Flash 

I have worked for the Flash Group for 8 years, and my focus has shifted towards the strategic direction of the business and sales. My clients include The Comrades Marathon (Sponsorship Sales), COSAFA (Sponsorship Sales), The Cell C Sharks (Sponsorship Sales), Team South Africa (Sponsorship Sales), European Sponsorship Association (Sponsorship Education), Nederburg (Programme Management), Qhubeka (CSR) and Activative (Sponsorship Intelligence).

In 2021, we brokered 9 deals for the Momentum gsport Awards, which is a recognition platform for women in sport.

Business Director

Flash Media and Right Sales
I joined Flash in January 2014, and over the past 5 years, my role has evolved significantly to adapt to the environment we have been working in across the various agencies in the group. Please find below a summary of each of these roles;

Programme Management
Role: Tour de France Sponsorship Programme Manager 
Client: Dimension Data
Liaison between Dimension Data and the A.S.O. and responsible for ensuring delivery of all contractual rights, as well as programme management for the technical solutions team at the TdF

Rights Management
Role: Team Partner/Sponsorship Manager 
Client: Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka (Ryder Cycling)
Included all global off-bike partners: Dimension Data, Deloitte, Nederburg, Qhubeka, Oakley

Project Management
Client: Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka
Project 1: Team DDD Tour de France official after party in Paris
Project 2: Team DDD Annual Training camp in Cape Town

Dimension Data Sponsorship Programme Manager: Tour de France Programme

Enterprise Republic

Enterprise Republic - Previously a business division of Flash Media & Rights Sales
Business Director

Experiential Marketing
Client		Absa
Project	        Café Prosper

Client		Pernod Ricard
Project		Absolut MAMA’s

Client		AutoTrader
Project		TTL Campaigns

The Majors  - A division of Flash Media & Rights Sales
Business Director/ Event Manager

Hospitality
Client	       Qhubeka
Project 	       Tour de France concept development and execution for the “Qhubekar” 21 stage 
                        guest programme

Client	       Dimension Data and Nederburg
Project	       Planning and execution of the hospitality programme for VIP guests at the TdF

Client	       Samsung & MTN
Project	       Planning and execution of the hospitality programme for VIP guests at the TdF

Events Manager
Client	        Nedbank 
Project	        Comrades Nedbank Green Mile
Role	                Project Director (maternity cover for Bronwen Blunden)

Client		Old Mutual
Project	        Old Mutual Soweto Marathon Vilakazi Street Activation
Role	                 2IC

www.34.co.za
Cape Town, South Africa

Clients		Pernod Ricard Sub-Saharan Africa
		        Coca-Cola South Africa
                         Powerade South Africa

Projects	        Powerade “Train Like A Olympian”
		        Jameson Toolkit for Sub-Saharan Africa
		        Sprite Hip Hop Consumer promotion
		        Coca-Cola RockCorps

Account Director

G2 Worldwide

Project Management of all BAT campaigns/development in Africa/Middle East Region with a focus on Travel Retail.
 
Prior to the change in South African legislation - management of consumer engagement

Account Manager

Conde Nast Independant Magazines

Senior Promotions Manager on GQ, GLAMOUR and  Condé Nast House & Garden Magazines. 
Role included planning, budgeting and execution of workshops, events, exhibition stands, company functions, as well as, all below-the-line activity .

Senior Promotions Manager

Rainbow Experiential Marketing

As Events Manager, I was responsible for the co-ordination, management and planning of events.

Event Manager

Sport Sponsorship Sales
My role has evolved in the Sport Sponsorship industry, from Programme-, Event- & Rights management and most recently to Sponsorship Sales. 

My experience includes working for 34Sport on the Powerade and Coke account, before joining Flash Media & Rights Sales, where I was 2IC in 2015 Comrades “Nedbank Green Mile” & Soweto Marathon, Partnerships Rights Manager for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka (2016 & 2017). Following on from working with the team, I took on the role of Sponsorship Programme Manager for Dimension Data’s sponsorship of the Tour de France on a secondment for 2 years, before re-joining the Flash team full time. 2021 was the year for women's sport, and we secured 9 deals for our client gsport. I'm now fully immersed across all our clients, which includes The Comrades Marathon, Cricket South Africa, SASCOC, The Sharks, COSAFA, Ironman SA, and managing our education platforms.

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