Remote worker with 25+ years of experience - Last seen 2 years ago

I am a highly qualified marketing, brand and communications professional with over eighteen years’ experience in communications, marketing and brand management in a variety of different industry sectors.
I have worked for both large corporates and SMME’s and have contracted for more than five years remotely for UK and USA companies, namely Old Mutual, Virgin, the Bullitt Group and Balance Catamarans.

I have been consulting since 2011. In the last few years my focus has been on digital marketing and creating effective content – written, video and images – has been the key to me working with a few organisations to build their customer base globally. My consulting work has included a broad spectrum of marketing and communications projects, including numerous digital presence strategy creation and implementations, mobile channel marketing, business set up and strategy, media and PR and brand strategy and implementation. Needless to say, this involves being hands on in aspects of the work and getting my hands dirty, so to speak, and I am very comfortable with remote work with a fully set up home office and high speed fibre connectivity.

The industries I have consulted to in marketing and communications include mobile, financial services, charity/non-profit, manufacturing, hospitality, engineering and luxury yachts. My biggest project has been consulting on a contract basis in the mobile industry to the Bullitt Group as Marketing Manager for Africa and the Middle East. Other notable roles are running all the global marketing for Balance Catamarans and Two Oceans Marine Manufacturing and consulting/contracting to the Virgin Global Brand Team on Global and National Communications and Brand Projects in the Virgin Group from 2013-2014. Prior to my work with the Virgin Group, I completed a fixed term contract at Old Mutual as a Communications Manager for the IT division, with particular focus on change communications and communications for their global infrastructure transformation projects. Previous roles have included consulting and facilitating courses in marketing, communications and customer relationship management and Communications Manager for T-Systems South Africa, South Africa’s biggest ICT outsourcer specialising in the finance and insurance industries. I also held the positions for Marketing and Communications Manager for DaimlerChrysler (Mercedes-Benz) South Africa and Honda South Africa in the Western Cape, and therefore have excellent experience in marketing and communications management in the luxury retail sector. I lived in London for three years from 1998-2000, where I was fortunate to gain some excellent international experience working at high global level.

I have a business degree, majoring in Industrial and Organisational Psychology and Personnel Management, which I have used often in my career.

I am dynamic, driven, initiative-taking and self-motivated with high energy and enthusiasm levels. I am creative, strategic and a big picture thinker, skilled both at creating strategies and implementing and measuring them. I am a strong communicator, eloquent and have advanced writing and speaking skills. I am numerate and good at working with figures and financials. I am organised with strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities.
Integrity is the core value in my life. I am a detail-focused and never accept mediocre work; I like to measure results. I love a challenge, am an adaptive learner and work well under pressure and in stressful circumstances. I work well in a team and equally well on my own and unsupervised. I like to have accountability in my role and believe in nurturing a culture of learning and accountability. I am a good people manager, coach and motivator. Communication and relationship-building is my forte; I have excellent written and verbal communication skills and a powerful strength of mine has been in building and cultivating relationships with stakeholders in all areas business. I am organised and systems orientated. I have huge vision.

🛂 Nationality	🇿🇦 South Africa
🏡 Residency	🇿🇦 South Africa
📍 Location	🇿🇦 South Africa
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Skilled in	marketing management communications management social media management copywriting content writing social media advertising
Fluent in	english
Preferred annual pay (min)	$50,000/year
Preferred hourly pay (min)	$50/hour
Last seen	2 years ago
Signed up	2 years ago
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