Experience

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  Synergy Studio 1

  • South Africa

  • Stratgic implementation lead

    • Jan 2024 - Present
    • South Africa

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  The MetaDrome

  • Project Lead

    • Jun 2022 - Present

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  EVENME COMMERCIAL

  • South Africa

  • Owner and Founder of EvenMe

    • May 2016 - Present
    • South Africa

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  EvenMeShop.co.za and Evenme Npc

  • South Africa

  • Founder and Director

    • Dec 2015 - Present
    • South Africa

    Innovative online portal and App that takes youth career and development support to a whole new level. It is linked to an Economic Inclusion Program which looks like an online store with over 15,000 products that allow Mobile Entrepreneurs to earn a commission based income without being employed. EvenMe is aimed at South African youth between the ages of 18 and 35 offering quality content to assist them in making better and more informed decisions that will impact their studies and ultimately their careers. The different levels of engagement are through topics around music, sports, entrepreneurship, business, internships, education, mentorship and social media.

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  Gateway Management Group

  • Ireland

  • Marketing Director

    • Mar 2020 - Jan 2022
    • Ireland

    Your partner-of-choice for best-in-class Business Consulting, Channel Management and Marketing. Providing you with cost effective, realistic and executable end-to-end, solutions for the successful growth of your business globally. Creating partnerships for long term value. A global, efficient and effective consultancy driving channel management, connecting global vendors to wider markets with world-class solutions in the shortest time.​The management team is intrinsically involved in all aspects of the business since it was incorporated in 2014. Gateway Management Group FZ LLC incorporated in 2014 in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.

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  Unique Soles

  • Fourways

  • Owner

    • Feb 2013 - Mar 2020
    • Fourways

    Unique Soles brings you Unique and custom made sneakers • Your ideas and designs or ready made ones. • Locally hand made (in South Africa) shipped anywhere in the world We bring you YOUR favourite sneaker brand that is totally unique and customised to YOU

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  Corporate Fundamentals (Pty) Ltd

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Founder / Director

    • Sep 2012 - Mar 2020
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Corporate Fundamentals - What we do is limited only by YOUR and OUR imagination. What we are : a 360 degree solution . . . specialising in out-of-the-box creativity to bring you services and products that are innovative, exciting and engaging. We engage. We create action. www.corporatefundamentals1.comOur individual passion within the organisation is to leave a legacy and as such EvenMe was born as our legacy project - youth enablment - engagement and development www.evenme.co.za

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  Corporate Fundamentals

  • johannesburg area, south africa

  • Employee Engagement Consultant

    • Sep 2012 - Mar 2020
    • johannesburg area, south africa

    Specialist in creating an ongoing strategy for employee engagement within your organization. Engaged employees contribute to the bottom line of your business - they ARE your business. We can assist to create an engagement culture that will turn employees into loyal and engaged Ambassadors for your organization.

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  Nokia

  • Finland
  • Telecommunications
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Employee Communications - Developer Experience and Marketplace Organisation

    • Jan 2012 - Oct 2012

    Global internal communications channel development for Developer Experience and Marketplace organization. Creation and implementation of DXM identify within the greater Nokia organization. Support leadership communications. (Create plan aligned to leadership strategy) Create collaboration with the developer team and all DXM divisions for full integration of required communications and positioning.

  • Head of Internal Communications Middle East and Africa

    • Jul 2010 - Dec 2011

    Deliver an internal communications plan that increases employee morale, utilizes recognition and celebration and instil a solutions culture which objectives include awareness, capabilities and culture to create an outcome of understanding, integration and ownership to the global organization.Projects : - Strategic development of PEOPLE (being more human value) projects with management- Electronic message board development (across entire MEA) - Internal events (partners conferences, strategy sharing, internal marketing)- Consumer centric employee campaign implementation - Strategic solutions event implementation in all 12 markets on a monthly basis - Developing an internal marketing campaign to employees for message distribution and employee engagement- Global First Touch ambassador involved in employee engagement planning workshops

  • Internal Communications : Sub saharan Africa

    • Dec 2008 - Jul 2010

    Design and implementation of dedicated Sub Saharan African (SSA) internal communications channels Execution of overall Middle East and Africa (MEA) internal communications plan within SSATo achieve a successful strategy sharing for all MEA employeesInternal events (partners conferences, strategy sharing, internal marketing events)

  • Marketing Manager : Brand Sponsorship and Events (Activation Manager)

    • Apr 2007 - Dec 2008

    Developing a Youth Strategy for SSADeveloping a Sponsorship Strategy for SSA Managing Key Regional Events (Nokia Owned) Conceptualizing Activations for Must Win Projects Defend Your Street, South African leg in conjunction with MEA. Vodacom sponsorship inclusion and roll out. Key Departments / Interface: MEA Team, SA Marketing Team, Vodacom. Trends Lab. Managing and implementing Trends Lab in South Africa in conjunction with the global team. Outcomes based objectives: Position Nokia in Music. My First Nokia Road Show. Conceptualizing and delivering road shows in 11 Sub Saharan African Countries. Interface with all country marketing managers. Youth Platforms. Conceptualizing and delivering a youth strategy in 3 markets (Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa) in order to increase the “Youth Brand Preference”. Sponsorship Strategy. Conceptualizing and delivering sponsorships strategy for SSA. Warranty Campaign. Conceptualizing and delivering a Warranty Campaign in Kenya. Creating platforms for implementation in all markets in SSA. SSA Campfire (Internal Strategy Sharing) – including SSA teambuilding event. Logistical implementation of the Campfire event for SSA. Key Interface with Comms Department and VP. Distributors Conference. Coordinating and implementing the SSA Distributors Conference and press event in conjunction with Comms and VP. Received achievement award from VP for exemplary execution of Distributors Conference and overall plan.

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  Makwetla and Associates

  • Project manager

    • Mar 2006 - May 2007

    Sourcing and securing new businessWriting Tenders, Rolling out events, budgeting and client liaison. Projects : Metro Music Awards Metro FM Massed Choir Festival SABC, Transnet Nokia Jammin Nokia Early Childhood Dev Awards Absa, Presidency, SACECDNational Heritage Awards National Heritage Council Vukani Fashion Awards Old Mutual and SAFDA

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  National Delphic Council

  • South Africa

  • CEO of National Delphic Council

    • Jan 2001 - Feb 2006
    • South Africa

    CEO of National Delphic Council of South Africa. Director: Regional Directorate of Sub-Saharan Africa The National Delphic Council is a non-governmental organisation incorporated under Section 21, in 2001, for the purposes of de-fragmenting the arts sector through arts and cultural development and participating in Delphic Games internationally under the South African Flag. Delphics are to the arts what the Olympics are to Sport. The National Delphic Council won the Bid to host the 2007 Junior Delphic Games in Johannesburg.

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  World Expo 2000 - Hanover Germany

  • Hanover Germany

  • Private Sector Pavilion Director

    • Jan 1998 - Nov 2000
    • Hanover Germany

    1999 : Private Sector Project Director Pre-Expo 20002000 : Deputy Pavilion Director (on Site)South African Government signed country representation to the World Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany. Each country was represented by government and private sector. In excess of 20 industry sectors were represented over a 6 months period on site. Over 6 million visitors were hosted on the Pavilion. Presidents, Country Heads, Ministers, Kings, and Queens, Global Corporate CEO’s, Commissioners and others were hosted on the South African Pavilion. Myself, together with Roy Setlapelo (government pavilion director) managed all aspects of the Expo.