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Minneapolis, MN, US

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

As a Senior Manager, at Bain, my role centers on guiding teams to solve complex marketing challenges for clients, particularly in Consumer Products, Retail, and Financial Services. I leverage my extensive marketing experience and TV knowledge to work closely with senior marketing leaders, focusing on operational changes in creative, media, or marketing.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Entered a rotational role, in our external marketing team, responsible for all Customer Practice marketing efforts targeting Fortune500 potential and existing clients. Responsible for all marketing of the practice across website, digital media, e-mail, PR, podcasts, social and events. Strategic project lead of Bain’s Cannes event and marketing presence.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

As a newly married couple, we decided to look outside of South Africa for new growth opportunities, and packed up everything and moved to the United States (I am an American citizen), and chose Bain & Company’s offer In this role I was responsible for media and specifically TV and digital media streams on marketing case work for some of the top clients.

South Africa

As Head of Communications for Pernod Ricard, I oversaw PR, Media, Events, Corporate Communications, Social, and Content for 13 brands across 12 countries. My role involved integrating various functions, leading to about 35% cost savings by insourcing social media content and community management, as well as digital and social marketing. I also streamlined.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

In my second year I was promoted to Senior Manager, and my remit grew to incorporate all Sub-Saharan Africa (12 countries) media. I was also tasked with a full revision of all agency contracts across PR, events and creative, and further reduced agency scope, and costs by another ~15%. I created the first integrated media briefing and reporting dashboards.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Role was created for Pernod Ricard, 2nd largest spirits manufacturer and home to some of the largest brands in the world like Absolut, Jameson, Chivas Regal, GHMumm, Beefeater Gin etc. I rehauled the media process internal to Pernod Ricard, through a Pernod Ricard global best-practice winning RFP pitch process consolidating 4 media and digital agencies.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

I felt the need to come back to what I love, which is consulting brands on marketing and media, and started my own consultancy Eight Thinking. Jumping at the gap in the market to help agencies pivot to digital age, I created digital media training curriculums, consulted on numerous media agency RFP’s for $100M+ business’ and had 100% win rate across all. I.

Cape Town

As the Managing Director of MEC Global, a $500M media agency under GroupM, I was headhunted to lead a major transformation aligning with MEC's global vision. My role involved transitioning the agency from traditional media to a more integrated, digital-focused performer. In two years, we boosted digital revenue from 2% to over 44%, thanks to a.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

For final year I was in house consultant to Vodacom Communications team assisting them craft unique communication approaches across social, PR an internal comms. during various crisis periods engaging often with the board of directors, CEO, CMO and CTO.Key Achievements: 2 Vodacom CEO awards, 3 IAB Bookmark awards, a Vodafone Global Accolade for social.

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

[Formerly Cerebra Communications] As social media was rapidly growing, I pivoted to the country’s top specialist social media consultancy, Cerebra Communications. Among my professional achievements I grew agency revenues over 300% within the first year, and with a stellar team and client, developed and executed Vodacom social media strategy into the.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Contributing editor for cars.co.za - writing car reviews and syndication of those reviews across magazines (Mens Fitness) and personal online blog

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

I was promoted to Senior Media Strategist at Nota Bene, the media strategy hot-shop within MEC, and joined the team who won Vodacom, south Africa’s largest telco, while also sharing media strategy and planning responsibilities for Edcon, south Africa’s largest clothing retailer. I was solely responsible for all ZAR22M digital media revenue growth in a.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

I began my career as a media planner, under the tutelage of some of South Africa’s best female media strategy talent. Six months into the role I was chosen as the digital media interlock strategist between GroupMDigital and the 4 largest media agencies in the country, promoted to senior media strategist and was responsible for growing digital media.

Bachelor'S Degree, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Activities and Societies: Academia Leadership Soccer

Diploma Of Education, Marketing/Marketing Management, General, B+

Other; Certificate In Financial Accounting, Complete

Financial Accounting is an 8-week, 60-hour online certificate program from Harvard Business School. This course teaches the fundamentals.