Quick CV
POST SCHOOL STUDIES IN ORDER OF COMPLETION
University of Pretoria
COURSE:
BCom - Marketing Management (Degree)
SUBJECTS:
Marketing Management, Statistics, Business Management, Economics, Accounting, Industrial & Organisational Psychology, Informatics, Business Law, Communications Management, Labour Law, English, Business Ethics, Computer and Information Literacy
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Damelin, Pretoria
COURSE:
Informatics Microsoft WindowsSUBJECTS:
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Internet Explorer, Pastel – Accounting
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Vega Brand Communications
COURSE:
Creativity and Innovation
SUBJECTS:
Copywriting and Art Direction
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Oberdata
Position held:
Marketing assistant
Duties:
- Market Research
- Telemarketing
- Copywriting for brochures and fliers
- Client base construction and management
- Direct marketing
- Strategy Planning
- Event Planning
- Presentations and demonstrations to clients
- Identifying and qualifying leads for new business
- Cold calling
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MonitoringSA
Position:
Media (perception) Analyst
Duties:
Analyse media for my clients and write a report on their Monthly media coverage
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University of Pretoria
Position Held:
Web Assistant
Duties:
- Manage content on UP website
- Update website with News and Events
- Create Corporate Communication and Marketing website
- Perform maintenance on all websites created
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Multichoice – under Don’t Look Down Entertainment
Position:
Content Writer/Editor/Creator
Duties:
- Create copy and content for the DStv.com website
- Update the Media Player on the site
- Write highlights, reviews and previews for upcoming viewing on the Sports and Documentaries sections
A secondary project I worked on was writing content for DStv’s ‘Dish Daily Mobizine’. Mobizine is a shortened version of the TV Guide downloadable to your cellphone. I was also responsible for publishing the project on a daily basis.
Further duties included a weekly DStv Sports Newsletter sent out to approximately 18 000 subscribers. It involved an editorial (my take on the week’s sport), highlights, a poll, forum topic and quotes.
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Osiris Trading
Position:
Content Copywriter/Editor
Duties:
• Writing content for:
- Emails
- Newsletters
- Websites
- Advertisements
- Press releases
- Promotions
- Print Media
• Concept development in a team environment
• Proof reading and copy checking
• Editing and rewriting of client website content