Shape magazine new staff announcements

Shape is South Africa's leading health, wellness and beauty magazine and the growing popularity of Shape magazine as a global consumer brand has resulted in huge growth within this division of Touchline Media.

Shape Marketing Manager - Lize Sadie

Lize Sadie is Shape magazine's new marketing manager. She possesses extensive media knowledge and a sound understanding of publishing. Lize was a senior media planner at Young and Rubicam Gitam for two years on brands like American Swiss, Asics, Bronx and Canal Walk and before that, she worked at The Gap for five years. As marketing manager for Shape, her responsibilities include all consumer and trade marketing, increasing awareness, knowledge and understanding of the Shape brand, building brand extensions and relationships within the marketing industry as well as managing the positioning and marketing strategy of the Shape brand.

Shape Promotions Manager - Geraldine Wilson

Geraldine Wilson joined Touchline Media in 1993 and worked in the subscription and circulation department for five years before joining Struik Media as circulation and production manager on various magazine titles. She then worked on House and Garden and GQ as circulation manager in 1999 before returning to Touchline Media as customer affinity manager for another year. Geraldine was recently appointed as Promotions Manager for Shape magazine where she is responsible for sourcing complementary relationships and co-coordinating promotional events. Other duties include adding value to Shape readers through various promotions and special offers as well as increasing awareness of the Shape brand through newsstand promotions, exhibitions and workshops.

Shape PR & Publicity - Lisa Judson

Lisa Judson is responsible for all public relations and publicity activity for Men's Health, Shape and Golf Digest. She spent three years at 5FM in various positions within the marketing department including Communications, on air promotions and 5fm events. As PR and publicity executive at Touchline Media, Lisa's key responsibilities include tracking activities and trends within the PR portfolio in order to generate PR strategies for market exposure of the brands, creating awareness for the brands within the various media as well as networking, communication and representation of the brands at relevant company events.