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Career Objective:

• To become an efficient communications practitioner

Skills and Abilities

• Develop and manage Media Relations activity
• Communication Strategy coordination and implementation
• Brand Management and Promotion
• Copy writing and Editing
• Public and Stakeholder Relations
• Events co-ordination
• Financial/Budget Coordination
• Graphic designing and layout software practitioner
• Video and Photography
• Counseling and Presentation
• Publications Production Management
• Website and Intranet Management
• Media Monitoring and Placing
• Research

Work Experience __

1. Institution : Polokwane Municipality
Date appointed : April 2011 to date
Position : Assistant Manager Communications

Key Performance Areas:
• Maintain media and stakeholder relations
• Manage media and communication activities
• Maintenance of corporate brand identity
• Development and production of municipal publications (newsletters, brochures, annual reports etc)
• Development and production of promotional and publicity material
• Website and Intranet Management
• Events coordination and support
• Media analysis and auditing

2. Institution : Polokwane Municipality
Date employed : December 2005 to date
Position : Communications Officer / Desk Top Publisher

Key Performance Areas:
• Designing and Layout
• Writing and editing of news articles for both internal and external publications.
• Writing and issuing of media releases
• Updating municipal Website and Intranet
• Providing photographic and video-graphic services
• Coordinating events and exhibitions
• Media Analysis and Scanning
• Media Liaison
• Research

3. Company : Balaodi Publishers
Position : News Editor / Graphics Designer
Date : July 2002 to May 2006
Reason for leaving : Career advancement

Responsibilities:
Overall management of the publication including:

• Supervising the work of in-house journalists and a string of freelance writers.
• Budget management setting strategic plans for marketing
• Positioning and marketing of the publication with business clients.
• Liaising with printing managers and graphics designers.