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Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Develop and implement on & off-trade activation brand strategies Plan and implement brand activations Develop social media strategies for organic and paid growth Event Management

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

- Manage all the Nelson Mandela Dy programmes and special projects- To closely manage international and local donor relations through constant liaison & updates.- To conceptualise, develop and implement the over-arching strategy for the Mandela Day department (Develop a strategic response to aid with Covid-19 alleviation plan).- Continuous engagement with local beneficiary communities.- Develop comprehensive reporting structure/template for donor and community reporting.- Constant monitoring of “needs” changes in the local and international community.- Develop messaging and multi-mass media strategies in line with internal communications department. - Plan and manage stakeholder related events – internal and external (office/community based)- Keep track of all programme data, analyse the data to improve programmes impact and reach - Evaluate and measurement of all programmes specific brand perception & health in line with the departmental and overall strategic messaging objectives- Grow stakeholder base – in line with the Active Citizenship (encourage participation of civilians – local and global) through available and innovative platforms and campaigns- Manage and monitor budget plans and funds raised in line with donor or organisational requirements- Provide support for all Mandela Day events such as campaign launches and activations - Engage with financial team to ensure costs are allocated correctly - Provide guidance and inputs on technical content relating to sourcing and distribution of food and other resources to identified communities- Create and maintain a healthy up to date, accurate and relevant stakeholder database for the Mandela Day Department and submit to relevant departments for use.- Manage procurement, administration, and logistics for projects.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Execute a mentoring programme with key trade customers, identify and conduct tastings/education for target groups of consumers/opinion leaders, represent brand at key events, support the local team in the retail business where possible, with brand visibility, education and communication. Support implementation, tracking and evaluation of planned promotional activity in the trade. Propose, present and trial new brand initiatives, provision of market intelligence and reporting on key competitor activity. Highlight and promote the brand activities to relevant media/press contacts, identify opportunities in market suitable for brand involvement

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Develop and implementing PR & media strategies, media relations (distributing releases to key media, arranging interviews and sharing additional content), researching for new client pitches, editing press releases, project and campaign budget management, stakeholder relations, event planning and management, tracking coverage and compiling comprehensive reports, writing content for media briefing docs. and social media

Parkmore, Sandton

My duties included: - Compiling and executing strategy across all social platforms - Generating content for all social platforms- Integrating promotions, public relations event marketing and other channels into social media activities- Managing editorial calendar for posting to social media platforms- Preparing concept and copy, brief designer regarding content- Administer social media platforms- Monitoring social media channels, reviews, blogs and content post for sentiment and user interaction - Targeting and activate paid social media campaigns- Utilise manual and aggregate for monitoring and responding to user interaction

Duties Included:- Being the Chief Executive officer of the Association.- Officially preside over all meetings, executive committee meetings, associate meetings and general meetings of the Association or delegate such duty to the next two executives of SPRA. - Conducts the meetings according to the provision of SPRA Constitution. - Oversee the overall performance of SPRA Executive Committee and in his/her discretion where deemed significant, in the interest of the Association restructures the Executive Committee. - Oversee all the work done by the Executive Committee in conformity with this constitution and rule of proceeding agreed upon by the SPRA EXCO. - Together with the treasurer act as the co-signatory to all financial transactions of the Association. - Sign all minutes, project plans, proposals, financial statements, letters and correspondence of the Association.-Prepare a monthly report to submit to the Secretary General.

Bunting Road Campus, Aucklandpark

I assist first year students with PR, Communications, Media studies and Marketing. I also help them draw up study rosters and serve as a mentor, ensuring that their transition from high school to university is problem free.

Doornfontein Campus

I tutor Public Relations 1 and Communication Science 1, to first year students.This includes marking their tutorial exercises and coaching them with class presentations.I have consultations where I advise the students on effective study methods.

Bunting Road Campus, University Of Johannesburg

I am part of the executive members of the students association. Basically carry out all duties designed by the exco members, this includes helping to organise student marshalls, academic seminars, community outreach events, and writing articles for the department of Internationalisation (UJ).Duties included:- Deputize in the absence of the Training manager.- Promote and protect the equal access of members to the School Strategic Communication- Carry out duties designed by the SPRA EXCO.- Prepare and submit a monthly report to the Secretary General.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Assisting with various clients such as AIF (African Innovations Foundation), Paramount Group, FAW, McDonalds, Huawei, Ford Foundation, CNN, Herbalife, TATA Motors, Danone with PR related tasks such as: media monitoring, competitor analysis, strategy development, crisis simulation, media pitch, script writing and research.