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Cape Town Area, South Africa

Manage the Production department at Spree.co.za - responsible for ensuring effective speed to market with all new products going live to purchase on site in the shortest time possible. Creation, management and implementation of workflow processes ensuring that stock bought goes live in full and on-time with all the data requirements thus driving speed to market and positively influencing ROI.Strategic management of capacity requirements that is cost and time effective.Lead and consistently develop a high performance team. Manage Spree's Corporate Social Responsibility projects.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Active in the production of the magazine & brand extension standalone publications – from planning phase to print. Including planning the content of every issue as well as styling & creative direction, commissioning of features. Work closely with Editor re: internal budgets & operating within it; stand in for the Editor in her absence. Be a brand ambassador at industry events, launches & reader days. Assist in ensuring all deadline are met – editorial, production & print. Work with the copy editors across both languages the magazine is published in. Ensure editorial style & consistency is executed across both titles. Direct art department on design, layout, covers cover lines, use of colours & fonts.Write; research & translate articles when needed. Edit the ‘Ask the Experts’ section of the magazine – this is where relationships are built with external experts in the relevant industries, readers need advice from. Manage all Advertorials – manage client relationships. Create concepts for the Sales team to sell to clients. Oversee the process from brief to execution through to layout and client approval.Digital responsibilities include content selection & creation for both the English and Afrikaans websites. Ensure the synergy between the brand’s print & digital offering. Increase Unique Browsers and Page Impressions (overall traffic) to the websites thus creating favourable conditions for advertisers. Identify all revenue-generating opportunities & where possible leverage it across print as well. Manage all Social Media platforms (Facebook, Twitter & Pinterest) & increase, fans & followers; implement campaigns in line with the publication to create brand awareness & actively using the platform as a market research tool. Advise the Developers on website functionality ensuring a user-friendly online experience including the mobile offering. Manage all stats via Nielsens, Google Analytics, Pin Reach. Manage newsletter database and distribution.

Editor of Vodaworld magazine, which also included heading up editorial team responsible for all smaller Vodacom monthly publications and ad hoc publishing projects. Commission articles and managing contributors and freelancers. Work closely with the art department and brainstorm new designs and concepts. Responsible for all aspects of the editorial production process from content creation, briefing writers, photographers and illustrators, pagination, all the way through to print. Work closely with the advertising team. Managing publication budgets. Maintain and build relationships with the client and suppliers. Updating Vodaworld website. Additional duties at Interactive Africa included writing and copy editing Design Indaba magazine and act as host to international speakers at the annual Design Indaba conference.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Managing, sourcing and selecting all editorial content (including images) for the above-mentioned channels. Writing and subbing articles. Updating channels and sub sections daily. Managing reader/user forums and responding to reader/user queries. Mentor to junior editorial team membersAdditional duties included managing Dr Eve’s sex and relationships website which was hosted by World Online. Weekend Portal editor once a month.

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Journalism & Media Management, Media

Nd, Journalism

Current, Digital Marketing