Experience

MakeReign

• Project Manager

  • Jul 2019 - Present

  • Project Lead for > 50 digital design and multimedia projects valued at R2.8 million over 1.5 years, for global and local brands: Woolworths, Woolworths Financial Services, Pineapple Insurance, Flash Group, and Yoyo.• Awarded Rookie of the Year Award by MakeReign’s executive team - for contribution to retainer projects with existing set-ups as well as ad-hoc, non-retainer projects requiring process initiation - after employment duration of 6 months.• Optimised a retainer project and… • Project Lead for > 50 digital design and multimedia projects valued at R2.8 million over 1.5 years, for global and local brands: Woolworths, Woolworths Financial Services, Pineapple Insurance, Flash Group, and Yoyo.• Awarded Rookie of the Year Award by MakeReign’s executive team - for contribution to retainer projects with existing set-ups as well as ad-hoc, non-retainer projects requiring process initiation - after employment duration of 6 months.• Optimised a retainer project and achieved profitability of 18% on a corporate client that repeatedly went over budget, by facilitating better collaboration within the design team and implementing new ways of working in collaboration with the client, thereby aligning the requirements of both parties.• Crafted and led a process now established as best-practice for a new service offering through extensive research and by outsourcing individual tasks outside of the team´s core competencies, thereby saving money and improving team morale.• Decreased a budget overrun of 139%, to delivering below 4% through creation of a new process whilst adding significant value to the client´s business, that being, increased engagement levels, and lead improvement.• Developed feasible project plans for video content for Woolworths Financial Services addressing challenges of limited budget and expectation management regarding timing; created convincing project proposal, secured cost-effective outsourcing solution, and negotiated a budget increase of 10%. Show more Show less



Schreiberplan

• Urban Planning Intern

  • Sep 2014 - Mar 2015

  Assisted in creating a mass study for the development of the Strohgäudreieck in Korntal-München, Germany; creating an urban development concept for the HOS-areal in Wendlingen, Germany, and for the school center Auwiesen in Neckartenzlingen, Germany; planning the open space for the new building for the Airport Stuttgart Ltd.; managing and hosting the design competition for a childcare center in Schorndorf, Germany, a mosque in Heilbronn, Germany and the waterfront development in Nürtingen… Assisted in creating a mass study for the development of the Strohgäudreieck in Korntal-München, Germany; creating an urban development concept for the HOS-areal in Wendlingen, Germany, and for the school center Auwiesen in Neckartenzlingen, Germany; planning the open space for the new building for the Airport Stuttgart Ltd.; managing and hosting the design competition for a childcare center in Schorndorf, Germany, a mosque in Heilbronn, Germany and the waterfront development in Nürtingen, Germany. Show more Show less



GRiPS

• Urbanism Intern

  • May 2011 - Dec 2011

  Assisting in managing the public participation process for the new city center in Remseck, Germany on behalf of the local municipality; creating an urban development framework for the City of Bad Waldsee, Germany; coordinating the Municipal initiative “FahrRad” for a bike-friendly city of Ulm, Germany.