Alexander Forbes Marketing Internship

Advertiser: Alexander Forbes
Locational: Pretoria

Alexander Forbes Insurance is looking for an Intern to the Marketing Department which will be based in Pretoria.

Minimum Requirements:
- Completed a Course in Graphic Design
- High degree of computer literacy in all MS Office packages
- Photo Editing package skills (qualification required)
- Excellent language skills

Duties and Responsibilities
- Small layout and printing tasks, e.g. name stickers, complimentary slips, business cards
- Cutting, laminating or folding of name cards, certificates, programmes
- Assisting with compilation and preparation of presentations
- Take photos on an ad-hoc basis.
- Manage all marketing drops (group internal promotions, etc.)
- Collection and delivery of marketing, branding and advertising material where needed.
- Keeping stock of all printed, branding, marketing and promotional material including material on loan
- The setup of branding and marketing material and displays at events.
- Maintaining personnel details via JML etc for all Internal, Intranet and Internet lists.
- Intranet maintenance: Maintaining document, photographic and article libraries, liaising with content managers and ensuring daily news and article updates from contributors
- Prioritising, fulfilling and packaging branded stationery orders for distribution to branches.
- Updating divisional templates when necessary

Competencies
- Basic design, layout and copywriting skills.
- Basic technical knowledge of printing processes
- Design flair and basic conceptual skills
- High degree of computer literacy in all MS Office packages
- Photo Editing package skills (qualification required)
- Methodical and organised work style
- Attention to detail paramount
- Excellent language skills (English / Afrikaans)
- Reliable and dependable self starter with initiative
- Team player
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Customer service orientated

If you are interested then please send your CV to Dineo Matheba at email mathebad@aforbes.co.za

Closing date: 30 August 2013
Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.