Experience

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  MantaRay Communication, Design & Marketing Studio

  • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

  • Sole Proprietor/Creative Director

    • Jul 2009 - Present
    • Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    SERVICES :: Graphic Design, DTP & Branded Content: Print & Digital • Responsive Website Design, Development & Maintenance • Mobile App Design, Development & Maintenance (Events) • Writing, Editing & Proofreading • Social Media & Digital Marketing campaigns • Conference & Event Communication, Design & Marketing • Magazines & Newsletters; Annual Reports & Investor Relations ReportsCLIENTS :: African Development Corporation • Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) • Association of African Aviation Training Organizations (AATO) • Brainworks Limited • Capsicum Culinary Studio • Circle Capital Group, Hlumelo Biko • EastAf Logistics • FML Oil Company of Zimbabwe (Private) Ltd • GetSmarter • Girl Fly Programme in Africa Foundation • Gretchen Bellinger Inc. • n. dowuona & company • NASHUA, Cape Town • Overberg Business Magazine • PTH Soft • Schein Technology Systems • Southern Beach House • Southern African Women in Aviation & Aerospace (SAWIA) • SRS Aviation • Taleveras Oil SA (Pty) Ltd, Samora Biko • University of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences: South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI); Primary Health Care Directorate; Including Disability in Education in Africa (IDEA) Directorate, Human Biology Department • V&L Transport • Women & Aviation • Wonders of Aviation (South Africa) & (USA)

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  Girls Fly Africa (GFA) / GFPA Foundation / Southern African Women in Aviation & Aerospace (SAWIA)

  • South Africa

  • Communication, Design & Marketing Volunteer & Service Provider

    • Dec 2010 - Present
    • South Africa

    Southern African Women in Aviation & Aerospace (SAWIA) was a non-profit organisation (NPO# 089-579) & public benefit organisation (PBO# 930038942). SAWIA was established in 2009, with the vision to inform, motivate, connect & inspire, & was dedicated to the empowerment of women in the aviation & aerospace industry in the SADC region. SAWIA created a forum that allowed access to more experienced industry professionals, affording aspiring aviators the chance to exchange ideas, network & develop relationships crucial to career success. Through its Girl Fly Programme in Africa (GFPA), an educational & information programme for high school students that have an interest in the aviation & aerospace industry, SAWIA inspired & changed the lives of many girls & women.From December 2010 to September 2016, I served as the Marketing Executive & on the Board of Advisors respectively. In that time I provided the following services to SAWIA (both as a volunteer & contractor): graphic & website design, development & maintenance www.sawia.org & multiple-platform branding, ePublishing, digital marketing strategy, eNewsletter, annual reports (2012, 2013 & 2014) & content marketing: http://issuu.com/sawia.

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  GetSmarter

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Head of Curriculum Design; Web Development Short Course Instructor & Graphic Design Services

    • Aug 2013 - Jan 2014
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

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  Rothko

  • Design Manager

    • Aug 2007 - Jun 2009

    Graphic & Digital Design, Multimedia & Online, Editing & WritingKEY CLIENTS :: ACESS • Botanical Society of South Africa • Brainworks Capital • Circle Capital Group • University of Cape Town (UCT) Centre for Leadership & Public Values • FMI Africa • ITOI Technologies • Institute for Mindfulness • InsideOut • KINGS Transport Group • MAST Holdings • Men @ the Side of the Road Project • Orgafile • otherWISE • UCT South African Tuberculosis Initiative • Thamini eLearning • Telkom Foundation • UCT Centre for Conflict Resolution • UCT Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship • UCT Department of Communication & Alumni • UCT Research & Innovation • UCT Graduate School of Business • UCT CIDRI • UCT Vaccines for Africa • Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading in Khayelitsha (VPUU ).SOFTWARE :: MS Office 2003, Adobe CS3 (inDesign, Flash & Photoshop) JOB PROFILE :: Project Management: managing projects from inception to successful delivery printed or published to the Internet/clients • Client liaison & Customer Relationship Management (attending meetings, phone calls, dropping off material for approval) • Designing material including websites, brochures, annual reports, magazines, newsletters, corporate ID’s & banners • Working with all members of the Rothko team on a variety of editorial & design projects • Managing specific editorial & design projects, including managing junior staff members on projects, & managing timelines, deliverables & budgets • Editing copy on publications – including writing headlines/captions • Layout of reports, newsletters & other marketing material • Working with suppliers such as designers, copywriters, freelancers & printers to compile reports/brochures/magazines/newsletters & press releases • Proofreading material • Interaction with Rothko’s suppliers to manage printing cycles

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  Educor Holdings

  • Author Manager

    • Dec 2004 - Aug 2007

    International Colleges Group - Educor. Managing the authoring stage of the course development & production process & ensuring that specific tasks are trafficked to the relevant resources (i.e. authors, moderators/peer reviewers, curriculum developers, managing editors, DTP team, editorial training team & product managers). An Author Manager successfully managed an author when they handed in a final, production-ready manuscript to brief.JOB PROFILE :: Participating in the learning materials development process by attending key meetings for the authoring process & giving input into the project plan • Drawing up & co-signing the authoring resources' contracts & managing the authoring team according to their contracts • Assisting the Product Manager with budget planning for the authoring process • Managing the learning materials development process from authoring plan submission to final, production-ready manuscript submission according to cost, quality & time parameters • Managing & building relationships between the ICG team & authors • Freelance editing of Learner Guides & Study Units