Penelope Marais Email & Phone Number

City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Capetown

Parktown, Gauteng

All travel arrangements (flight, car hire & hotel) for the Head of Digital, Digital Managing Editor and the Chief Technology Officer.All expense claims for the above three heads of the digital department.Travel arrangements for all digital journalists as well as the multimedia team.Managing office supplies for all digital journalists and the multimedia team.Booking of boardrooms for international visitors/institutions and arranging food/beverages.Ensuring all… Show more All travel arrangements (flight, car hire & hotel) for the Head of Digital, Digital Managing Editor and the Chief Technology Officer.All expense claims for the above three heads of the digital department.Travel arrangements for all digital journalists as well as the multimedia team.Managing office supplies for all digital journalists and the multimedia team.Booking of boardrooms for international visitors/institutions and arranging food/beverages.Ensuring all freelancers/contractors submit their invoices timeously before payroll cut off.Monthly reconciling of the corporate credit card purchases/bank statement.Ensuring all digital files (as well as paper copies) are kept up to date.Managing the digital staff contact register.Checking our websites throughout the day for any errors and liaising with editors. Show less

Cape Town Area, South Africa

I began by working for the Africa division researching all the political parties and their candidates for the 2015 Nigerian elections. I then worked for News24 typing spreadsheets of all the suburbs within major cities of South Africa for 24.com's load shedding app GridWatch.Worked on the restaurant database for Food24 and also edited articles for Health24.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

This was a freelance position. I started by managing the Food section on the website and ended up also managing the Travel and Motoring sections as well as updating them all on the homepage - msn.com - before the website was shut down.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Temporary position as the P.A. and Office Manager for Kobus Dippenaar Atelier. I managed the diary for all appointments, consultations and fittings. Was responsible for email correspondence with clients, invoicing, supplier payments, weekly wages and general banking. Travel arrangements for when Kobus made overseas trips to Fashion Week and Trade Fairs in London and Hong Kong respectively. Managed the seamstresses while Kobus was overseas.

Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa

I did freelance work within my experience, which was:Creating and standardising office filing systems for a plumbing business as well as helping with their Social Media accounts. I ventured into cold calling for the first time, to generate new business for the company. I successfully managed to obtain a few big contracts for them!I also did two assignments for News24 during this time.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

I managed and interacted with the communities on the social networking sites of 24.com - Letterdash (blogs) and Answerit, a question and answer site under the News24 umbrella. Did a blog post at least twice a week on the Editor's blog, as well as arranging polls and competitions to promote community interaction. Dealt with user queries and technical problems via the Editor's blog as well as Get Satisfaction. Monitoring and reporting of statistical data each month end to management… Show more I managed and interacted with the communities on the social networking sites of 24.com - Letterdash (blogs) and Answerit, a question and answer site under the News24 umbrella. Did a blog post at least twice a week on the Editor's blog, as well as arranging polls and competitions to promote community interaction. Dealt with user queries and technical problems via the Editor's blog as well as Get Satisfaction. Monitoring and reporting of statistical data each month end to management, which was gathered from Nielsen's and Google Analytics. Arranged and hosted regular get-togethers for the bloggers of Letterdash at various locations across the peninsula. Show less

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Online editorResearcherPublic relationsPicture sourcingAdministrator of the website.From September 2008 until February 2009 I managed the site on alternate weekends.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Was responsible for property sales from the time the agent sold the property until transfer. Liaising with the bond consultants, attorneys, seller and buyer, beetle and electrical inspectors etc Created and standardised the office filing systems and subsequently taught the office administrators of the other three branches throughout the peninsula. Managed the office maintenance staff in their duties and wages and managed petty cash. Submission of ads to the Property… Show more Was responsible for property sales from the time the agent sold the property until transfer. Liaising with the bond consultants, attorneys, seller and buyer, beetle and electrical inspectors etc Created and standardised the office filing systems and subsequently taught the office administrators of the other three branches throughout the peninsula. Managed the office maintenance staff in their duties and wages and managed petty cash. Submission of ads to the Property Argus.Production of Sunday show houses brochures. Show less