Sponsor Events Manager

CURRICULUM VITAE

Noluthando Phakathi

Personal Details

ID Number : 900**********

Date of Birth : 21 March 1990

Gender : Female

Language Proficiency : English, siSwati& IsiZulu

Residential Address : 1 Black Reef road

Johannesburg

1401

Contact details

Email : ado6gb@r.postjobfree.com

Cell number : 074*******

Education and Qualification

Secondary

Institution : Suikerland Secondary School

Highest Grade Passed : Grade 12

Year : 2008

Tertiary

Institution : University of Stellenbosch Business School Qualification : Certificate in Project Management: Principles and Practices Year : April 2020 – June 2020

Institution : Milpark Business School

Qualification : Certificate in Management Development Year : 2015

Institution : Vaal University of Technology

Qualification : Baccalaureus Technologiae (B.Tech) Marketing Management Year : 2013

Institution : Vaal University of Technology

Qualification : N. Dip Marketing Management

Year : 2010 – 2012

Work Experience

Organization : CFA Society South Africa

Position : Events Coordinator

Year : April 2019 – Present

Key responsibilities:

Virtual and In-person Events

• Responsible for all CFA Society South Africa events as well as the CFA Society South Africa Annual Conference

• Manage events from start to finish

• Research on venues and speakers

• Arrange speaker technical dry-run

• Responsible for FPI CPD application points

• Design invitations and reminder emails

• Liaise with the speakers for presentations

• Responsible for event registrations

• Monitor events department enquiry dashboards

• Responsible for events communication

• Source venues for CFA Society South Africa events

• Liaise with banqueting in terms of set-up and catering

• Provide support for marketing requests and projects as needed

• Compiling event reports on a monthly basis

Sponsorship

• Plan, coordinate and implement events to bring together possible sponsors

• Act as a liaison between sponsors and the company

• Ensure that sponsorship branding is visible enough

• Evaluate sponsorship opportunities and renewals

Volunteer Programmes

• Responsible to actively recruit volunteers for the CFA Society South Africa Volunteer Programmes

• Coordinate and schedule volunteers on an ongoing basis and organize single events

• Ensure there is appropriate support and training for volunteers

• Arrange and attend committee quarterly meetings

• Celebrate volunteering by nominating volunteers for awards and organise celebration virtual events

• Design volunteer presentations

Social Media and Branding

• Liaise with the Marketing Coordinator on company branding for events

• Liaise with the Marketing Coordinator and the Executive Officer in developing marketing strategy

• Assist in activating CFA Society South Africa campaigns

• Ensure that the social media contents are updated Organization : Ashburton Investments

Position : Marketing & Events Coordinator

Year : January 2016 – March 2019

Key responsibilities:

Events Admin Responsibilities:

• Collaborate and maintain vendor registration

• Check and process all marketing invoices

• Monitor events department enquiry dashboards

• Carrying out research for upcoming events

• Provide support for marketing requests and projects as needed

• Ongoing stock ordering and management of the stock room

• Managing the events calendar and sending it to stakeholders every month

• Sourcing year-end client gifts

Internal Events: Staff campaigns

Staff year-end function

• Sourcing desk-drop gifts

• Brief the Comms team to draft and send communication to staff

• Brief design team on invitation

• Book venue and arrange for set-up, catering and accounting related issues

• Liaise with Events Manager on concept and theme

• Arranging trophies and certificates for recognised staff

• Managing RSVP

Community Development (CSI) Program:

• Early Childhood Development: Engage with community schools to help in reading programmes and engaging in sport programmes

• Sponsor youth development programmes in schools

• Take part in the Nelson Mandela Day by supplying food to orphan homes External Events: Ashburton Roadshows

Regional Investment Perspectives

Institutional and Alternatives Dinner

• Responsible for finding appropriate venues once dates have been finalized and co-ordination of the event

• Responsible for site inspections where necessary and briefing the technical team for the venue layout

• Liaise with banqueting in terms of set-up and catering

• Brief creative team on invitations

• Send out schedule and updates to BDMs

• Create budget for sign off, get supporting documentation from suppliers and attach to budget

• Processing invoices and sending them to Finance for payment and approval

• Work with the communications team to draft and send communication to all involved

• Arrange travel arrangements and accommodation to all stakeholder travelling for the roadshows

• Responsible for thank you gifts

• Work with the RSVP Agency to manage numbers attending the events

• Oversee the logistics related to the event:

Liaise with venue to arrange security and parking

Arrangement of transportation of the marketing materials to the venue

Packing in preparation for the meeting

Communicate numbers and dietary requirements with venue Organization : Ashburton Investments

Position : Marketing Assistant (Intern)

Year : February 2015 – December 2015

Key responsibilities:

• Assisting the manager in writing reports

• Assist in handling sponsorship programmes

• Support the Marketing team in carrying out research

• Provide support for marketing requests and projects as needed

• Assist in brand building

• Responsible for internal and external competition

• Monitoring the marketing enquiry dashboard

• Take ownership of sponsorship initiatives

• Coordinates internal and external meetings for the marketing team Competencies

• Take initiative

• Good organizing and planning skills

• Time Management

• Ability to maintain confidentiality

• Goal and result orientated

• Ability to multi task and manage conflicting demands

• Ability to work independently and in a team

• Excellent working knowledge of all Microsoft Office packages References

Referees are available upon request.

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