•Participating in the development of the Foundation’s 5-year strategies and annual strategic plans for South Africa and the United Kingdom Entity. •Cascading strategies into an annual communications plan for Adopt-a-School Foundation South Africa and the United Kingdom Entity, ensuring synergy with the overall fundraising, stakeholder and communications strategy. •Supporting talent development and fostering a high-performance culture through providing leadership, establishing clear goals and managing performance.•Crafting board reports and executive reports, including designing PowerPoint presentations. •Entrenching the AAS Grammar and Style Guide to ensure uniformity and professionalism in all communications. •Creating captivating marketing and stakeholder impact stories that convey the Foundation's vision and mission across several channels. •Developing and implementing the AAS Stakeholder Management Plan to promote effective involvement and connections with all stakeholders.•Rigorously editing all documents to correspond to corporate branding rules, ensuring brand integrity.•Implementing media and crisis communications procedures to reinforce AAS's readiness and response tactics. •Managing and authorising communications expenses in accordance with AAS procurement policy and financial constraints. •Creating a targeted digital strategy to increase reach and engagement through digital channels.•Conducting comprehensive monthly website audits and updates to ensure peak performance and current content. •Developing content and managing the design for an annual report to increase awareness about the work of the Foundation transparency. •Handling service providers and agencies to ensure timely communication collateral and press releases. •Supporting events to ensure successful execution and audience satisfaction. •Identifying and reducing risks using an updated risk register.•Compiling departmental reports for Exco and Board.

Oversaw PR and communications activities, ensuring compliance with national strategy and maximizing brand exposure. Identified external events and PR campaigns to raise CHOC’s profile, overseeing advertising, PR, and communications concepts to ensure branding compliance. Designed and updated the website, oversaw the national newsletter, and customized communication for various segments of the database when required. Proofread, edited, and approved regional communications and marketing material, ensuring consistency and quality.Selected Accomplishments: Developed an integrated communications strategy for the CHOC National Office aligned with campaigns and events, ensuring consistency and effectiveness. Developed communications collateral for digital and print distribution, including brochures, organizational profiles, do-nor films, e-mailers, and SMS campaigns, ensuring relevance and impact. Ensured adherence to the brand and corporate identity at all times, maintaining consistency across digital platforms and communication collateral. Built relationships with media partners to promote CHOC and the cause of Childhood Cancer, identifying opportunities for media and speaking platforms.

Cultivated strong, enduring relationships with both internal teams and external partners, fostering collaboration and alignment across projects. Provided effective leadership and mentorship to the council submission administrator, enhancing team performance and productivity. Formulated the annual budget for the council submission department, ensuring financial sustainability and resource allocation alignment with organizational objectives.Selected Accomplishments: Established and executed comprehensive national council procedures for new, relocated, and renovated stores, opti-mizing efficiency and compliance. Successfully identified and secured suppliers and engineers for council submissions, contributing to the growth and development of Famous Brands. Acted as a liaison between Famous Brands and diverse council offices, facilitating the approval process for sites nationwide.

• Manage multiple campaigns• Ensure smooth running of the account: operationally, creatively and financially• Build and maintain healthy relationships with clients• Ensure successful and profitable stewardship of clients' brands• Translate client marketing requirements into constructive briefing documents• Ensure that quality products and services are delivered at all times• Meet with clients and other agency staff.• Liaising with clients and advertising agencies by maintaining regular contact with both and ensuring that communication flows effectively.• Negotiate with suppliers.• Monitor budgets, campaign costs and profitability of accounts.• Write reports, keep records and financial details.

• Managed strategic alignment of Customer Service needs to business objectives.• Provided direction for Broker Distribution internal and external communication.• Proactively and successfully built and maintained relationships as well as communication channels with key internal and external stakeholders. • Worked with Investor Relations to design and direct the right message content for customers. • Communication channel between OMSTA processing centre and OMSTA contact centre. • Conducted root cause analysis on errors and complaints and provided feedback to the relevant internal value chain.