Experience

Indie Village Creative

• South Africa
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Director

  • Mar 2021 - Present



Studio Bila

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Creative Director

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  Photographer and Director. Photographer and Director.



The Expressionist

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Freelance Blogger/Photographer/Curator/Content Creator

  • Jan 2012 - Present

  "Bringing Africa to the world and the world to Africa". "Bringing Africa to the world and the world to Africa".



Cerebra

• Design Quarter, Fourways.

• Senior Community Manager

  • Apr 2015 - Dec 2015

  PURPOSE: Strategic oversight, quality control, profitability and client and team relationship management for a client or range of clients. DUTIES: Development and ownership of content plan in line with client strategy document. Client interface – understanding client needs, requirements, concerns and wins and communicating proactively with team. Assisting in conceptualisation and briefing of new campaigns, projects and initiatives Initiate and maintain influencer identification, relationships, engagement. Campaign ideation, working with your team to compile and deliver campaign pitch presentations to client teams. Monitoring of industry trends, client vertical trends, platform trends, advertising, branding and marketing developments and sharing that information with the team and the business as a whole. Accountability for the overall quality and presentation of client reports, recommendations and insights. Actively seek opportunities to improve client’s business processes or operations, with strategists and client services stakeholders, based on community management insights. Oversight, management and scheduling of content and community managers. Creation and curation of the content strategy, plans and pillars tailored to the identified target markets on annual or bi-annual basis Development of brand personality and tone in conjunction with social engagement framework on annual or bi-annual basis. Ongoing community management team training and mentorship. Building systems to effectively aggregate content from business units. Oversight of social content quality. Keeping abreast of platform updates and making necessary recommendations on changes where appropriate. Oversight of daily content publishing and community management. Trend and opportunity spotting. Development of community management strategy. Carrying out bi-annual content and community management strategy review. Show less



NXT\ METAVERSAL INNOVATION

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Digital Copywriter & Social Media Manager

  • May 2012 - Mar 2015

  Manage Social Media marketing campaigns and day-to-day activities including: Create and curate relevant content to reach the target audience through content planning and stratagem. Monitor, observe, listen and engage users in manner aligned to brand objectives in a relevant tone & voice in keeping to brand values and integrity. Conduct online advocacy for the brands. Develop and expand community efforts. Oversee design (i.e.: Facebook Timeline cover, profile pic, thumbnails, ads, landing pages, Twitter profile, and blog). Strategize and manage promotions and Facebook ad campaigns. Compile report for management showing results (ROI). Become an advocate for the Company in Social Media spaces, engaging in dialogues and answering questions where appropriate. Monitor online sentiment and respond accordingly. Monitor trends in Social Media tools, applications, channels, design and strategy. Identify threats and opportunities in user generated content surrounding the business, report to appropriate management. Analyze campaigns and translate anecdotal or qualitative data into recommendations and plans for revising the Social Media campaigns. Monitor effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of Social Media programs. Analyze, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns in an effort to maximize results. Participate in brainstorms and, together with the Creative Director, generate innovative and creative concepts and “big ideas” that are aligned with the strategy and brief. Execute on any type of content copywriting requirements for internal and external clients Proofread and edit social media community plans provided by community managers to ensure copy is on tone, on strategy and adheres to social media best practise. Landing page and website copywriting General copywriting, editing and proofreading of copy Presentation of concepts internally and to clients Show less



Another-Day JHB

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Photographer, Writer

  • Jan 2014 - Feb 2015

  Photographer and article writer - http://www.another-day.co.za/ Photographer and article writer - http://www.another-day.co.za/



One on One Productions

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Copywriter, content curator & Social Media management

  • Mar 2011 - Apr 2012



UJfm

• On air presenter and producer

  • Jun 2010 - Jun 2011

  UJfm is a student based community radio station broadcasting live from Auckland park. Your noise of choice 95.4fm or www.ujfm.co.za UJfm is a student based community radio station broadcasting live from Auckland park. Your noise of choice 95.4fm or www.ujfm.co.za



HDI Youth Marketeers

• South Africa
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Executive

  • Feb 2008 - Mar 2011