Gordon Reid Email & Phone Number

Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Durban Metropolitan Area

Get Hands On Events develops and rolls out a series of off-the-wall, yet deeply meaningful, events to raise money for the causes that matter most across South Africa. With a keen focus on supporting disabled children, disabled athletes, and under-resourced communities, Get Hands On Events turns many a zany idea into events that highlight the causes most in need of support, while enabling all sorts of crazy fun for everyone. Get Hands On Events is, by mission, a philanthropic venture and, by heart, a determined attempt to change the world.

Durban Metropolitan Area

Connectiv Digital is a creative digital boutique agency dedicated to designing simple, compelling and functional solutions that make for a great user experience and allow your customers to find exactly what they are looking for.My role included: new business development, networking, account development, understanding and partnering with clients to grow their businesses through strategic design, development, and implementation, including the expansion and launch of new products, services and revenue streams. Reporting on effectiveness of strategies and making the necessary changes to strengthen digital presence and sales. Clients included: Traderoot Technologies, Ripcurl, Traderoot Active, and The South African Chamber of Commerce in the UK.

Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

MG Print Services is a branding and print consultancy that specialises in bringing creative ideas to life, using the full spectrum of print and signage technology. My role included: new business development, account management, and project management for large print and signage installations. Along with these responsibilities, I maintained and grew strong supplier relationships, oversaw the activities of the Sales team, sourced applicable, effective technologies to scale up the business’ capabilities, and led teams in alignment with our overarching business strategy. Clients included: Ogilvy, The Lion Match Company, East Coast Radio, Makro, The Hardy Boys, Pritt, Investec, Derivco, Miller, Jack Daniels, Amstel, Heineken, BMG, SA Home Loans, Illovo, Deloitte, Marshalls World of Sport, Liv Clean and AF Brands.

London, United Kingdom

New business development and contract management for high level SAP IT Professionals into corporates running SAP Software in the United Kingdom. My responsibilities involved cold calling, lead generation, project management, contractor sourcing and team management. It is here that I learnt and shone through achieving hard core sales in an incredibly competitive environment. Clients included: Diageo, Cadbury's, BBC, Unilever, Mars and L'Oreal.

Randburg, South Africa

We invited upto 2000 young alcoholics into the building, played 80's and 90's music to them and plied them with cheap alcohol to allow them to get lucky. Excellent fun, long hours and good experience

Re5, Insurance, 74%

Nqf5, National Certificate In Banking, A+

Class Of Business 1, Short Term Insurance Personal Lines, 87.5%

Class Of Business 2, Short Term Insurance Commercial Lines, 80%

Matric

Activities and Societies: Provincial Squash Player