Open Window

As a Lecturer for the Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Business at Open Window, my role involves carefully planning and delivering the curriculum over two semesters.

Key responsibilities include thorough preparation for each class, conducting engaging and informative lectures, administering comprehensive assessments, and consistently refining the curriculum to maintain its relevance and effectiveness.

Guest Lecturer: Creative Business | Postgraduate Diploma

Market Photo Workshop

As a Course Facilitator at Market Photo Workshop, I have played a pivotal role in enhancing the educational landscape:

📍 Curriculum Development: Innovatively crafted the Professional Practice module for Advanced Photography courses, providing students with a comprehensive foundation for their careers.

📍 Career Readiness: Explored and instilled industry readiness in the Culture and Creative sectors, preparing students for the dynamic professional landscape.

📍 Entrepreneurship Guidance: Delivered practical guidance on solo and collaborative business building, empowering students to navigate entrepreneurial paths.

📍 Cultural Impact: Actively contributed to the dynamic learning environment at Market Photo Workshop, fostering a culture of creativity and professional growth.

Professional Practice Course Facilitator

INNER VOICE CREATIVE

In my role as the Founder of Inner Voice Creative, I've been dedicated to empowering creators and fostering authentic business development:

🔥 Empowering Creators: Spearheaded training and peer-mentorship programs, providing creators with the tools and support for genuine business growth.

🔥 Business Building Guidance: Offered strategic guidance to align creators' businesses with their personal truths, ensuring authenticity in their entrepreneurial endeavors.

🔥 Collaborative Growth: Developed and implemented peer-mentorship initiatives, fostering a culture of collective learning and growth among creators.

🔥  Service-Centric Focus: Inspired creators to build businesses that not only thrive but also serve their communities and industries, emphasizing a holistic approach to success.

Business Strategist for Creatives & Founder

Real Time Images

I specialize in the strategic distribution and placement of media content across diverse platforms, networks, and channels, aiming to maximize audience reach. 

📌 Content Curation Expertise: My role involves the careful selection and curation of content for syndication, ensuring a harmonious blend of quality and relevance.

📌 Partnership Building: I establish and manage partnerships with third-party platforms and media outlets, fostering collaborative relationships that enhance the syndication process.

📌 Negotiation and Agreement Crafting: Adept at negotiating syndication agreements and terms, I ensure mutually beneficial arrangements that contribute to successful content distribution.

📌 Optimization Strategies: I develop and implement strategies aimed at optimizing content reach, leveraging insights and industry trends for maximum impact.

Media Syndication Manager

Africa Media Online

Africa Media Online is a picture library which has created a digital trade route for African photographers to access the globe.

📌 Global Digital Trade Route: Pioneered a digital trade route connecting African photographers to diverse global markets.

📌  Effective Library Leadership: Managed a successful library with 300+ African photographers, achieving global publication reach.

📌  Strategic Media Licensing: Led initiatives to strategically license media, broadening the impact of photographers' work.

📌  Consultative Guidance: Provided expert advice on promotions, marketing, and stock collection optimization for increased sales.

Picture Library Manager

Bruniquel & Associates (Pty) Ltd

B&A offers a holistic approach to clients. Courses are effective in training management, supervisors, team leaders and shop stewards within any organization. Delegates learn the intricacies of an organization's disciplinary procedure or leadership development principles and how to apply such in the workplace.

Main role:
- Selling HR & IRA training programs to corporates
- Skills and training assessments
- Event management
- Change management
- Training support for trainers and delegates

Sales Consultant

Rythmic Beats

Rythmic Beats has been rocking the suburbs since 1989. With a passionate service ethic, we offer our customers something uniquely different. We built our company and our brand to become one of the most recognized in South Africa CD, DVD, AND Game retail arena.

While I was store manager of the Durban International Airport branch we managed to win the prestigious ACSA Feature Awards in 2007. A testimony to our service excellence.

Main role
- Store Operations
- Promotion
- Merchandising
- Compliance
- Staff management (Temps & Permanents)

Store Manager

Entrepreneur & Business Strategist | Empowering Creative Professionals | EduTech Solutions | Public Speaker

Empowering Creative Minds: Lecturer & Business Strategist

A born-and-raised South African with an unwavering passion for entrepreneurship, I'm on a mission to help 1 billion creators worldwide turn their passion into profitable businesses. With over 20 years immersed in the creative economy, I've honed my skills in business development, guiding countless creatives to build sustainable and fulfilling careers.

As the founder and CEO of Inner Voice Creative, I'm dedicated to nurturing entrepreneurial talent within the creative industry. As a lecturer at Market Photo Workshop and Open Window, my role allows me to share this knowledge directly with aspiring creatives. In addition to my core curriculum, I frequently conduct workshops and mentorship programs that equip creatives with the tools and strategies they need to thrive in the marketplace. I'm passionate about empowering creators to develop their artistic talents and build the business acumen necessary to navigate the creative industry and achieve long-term success.

From the stages of Madex, Fotofringe, and Visual Connections to the classrooms of South Africa, I've been recognized as an industry expert. Let's connect and explore how I can help you turn your creative vision into reality.

Robyn Keet

Umuzi.org

Marketing + Content - the perfect combination for creating a powerful and impactful message.
- Crafting and publishing written content such as press releases, announcements etc. for
product launches, new partnerships, project updates and thought pieces
- Strategies around the distribution of content pieces, Generate, edit, publish and share
supporting content on a range of communication channels
- Use social media or current marketing tools to create and maintain the company’s brand
- Collaborate with all areas of the organization to ensure brand consistency and build a strong
network with external stakeholders
Strategy + Analytics
- Monitor SEO and user engagement and suggest content optimization
- Measure the success of every social media campaign
- Analyzing the company’s digital marketing plan to identify strategic weaknesses and
make recommendations for improvements
- Setting specific KPIs for the different communication channels,
- Gather data for reporting and insight identification
Research + Development
- Stay up to date with the latest communication strategies, social media best practices and
reporting technologies, Suggest and implement new features or content strategies to
develop brand awareness

General learner support
As staff, we endeavour to be as helpful and intentional in our interactions with the learners as
possible. We are their support and our interactions with them can either set them up for failure
or success.

Marketing + Content Manager

December Fifth Studios

My work includes and is not limited to the following;

Provide marketing, PR, communications, sponsorship and branding
Ensuring that campaigns are rolled out effectively.
Developing tactical plans to drive revenue growth
Implement relevant analytical tracking requirements across digital marketing channels
Developing rigorous business cases to drive new, differentiated Digital Marketing growth strategies.
Driving the digital marketing strategy aligned to professional standards, practices and governance and ensuring profitable growth for the business
Developing, encouraging and nurturing collaborative relationships across business areas and across the group
Managing team in areas of responsibility in delivery against performance targets and achievement.
Providing subject matter expertise and thought leadership in the area of expertise.
Drawing up a budget aligned to tactical delivery plans to facilitate the provision of adequate financial resources
Deploying integrated risk management, governance and compliance frameworks throughout areas of responsibility
Identifying, driving and implementing ideas, policies, procedures, standards and frameworks to enhance sales and increase profit and manage future fit practice
Establishing mutually beneficial relationships with stakeholders that support thought leadership, innovative and integrated practice solutions
Ensuring optimised customer experience and service throughout the value chain
Managing any advertising opportunities.
Ensuring successful implementation of all campaigns.
Ensuring all marketing materials align with the guidelines
Ensuring all brandings to guidelines and, if not, assisting countries to meet requirements
Product photography
Food Photography
Studio photography
Videography
Photo Editing
Video editing and production for online video platforms
Social Media Content Creation
Social Media Content Plan Management
Brief management and execution

Digital Marketing Manager

JAM - Joint Aid Management

The primary role of the Photo Librarian is to be a visual storyteller.  By editing, and presenting images effectively, they tell a story in a way that no other media can. The subject matter can vary greatly. Our photographs serve the purpose of enhancing the story for the reader or viewer. 

The photo librarian must be able to compose and set up the photo for best quality and edit without changing the actual photograph or content, as well as upload photos to the Internet for social media publication.

Photo Librarian must be able to do suitable photo selections for advertising, corporate, editorial and social photography applications.

The Photo librarian must have an excellent sense of organization to understand and follow a guide that keeps each item in the library in its place with easy access. They must understand how it works and how to keep it up to date with the thousands of items that need to stay organized.

Photo Librarian/Photographer

Photo Intern

Enigmatic Iris Studios

My duties are making sure our product and service delivered is above market expectations. The aim is to provide a unique experience as well as do as much outreach as we can. This involves market research, identifying niches in the market, Strategy Building, marketing of the Brand and Service, Networking, Sales of the Services, Contract and Legal Management, Graphic Design, Accounts Management, After sales care, Client Liaison, Social Media Management and basically all factor relating to owning a company. More importantly, it means taking beautiful photos.

Head Photographer

Jonathan Andrews Photography and Video

•	My roles include and are not limited to;
•	Product photography
•	Studio photography
•	Videography
•	Photo Editing
•	Video editing
•	Gaffer 
•	Social Media Management

Photographer

Red and Black Studios

Responsible for setting up my own shoots and directing my own shoots. Focuses mainly on individual, couple and family photoshoots

Freelance Photographer

Perdeby

Member of the Visual team at the University covering different kinds of events and news in and around the Pretoria area

Photojournalist

With over four years of experience in digital marketing, content creation, and social media management, I am passionate about using my skills to create and share compelling stories that inspire positive change. As the Marketing and Content Manager at Umuzi.org, I oversee written and visual content production and distribution for various communication channels, including press releases, announcements, product launches, project updates, and thought pieces.

I collaborate with all areas of the organization to ensure brand consistency and build a strong network with external stakeholders. I also monitor and optimize our content's SEO and user engagement and measure our campaigns' success. Additionally, I have a background in humanitarian photography and photojournalism, which enables me to capture and convey the impact of our work authentically and powerfully. I am always eager to learn new skills and tools to enhance my content creation and marketing capabilities.

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The Battle

Robyn Keet

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