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Salzburg, Austria

Salzburg, Austria

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Responsible for managing and leading a team of 25 PR and social media practitioners working across 18 direct and integrated brands
• Specialised in PR and social media strategy, PR writing, content creation, community management, media/influencer engagement and management, event management, media training and crisis communications
• Member Ogilvy Cape Board of DirectorsACHIEVEMENTS
• Five new business wins in 2017
• Six PRISM Awards in 2017 including Bronze for Best Large PR Consultancy in South Africa (in conjunction with Ogilvy PR Johannesburg)

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Strike Media (Pty) Ltd is a mobile marketing agency 60% owned by Ogilvy Cape Town
• Responsible for managing and leading a team of mobile specialists in the disciplines of digital and software development, DevOps, project management and sales
• Remit consisted of management and new business, primarily focussed on building a strong connection between Strike and Ogilvy to deliver strong mobile work on behalf of Ogilvy clients
• Member of Ogilvy Digital Board and Ogilvy Cape Board of Directors

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Responsible for managing and leading a team of nearly 50 digital specialists in partnership with creative director and team leads (strategy, development, delivery, data & analytics)
• Member of Ogilvy Digital Board

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Led organisational project, in conjunction with Managing Director and Cape Board of Directors, on solving integration within Ogilvy across disciplines of Advertising, Digital, PR and Social

Windhoek, Namibia

• A JV between The Jupiter Drawing Room (CT) and Ohlthaver & List, in which I was significantly involved in the conceptualising, development and set-up of the business. To date it has grown into one of the largest.
• Responsible for leadership, management, business strategy and overall performance of the agency
• Led account management and brand strategy, oversaw all client relationships
• In partnership with creative director, ensured quality of creative work and implementation across all campaigns
• Accountable for new business development - initial client engagement/briefing, pitching and finalising the scope/contract
• Oversaw all operational and resource planning, including recruitment, contract negotiations and career management of team

Cape Town, South Africa

• Responsible for Windhoek BeerTM (Namibia, SADC and global markets) and Protea Hotels (Protea Hotels, Protea Hotel Fire & Ice and African Pride) portfolios
• Client interface on brand strategy, creative development and production of all ATL, BTL and digital communications
• Managed account teams across both portfolios
• Accountable for financial management of portfolios and all projects (forecasting, budgeting and profitability)My time at Jupiter included a hiatus from account management when I took on the lead digital project.

London, United Kingdom

• Oversaw the launch of titles across all Walt Disney Studios into retail and customer markets (Amazon.co.uk, Woolworths, Sainsbury’s, ASDA, Tesco, HMV, Marks & Spencer)
• Key team member working on trade and brand marketing campaigns for Nokia across all UK mobile service providers - campaigns included product launches, retention programmes, incentive schemes, merchandising and.
• Managed the re-brand of Continental Tyres’ ContiNetwork, and the launch event to all UK network members
• Developed press releases, liaised with journalists and managed editorial media coverage for Dairy Crest, Sennheiser and Chivas RegalLeft Haygarth to return to South Africa.

B. Bus.Sci, Marketing

• Completed a four-year Bachelor of Business Science degree with honours in the field of Marketing • Completed a thesis on the subject of.

Online Short Course, Executive And Management Coaching

Ipm Diploma, Project Management

Education record