July 2015 - 2018 : Fanel Glassware 

Position: Marketing Manager 

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Fanel is a wholesale company that has 3 divisions – Gifting; Restaurant; Glass decorating. My main role was overseeing the gifting department in serving both the client’s needs and the department’s marketing needs. On some occasions my skill sets would cross over into the other two departments. 

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DUTIES: 

General management of the gift division’s sales team, which included setting targets, weekly reports, analysing stock and sales reports. 

Managing key accounts e.g. Takealot; Arcoroc, SAB etc. 

Meeting with top clients with regards to sales, products and client service including merchandising and advertising requirements. 

Research on target markets with strategies and feedback to both clients and Fanel management. 

Setting up budgets for major events, monitoring budgets/costs and post- analysis of budgets and profits. 

Research and pursuing ways to acquire new clients. 

Implementing marketing ideas and strategies, including advertising. 

Project management including concepts, research and hands-on implementation for exhibitions like SARCDA, Hostex, Wedding Expo, Homemaker’s Expo and Markex. 

Traveled to China, Honk Kong and Germany to source new products for the company. 

 

CLIENTS SERVICED: 

Takealot; SAB; Consol; Arc International; West pack group; PNA group (Tommy Roodt); Grandiflora; Dulce; Chef & Sommelier, HomeCorp, YuppyChef etc. 

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January 2011 – June 2015 : iStudio / TMQ Marketing Division 

Position: Creative Director and Marketing Manger 

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iStudio was an advertising company that I held the position of creative director and soon also got account management and marketing manager duties. iStudio evolved into TMQ in 2013, where my main position was account manager and as well as assisting in the creative director role. 

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DUTIES: 

Managing all accounts/clients in Ghana and Botswana (confidential) 

Liaison between the clients and the creative team. 

Project management and implementation of marketing strategies including social media. 

Meeting with clients to get a clear understanding of their vision and goals and how we could efficiently meet their needs - by selling the agency’s strengths. 

Allocation of client budgets, time lines and reporting status of their accounts. 

Making sure the creative team stayed within the allocated deadlines and the client’s budgets and resources. 

Achieving sales targets and research on new and potential business leads. 

Helped brainstorm with the creative team to accomplish best results. 

Brand management for company and for clients. 

Meeting and following up with suppliers. 

• Concepts and implementation for events and exhibitions. 

• Promotional video clips. 

• Sourcing of promotional items. 

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EXAMPLES OF CLIENTS SERVICED: 

Nedbank CA division; Wiesenhoff; SAB; Bic; ExeQ-pro; Quemic; TigerEye; Fanel; Engaged; Online Intelligence; Beautiful Beginnings; Loreal; Afrisam; TMQ Business Solution etc.

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January 2008 – December 2010 : Shocking Pink 

Position: Creative Director and Marketing Manager 

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Shocking Pink was a promotional and printing company. As the creative director my roles included project management and account management. 

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DUTIES: 

Conceptualising and implementing brands for new companies. 

Acquiring new clients including presentations. 

Coming up with strategies; look & feel for advertising requirements including all implementation. 

Project management for exhibitions that the company participated in like SARCDA and Markex. This included concepts, budgets and sales. 

Creative meetings with clients to understand requirements of advertising needs and managing implementation with the creative team. 

Marketing and advertising research and strategies for the company. 

Product development. 

Product photography for advertising. 

Website design. 

All social media platforms. 

Sourcing promotional items for both the company and clients. 

Managing deadlines and production. 

 

EXAMPLES OF CLIENTS SERVICED: 

Multi Choice; MTN; Coca-Cola; FIFA World Cup projects; Cardies; Bayles & Harding; Polyoak; Tiger Brands; Northlands group of companies etc. 

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August 2004 – December 2008 : Liberty 

Position: Creative Director and Video Editor

 

My role at Liberty was quite diverse as we were a small team that ran a monthly magazine; weekly video promotions; did team building occasions; hosted conferences; worked allot with charities and did themed events and shows. 

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DUTIES: 

Design of all advertising materials. 

Scripted, filmed and edited video promos. 

Concepts and implementation of themed events and conferences. 

Meetings with clients to brainstorm ideas and the look & feel of events. 

Photography. 

Website. 

Social media. 

Sourcing of promotional items. 

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January 2004 – July 2004: Traveled to the USA 

Position: Freelance Graphic Designer & Photographer 

 

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January 2000 – December 2003 : Decor Plus 

Position: Graphic Designer 

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DUTIES: 

Sales for designs on products (client base mostly promotional companies) 

All advertising designs for printed mediums, social media and email marketing. 

Websites. 

Colour separations and setups for screen printing. 

Product Photography. 

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1999: Traveled to the UK on a working visa 

Position: Freelance Graphic Designer

 

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ADDITIONAL FREELANCE CLIENTS FROM 1999 - 2018 AVAILABLE ON REQUEST