We’re looking for junior art director/finished artist with relevant experience and brilliant work ethic.

We look forward to your application if you’re a confident, creative self-starter with 1-2 years’ work experience who can take a job from concept to production without assistance.

Requirements:
• Relevant qualification
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• Freehand
• Acrobat
• HTML coding experience would be advantageous

Remuneration: Dependant on experience
Location: 145 on Blaauwberg, 7441 Table View
Job type: Contract with view to go permanent

To apply, please submit your CV and portfolio of best work to jobs@powerof9.co.za

Please note: If you haven’t heard from us by the end of November, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful.

5pm Thursday 9 Dec 2010

Adele* kicks off her heels, steps precariously onto the edge of the chair and hoists herself up on the table. Peter* loosens the knot of his tie and slides it over his wine induced ruddy face to tighten it, pirate-style across his forehead.

His whoop-whoops of encouragement can be heard above the 80′s karaoke soundtrack and Adele responds by shaking what her mama gave her.

Debbie’s* PA, Alice* decides to take over the PA system and declare her undying loyalty to Debbie (the bestest boss in the world) even if it means keeping mum about Debbie’s office romance with the guy in accounts.

Thankfully the ‘guy in accounts’ left early, his wife had him on a strict curfew of one meal only this year; no turning the company luncheon into a meal marathon and staying for ‘supper’ too!

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For many companies, it has become customary to hand out yearend gifts to clients. These range from pens to BMWs and are hence often the subject of much debate.

So, before you saddle up the gift horse, consider these questions:

Why?

This is a deceptively simple question; the answer to which can be more complex than expected.

• Are you handing out gifts because your competition does?
• Are you doing it because your clients expect you to?
• Is it a gesture of thanks to existing clients?
• Is it an opportunity to market your company to potential or new clients?

Who?

Some clients are valued for their spend, some for their loyalty, some for their long-term support, others for their potential spend, loyalty and support.

• Who are you handing out gifts to this year?
• Will the gifts be customised to the personal profile of the recipient?
• Will certain clients ‘qualify’ for ‘better’ gifts than others?
• How will you manage the process of multiple recipients in one company?
• Who will not be getting gifts this year?

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Monday this week brought jest of the champagne, scone and cupcake kind as the Power of 9 team raised their glasses to one remarkable lady.

This post was originally compiled by Sanja Stanojevic who has since left Power of 9. 

In a warm, candlelit  venue with themed decor and a feast fit for the Quest lords and ladies; a jester, minstrels and a medieval storyteller made the 14th century era of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table come alive; an era of honour, honesty, valour and loyalty.

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You can keep your Manolo Blahniks and Jimmy Choos; this winter the only two ‘must-haves’ is a South African flag and a vuvuzela!

Around the country South African flags wave a colourful welcome to the world from shop windows, homes, social networking sites (thanks to twibbon) and most notably on our roads where flags are hoisted from car windows and hug side mirrors.

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Our nation has been gripped by the ‘gees’ (spirit) and excitement to be the first African country to host the FIFA Soccer World Cup! It’s a pretty big deal and it’s doing more than putting us on the map – its igniting our patriotism.

Our team showed Table View our ‘gees’ during the nationwide call to trumpet vuvuzelas at noon today.

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Over the past 6 years we have conceptualised and managed events for clients such as Accenture, Quest Staffing Solutions, Nexxus, Private Client Holdings, Stag Property and others. We have created unique experiences with budgets ranging from a few thousand Rand to well over a million Rand. We have liaised and worked with headline entertainers, top chefs and catering companies, audio visual and other professionals. We have hosted events at modest venues as well as 5 star establishments and transformed unlikely environments into the perfect stage. No detail is overlooked; every scene and visual is designed, every experiences tailor-made and every memory captured.

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Power of 9 is emphatic about not starting any brand strategy development without thorough research; this includes key interviews and surveys with brand stake holders such as staff, business partners, current and potential clients or consumers as well as competitor analysis.

Our first tactic in developing the Filippo Berio South African brand strategy was to conduct experiential focus groups.

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We are so happy to announce that we are working with the new to South Africa Kapruka Coconut Oil. Still in its early days, we hope to see Kapruka grow from strength to strength.

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Benchmark has chosen Power of 9 to develop their brand strategy. We are so excited to start the new year with this project.

Watch this space to see what 2010 brings for Benchmark.