Experience

Council for Medical Schemes
• South Africa
• Public Health
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Communications Officer

  • May 2023 - Present


Gauteng Office of the Premier

• South Africa
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Desktop Publisher

  • May 2021 - May 2023

  Responsibilities: • Using industry software such as Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator to create visual designs. • Understanding and interpreting my supervisors/client briefs. • Attending client meetings to discuss expectations and desired outcomes of design. • Presenting draft designs to my supervisors and clients for feedback. • Supporting clients and/or the organisation to understand the impact of graphic design. • Working with creative colleagues such as marketing, copywriters, and social media experts to achieve the target. • Ensuring that design work is aligned with other methods of communication required by the organisation or client. • Working on a range of design pieces, from social media posts to packaging design and full-scale branding projects. • Solving problems for clients such as helping them to communicate with their customers more efficiently. Show less



South African Police Service (SAPS)

• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Coommunication Intern

  • Dec 2020 - Apr 2021

  Responsibilities: • Writing a Media release/statements • Responding to the Media inquiries i.e., Sowetan, Daily Sun, Srolla, Setsoto fm, Dihlabeng fm, Bloemfontein Courant just to name a few • Media Monitoring - informing station crime combating forum and cluster crime combating forum about reported comments and respond to them accordingly • Weekly visits to Setsoto fm 93.7 to give latest updates about the successes of our cluster stations and to maintain an excellent corporate image to the public • Updating PECCG weekly and quarterly reports • Compiling a newsletter that is sent to SAPS Provincial Communication Unit for a review • Branding at events (Gender Based Violence and Crime Prevention Campaign, Safe Festive Season Search Operation) • Conduct quality control to ensure that images adhere to predetermined quality standards Show less



Phumelela local municipality

• Integrated Development Plan/Communication/Administration Officer trainee

  • Jun 2017 - 2018

  Responsibilities: • Brand Management for Phumelela Local Municipality which entailed the following:  PLM Brand guideline that stipulates how the organisation assets should be used e.g., Typography, Photography, Co-branding, Promotional items and Pattern guideline just to name a few.  Branding the PLM Integrated Development Plan Unit by helping them align with their brand across the municipality and at a District level with the guidance of senior members e.g., Compiling the IDP document, proof reading and editing IDP document, distributing the IDP document to various public stakeholders • PLM representative at Free State Provincial Communications Forum on numerous occasions. • Transfer daily output to PLM fileserver and other repository system as required • Digital Data Management: Applying professional standards and guidelines for best practice in the capturing, management, presentation and preservation of digital collections • Assists in preparation of metadata for digital files • Participate in in-house and regional training programmes, workshops, conferences, and professional bodies • Assisting PLM Information Technology technician with web design uploads • Assist and oversee the social media platforms Office administration duties • Prepare materials for scanning (bibliographic information, physical description, job descriptions and grievances and damage assessment) • Answering the telephone, taking minutes in meetings, filing the leave forms, , correspondence of incoming and outgoing mails • Assisting senior team members to the best of my ability. Show less