Michelle Oconnor Email & Phone Number

Durban Area, South Africa

Project and client management, running of day-2-day online/social content for clients. Account administration and analysis of social/online content and report-back to clients.

Durban Area, South Africa

The Hardy Boys is a through-the-line advertising agency in Durban, South Africa with ties to BBH Global.Skills Developed: | Account Management | Presentation Techniques | Leadership Skills | Briefing and Facilitating Creatives | Job Bag Facilitation | Documentation and Administration: MS Word; MS PowerPoint; MS Excel | Market Research | Strategy | Development of Client and Creative Briefs | Chase | Handling of Budgets | Cost Estimates |Time Management |My Past Clients:a)… Show more The Hardy Boys is a through-the-line advertising agency in Durban, South Africa with ties to BBH Global.Skills Developed: | Account Management | Presentation Techniques | Leadership Skills | Briefing and Facilitating Creatives | Job Bag Facilitation | Documentation and Administration: MS Word; MS PowerPoint; MS Excel | Market Research | Strategy | Development of Client and Creative Briefs | Chase | Handling of Budgets | Cost Estimates |Time Management |My Past Clients:a) Unilever - Vaseline Global AccountKey Responsibilities/Disciplines:Packaging | Print | TV | Production | Radio | In-store | OOH | Activations |Key Achievements:We were the lead creative agency to create a 360 degree campaign to launch the new Vaseline Total Moisture range into the global market. This included strategy, research, packaging, print, OOH, radio, script development and TV filming/production for four TV commercials which were adapted for Thailand, Singapore, North America, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Australia and New Zealand. We worked alongside BBH New York and Asia for the duration of this project. During this campaign my boss left on maternity leave and therefore I was left to run the account and the campaign on my own.b) Unilever - Ola Ice Cream (equivalent to Walls Ice Cream)Key Responsibilities/Disciplines:Packaging | Print | In-store/POS | TV Adaptation | Radio | Activations | Events |Key Achievements:Running of full campaigns for the following brands: Magnum, Cornetto, Fruttare and Paddle Pop. This included the internal launch for Fruttare at Unilever Head Office where we created an entire “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”- like event and the launch of Fruttare into the South African market which included in-store branding of all ice cream cabinets, competitions, in-store promotions and activation events. Show less

United States

I worked for a ski season in Aspen, Colorado. I worked in a ski shop selling merchandise and also renting out and fitting skis to customers.Skills learnt:Customer management, diplomacy, cash register/POS system, sales etiquette, stock take and inventory, rental management.

Tutor Grade 8 - Matric students

General Promotions of products

Customer management, orders, service and bills.

Marketing And Advertising Communications Management, Marketing And Advertising, Top 5 At Year-End

The Red and Yellow School is a one-year postgraduate diploma in Marketing and Advertising communications. The year is split up.

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Finance, General

Activities and Societies: Indoor and Outdoor Hockey (Hockey Captain 2008), Tennis club. Subjects covered in degree: Accounting, Taxation.

Matric, English, Afrikaans, Maths, Accounting, Drama And Geography

Achievements: - Distinctions in: English, Afrikaans, Maths, Accounting, Speech and Drama and Geography. - Dux (First in the Grade) - Head.