Experience

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  Smit Media Group (PTY) LTD

  • Brackenfell, South Africa

  • Small Business Owner

    • Jul 2015 - Present
    • Brackenfell, South Africa

    I am the owner of a small business marketing firm called Smit Media Group where I manage various projects in Ecommerce, SEO, Content Marketing, trading and more.I have helped small businesses with-Website design, website maintenance and management-PPC advertising campaigns-SEO optimizationI have also used Smit Media Group as an launchpad for various projects including-Affiliate marketing websites-Ad revenue generating websites-Ecommerce stores-Various online businesses

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  Crelo Couch Covers

  • South Africa

  • Ecommerce Specialist

    • Jun 2021 - Jan 2022
    • South Africa

    Crelo Couch Covers is an online store selling couch covers in South Africa. The online store has become one of the top couch cover stores in South Africa. I started the store in 2020 and successfully exited the business after profitably selling it in early 2022.Apart from being the previous owner of this online store, I performed the following tasks:-Product & market research-SEO optimization (on-page and off-page SEO)-Content creation, content optimization, copywriting-Sales management, customer management, supplier management-Shopify store optimization, user experience optimization, conversion rate optimizations-Product importation, packaging, shipping management etc.

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  MonetizeMore

  • Marketing Content Specialist

    • 2017 - Jul 2021

    MonetizeMore is an Canadian based ad optimization company serving customers world wide. At MonetizeMore, I was in charge of various areas of content marketing, SEO and other marketing tasks. The role later transitioned in me becoming team captain working directly under the Marketing Manager.I was in charge of the following tasks-Content creation (blog articles), writing, editing, publishing-WordPress website management-Project management of video production, technical website issues-Outsourcing and managing various freelancers-Video scripting, video publishing, video editing-SEO optimization (on-page and off-page)

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  Freelance Website Designer

  • Cape Town

  • Website Designer

    • Aug 2010 - Apr 2015
    • Cape Town

    During my time at University I designed websites as a side income using HTML, other basic programming skills acquired during classes and through self-learning of WordPress. This lead me to become very proficient in WordPress. Most of these websites were either developed in Joomla or WordPress.

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  College SA

  • Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

  • Website Designer

    • Feb 2014 - Dec 2014
    • Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa

    During my time at College SA I helped design and maintain a portfolio of the company's websites. I formed part of a team of four web designers and a bigger marketing team of 10+ employees.Most of the websites were designed in Joomla. I also managed a few PHP and WordPress websites. Later on I was part of the team designing lading pages for Google AdWords campaigns which included basic Photoshop edits. College SA has since be sold off and rebranded.College SA: http://www.collegesa.co.za

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  Capitec Bank

  • Stellenbosch

  • IT Intern

    • Sep 2012 - Nov 2012
    • Stellenbosch

    During my brief internship at Capitec I designed and maintained internal forms using Excel VBA programming language.

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  University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg Campus

  • Tygerberg Campus, University Of Stellenbosch

  • IT class presenter

    • Apr 2012 - Apr 2012
    • Tygerberg Campus, University Of Stellenbosch

    Whilst working at the University of Stellenbosch as IT Support a position opened to teach basic IT skills to Nurses at the Tygerberg Campus. During these classes I taught general computer skills such as Word and internet literacy as well as how to complete assignments for particular classes.

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  University of Stellenbosch

  • Stellenbosch

  • IT Support

    • Feb 2012 - Apr 2012
    • Stellenbosch

    After finishing my University Degree I got a temporary job at the University of Stellenbosch as IT Support. I was in charge of the following tasks:-Software installations, -Fixing software problems on University personnel computers-Selling software packages to students.