and marketing industry.
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