• Developing and growing the entire company from the ground up.• Actively engaging and managing the interior build of our vehicle fleet to ensure we offer a fantastic product to our clients.• Planning, layout and measuring of all routes to deliver a unique experience, yet stay within a time limit and making it commercially viable to the business.• Pricing and planning of all our product offerings and routes options. • Complete construction and programming of The Mzansi Experience website• Complete setup, managing and daily maintenance of paid online advertising campaigns• Design of all marketing material (on professional graphic design software) • Establishing supplier and selling agent relationships throughout South Africa and growing our active database of suppliers and agents to over 500 individual businesses. This includes attending international travel trade shows, local meetings, electronic communications etc• Identifying new opportunities for the business to grow and achieve more sales• Negotiating contracts with our international agents and resellers to achieve the best possible commission rates and payment terms• Training of all staff: Sales staff, marketing staff, operations staff and the drivers on their individual function and duties within the business and day-to-day operations• Continuous development and improvement of the company in order to deliver the best service possible every single day. • Managing a team of 21 individuals spread throughout South Africa. • Actively engaging with the relevant travel and tourism bodies in South Africa and worldwide to ensure The Mzansi Experience gets maximum exposure and representation on a continuous basis. This includes memberships with SAYTC (South African Youth Travel Confederation), SATSA (South African Tourism Services Association), WYSE (World Youth, Student and Education) Travel Confederation.

As New Business Development Manager, I have the following duties:* Full marketing responsibilities of the Preferred Solutions group, online and offline (traditional marketing)* Developing an establishing of a website development department, and actively being involved with website development for clients.* Graphic design of marketing campaigns* Arranging of client events and seminars* Networking and building relationships with strategic business partners* Investigating new business opportunities and/or partnerships* Implementing new business opportunities and/or partnerships suited to the Preferred Solutions Group's business model* Training of staff reporting to me* Planning and managing of budgets* Generating new sales of Accounting Software or Specialist modules for the sales department

Heading the company as General Manager, but also in the role as Marketing Manager.* Marketing Management: brand development, marketing strategies, international agent relations, local agent relations, online marketing and contract negotiations. Ad Hoc Graphic Design for in-house promotions.* Sales Management: Overseeing sales reps, monitor sales and implement sales initiatives* Operations: Overseeing depot managers, ensuring fleet is managed effectively, crisis management and breakdown facilitation* Office: Staff and daily in-office operations

* B2B and Third Party Marketing* All Website duties - content management, design, imagery* Graphic Design and conceptualisation of new material* Branding and development new branding guidelines* Marketing and new market development* Research* All PR duties* Google AdWords, SEO and ORM* Social Media Management (all duties)* E-Newsletter, copywriting, distribution and reporting* Print and design of all marketing material* Video footage and editing* Chairperson of Green/Social Responsibility Committee* Chairperson of Internship Programme at ATC * Member of Social Committee

Receiving, processing and building of weekly newsletters and promotional material for golf professionals in the UK, USA and South Africa. Managing client accounts and content to best the marketing potential of the publication. Contacting and maintaining healthy relationships with clients via e-mail, Skype and direct phone calls. Updating and building client websites to contain the latest and most relevant information to deliver the best value to the reader. Designing graphic content on Photoshop to add to websites and newsletters. Building over content into a mail dispatching client software platform, testing the mails and approving the mail dispatching process.Responsible for a client portfolio of 87 individual accounts to be updated weekly. Duties also included assisting the client to get maximum exposure on the web, optimising marketing campaigns and troubleshooting basic HTML problems (otherwise referring it to the dedicated IT department). Setting up of Facebook and Twitter pages for clients and making sure that a constant stream of content is placed on it regularly to achieve marketing goals.

Handling various high ranking events, conferences and weddings in the Northern Cape Area. Since there was not a strong presence for social media at that stage, I was very active with email marketing and 24/7 phone service.

Bookings, General Management, Breakfasts, Accounts, Payments and all other guest relations