Kathy Scheepmaker Email & Phone Number

Dubai, Ae

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

•Founded HbK with a vision to redefine the relocation experience to Dubai, offering end-to-end services for a seamless transition into the emirate's lifestyle.•Curate personalized settling-in solutions, from home setup to lifestyle integration, ensuring every family's arrival is to a warm, welcoming, and ready-to-live-in home.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP BUILDING• Liaises closely with key stakeholders (both internal and external customers) at every level of the business to ensure the effective delivery of special project events. MANAGEMENT & FINANCE • Facilitates a staff compliment of 20 Senior Project Managers and office infrastructure staff including the monitoring and budgeting of all office resources, ensuring streamlined operations for Kerzner International’s latest Dubai development.EVENT/VENUE MANAGEMENT • Provides support for onsite events and functions, including multi department/international consultation and collaboration. • Responsible for coordinating of Development Team Customer Service to inter-departmental and external customers, with a focus on a seamless integration between development investors and interested parties.COMMUNICATION AND PROMOTIONS • Fosters a holistic approach to all guests to the Project Site, including media, press and VIP’s involving all internal departments and external stake holders.MARKETING RESPONSIBILITIES• Assist, develop and maintain the brand standards for The Royal Atlantis.• Gate keeping for brand guidelines.OTHER• Provides sophisticated travel schedules and manages an ever-changing business/personal Outlook calendar and complex schedules for the Senior Vice President. • Maintains office efficiency by planning and implementing office systems, layouts and equipment procurement.• Designs and implements office policies by establishing standards and procedures, measuring results against standards, making necessary adjustments.• Maintains office staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training employees.• Maintains office staff job results by coaching, counseling and disciplining employees, planning, monitoring and appraising job results.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 - Lead the Marketing and Communications Strategy including all Social Media activations. - Custodian of the brand reputation. - Business Development/Trends role including attending Ambassador Media and Business Events. - Digital media KPIs and use of analytics.

South Africa

STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP BUILDING• Evaluated ongoing opportunities for partnerships, sponsorships and advertising.• Implementation of strategic Initiatives, ongoing monitor of same for consistency across regions and units.MANAGEMENT & FINANCE • Developed, managed and monitored budgets to ensure revenue and expenses were kept within established boundaries. • Controlled significant annual budgets, consistently returning on or under budget.EVENT/VENUE MANAGEMENT • Managed and worked with appropriate staff to evaluate all events, ensuring continual improvement and quality customer service. • Negotiated contracts and evaluated options with a variety of vendors for events and arranged for all related services with vendors, such as decorators, audio‐visual needs, buses, signage, entertainment, etc.• Advised on all logistical details of events including securing of conference line, uploading presentations to conference line website, photography, volunteer coordination on‐site, moderators, room set‐up, audio visual, transportation, housing, food and beverage, BEOs, etc. • Hired, trained, and educated staff on proper event procedures.COMMUNICATION AND PROMOTIONS • Developed and monitored timelines/promotional schedule for events, working with communications staff to ensure adequate and proper promotion. • Managed the promotional aspects of events including, but not limited to the following:  Developing registration materials.  Creating promotional materials, with a focus on customer based event information.  Website maintenance to ensure full coverage of event.• Utilised and maintained CRM procedures and strategies on all projects to ensure customer retention.MARKETING RESPONSIBILITIES• Prepared marketing strategies alongside other company executives and peers.• Oversaw creation and delivery of press releases, advertisements and other marketing materials.• Ensured brand messages were consistent.

The Duke of Edinburgh Championship is played in 10 countries around the world, with the South African leg qualifying as one of the most successful in terms of the number of players participating. The competition has given amateur golfers the opportunity to contribute to charitable causes through Tsogo Sun’s CSI programme which has raised over R8 million since the inception of the competition in 2000.Kathy Scheepmaker Tsogo Sun’s Project Manager for the tournament says this golf competition is one of the highlights on Tsogo Sun’s annual calendar as it not only helps to make a difference to many needy lives in South Africa but also because it gives local golfers the chance to take their well-earned place alongside other top amateur golfers from around the world.

Coaching In The Workplace, Coaching

Property Management, Building/Property Maintenance

Activities and Societies: Marketing, Contracts, Administration

Bachelor’S Degree, Bcom – Business Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Ba Psychology