Experience
Resort Writer
Freelance content generator for lodges and hotels in Victoria Falls Zimbabwe.
Mandates:
Market hotels and lodges through content generation ( magazine articles, blogs and press)
Social media management of hotels and lodges
Communications Consultant
Deliverables:
Old Mutual Sustainable Development
• Speech Writing : Exec & CEO appearances ( press, radio, online, magazines, television)
• Content generation: Social Media and Press Campaign of solar powered Old Mutual Properties
• Content Generation : Effectively produced 9 editions of Old Mutual Southern Africa Magazine
• Content Generation : Twenty-four accurate Monthly Qualitative and Quantitative Board Reports
• Content Generation : Thirty applied Competitor Analysis Reports
• Content Generation: Twelve innovative Press Release scripts sculpted
• Content Generation: Speech Delivery & Crisis Reputation Management in volatile Zimbabwean economy on seven occasions
• Qualitative Focus Groups : Product service analysis and Customer Perception review
• Six Board approved Presentations regarding Monthly Reports
• Content Editing and Copy of internal material production
• Media Liaison for positive press visibility
Highlight: Property re-branding to solar panel construction
Delta Corporation Sustainable Development
• CEO Speech Writing: Crisis Reputation Management regarding product shortages in Zimbabwe on six occasions
• Content Generation: Sustainable Business Magazine
• Content Generation: Social Media Campaign on Water Sustainability
• Content Generation: 10 Press Release Statements
• Media Liaison : Press Coverage during three plant tours and sustainable development
Highlight: Water Reservoir lines connected to high density communities
Corporate Bank of Zimbabwe
• CEO Speech Writing regarding Brand Crisis Management ( National distrust in banking systems since the frozen cash crisis in 2008) (Cash shortages in Zimbabwe handling) (ATM Card Cloning Handling)
• Online PR Campaign: Content Generation of the Digital App Launch
• Content Generation: Press & Radio nationwide clean- up campaign
• Execs Speech writing for three product launches
• Internal Copy Edit of Material
• Twelve Monthly Banks Competitor Analysis Reports approved by Board
• Twelve Monthly Board Presentations
• Conducted ten Qualitative Interviews with the bank’s clients for Quality Control
Highlight: Bank of the year 3rd time running:
Communications and Research Associate
Communications & Research Associate
Clients: South African Broadcasting Corporation, South African Department of Justice, South African Department of Tourism
Deliverables:
SABC
• Crisis Management: Speech Writing for staff regarding decrease in revenue and viewership
• Facebook Social Media Content Generation
• Facebook Page Handling
Highlight: Celebrity Meet and Greet orchestration across South Africa for viewership promotion
South African Department of Tourism
• International Visibility for Tourism income through Facebook/ Instagram Marketing
Highlight: Partnering of Department with Real Housewives of Atlanta TV airing https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2214029/
South African Department of Justice
• Nationwide Campaign of South African Human Rights. (Billboards, Television, Radio, Street Drama Performances, Pamphlets)