Experience

Citizen Leader Lab

• South Africa
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• National Marketing and Communications Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  ● Leading the full communication and marketing processes for Citizen Leader Lab and all its products ● Develop annual organisational communication and marketing strategies ● Manage the brand identity and positioning of the organisation ● Creating strategic marketing plans to build and maintain the organisation’s brands and profile ●Management of supplier relationships for communications to ensure they provide quality work to budget and time ● Overseeing and coordinating the organisation’s various communication platforms ● Perform all other tasks related to the communication, visibility, archiving, and promotion of the organisational brand ● Ensuring that all online and other promotional material is relevant, up-to-date and on message ● Working with the team to write and create various documents ● Quality assurance of all documents Show less



Oxfam

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Southern Africa Communications Executive

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

  ●Develop and implement a unique brand strategy to ensure visibility ● Represent Oxfam led and supported conferences, workshops, and webinars to meet communication needs of all projects ● Communicate and interact regularly with Oxfam partners, to ensure all projects have consistency with brand image and quality ● Build and grow Oxfam online community by engaging, educating, and interacting with social media platform followers ● Collaborate with Oxfam staff and partners to document success stories and lessons learned that will be used to write and publish stories and articles ● Develop and draft monthly newsletters to share program highlights, recent activities, and valuable information with Oxfam network, partners, and donors ● Conduct interviews and collaborate with teams to coordinate video recording and multimedia productions Show less

• Regional Communications Officer

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

  ●Collaborate with staff members and teams throughout the confederation as needed● Serving as an informed liaison to the Regional Manager and act as pointof contact for Regional Manager● Coordinate the delivery of key plans and reports, including regular management● Conduct/ organise background research and briefings to prepare the Regional Manager for external and internal meetings, country visits, public events and media interviews● Manage information and other resources in support of effective communications and decision-making processes● Coordinate the distribution of relevant information and reference material, providing summary reviews as required● Coordinate presentations, communiqués and newsletters● Arrange senior management meetings, and prepare suitable documentation and material as required Show less



WE Communications

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Communications Specialist

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

  ●Provide marketing, PR, communications and branding support to accounts, including ensuring all materials are brand-compliant and that campaigns are rolled out effectively ● Provide guidance for all PR activities i.e. assist in putting together a press release, a strategy around an event/story, briefing photographers ● Interface with the relevant CSR contact for each account to ensure CSR activities are well-executed (i.e. take place, photography done, the activity reported on, media information distributed and a story written for various audiences) ● Supporting the communications of account programmes, events, engagements, and campaigns ● Creating spaces for organisations be heard on local, regional and global platforms ● Media Monitoring and reporting on client accounts ● Communicate professionally with all levels of an organisation comfortably Show less