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What You'll Do

• Supervise daily kitchen operations, ensuring food is prepared and presented to the highest standards.
• Support the Executive Chef in menu execution and event delivery.
• Oversee food preparation, cooking, and plating for restaurants, race days, and special events.
• Maintain compliance with food safety, hygiene, and occupational health standards.
• Assist with inventory management, stock rotation, and minimising wastage.
• Train, mentor, and motivate kitchen staff to foster teamwork and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with front-of-house teams to ensure seamless service.
• Maintain accurate records of recipes, stock, and compliance documentation.
• Lead the kitchen in the absence of the Executive Chef.

What You’ll Need

• Degree/Diploma in Culinary Arts, Professional Cookery, or Hospitality Management.
• Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in a senior kitchen role, preferably in multi-outlet or event-driven environments.
• Strong knowledge of food safety, hygiene, and OHS regulations.
• Proven ability to supervise and develop kitchen teams.
• Excellent organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Creativity, attention to detail, and a commitment to culinary excellence.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends and evenings as required.
• Clear criminal record.

What We’re Looking For         

• Skilled, creative, and adaptable culinary professional with a passion for food and quality.
• Strong team leadership and mentoring abilities, with a collaborative approach.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective teamwork.
• Commitment to maintaining high standards of food safety and hygiene.
• Positive attitude, reliability, and a willingness to support the Executive Chef’s vision.
• Initiative and responsibility to step up and lead when required.

Closing Date 09 December 2025

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Responsibilities

• We have an amazing opportunity for a Senior Graphic Designer to be based in Umhlanga, Durban. Do you think you have what it takes to be our newest Purple Star?
• The successful candidate will be responsible to support the team leader in overseeing the graphics department and create visual concepts, using computer software, to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, or captivate consumers.
• Develop the overall layout and production design for advertisements, brochures, magazines and publications, corporate reports and other marketing initiatives internally and externally. 
• Ensure that there is compliance with all policies and procedures and strict adherence to internal controls.  Ensure daily, weekly and monthly reporting is done accurately and timeously and contains appropriate content to enable effective decision making.
• Ensure that purchase orders are approved, accurate and completely created. Ensure achievement of company’s strategic objectives, goal plans and targets

You Bring:

• Graphic Design Skills
• Desktop Publishing Tools
• Layout Skills
• Photoshop Skills

A bonus to have:

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design

What You’ll Do For The Brand:

Operational

• General design work (posters, flyers, merchandise and other marketing material).
• Determine the message the design should portray and work closely with the marketing function of the customer.
• Create images in line with the marketing strategy and brand strategy, aligned to internal company design preferences for customer accounts.
• Display a range of creative design techniques to materialise the concept and design required.
• Plans concept by studying information and materials to ensure all information is included.
• Liaise with the printers in terms of artwork and colors, layout, quality, paper etc.
• Approve the print run executed by the printers against the initially approved artwork.
• Achieve deadlines and working as quick and efficiently as possible.
• Updating adverts on the website and betting displays.
• Liaising with branch team leaders and managers with regards to any design work requested for their branch at customers.
• Photocopying and deep etching pictures in photoshop.
• Designing signage for customers.
• Signage application.
• Overseeing general design work.
• Review designs for errors before printing and publishing them.
• Illustrates concept by designing rough layout of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type size and style, and related aesthetic concepts.
• Obtain approval of concept by submitting rough layout for approval by the customer.
• Prepare finished copy and prepare final layout by marking and pasting up finished copy and art.
• Complete projects by coordinating with printing and publishing.
• Anticipate the type of design required based on past experience and feedback.

People

• Enforcing ethical, honest, transparent, fair work environment.
• Sourcing of training as and when needed for staff.
• Adequate recognition of staff efforts.
• Talent retention (through role creation, career path planning).
• Sustainable morale and team building.
• Directing, supervising, managing, guiding, mentoring junior and advanced graphic designers

Compliance, risk and quality

• Creating, maintaining and enforcing company policies and procedures.
• Ensure logical saving of all work, designs, artwork, approvals etc.
• Ensure that all artwork, designs, approvals etc are chronologically saved/backed up.
• Ensure error free designs with accurate content.
• Ensure that designs are free from racial, gender bias, derogatory, defamatory comments.

Growth and new markets/products

• Maintains technical knowledge by attending design workshops; reviewing professional publications; participating in professional societies.
• Keep abreast with competitor activity, market innovation, market trends, customer trends.
• Ensure measures are put in place and steps are taken to achieve the short term, medium term and long term goals.
• Product innovation, new service offerings to customers.
• Source new customers.

What You’ll Bring To The Team:

• High attention to detail
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to give high priority to customer complaints
• Exceeding client’s expectations regarding service delivery
• High sense of accountability to one’s work
• Strong listening and time management skills
• Ability to provide high quality output
• Ability to achieve goals and meet deadlines
• Strong detail orientated skills
• Ability to solve problems and develop results-oriented course of action

Apply Before 12/02/2025

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Qualifications

• We have an amazing opportunity for a Senior Graphic Design Team Leader to be based in Umhlanga, Durban. Do you think you have what it takes to be our newest Purple Star?
• The successful candidate will be responsible to lead a graphic design team pod, from concept to execution on all 360 projects and the design team’s day to day requirements.
• This role reports into and will work closely with the Creative Head: Design to ensure all graphic elements deliver engaging content for our brand. 
• This role will manage the DTP, Junior, Midweight, Senior graphic designers, Team leader/s and collaborate with the traffic, copy and video teams, delivering engaging content that meets the expectations of our customers.

You Bring:

• 5+ years in a Senior design related position

A bonus to have:

• Diploma/Degree
• 3-5 years as a Design management role

What You’ll Do For The Brand:

• Manage, lead and oversee the design pod team. 
• Manage the liaison between pod heads and other creative HODs to ensure collaboration on project start-up.
• Lead the brainstorming, conceptualizing, development and execution of all 360 projects, adhoc projects and all campaign requirements.
• Present creative concepts to the broader business teams and management.
• Manage the day to day creative requirements, business as usual within the design pods.
• Develop, and oversee look and feel as well as quality of all work generated from the design pod.
• Liaison between designers and other business departments for all design job requests as well as ensuring the brief is adequate to start the job with all information on deadlines and scope covered.
• Coordinate design work coming in with a job ticket system and allocate jobs accordingly (Traffic management).
• Contribute to, implement and ensure work processes are efficient and adhered to within the design pod.
• Submit daily reports to Creative Head: Design
• Conduct team member Performance reviews
• Identify pod team skills gap and suggest learning and development training in the areas that require attention
• Conduct weekly design pod team meetings.
• Oversee design progress against schedule, priority, brief and deadlines. Provide feedback and seek any missing information from job requestor, in order to complete the job. 
• Ensure 360 campaign kick start meetings take place in order to conceptualize the campaign artwork required and understand the full scope of the job.
• Review, approve and present all creative work generated by the design pod team members, prior to creative services internal management approval and sending onto the requestor. 
• Ensure that the brand guide and brand standards as well as legal requirements are always adhered to.
• Have a strong understanding and opinion on illustration, typography, layout, powerful copy and what makes a good graphic design
• Find proactive solutions for design team challenges.
• Ensure that the design files and stock library are maintained.
• Be an inspiration to the team while providing them with mentorship and career development.
•  Ensure that design specs are aligned to the requirement of the job, and it is correctly print-ready.
• Keep up to date with design trends, training courses or webinars relevant to the department’s growth. Share and implement these trends where relevant. 
• Be able to work late and travel when required
• Attending various company events.
• Conducting interviews for new hires to the respective design pod.
• Developing Brand Guide (CI for various entities)
• Ad hoc duties as required. 

What You’ll Bring To The Team:

• High attention to detail
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to give high priority to customer complaints
• Exceeding client’s expectations regarding service delivery
• High sense of accountability to one’s work
• Strong listening and time management skills
• Ability to provide high quality output
• Ability to achieve goals and meet deadlines
• Strong detail orientated skills
• Ability to solve problems and develop results-oriented course of action

Apply Before 12/02/2025

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Responsibilities 

• We have an amazing opportunity for a Social Media Coordinator to be based in our Umhlanga offices. Do you think you have what it takes to be our newest Purple Star?
• The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing our Social Media strategy in order to increase our online presence and improve our marketing and sales efforts.

With Hollywoodbets You Will: 

• Innovate and create as part of a like-minded, authentic Team eager to achieve goals.
• Embrace challenges and the thrill of working in a vibrant and fast-paced industry. 
• Grow with our development plans and culture that allows you to further your career. 

You Bring:

• Valid driver’s license (Manual)
• 1 to 2 years Copywriting experience
• Social Media Strategy & Campaign Management experience
• Content Creation & Editing (written, video, photo)
• Live Event Coverage & Real-Time Posting experience 
• Analytics & Performance Reporting experience 
• Collaboration & Communication with Teams

Bonus to have:

• Diploma / Degree advantageous

What You’ll Do for The Brand: 

• Execute a results-driven social media strategy aligned with the Hollywood Athletics Club brand and objectives.
• Develop and implement social media strategies for Club, elites, events and races.
• Develop and curate engaging content for social media platforms.
• Assist in the creation and editing of written, video, and photo content. 
• Work with copywriters and designers to ensure content is informative and appealing
• Attend Club races and events to capture and post live content (includes early mornings, weekends, and public holidays).
• Create and manage content for elite athletes, ensuring alignment with brand tone and sponsor requirements
• Maintain unified brand voice across different social media channels.
• Collaborate with marketing team to create a social media calendar.
• Monitor social media channels for industry trends and keep abreast of the latest social media best practices and technologies
• Interact with users and respond to social media messages, inquiries, and comments.
• Review analytics and create reports on key metrics.
• Assist in the development and management of social media marketing and influencer marketing strategy.
• Manage paid media campaigns across all social media platforms to increase reach, engagement, and conversions.
• Find opportunities to promote our social media channels online and offline.
• Collaborate with the Marketing Team and Operational Team to align all content and campaigns with broader Club objectives.
• Work closely with teammates in order to maintain a consistent brand voice across all paid and organic campaigns. 
• Suggest new ways to attract prospective customers, like promotions and competitions
• Prepare detailed daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual social media performance reports.
• Any other ad hoc duties that might be required such as working overtime and weekend work

What You’ll Bring to the Team: 

• People Management Skills 
• Problem Solving Skills 
• Time Management Skills 

Apply Before 12/02/2025