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It looks like you are looking for a marketing professional – you need someone who can hit the ground running. I might be able to help. I’m a professional remote worker with executive level business and marketing experience. What’s more, as a contractor, I can take on short term assignments with no strings attached. I could bridge the gap whilst you recruit or I might be able to do the role without you needing to use up valuable full-time headcount.I contract on business and marketing strategy, and often programme manage strategy execution for my clients. Apart from being a seasoned marketer, I'm a certified Professional Scrum Master (PSM1) and certified LinkedIn Marketing professional. My clients span a variety of different industries, including IT, Telco, healthcare, retail, arts, hospitality and entertainment.I spent many years with Microsoft Corporation, moving through the ranks from PR to Chief Operations Officer for South Africa, and then Director: Strategy, Africa. I started Rainbow Consulting after bowing out of ‘corporate’ life in 2008. I thrive in the less structured, more complex world of new ideas, remote work, matrixed teams and entrepreneurs. I have a Nat Dip in Public Relations and numerous international business school certifications. I have worked in communications consultancy in varied industries, as well as a 3-year stint overseeing the corporate identity and marketing transition for a large cement company as it evolved from a government-sanctioned cartel to a free market operation.Versatile in approach and widely experienced from journalism through PR to marketing, programme and business management, you won't easily pigeon-hole me. My strengths lie in driving maximum impact for the company from all available resources – integrating strategy, people and processes.I am a fellow of the Africa Leadership Institute and the Aspen Global Leadership Network.