3 Senior Advertising Sales Executive: Cape Town & Johannesburg
The ideal candidate is regarded as a self starter that has the ability to work productively in a team in a competitive environment and who has excellent sales skills. The successful candidate must have weeklies experience, great agency relationships, as well as, excellent relevant direct relationships with advertisers. Good communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to think outside the box are essential. Plus, at least 5 years in an advertising sales environment. Proficiency in Afrikaans will be an added advantage as we are it is a weekly Afrikaans publication.
Reports to: Advertising Manager
Essential Skills
• Articulate and Dynamic
• Highly Organised
• Lateral Thinking
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point
• Proficiency in English and Afrikaans
Areas of Core Competence
• Meeting set advertising targets
• Securing Agency Meetings
• Securing Client Meetings
• Research your clients and market analyses
• Product and industry knowledge
• Good negotiation skills
• Good presentation skills
• Effective communicator
Day to day responsibilities
• Liaising telephonically with direct clients and agencies (as allocated)
• Setting up 6 meetings per week with clients and media planners to present both your product and New Media Publishing.
• Managing your data base of clients.
• Weekly status reports by Friday midday, to the Advertising Manager, detailing previous weeks client activity and possible advertising as well as outlining the up-coming weeks schedule.
• Liaising any advertising sales to traffic with the correct net revenues.
• Sending the relevant internal booking forms, where above-the-line advertising is booked.
• Sending New Media Publishing order forms for client signature where advertorials are booked. In the instance of a client doing business with New Media Publishing for the first time, credit application forms must be sent to client, completed and returned to head office to open an account.
• Capture all bookings on CRM and filing of all necessary documentation both internal and regarding your client patch for easy reference.
• Chasing CI's and ensuring all clients are aware of material deadlines, and where necessary, ensuring material is delivered to New Media Publishing timeously.
• Feedback in internal sales meetings on industry intelligence and your business patch.
• Analysis and in depth knowledge of competitor products
• Comprehensive and thorough leads chasing of adverts / advertorials in competitor brands
• Liaising with your team members in CT / JHB to maintain information flow on your product, the company and the industry
• Accurate Forecasting on your business patch that is being worked on.
• Weekly feedback for project meetings
• Attending a post-mortem analysis when necessary.
• Attending and participating in departmental sales meetings
• Ensuring that all internal administration is fully up to date and accurate (expenses, etc)
• Attending functions on behalf of NMP
• You are responsible for putting together (alongside marketing, Advertising Manager) the presentation of your titles sales story
• Assess and respond to changes in the ABC/ AMPS or other industry research as it affects the title
• Write and revise where necessary the titles sales information
• Initiate ideas for new research and sales tools to be discussed with marketing and agreed with the Advertising Manager.
Duties pertaining to advertorials include:
• Working with creative advertorial themes and coming up with ideas and proposals for clients;
• Briefing Production Team on concept for photography and copy;
• Chasing layouts;
• Final approval on page layouts from clients.
After sales service includes:
• Ensuring all information generated for sales is available at the office in the event of your absence or leaving.
• Sending voucher copies to clients and potential advertisers;
• Maintaining good relationships with all clients and agencies through service, product and industry information and relevant, targeted entertainment.
Please submit your CV to Leon Lottering, New Media e-mail jobs@newmediapub.co.za on or before close of business on 16 April 2012.
New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities in terms of its employment equity guidelines. New Media Publishing reserves the right not to fill this position at this time should a suitable candidate not be found
If you have not heard from us by 26 April 2012 we regret that your application was unsuccessful.
Please indicate in the subject field the position you are applying for.
Advertisement Managing Editor: Vodacom contract
New Media Publishing, South Africa’s leading contract publisher, requires the services of an experienced, dynamic managing editor to work on the Vodacom contract.
The ideal candidate for this inspiring and interesting position will have exceptional people, communication and organisational skills, a keen eye for detail, the ability to work under pressure, good writing skills and an aptitude for figures. At least three years’ experience in consumer publishing or content marketing is essential. The candidate must be able to work across multi-channels and different content platforms.
Reporting structure: The managing editor reports to the editor.
Responsibilities:
Client Service
- Coordinating meetings with client, accommodating constant changes to timelines
- Making sure that client objectives are met
- Coordinating the client briefs
- Managing the process of client changes
- Making sure that all relevant changes are made and approved by client
- Ensure that all client requests are clearly communicated to the team
Production management
- Drawing up production schedules
- Managing the process to achieve deadlines
- Liaising with the production and repro teams to ensure that print and other production deadlines are met at all times
- Supporting the editor with planning of an issue and the sub-editor with the actioning of client changes
Budgets and financial
- Managing editorial budgets for the editor and in association with the publisher
- Ensuring that budget constraints are honoured.
- Responsible for invoicing and all dealings with internal finance department
General
- Managing the office
- Providing support to sub-editor as needed
- Providing support to the editor in commissioning of stories and writing of copy as directed, as well as picture searches
Skills set required
- Excellent knowledge of Excel
- Working knowledge of In-Design
- Excellent budgeting skills
- Excellent writing skills in English
- Excellent project management skills
- Copy-editing skills a recommendation
- Assertive and diplomatic in equal measure
- Forward thinking, enthusiastic, adaptable, positive
- Coordinating meetings with client, accommodating constant changes to timelines
- Making sure that client objectives are met
- Coordinating the client briefs
- Managing the process of client changes
- Making sure that all relevant changes are made and approved by client
- Ensure that all client requests are clearly communicated to the team
Production management
- Drawing up production schedules
- Managing the process to achieve deadlines
- Liaising with the production and repro teams to ensure that print and other production deadlines are met at all times
- Supporting the editor with planning of an issue and the sub-editor with the actioning of client changes
Budgets and financial
- Managing editorial budgets for the editor and in association with the publisher
- Ensuring that budget constraints are honoured.
- Responsible for invoicing and all dealings with internal finance department
General
- Managing the office
- Providing support to sub-editor as needed
- Providing support to the editor in commissioning of stories and writing of copy as directed, as well as picture searches
Skills set required
- Excellent knowledge of Excel
- Working knowledge of In-Design
- Excellent budgeting skills
- Excellent writing skills in English
- Excellent project management skills
- Copy-editing skills a recommendation
- Assertive and diplomatic in equal measure
- Forward thinking, enthusiastic, adaptable, positive
Please forward a detailed CV to Nadia Ebrahim
Fax: 0865302402 or
E-mail: jobs@newmediapub.co.za
CLOSING DATE: 24 June 2011
Please note that if you have not heard from us by 8 July you should regard your application as unsuccessful.
In terms of their employment equity guidelines New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities.
New Media Publishing reserves the right to not fill the position should a suitable candidate not be found.
Please indicate CLEARLY in the subject field the position you are applying for.
Advertising Sales Executive
Do you have at least four years of proven media sales success?
Do you have a great network of contacts in the travel and leisure market?
Are you organised and cool headed enough to juggle the needs of a monthly in flight magazine as well as 5 annual titles
Are you capable of taking control of and generating revenue from 8 key categories across SA’s leading travel magazines?
If you can answer ‘yes’ to all of the above then let’s chat about taking your sales career to new heights
For the detailed job spec see below
The ideal candidate is regarded as a self starter that has the ability to work productively in a team in a competitive environment and who has excellent sales skills. The successful candidate must have good communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to think outside the box.
Reports to: Business Unit Manager
Essential Skills
• Articulate and Dynamic
• Highly Organised
• Lateral Thinking
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Web 2.0
Areas of Core Competence
• Securing Agency Meetings
• Securing Client Meetings
• Research your clients / Fact finding
• Benefit selling
• Selling against the competition
• Product knowledge
• Market knowledge
• Negotiation
• Presentation
• Closing
• Production Knowledge
• Knowledge of digital sales platforms and production
• Cross-channel sales
Day to day responsibilities
• Liaising telephonically with direct clients and agencies (as allocated)
• Setting up at least 6 meetings per week with clients and media planners to present both your product and New Media Publishing.
• Managing your data base of clients to achieve sales targets
• Weekly status reports by Friday midday, to the Advertising Manager, detailing previous week’s client activity and possible advertising as well as outlining the up-coming week’s schedule.
• Liaising any advertising sales to traffic with the correct net revenues.
• Sending the relevant internal booking forms, where above-the-line advertising is booked.
• Sending New Media Publishing order forms for client signature where advertorials are booked. In the instance of a client doing business with New Media Publishing for the first time, credit application forms must be sent to client, completed and returned to head office to open an account.
• Filing of all necessary documentation both internal and regarding your client patch for easy reference.
• Chasing CI's and ensuring all clients are aware of material deadlines, and where necessary, ensuring material is delivered to New Media Publishing timeously.
• Feedback in internal sales meetings on industry intelligence and your business patch.
• Analysis and in depth knowledge of competitor products
• Comprehensive and thorough leads chasing of adverts / advertorials in competitor brands
• Liaising with your team members in CT / JHB to maintain information flow on your product, the company and the industry
• Accurate Forecasting on your business patch that is being worked on.
• Weekly feedback for project meetings
• Attending a post-mortem analysis when necessary.
• Attending and participating in departmental sales meetings
• Ensuring that all internal administration is fully up to date and accurate (expenses, etc)
• Attending functions on behalf of NMP
• You are responsible for putting together (alongside marketing, Advertising Manager) the presentation of your titles sales story
• Assess and respond to changes in the ABC/ AMPS or other industry research as it affects the title
• Write and revise where necessary the titles sales information
• Initiate ideas for new research and sales tools to be discussed with marketing and agreed with the Advertising Manager.
Duties pertaining to advertorials include:
• Working with creative advertorial themes and coming up with ideas and proposals for clients;
• Briefing Production Team on concept for photography and copy;
• Chasing layouts;
• Final approval on page layouts from clients.
After sales service includes:
• Ensuring all information generated for sales is available at the office in the event of your absence or leaving.
• Sending voucher copies to clients and potential advertisers;
• Maintaining good relationships with all clients and agencies through service, product and industry information and relevant, targeted entertainment.
Please submit CV to Debbie Johnson at New Media Publishing or fax to 0865302402 or e-mail jobs@newmediapub.co.za on or before close of business on 22nd August 2011
New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities in terms of its employment equity guidelines. New Media Publishing reserves the right not to fill this position at this time should a suitable candidate not be found
If you have not heard from us by the end of August, we regret that your application was unsuccessful.
Please indicate in the subject field the position you are applying for.
Art Director/Digital Designer: Contracts Cape Town
South Africa’s leading content-marketing agency, New Media Publishing, is seeking an experienced and exceptionally talented Art Director to work on the Vodacom publishing contract. Although primarily print proficient, the applicant must demonstrate creative insight and brilliance for client solutions across all media platforms.
Reporting to the Group Art Director and Editor, the successful candidate will be a gifted, detail-obsessed big thinker and a passionate and hard-working, self-motivated team player with the ability to grasp a client’s strategy and brand in a heartbeat and deliver beautiful, insightful, polished work that stops customers in their tracks. Examples of creative must be supplied with applications.
Responsibilities will include:
Designing magazine pages in consultation with and to the satisfaction of the Group Art Director and the Editor,
- Designing templates for print and digital applications,
- Brainstorming and proactive research into design methodology and application,
- Commissioning photographers and illustrators and picture editing where necessary,
- Liaising with the repro department on multi-channel quality control,
- Preparing pages for repro and creating print-ready and digital-ready PDFs
- Co-ordinating and directing photographic shoots for stills and video.
Competencies required:
- A tertiary qualification in graphic design and at least five years’ relevant experience,
- Outstanding design skills and an astute eye for detail,
- Excellent people skills,
- Presentation and client facing skills,
- Absolute discretion with regard to company sensitive information,
- Strong experience in photo shoots,
- Exceptional knowledge of design software e.g. InDesign, Illustrator and PhotoShop,
- Excellent finishing skills and the ability to prepare print and digital-ready files,
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure
- A good understanding of English,
- Willingness to work overtime when required,
- Strong grasp of brand awareness and a flair for thinking out the box.
The remuneration package includes a competitive salary and a dynamic forward thinking working environment.
Please send all applications to Crispian Brown,
Email: jobs@newmediapub.co.za
Closing date: 24 June 2011
Please note that if you have not heard from us by 8 July 2011, you should regard your application as unsuccessful.
In terms of its employment-equity policy, New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities.
New Media Publishing reserves the right to leave the position vacant should a suitable candidate not be found.
Art Director: Transnet, Cape Town
Mikateko Media, Cape Town, is seeking to appoint an experienced and brilliantly talented art director as soon as possible. The right candidate will be a gifted, hard-working, self-motivated team player who can deliver polished, imaginative creative under tight deadlines. Examples of creative should be supplied with applications.
Responsibilities will include:
• Designing magazine pages in conjunction with and to the satisfaction of the Creative Director and the Editor
• Work will include magazine page designs, redesigns, brainstorming, sourcing images and working on templates
• Proactively seeking out references, new designs and methods
• Commissioning photographers and illustrators and sourcing imagery and illustrations from stock libraries where necessary
• Liaising with repro on retouching and quality
• Preparing pages for repro and creating print-ready PDFs
• Arranging and directing photo shoots
Competencies required:
• A tertiary qualification in graphic design and at least five years’ relevant experience
• Outstanding design skills and a sharp eye for detail
• Excellent people skills
• Strong experience in photo shoots
• Some client liaison
• Absolute discretion with regard to company-sensitive information
• Ability to multi-task
• Competency in design software: InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Excellent finishing skills and the ability to prepare technically sound PDF files for print
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure
• A good understanding of English
• Ability to work overtime when required
• Ability to think out of the box
The remuneration packages include a competitive salary and dynamic working conditions.
Please send all applications to Glenda Kayster Email: hr@mikatekomedia.co.za
Closing date: 11 February 2012
Please note that if you have not heard from us by 25 February 2012, you should regard your application as unsuccessful.
In terms of employment equity guidelines Mikateko Media aims to provide equal opportunities.
Mikateko Media reserves the right to not fill the position should a suitable candidate not be found.
City Press Editor
New Media is looking for a super-editor to help us change Sundays forever.
Join South Africa’s leading content marketing company and lead the team launching a weekly lifestyle magazine for City Press. Your years of experience as a leading Editor will help us create a Sunday read which has never been seen in South Africa before.
Based in Cape Town, this role is for a senior editor with strong editorial skills and a creative thinker. The ideal candidate will be a strong copy editor, a good process manager, a superb leader, a perfectionist and boast a killer black book. Skills and experience in lifestyle magazines, weekly publications and some newspaper knowledge would be an advantage.
The start date would be soonest.
Responsibilities
• Responsible for editing a magazine that is on time, creative, with excellent copy and adhering to the demands and marketing objectives of the client
• Driving the production process from concept stage to final page proofs
• Positioning and development of the magazine with particular emphasis on balancing lifestyle to developing greater readership of the title.
• Client liaison and client meetings in Johannesburg (Position is Cape Town based)
• Content development of the magazine and other related platforms
• Driving design excellence with the art director
• Staying on top of trends, client service and client knowledge
• Optimum use of the team's abilities
Other competencies required are
• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent editing skills
• Resourcefulness
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight weekly deadlines
• Good people skills
• A passion for exceptional client service
• Excellent computer skills
• Good process management skills
Minimum qualifications and experience include:
• A journalism degree / diploma or similar
• At least five years’ experience in a content environment (preferably magazines)
• An unendorsed drivers license
• Ability to travel
Interested applicants may forward a detailed CV to Clare Johnston via fax on 0865302402 or e-mail: jobs@newmediapub.co.za. Applicants will be required to present recent samples of their work.
Closing date is Friday, 16 September, 2011
Please note that if you have not heard from us by Friday, 30 September 2011, you should regard your application as unsuccessful.
New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities in terms of their employment equity guidelines.
New Media Publishing reserves the right to not fill this position should a suitable candidate not be found.
Classified Advertising Sales Executive - Food Hub
The ideal candidate is regarded as a self starter that has the ability to work productively in a team in a competitive environment and who has excellent sales skills. The successful candidate must have good communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to think outside the box.
Reports to: Business Manager
Essential Skills
• Articulate and Dynamic
• Highly Organised
• Lateral Thinking
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Web 2.0
• Minimum 3 years sales and media experience
Areas of Core Competence
• Securing Agency Meetings
• Securing Client Meetings
• Research your clients / Fact finding
• Benefit selling
• Selling against the competition
• Product knowledge
• Market knowledge
• Negotiation
• Presentation
• Closing
• Production Knowledge
• Knowledge of digital sales platforms and production
• Cross-channel sales
Day to day responsibilities
• Liaising telephonically with direct clients and agencies (as allocated)
• Setting up meetings with clients and media planners to present both your product and New Media Publishing.
• Managing your data base of clients.
• Weekly status reports by Friday midday, to the Business Manager, detailing previous week’s client activitly and possible advertising as well as outlining the up-coming week’s schedule.
• Liaising any advertising sales to traffic with the correct net revenues.
• Sending the relevant internal booking forms, where above-the-line advertising is booked.
• Sending New Media Publishing order forms for client signature where advertorials are booked. In the instance of a client doing business with New Media Publishing for the first time, credit application forms must be sent to client, completed and returned to head office to open an account.
• Filing of all necessary documentation both internal and regarding your client patch for easy reference.
• Chasing CI's and ensuring all clients are aware of material deadlines, and where necessary, ensuring material is delivered to New Media Publishing timeously.
• Feedback in internal sales meetings on industry intelligence and your business patch.
• Analysis and in depth knowledge of competitor products
• Comprehensive and thorough leads chasing of adverts / advertorials in competitor brands
• Liaising with your team members in CT / JHB to maintain information flow on your product, the company and the industry
• Accurate Forecasting on your business patch that is being worked on.
• Weekly feedback for project meetings
• Attending a post-mortem analysis when necessary.
• Attending and participating in departmental sales meetings
• Ensuring that all internal administration is fully up to date and accurate (expenses, etc)
• Attending functions on behalf of NMP
• You are responsible for putting together (alongside marketing, Advertising Manager) the presentation of your titles sales story
• Assess and respond to changes in the ABC/ AMPS or other industry research as it affects the title
• Write and revise where necessary the titles sales information
• Initiate ideas for new research and sales tools to be discussed with marketing and agreed with the Advertising Manager.
Duties pertaining to advertorials include:
• Working with creative advertorial themes and coming up with ideas and proposals for clients;
• Briefing Production Team on concept for photography and copy;
• Chasing layouts;
• Final approval on page layouts from clients.
After sales service includes:
• Ensuring all information generated for sales is available at the office in the event of your absence or leaving.
• Sending voucher copies to clients and potential advertisers;
• Maintaining good relationships with all clients and agencies through service, product and industry information and relevant, targeted entertainment.
Please submit CV to Bronwyn, New Media Publishing or fax to 0865302402 or e-mail jobs@newmediapub.co.za on or before close of business on 29th July 2011
New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities in terms of its employment equity guidelines. New Media Publishing reserves the right not to fill this position at this time should a suitable candidate not be found. If you have not heard from us by 15th August 2011 we regret that your application was unsuccessful.
Please indicate in the subject field the position you are applying for.
Deputy Editor
New Media, the multi-award-winning publisher of contract magazines in South Africa, is seeking to appoint a deputy editor to work in the weeklies division, Rapport My Tyd. This is a challenging position for a highly organised and creative journalist who has a passion for people, television, sport and entertainment.
The successful applicant should have:
• Should have relevant tertiary qualification
• Minimum four years’ experience in an editorial environment
• Excellent writing and subbing skills in English and Afrikaans
• Creative, conceptual approach to editorial challenges
• Ability to work closely with editor and art directors to realise a creative vision
• Ability to respond creatively and strategically to client briefs
• High level of computer literacy, including: Internet and InDesign
• good administrative skills and an eye for detail
• Ability to work independently, under pressure, to very tight deadlines
Responsibilities will include:
• Liaising with the editor regarding the planning and production of each issue
• Liaising closely with the production manager to adhere to deadlines on copy
• Organising and participating in planning/brainstorming meetings
• Commissioning contributors and co-ordinating the production process and photographic shoots with clients and freelance teams
• Preparing and sourcing copy and images for layout
• Writing, rewriting, subbing and proofreading
• Keeping to strict deadlines and budgets
• Other administrative tasks to do with managing the contract
New Media takes pride in the high quality of its publications and its close relationships with its clients. The successful candidate will enjoy the company’s creative, congenial and challenging work environment in Cape Town.
Interested applicants may forward a detailed CV to Glenda Kayster fax to 0865302402 or e-mail jobs@newmediapub.co.za. Applicants may be required to present samples of their work.
Closing date is Wednesday, 26 April 2012. Please note that if you have not heard from us by 11 May 2012, you should regard your application as unsuccessful.
New Media aims to provide equal opportunities in terms of their employment equity guidelines.
Afrikaans
Adjunkredakteur
New Media, die bekroonde uitgewer van kontraktydskrifte in Suid-Afrika, is op soek na ’n adjunkredakteur vir die weeklikse afdeling van een van hul grootste kontrakte, Rapport My Tyd. Dis ’n uitdagende pos vir ’n hoogs georganiseerde en kreatiewe tydskrifjoernalis met ’n passie vir mense, leefstyl, sport en vermaak.
Vaardighede
• Relevante tersiêre kwalifikasie
• Minimum van vier jaar se bestuursondervinding in ’n redaksionele omgewing
• Uitstekende skryf- en subvaardighede in Afrikaans
• Kreatiewe, konseptuele benadering tot redaksionele uitdagings
• Vermoë om nou saam te werk met die redakteur en uitleghoofde om die kreatiewe visie
van die tydskrif na te streef
• Vermoë om kliënte se opdragte kreatief en strategies uit te voer
• Hoë vlak van rekenaarvaardigheid, insluitend Internet en InDesign
• Goeie administratiewe vaardighede en ’n oog vir detail
• Moet onafhanklik en onder druk kan werk en kan hou by baie streng spertye
Verantwoordelikhede sluit in:
• Werk nou saam met die redakteur aan die beplanning en produksie van elke uitgawe
• Werk nou saam met die produksiebestuurder rakende spertye vir kopie
• Reël en neem deel aan beplanningsvergaderings
• Gee opdragte aan medewerkers en koördineer die produksieproses en fotosessies met kliënte en vryskutspanne
• Opspoor en voorbereiding van kopie en foto’s
• Skryf, herskryf, sub en proeflees
• Hou by streng spertye en begrotings
• Ander administratiewe take rondom die bestuur van die kontrak
New Media is trots op die hoë gehalte van sy publikasies en sy goeie verhouding met sy kliënte. Die suksesvolle kandidaat sal in die kreatiewe, vriendelike en uitdagende kantoor in Kaapstad werk.
Stuur asb. jou CV na Glenda Kayster by jobs@newmediapub.co.za of faks 0865302402. Aansoeker kan gevra word om voorbeelde van hul werk voor te lê. Dui asb duidelik in die onderwerpsveld aan vir watter posisie jy aansoek doen.
Die sluitingsdatum is 26 April 2012. Indien jy nie teen 11 Mei 2012 van ons gehoor het nie, was jou aansoek ongelukkig nie suksesvol nie.
New Media probeer gelyke geleenthede skep en in ooreenstemming met New Media se beleid sal voorkeur gegee word aan kandidate wat ons sal help om ons diensbillikheidsteikens te haal.
New Media behou die reg voor om nie ’n aanstelling te maak indien die geskikte kandidaat nie gevind word nie.
Digital Editor: Vodacom NOW Cape Town
New Media is looking for an exceptional digital editor who is passionate about content marketing, digital platforms and Mobile. Your challenge: to help create the most compelling digital platform for an iconic brand – Vodacom. You understand how content influences behaviour, creates communities and makes a difference. We're looking for someone who knows the role intelligent content plays in the crowded digital world.
Duties
• Together with the editor-in-chief and content director, to generate and collate quality multimedia material for a new Vodacom content platform that includes RSS feeds, video and audio segments as well as social media channels like Facebook and Twitter;
• Driving new ideas for direction, content and design;
• Liaising closely with the client – matching their objectives with the needs and requirements of users;
• Conceptualising, writing, subbing and proofreading of articles and formatting them to suit several digital channels;
• Basic video and audio editing duties;
• Ongoing maintenance of the content platform - updating content, basic layout and design as well as uploading pages;
• Practical implementation of ideas for potential projects, online marketing material, competitions, user profiling and research;
• Implementing and managing campaigns, deals and competitions;
• Reporting and interpretation of campaigns, competitions and monthly statistics;
• Monitoring and moderating social channels;
• Managing production processes, budgets and deadlines;
• Keeping up-to-date with industry news and trends.
Requirements:
• An appropriate tertiary qualification
• At least 3 – 5 years experience in a similar role.
• Strong journalistic skills: writing, editing and proofreading
• Excellent computer skills: Windows, MS Office, MS Outlook
• Design skills: basic Photoshop proficiency
• Thorough knowledge of the Internet, mobile, facebook and twitter etc
• Multi-media skills (video/audio capturing and editing) would be an advantage
• Good written communication and organisational skills
• Creative brainstorming and strategic abilities
Send your CV to Clare Johnston at jobs@newmediapub.co.za by 20 April 2012. If you have not heard from us by 26 April, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
In terms of its employment equity guidelines, New Media aims to provide equal opportunities. New Media reserves the right not to fill this position at this time should a suitable candidate not be found.
Please indicate in the subject line the position for which you are applying.
Editor: HIP2B²
Wanted: one bright, young, funky, quirky, innovative, experienced, supremely switched-on editor for HIP2B2 magazine. This Cape Town appointment will appeal to editors with strong editorial skills and a very creative mindset. Candidates must be able to multitask, work across multiple platforms and inspire a dynamic team to excellence. Skills or experience in scientific and education journalism, video or television would be an advantage.
The person we are looking for must be:
• curious and analytical
• youth-savvy/able to relate to teens
• passionate about – or at least interested in – Science, Maths, technology and entrepreneurship
• able to think “out of the (lunch)box”
• at home with digital media
Principal responsibilities
• Editing a magazine that is on time, creative, with excellent copy and adhering to the demands and marketing objectives of the client
• Driving the production process from concept stage to final page proofs
• Driving design excellence with the art director
• Liaising regularly with the client, publisher, editorial director, advertising sales executive and other HIP2B2 team members
• Leading and inspiring a dynamic team to produce an innovative and unique publication
• Developing and overseeing content for the magazine and other HIP2B2 platforms
• Staying on top of trends, client service and client knowledge
Other competencies required are
• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent editing skills
• Resourcefulness
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines
• Good people skills
• A passion for exceptional client service
• Excellent computer skills
• Good process management skills
Minimum qualifications and experience include:
• A journalism degree / diploma or similar
• At least five years’ experience in a content environment (preferably magazines)
• An unendorsed drivers license
• Ability to travel
Interested applicants may forward a detailed CV to Adelle Horler fax: 0865302402 or e-mail: jobs@newmediapub.co.za. Applicants will be required to present samples of their work.
Closing date is Thursday, 10 November, 2011
Please note that if you have not heard from us by Wednesday, 30 November 2011, you should regard your application as unsuccessful.
New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities in terms of their employment equity guidelines.
New Media Publishing reserves the right to not fill this position should a suitable candidate not be found.
Flash Developer, Cape Town
Do you have a love of Flash like we do? New Media is seeking to appoint an experienced Flash Developer top join our growing digital team. If you share our passion in creating beautiful content and have the knowledge needed. Let us hear from you!
The right candidate will be a brilliant, hard-working, self-motivated team player, who can deliver, under tight deadlines, polished, imaginative and creative work across a number of brands, products and disciplines.
Please supply portfolio with applications.
Job Requirements:
• Designing and development of web and mobile products across a multitude of brands
• InDesign to Flash conversion (Manipulation of fonts in the flash IDE)
• Pro-actively seeking out references, new designs and methods.
Competencies required:
• At least three years relevant experience
• Proficiency in Flash AS3, Photoshop and InDesign (CS5)
• Strong analysis and design, animation and 3D skills
• Expertise in cross-platform compatibility and best practices
• Ability to work in a team
• Capable of working to a brief
• Ability to multi-task and the flexibility to work across more than one brand
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
The remuneration package includes a competitive salary as well as pleasant and dynamic working conditions.
Please send all applications to Sue Disler Email: jobs@newmediapub.co.za
Closing date: 25 July 2011
Please note that if you have not heard from us by 5 August 2011, you should regard your application as unsuccessful.
In terms of their employment equity guidelines New Media aims to provide equal opportunities.
New Media reserves the right to not fill the position should a suitable candidate not be found.
Flash Developer, Cape Town
New Media Publishing, Cape Town, is looking for a qualified and experienced Flash Developer.
Duties
• Convert from Indesign to Flash
• Prepare visual elements in Flash for developers
• Web file size optimization
• Grouping/layering of visual elements
• Indesign to Flash conversion
Requirements:
• A relevant tertiary qualification
• Proficiency in Flash AS3 (and related technologies), HTML, CSS, Photoshop and Indesign CS4
• At least 2 years experience in a similar position
Send your CV to Kamiel Ebrahim by emailing jobs@newmediapub.co.za - by 15 December 2011. If you have not heard from us by 20 December 2011, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
In terms of its employment equity guidelines, New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities.
New Media Publishing reserves the right not to fill this position at this time should a suitable candidate not be found.
Please indicate in the subject line the position for which you are applying.
Front-end Developer, Cape Town
New Media is seeking to appoint an experienced Front-end Developer to join our digital team.
The right candidate will be a brilliant, hard-working, self-motivated team player, who can deliver, under tight deadlines, solution driven work across a number brands, products and disciplines.
Please supply portfolio with applications.
Job Requirements:
• Front-end maintenance of existing web and mobile properties
• New Development of web and mobile products
• Pro-actively seeking out references, new technologies and methods.
Competencies required:
• At least three years relevant experience
• Experience in Flash AS3 and Photoshop (CS5)
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and an understanding of HTML5
• Knowledge and/or understanding of web/mobile app development platforms
• Strong analysis and organisational skills
• Expertise in cross-platform compatibility and best practices
• Ability to work in a team
• Capable of working to a brief
• Ability to multi-task and the flexibility to work across more than one brand
• Ability to meet tight deadlines
• PHP and MySQL experience would be advantageous
The remuneration package includes a competitive salary as well as pleasant and dynamic working conditions.
Please send all applications to Sue Disler Email: jobs@newmediapub.co.za
Closing date: 25 July 2011
Please note that if you have not heard from us by 5 August 2011, you should regard your application as unsuccessful.
In terms of their employment equity guidelines New Media aims to provide equal opportunities.
New Media reserves the right to not fill the position should a suitable candidate not be found.
Online Editor: VISI magazine, Cape Town
Play a pivotal role in increasing the online impact of South Africa’s leading design, décor and architecture magazine. New Media Publishing is looking for an Online Content Editor whose main responsibility will be to work closely with VISI’s editorial team to maintain and evolve the brand’s website into a dynamic web presence. Strong English writing and editing skills are essential, coupled with a passion and interest for design, décor and architecture. The successful candidate should have a good understanding of the social media environment and will also need to be organised, meticulous, and enterprising.
Required skills
• Strong journalistic skills: writing, editing and proofreading of copy
• Excellent computer skills: Windows, MS Office, MS Outlook
• Design skills: Basic Photoshop proficiency
• Thorough knowledge of the Internet
• Good written communication and organisational skills
• Creative brainstorming and strategic abilities
Additional skills that will be an added advantage
• A good understanding of Afrikaans
• HTML editors
• Basic knowledge of digital video and camera usage
Duties
• Generate/Collate good quality content for various online projects, including VISI’s e-newsletter
• Subbing and proofreading of articles, and restructuring to suit various digital channels
• Web maintenance: updating content, basic layout & design, uploading pages.
• Development of concepts and the practical implementation of ideas for potential projects, online marketing material
Requirements:
• An appropriate tertiary qualification
• At least 2 years relevant experience and a proven track record
Send your CV to Jacquie via fax number 0865302402 or e-mail jacquie@visi.co.za - along with two written pieces you believe most representative of an appropriate style – by 09 September 2011. If you have not heard from us by 21 September 2011, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
In terms of its employment equity guidelines, New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities.
New Media Publishing reserves the right not to fill this position at this time should a suitable candidate not be found.
Please indicate in the subject line the position for which you are applying.
Online Editor: Vodacom Cape Town
New Media is looking for an exceptional online editor who is passionate about content marketing, magazine publishing and Mobile. Are you an innovative thinker and a natural leader with the commitment and knowledge needed to develop a successful digital presence? Are you a blogger, a tweeter, a facebooker? Do you understand branding? Then, let us hear from you!
The successful candidate’s main responsibility will be to work closely with the editorial and publishing teams to maintain and evolve the brands’ digital presence. Strong English writing and editing skills are essential, coupled with a passion and interest in technology in general. He/she should also need to be organised, meticulous and enterprising.
Required skills
- Strong journalistic skills: writing, editing and proofreading
- Excellent computer skills: Windows, MS Office, MS Outlook
- Design skills: basic Photoshop proficiency
- Thorough knowledge of the Internet, mobile, facebook and twitter etc
- Good written communication and organisational skills
- Creative brainstorming and strategic abilities
Additional skills that will be an added advantage
- HTML editors
- Basic knowledge of digital video and camera usage
- SEO
Duties
- Generate/Collate good quality content for various digital projects
- Subbing and proofreading of articles, and restructuring to suit various digital channels
- Digital maintenance: updating content, basic layout & design, uploading pages, video etc
- Development of concepts and the practical implementation of ideas for potential projects, digital marketing material, competitions and research.
- Implement and manage campaigns and competitions
- Reporting of all campaigns, competitions and monthly digital statistics
Requirements:
- An appropriate tertiary qualification
- Or at least 2 years relevant experience and a proven track record
Send your CV to jobs@newmediapub.co.za - along with two written pieces you believe most representative of an appropriate style – by 24 June 2011. If you have not heard from us by 8 July, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
In terms of its employment equity guidelines, New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities.
New Media Publishing reserves the right not to fill this position at this time should a suitable candidate not be found.
Please indicate in the subject line the position for which you are applying.
Sales Consultant (Contract)
Sales Consultant (Contract)
Are you born to sell? Great on the phone? Like the idea of an attractive commission structure? And fancy a short term project?
South Africa’s leading restaurant guide is looking for young, enthusiastic and energetic talent to sell an online advertising opportunity to restaurants nationally. This commission based position requires an individual who is highly motivated, a self starter, and has good negotiation skills.
Essential Skills
• Articulate and Dynamic
• Highly Organised
• Lateral Thinking
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Knowledge of sales and marketing principles and strategies
• Knowledge of website marketing and advertising
• Relevant work experience in sales, marketing, promotions or telemarketing
• Product knowledge
Day to day responsibilities
• Cold call new and existing contacts to identify and qualify sales opportunities to target the needs and interests of specific individuals
• Average a high volume of calls a day to a targeted database of restaurants
• Explain products or services and prices, and answer questions from customers and potential customers
• Obtain customer information such as name, address, and payment method
• Answer telephone calls from potential customers who have been solicited through advertisements
• Receive orders via email
• Manage booking forms received from clients
• Input order details into the computer system and action campaign bookings
• Maintain records of contacts, accounts, and orders
• Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Please submit your CV to Claire Buchanan; New Media e-mail info@eatout.co.za on or before close of business on 20 April 2012
New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities in terms of its employment equity guidelines. New Media Publishing reserves the right not to fill this position at this time should a suitable candidate not be found
If you have not heard from us by 11 May 2012 we regret that your application was unsuccessful.
Please indicate in the subject field the position you are applying for.
Sales Consultant (Contract)
Are you born to sell? Great on the phone? Like the idea of an attractive commission structure? And fancy a short term project?
South Africa’s leading restaurant guide is looking for young, enthusiastic and energetic talent to sell an online advertising opportunity to restaurants nationally. This commission based position requires an individual who is highly motivated, a self starter, and has good negotiation skills.
Essential Skills
• Articulate and Dynamic
• Highly Organised
• Lateral Thinking
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Knowledge of sales and marketing principles and strategies
• Knowledge of website marketing and advertising
• Relevant work experience in sales, marketing, promotions or telemarketing
• Product knowledge
Day to day responsibilities
• Cold call new and existing contacts to identify and qualify sales opportunities to target the needs and interests of specific individuals
• Average a high volume of calls a day to a targeted database of restaurants
• Explain products or services and prices, and answer questions from customers and potential customers
• Obtain customer information such as name, address, and payment method
• Answer telephone calls from potential customers who have been solicited through advertisements
• Receive orders via email
• Manage booking forms received from clients
• Input order details into the computer system and action campaign bookings
• Maintain records of contacts, accounts, and orders
• Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Please submit your CV to Claire Buchanan; New Media e-mail info@eatout.co.za on or before close of business on 09 May 2012
New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities in terms of its employment equity guidelines. New Media Publishing reserves the right not to fill this position at this time should a suitable candidate not be found
If you have not heard from us by 25 May 2012 we regret that your application was unsuccessful.
Please indicate in the subject field the position you are applying for.
Sales Support: Johannesburg
Sales Support: Johannesburg
The ideal candidate will be a person who can function independently in a competitive environment and who has the ability to relate to people on all levels. In addition, the successful candidate will have strong interpersonal and communication abilities and be fluent in English and Afrikaans. Relevant post-matric qualifications and experience will be advantageous. The applicant must possess initiative, be technically minded, highly organised, methodical and deadline driven.
Responsibilities:
The Sales department is currently undergoing changes with new structures being implemented. In the capacity of Sales Support, you will be instrumental in the logistics of facilitating change. This is a key role at a critical time in the life cycle of the department. You will be involved in day-to-day support duties as well as once off projects such as helping to set up the CRM system and other ad hoc projects that will emerge over time. Your key objective is to manage the department so that it runs efficiently and smoothly with reference to all support functions.
Main Functions
• In the capacity of Sales Support you will be required to assist the sales team (JHB) at all levels to help enable them to reach their sales targets.
Principle responsibilities (day to day)
• Setting up and maintaining weekly processes in the sales department including;
• Co-ordinating weekly departmental meetings
• Updating and checking weekly revenues
• Compiling and sending internal e-mails / newsletters to JHB
• Answering calls and assisting clients with Rate card or other queries
• Setting up and monitoring a sales library (renewing subscriptions)
• Creating spreadsheet templates to manage information in sales department
• Recording and monitoring leave of all sales staff (including holiday / sick/ maternity)
• Managing local and international travel arrangements for JHB staff
• Keeping a record of all travel, stationery, expenses that come in and out of sales department
• Logging all technical/IT problems
• Typing of correspondence
• Drafting Power Point sales presentations
• Preparing and maintaining rate cards
• Co-coordinating new sales staff’s inductions
• Setting up of new sales staff (workspace /email/telephone/desk, etc)
• Ordering stationery for sales team and responsible for managing stock levels
• Ordering and collecting boardroom snacks and refreshments for client meetings
• Organizing departmental functions like team buildings and road shows
• Organizing Sales conference
• From time to time you may be required to help with Advertorial co-ordination / getting sign off from clients
• Compiling and updating of analysis reports
• Assist the sales team with sending out voucher copies of magazines on a monthly basis
• Create and manage data bases
• Managing the Trade Exchange File
• Compile and updating ad revenue reports and submit them to sales representatives and directors on a weekly basis
• Manage all CRM related queries
• Helping the advertising team with general office administration
Requirements
• Strong Computer Skills: Microsoft Office & Outlook
• Organisational Skills
The Sales Support position is absolutely pivotal in the overall success of the Sales Department. Beyond your job description, there may be relevant and constructive ideas that you want to suggest to streamline the efficiency of the department. These will be assessed and potentially implemented.
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer you the opportunity to develop both personally and professionally in a stable, growing, stimulating work environment.
Please send all applications to Glenda Kayster, Email: jobs@newmediapub.co.za or Fax application to 0865302402
Closing date: 30 September 2011
Please note that if you have not heard from us by15 October 2011, you should regard your application as unsuccessful.
In terms of its employment-equity policy, New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities.
New Media Publishing reserves the right to leave the position vacant should a suitable candidate not be found.
Senior Advertising Sales Executive: Cape Town
The ideal candidate is regarded as a self starter that has the ability to work productively in a team in a competitive environment and who has excellent sales skills. The successful candidate must have good communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to think outside the box and be able to handle deadlines across a portfolio of four magazines
Reports to: Business Manager
Essential Skills
• Articulate and Dynamic
• Highly Organised
• Lateral Thinking
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point
Areas of Core Competence
• Securing Agency Meetings
• Securing Client Meetings
• Research your clients / Fact finding
• Benefit selling
• Selling Against the competition
• Product knowledge
• Market knowledge
• Negotiation
• Presentation
• Closing
• Production Knowledge
Day to day responsibilities
• Liaising telephonically with direct clients and agencies (as allocated)
• Setting up a minimum of 6 meetings per week with clients and media planners to present your products and New Media.
• Managing your data base of clients and agencies.
• Weekly status reports by Friday midday, to the Business Manager, detailing previous weeks client activity and possible advertising as well as outlining the up-coming weeks schedule.
• Liaising any advertising sales to traffic with the correct net revenues.
• Sending the relevant booking forms, where above-the-line advertising is booked.
• Sending New Media order forms for client signature where advertorials are booked. In the instance of a client doing business with New Media for the first time, credit application forms must be sent to client, completed and returned to head office to open an account.
• Capture all bookings on CRM and filing of all necessary documentation both internal and regarding your client patch for easy reference.
• Chasing CI's and ensuring all clients are aware of material deadlines, and where necessary, ensuring material is delivered to New Media timeously.
• Feedback in internal sales meetings on industry intelligence and your business patch.
• Analysis and in depth knowledge of competitor products
• Comprehensive and thorough leads chasing of adverts / advertorials in competitor brands
• Liaising with your team members in CT / JHB to maintain information flow on your product, the company and the industry
• Accurate Forecasting on your business patch that is being worked on.
• Weekly feedback for project meetings
• Attending a post-mortem analysis when necessary.
• Attending and participating in departmental sales meetings
• Ensuring that all internal administration is fully up to date and accurate (expenses, etc)
• Attending functions on behalf of New Media
• You are responsible for putting together (alongside marketing, Business Manager) the presentation of your titles sales story
• Assess and respond to changes in the ABC/ AMPS or other industry research as it affects the title
• Write and revise where necessary the titles sales information
• Initiate ideas for new research and sales tools to be discussed with marketing and agreed with the Advertising Manager.
Duties pertaining to advertorials include:
• Working with creative advertorial themes and coming up with ideas and proposals for clients
• Briefing Production Team on concept for photography and copy;
• Chasing layouts
• Final approval on page layouts from clients.
After sales service includes:
• Ensuring all information generated for sales is available at the office in the event of your absence or leaving.
• Sending voucher copies to clients and potential advertisers;
• Maintaining good relationships with all clients and agencies through service, product and industry information and relevant, targeted entertainment.
Please submit your CV to Debbie Johnson, New Media e-mail jobs@newmediapub.co.za on or before close of business on 09 May 2012.
New Media aims to provide equal opportunities in terms of its employment equity guidelines. New Media reserves the right not to fill this position at this time should a suitable candidate not be found
If you have not heard from us by 31 May 2012 we regret that your application was unsuccessful.
Please indicate in the subject field the position you are applying for.
Senior Advertising Sales Executive: Multichoice - DStv Magazines National
The ideal candidate will be a self starter with at least five years proven advertising sales success who has the ability to work productively in a team in a competitive environment and who has excellent advertising sales skills. The successful candidate must have mass market magazine or major newspaper sales experience, great agency relationships and excellent relevant direct relationships with advertisers. Good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to think outside the box are essential
Reports to: Business Manager
Essential Skills
• Articulate and dynamic
• Highly organised
• Lateral thinking
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Power Point
Areas of Core Competence
• Securing agency Meetings
• Securing client Meetings
• Research your clients / Fact finding
• Benefit selling
• Selling against the competition
• Ability to leads chase and cold call
• Product knowledge
• Market knowledge
• Negotiation skills
• Presentation skills
• Closing
• Production knowledge
• Knowledge of selling display advertising, advertorial and inserts
Day to day responsibilities
• Liaising telephonically with direct clients and agencies (as allocated)
• Setting up and having at least 6 face-to-face meetings per week with clients and media planners to present both your products and New Media Publishing.
• Managing and growing the revenue from your data base of clients.
• Achieving revenue target every month on six Multichoice magazines
• Weekly status reports by Friday midday, to the Business Manager, detailing revenue generated that week, previous weeks client activity and possible advertising as well as outlining the up-coming weeks schedule.
• Liaising with traffic regarding advertising sales with the correct net revenues.
• Sending the relevant internal booking forms, where above-the-line advertising is booked.
• Sending New Media Publishing order forms for client signature where advertorials are booked. In the instance of a client doing business with New Media Publishing for the first time, credit application forms must be sent to client, completed and returned to head office to open an account.
• Capture all bookings on CRM and filing of all necessary documentation both internal and regarding your client patch for easy reference.
• Chasing CI's and ensuring all clients are aware of material deadlines, and where necessary, ensuring material is delivered to New Media Publishing timeously.
• Feedback in internal sales meetings on industry intelligence and your business patch.
• Analysis and in depth knowledge of competitor products
• Comprehensive and thorough leads chasing of adverts / advertorials in competitor brands
• Liaising with your team members in CT / JHB to maintain information flow on your product, the company and the industry
• Accurate forecasting on your business patch that is being worked on.
• Weekly feedback for project meetings
• Attending a post-mortem analysis when necessary.
• Attending and participating in departmental sales meetings
• Ensuring that all internal administration is fully up to date and accurate (expenses, etc)
• Attending functions on behalf of NMP
• You are responsible for putting together (alongside marketing, Business Manager) the presentation of your titles sales story
• Assess and respond to changes in the ABC/ AMPS or other industry research as it affects the title
• Write and revise where necessary the titles sales information
• Initiate ideas for new research and sales tools to be discussed with marketing and agreed with the Business Manager.
Duties pertaining to advertorials include:
• Working with creative advertorial themes and coming up with ideas and proposals for clients;
• Briefing Production Team on concept for photography and copy;
• Chasing layouts;
• Final approval on page layouts from clients.
After sales service includes:
• Ensuring all information generated for sales is available at the office in the event of your absence or leaving.
• Sending voucher copies to clients and potential advertisers;
• Maintaining good relationships with all clients and agencies through service, product and industry information and relevant, targeted entertainment.
Please submit CV to Debbie Johnson, New Media Publishing e-mail jobs@newmediapub.co.za on or before close of business on 06 February 2012.
New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities in terms of its employment equity guidelines. New Media Publishing reserves the right not to fill this position at this time should a suitable candidate not be found
If you have not heard from us by 24th February 2012 we regret that your application was unsuccessful.
Please indicate in the subject field the position you are applying for.
Senior Retoucher, Cape Town
New Media Publishing is seeking to appoint an experienced Senior Retoucher.
The right candidate will be a brilliant, hard-working, self-motivated team player, who can deliver, under tight deadlines, solution driven work across a number products and disciplines.
The ideal candidate will be a person who can :
- Be highly organised to function independently and display initiative in a deadline-oriented environment
- Relate to various people on all levels (advertisers, internals staff, printers, suppliers etc)
- Be fluent in both English & Afrikaans
- Have strong technical training and experience in electronic origination
- Be able to commence duties on 1 August 2011
- The successful candidate will report to the Production Director
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Retouch high end fashion and food images
- Preflight all print-ready pdf’s prepared by NM’s studio for printers
- Prepare final print-ready pdf’s for printers from finished artwork as and when required
- Operate NM’s internal colour proofing machine to generate colour proofs for printers
- Keep abreast of trends and developments in the repro field
REQUIREMENTS (Skills, Knowledge, Behaviours
- Strong working knowledge of Colour and colour profiles
- Dynamic, energetic & results-oriented personality
- Ability to plan and manage repro on multiple publications simultaneously
- Willingness to work weekends or after hours
- Good interpersonal and client service skills for interactions with internal staff, external clients or advertisers, repro houses and printers
- Solid working knowledge and experience with all relevant DTP programmes – In Design, Quark, Freehand, Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat and Preflight software programmes
- Strong working knowledge of printing methods and printers’ requirements (specifically regarding colour separations, font embedding, resolutions, electronic layout)
- A formal qualification in Electronic Origination, or equivalent tertiary qualification
- Good organisational and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work under pressure
The remuneration packages include a competitive salary as well as pleasant and dynamic working conditions.
Please send all applications to Lucrezia Wolfaardt Email: jobs@newmediapub.co.za
Closing date: 24 June 2011
Please note that if you have not heard from us by 8 July 2011, you should regard your application as unsuccessful.
In terms of their employment equity guidelines New Media Publishing aims to provide equal opportunities.
New Media Publishing reserves the right to not fill the position should a suitable candidate not be found.
Senior subredakteur/herskrywer
New Media is op soek na ‘n senior subredakteur/herskrywer vir ‘n opwindende nuwe, weeklikse Afrikaanse tydskrif wat by ‘n koerant ingevoeg word.
Die geskikte kandidaat moet goeie ondervinding hê, gemaklike Afrikaans gebruik en van sy/haar beste werk onder druk kan lewer.
Vergoeding is in ooreenstemming met ondervinding.
Kandidate met die volgende ondervinding en belangstellings word uitgenooi om aansoek te doen vir hierdie heerlike pos by een van Suid-Afrika se mees dinamiese uitgewersagentskappe.
Verantwoordelikhede
• Sub, herskryf, proeflees van kopie en skryf van koppe, inleidings, prikkels en onderskrifte
• Opstel van ‘n inhoudsbestuurstelsel vir die tydskrif in samewerking met die redakteur
• Noue samewerking met die redakteur en opdraggewende redakteur ten opsigte van inhoud
• Help om stories en uitgawes te beplan
• Deelname aan voorbladprikkel-vergaderings
• Waghond oor die stemtoon van die tydskrif
• Waghond oor saktye
• Help dryf nuwe inhoudsidees en vernuwing
• Lees en doen navorsing ten einde op hoogte te bly van die jongste tendense en ontwikkelings in die veld.
Vaardighede
• Hoë vlak van rekenaarvaardigheid, insluitend Indesign en Internet
• Vermoë om in ‘n span te werk
• Goeie administratiewe vaardighede
• Vermoë om onder druk te werk
• Goeie oog vir detail
• Uitstekende beheer van Afrikaans
Stuur asb. jou CV in na Glenda Kayster by jobs@newmediapub.co.za voor of op 9 Desember 2011.
New Media probeer gelyke geleenthede skep en in ooreenstemming met New Media se beleid sal voorkeur gegee word aan kandidate wat ons sal help om ons diensbillikheidsteikens te haal.
Indien jy nie teen 21 Desember 2011 van ons gehoor het nie, was jou aansoek ongelukkig nie suksesvol nie.
New Media behou die reg voor om nie ‘n aanstelling te maak indien die geskikte kandidaat nie gevind word nie.
Dui asb duidelik in die onderwerpsveld aan vir watter posisie jy aansoek doen.
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