Down to Earth is a South African company specialising in natural daily skincare and wellness solutions that harness the healing goodness of plant extracts.As the co-owner of Down to Earth, I managed the operational and marketing aspects of this small business. The marketing activities included a rebrand of our products and website, designing various marketing assets, developing, implementing and monitoring marketing campaigns, managing our online store and our social media pages, creating and distributing sales-focussed newsletters, working with marketing and website agencies, creating product training videos, and working with retailers to create marketing campaigns for promotions. I helped grow our distribution into 100 stores nationwide, and internationally in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, and Namibia.

FNB Wealth offers banking, investment and stockbroking services to high net worth individuals.Facilitate the conversion of knowledge and ideas into new or improved products, processes and services.Maintain expert knowledge on industry best practices.Initiate and manage projects, product research, data mining and quantitative analysis.

Barnard Jacobs Mellet Private Client Services offered stockbroking services to private individuals. The Barnard Jacobs Mellet Group was bought-out by FNB during the time I fulfilled this role.Drive and manage business systems and operational projects. Business systems specialist.Develop, implement and maintain business processes.Management of company client facing documents.

Barnard Jacobs Mellet Holdings was a holdings company of stockbroking and related subsidiaries.Lead, direct and mentor marketing team (grew the marketing department from inception).Develop and manage communication programmes and marketing plans working closely with agencies and service providers.Manage website and drive system improvements working closely with a team of developers.Manage marketing templates, online tools, procedures and guidelines.Event management.

Receptionist / telephonist / administrator, Barnard Jacobs Mellet Private Client ServicesClient liaison consultant, Bain & CompanyData Capturer, Systems Publishers

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