Experience

dara5

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Event Manager

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  • Oversee all aspects of running dara5 events for their private members • Create all event strategies, design, ideas and execution • The point of contact for all events with venues, caterers, F&B suppliers, speakers, entertainment and production • Keep a finger on the pulse for new event ideas, sports or social events we can be involved with, keep up to date with industry events, trends and networking with suppliers, venues and services providers when needed • Forecasting and maintaining all event budgets • Working with the legal team to ensure all events comply with all health & safety and legal requirements • On site management of staff on the event day, event briefing before event and point of contact for staff and service providers on day • Build strong relationships with key contacts and suppliers • Consistently present a welcoming, accommodating, and helpful service to all members, stakeholders and colleagues in the team Show less



Create Food

• United Kingdom
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Wedding Events Manager

  • Mar 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Main contact with client from enquiry to event completion, working alongside the operations and kitchen teams, building good client and supplier relationships, and promoting good venue partnerships. • Produce tailored event proposal quotes and costings in line with the client’s brief and budget • Successfully closing and converting event sales to new and existing clients • Achieving revenue targets as agreed and set out in the budget working towards generating an overall increase in year-on-year sales across both corporate and private events • Conduct pre and post contract venue site visits, client meetings and menu tastings, ensuring an excellent client relationship is maintained • Working at a variety of venues across London and the UK and across a range of weddings and bespoke events • Design competitive seasonal catering proposals for key venues • Deliver all events within set budgets and reduce event delivery costs where possible without impacting on event quality • End of month budget control and cost reconciliation of events Show less



Café Estreito

• South Africa
• Restaurants
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Mar 2021 - Dec 2021

  • Conceptualising the look & feel of the brand including new trends in the store design, staff uniforms, menu design, social media pages. • Sourcing all suppliers and creating a good working relationship • Project manage all new stores – working with all suppliers such as architects, interior designers, shop fitters, equipment suppliers etc. to ensure the store comes together before planned opening dates. • Implementing new menu items and ensure staff are well trained on the store and menu to bring the brand together. Show less



SimplyBlack Media

• South Africa
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Content & Influencer Manager

  • Sep 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Creating and briefing creative content calendars for clients, scheduling social media content, managing timing and deliverables to clients • Assisting with strategy and in market insights and research for each client • Sourcing, managing, and reporting of influencers for each client campaign, ensuring the influencer is the right fit for the brand and that their content is relevant and reflects the brand in the targeted campaign. • Creating and briefing creative content calendars for clients, scheduling social media content, managing timing and deliverables to clients • Assisting with strategy and in market insights and research for each client • Sourcing, managing, and reporting of influencers for each client campaign, ensuring the influencer is the right fit for the brand and that their content is relevant and reflects the brand in the targeted campaign.



Vicky Crease Catering & Events

• Senior Event Coordinator

  • Oct 2018 - Sep 2020

  • Meeting with clients to discuss their bespoke events, sourcing venues, liaising with all suppliers, and building strong work relationships with them. • Build and adhere to clients’ budgets, constantly creating new ideas in terms of décor, menu creation, installations. • Manage and control the event from start to finish. This includes ordering of all elements, briefing all staff from waiters to chefs, ensuring everything is set up on time, striking the event and following up with the client’s feedback after the event. • I have planned and executed multiple events ranging from high profile events to smaller scale events. Show less



FrontierCo

• South Africa
• Retail
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Junior Fashion Buyer

  • Jun 2016 - Sep 2018

  • The House of Busby is the group holding of iconic fashion lifestyle brands. Brands include Guess, Steve Madden, Aldo, Pringle of Scotland, Kipling and many more. • Brands I worked on – Guess, Nine West, Fiorelli, Jennifer Lopes, Edgars Cosmetic Bags range. • Preparing branded and non-branded handbag lineshows and presenting new ranges to all clients. • Development of handbags and cosmetic bags including trend forecasting, sourcing of suppliers, negotiating with suppliers, forming a relationship with suppliers and ensuring that the product is made to specific briefs. • Designing and creation of all trend boards for each season to show clients where inspiration for the range transcends from. Creating all customers assortment boards of each range bought from each season in which all product information is captured and can be reviewed for all best and worst sellers for each season. • Manage independent reps and ensure targets are met each season. • Store visits for competitive shopping analysis. Show less



Shashi Naidoo

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Assistant and stylist

  • Dec 2015 - May 2016

  Styling Shashi Naidoo (South African actress, television presenter, model, mc, entrepreneur and fashion blogger) for all events as well as all her travels, general office administration, administration of her diary, responding to event invitations on behalf of her, booking travel arrangements, completing interviews on behalf of her and styling Shashi. Styling Shashi Naidoo (South African actress, television presenter, model, mc, entrepreneur and fashion blogger) for all events as well as all her travels, general office administration, administration of her diary, responding to event invitations on behalf of her, booking travel arrangements, completing interviews on behalf of her and styling Shashi.



Woolworths

• South Africa
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Baby girls buyer intern

  • Apr 2015 - Apr 2015

  • Worked in the Kids wear department assisting the buyer with daily tasks, designing and creating CAD’s of all proposed designs for the kids summer range and proposing the range to the directors • Negotiating with suppliers in terms of price, quality and delivery dates, approving or rejecting samples, testing the samples against kids clothing guidelines, costing the final product and ensuring the stock is in stores for the allocated time. • Worked in the Kids wear department assisting the buyer with daily tasks, designing and creating CAD’s of all proposed designs for the kids summer range and proposing the range to the directors • Negotiating with suppliers in terms of price, quality and delivery dates, approving or rejecting samples, testing the samples against kids clothing guidelines, costing the final product and ensuring the stock is in stores for the allocated time.