I have B-Tech in Business Communications in which Marketing, Advertising and Marketing Communication, Public Relations were my major subjects.
I’m a hard worker and ambitious person who is always willing to learn, highly organised, a team player, creative and able to work under pressure. I am detail conscious and have good English speaking and writing skills. I have IT Computer skills and can access: Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms Outlook, Ms PowerPoint, Ms Office, Pastel Accounting and Internet.
I believe I am the best suitable candidate for this Job because I’m communicative, reliable fluent in other three South African Languages namely; IsiZulu, Sesotho, and Setwana. I also have the ability to execute duties with an inspired and motivated attitude. I have experience with CSI (Corporate Social Investment) were I had project of fundraising and worked in a team in which our team won an award of Best CSI group, and I also had my own projects of raising funds at the South African Red Cross Society and were all successful. I was a PR assistant and still volunteering when my assistant is needed in Marketing and PR duties. Red Cross is a Humanitarian organization and I have worked well with them therefore I have a background of working in a humanitarian organization. I also have experience in Data capturing. I was a PR Account Executive at Uproar Communications. I handle three accounts (Clients) which are T and M Staff Hire and Sane Nkabinde and Dark Rose Foundation. I was involved in the following projects: Long Walk to Qunu Campaign, Team Zodwa (Pink Ladies in Pink Landies). Above all I managed Dark Rose Foundation and still manage TM Staff Hire’s social media. I also worked as PR and Content Coordinator at Capricorn FM and was retrenched. My duties at Capricorn FM was to monitoring the media, including newspapers, magazines, journals, newswires and blogs, find publicity opportunities for presenters, events and management; develop client proposals and implement the PR activity; preparing regular PR and Social Media reports, researching, create and distributing press releases for every event in the station, promoting the station to media, analyzing and evaluating media coverage; event management including promotional events; attending and promoting clients events on social media and arranging interviews with producers; coordinating studio or location photography; Take picture of every event coordinated by the station, create internal activities, updating the website content. Create PR and Social Media Calendar Plan for every station’s activities. Spokesperson for marketing campaigns. Update social media on a daily basis. Communicate with the graphic designer for creation of artworks, assisting with script writing and bookings of live reads and adverts on air. Assist with recordings of ads, download podcast for clients, social media and the website, register hashtags. Prepare hashtags analytical report, assist with branding. I handled PR and Social Media of the following events at Capricorn FM; Water Drive Campaign, Back to school campaign, District tour activation, Capricorn FM celebration, The First Friday, IRock, Idols, Miss SA, Polokwane Beach Festival, Color Run, Red Bull, Avon Candle Light, Capricorn FM Youth Seminar, Rugby and Soccer Screening event, Marula Festival, Bushveld Jazz Festival and Beer Festival.
Below are the skills that I acquired during my working experience and mostly during my PR positions:
Teamwork experience, Financial skills, Multitasking abilities, Communication skills, Research skills, Creative Thinking, An eye for detail, Time/task management:, Phone communication skills, Good interpersonal skills, Negotiating skills , Project and Accounts management skills, Excellent administrative and Computer skills: MS PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Excel, Pastel Accounting, Internet
