As Event Director for the Candyland Music Festival, I played a pivotal role in developing and executing the festival's vision, resulting in significant growth and attendee satisfaction. My key responsibilities and achievements included:Creative Event Concepts: Developed innovative and engaging event concepts that attracted a larger audience, contributing to the festival's overall growth.Trend Analysis: Conducted in-depth research on trends in youth culture, curating urban music experiences that received 95% positive feedback from attendees.Logistics Management: Efficiently managed logistics, achieving a 10% reduction in costs while ensuring seamless event execution.Strategic Partnerships: Built and maintained strategic partnerships, reducing costs and enhancing the overall quality of the festival.Negotiation: Negotiated favorable terms with vendors and partners, resulting in cost savings of R180,000.Marketing and Social Media: Created and implemented a comprehensive event marketing plan, including a social media content calendar, to increase festival visibility and engagement.

As Branch Manager at Cardiction Motorsales, I was responsible for overseeing all daily operations and driving the branch's success. My key responsibilities and achievements included:Increased Sales and Efficiency: Led the branch to higher sales figures while streamlining operational efficiency, ensuring a smooth and productive workflow.Financial Management: Managed branch financials with precision, implementing automation software that reduced the time required for compiling budgets and reports.Marketing Strategy: Coordinated and executed targeted marketing strategies, boosting brand awareness and significantly increasing social media leads.Compliance and Customer Satisfaction: Introduced new compliance procedures, which led to a substantial decrease in non-compliance incidents and an improvement in customer satisfaction.

Starrstruck is a tech startup operating in the event space, providing an on-demand pay-per-view streaming service and ticketing.My role was to manage events, head production studio, content production, and marketing.Orchestrated the design, planning, and seamless execution of events, ensuring memorable guest experiences and client satisfaction.Consistently achieved event objectives, managing budgets and timelines to deliver 90% of projects on time and within budget.Directed on-site operations and logistics, enhancing attendee experience. achieving a positive attendee satisfaction rating.Reliably identified, sourced, and managed vendors and suppliers to meet event requirements. Developed and maintained relationships with industry partners, securing sponsorships and collaborative opportunities. Secured a major sponsorship deal with one of the largest telecom companies in SA.Managed end-to-end content creation and distribution, reliably producing, scheduling, and distributing content for several brands at the same time.Developed targeted content marketing strategies that led to multiple events becoming national trending topics, which increased brand awareness and reach. With some videos reaching over a 300 thousand views.Achieved over 1000 sign-ups for the PPV web application launch through a targeted events marketing strategy.

Multi-Media Event Trading is an event management and event technical company. My role as general manager of set design was to assist event project managers and external clients with designing and building set elements for their exhibitions, corporate events, road shows, and trade shows.Key Responsibilities.>Act as the primary contact for clients, ensuring client briefs are correctly recorded and a set design team is assigned to each project. >Manage multiple projects concurrently, coordinating cross-functional teams to complete projects within the allocated time and budget.>Conducted weekly meetings to ensure project timelines are being adhered to and teams are on the same page.>Led a large team of 20 people, successfully coordinating operations, warehouse, and set building.>Ensure on-site teams are representing the brand well, through dress code, behavior, and observing safety protocols at all times.>Managed set design fleet, ensuring trucks are well maintained, serviced and ready for operations.>Negotiated contracts with vendors, securing favorable terms that led to a 15% saving on set design materials.>Improved project coordination and communication by improving technology tools used for enhanced project tracking, reporting, and information sharing among team members.>Increased storage availability, by implementing robust inventory management systems to optimize stock levels and minimize waste/costs associated with excess product storage.>Compiled accurate monthly reports on overall business performance.

Multi-Media Event Trading is an event management and event technical company. My role as group creditors controller was managing all suppliers, managing payments to suppliers, and coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure payments are made in time.Key Responsibilities>Oversee all supplier accounts and ensure accounts are up to date as per company policy.>Ensure all supplier invoices are processed and recorded according to company procedures.>Ensure internal claims procedures are followed and payment is processed in accordance to company policy.>Collaborate with cross-functional teams, to ensure supplier payments are made in accordance with project timelines and supplier agreements.>Ensure all freelance technical staff have been onboarded, and understand payments procedures and invoice submission procedures.>Ensure digital and hard copy file structures are well maintained and documentation is easy to find.>Monitor and analyze accounts payable processes and recommend improvements to increase efficiency and accuracy.>Manage supplier relationships and resolve any issues or disputes related to payments or invoices.>Ensure accurate and timely month-end and year-end close processes for accounts payable.>Assist financial managers with audits and provide documentation and support as needed.

Support Financial Manager with accounting and ad-hoc tasks where required.Assist with office management.Assist with managing key accounts.Record transactions on Pastel software.Allocate transactions.Bank reconciliations.Assist with month end management report.Assist with Budget preparation.Maintain hard copy filing systems for customers and suppliers in accordance with procedures.Provide support to update customer, supplier accounts and attend to customer, supplier queriesLiaise with customers and suppliers to ensure that customer invoices sent, supplier invoices are received and payments are made in a timely manner.Tend to all office supplies.Record and make sure processes and procedures are being followed to ensure compliance.Gathering information from clients, assessing their insurance needs and risk profile.Building and maintaining relationships with clients including scheduling and attending meetings and understanding the nature of clients' businesses or lives.Ensuring clients understand the terms and the extent of the cover provided in line with industry regulations.Renewing or amending existing policies.

Assist clients and brokers with new quotation.Assist clients with add-ons and replacements.Assist clients with queries.Telephone correspondence with clients, brokers and vehicle dealerships.Emailing correspondents with clients, brokers and vehicle dealerships.Coordinating with other departmentsPrinting client policies, arranging policies correctly and binding the policies.Ensure outgoing mail is delivered at the post office.Ensure the corresponding documents are mailed to the appropriate recipients.