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January 2013 to Present:

• Responsible for the Marketing of both skincare products, reporting to the Sales Manager.
• Key goals: manage a profitable brand, provide sales support, manage stock, manage communication with French prinicples, build, manage and protect the brand.
• Running financial reports off Pastel, communicating this to the team (five sales executives) and translating this information into presentations and working documents.
• Coordinate education for the brand, and coordinating the Brand Educators diary for training in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban.
• Coordinating the annual sales conference and the annual marketing conference for the brand
• Coordinating the bi annual media days
• Coordinating the French Principle visits to South Africa
• Managing the content for the Facebook sites for both brands
• Managing the budget for both brands
• Completing the monthly reorder of stock for both brands
• Coordinating annual trade shows such as Professional Beauty
• Work with the Public Relations company gaining brand coverage in different publications
• Creating monthly promotions (profit and loss), communication with clients
• Point of Sale for both brands (distribution of overseas product and the creation of point of sale locally for both Mary Cohr and Guinot)
• Pricing of stock for both brands in accordance with the company margins
• Communication with other brands

Addictions Counsellor: Houghton House
December 2008 to January 2012:
• Didactic lectures, workshops
• Facilitating therapeutic process groups as well as other groups which work around client objectives, confrontation groups, family groups
• Admissions
• Working within a team of professionals
• Managing the treatment goals for a case load of ten clients and supporting family members

Ogilvy Public Relations:
Account Manager
January 2007 to December 2007 :
• Clients: MultiChoice / M-Net / DStv / PIC / PAIDF
• Developing and managing projects
• Writing press releases, handling and segmenting of media lists, co-ordination of interaction with all media
• Identifying and providing solutions to client problems
• Presentation skills
• Creation and implementation of Public Relation strategies for the client
• Manage workflow of account executive
• Identification of new ways of reaching the client's target market in line with PR objectives and overall strategy
• Handling a wide range of projects for the client
• Understanding of different media needs; consumer journalists, vertical media, entertainment press
• Implementation of day to day requirements needed to run the account successfully
• Monitoring and managing reporting activities for the client; research reports, status reports

Publicity, M-Net
November 2004 to January 2007:
• Handling publicity for actionX, M-Net Series and M-Net Domestic Channels
• Weekly and monthly programming highlights, targeting specific programming on all three channels
• Liaising with internal departments regarding new programming, publicity material, press junkets
• Liaising with international suppliers (Fox, Disney etc.), including co-ordination of competitions and celebrity interviews
• Communication on a daily, weekly and monthly basis with press
• Communication with suppliers and subscribers
• Writing of Press Releases for actionX and M-Net Series
• General departmental administration - financial processing, travel arrangements
• Monitoring research results on a monthly basis
• Handling functions and budgets personally for various events
o Assistance with internal marketing projects, and external events with regards planning and execution