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Company Primedia Lifestyle (Menlyn Mall)
Website www.menlynpark.co.za

Position Development Communications Assistant

Responsibilities

*Newsflash
Compile weekly newsletter handed out to tenants and customers
This entailed:
• Writing, editing and proofreading the newsletter
• Sourcing weekly updates from Project Managers
• Securing a student to do distribution
• Ensuring that there is sufficient printing paper

*Casual staff and concierge ambassadors
I managed a group of six casual staff and six concierge ambassadors
This entailed:
• Conducting interviews
• Selecting potential candidates who would fill the vacant positions
• Compiling a list of their roles and responsibilities
• Ensuring that they fulfill their daily tasks
• Ensuring that their daily sign-in sheet are up to date
• Collecting and submitting necessary documents to HR

*Signage installation
Ensuring that there is proper installation for the following:
• Posters inside and outside the centre
• Pillar wraps
• Entrance doors
• Globe signage
• Wall paper at Celestial and Aviary
• Hoarding
• Walk the sight to check where signage will be installed
• Call the supplier if and when necessary to remove objects that hinder signage visibility
• Take pictures of all signage and hoarding in order to compile the monthly marketing report update

*Digital screens
• Write and design all content to be loaded on the eight digital screens positioned within the mall
• Regularly update content
• Ensure that the screens are situated in areas where they are properly visible
• Ensure that there is a tape neatly covering the cables to ensure safety

*Involvement in the Grocery Avenue Launch
• Manage casual staff and brief them on what to do on a daily basis
• Assist with buying prizes to be used at the Instant Gratification area
• Liaise with suppliers
• MC weekly cooking and baking demonstrations
• Assist with kitchen décor
• Ensure that celebrity chefs had all that they needed on the day


Company Phatic Communications
Website www.phatic.co.za

Position Communications Assistant

Responsibilities

*Digital PR for Edgars local and international brands
This entailed:
• Online media monitoring
• Presentations and reporting where she assist with preparing weekly client status reports
• Conducting research, writing, liaising and distributing press releases to targeted media
• Blogger relations and digital PR publishing
• Ensure smooth communication and coordination across all digital media campaigns
• Conceptualise and promote news stories to the media
• Collate, analyse and evaluate media coverage and social media exposure
• Event management, including press conferences and promotional events
• Managing the PR aspect of a possible crisis situation
• Coordinating studio or location photography
• Working as part of an account team to develop client proposals and implement the PR activity
• Event management
• Compile & constantly update media lists
• Work out monthly budget for courier costs

Skills
• Communication
• Digital and traditional PR
• Leadership skills
• Proofreading and editing
• Brief fulfilment
• Media monitoring
• Writing
• Interviewing, presenting and public speaking

Language proficiency
• English - read-write-speak
• Afrikaans - read-write-speak
• Sesotho - read-write-speak
• Setswana - read-write-speak
• IsiZulu - read-write-speak
• IsiXhosa - read-write-speak

References

Primedia Lifestyle (Menlyn Mall) Marketing Manager - Andrea De Wit - 012 471 0600
Phatic Communications Account Manager - Candice De Carvalho - 082 402 5774