Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
References
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Kelly Swart

​Operations & Systems Coordinator
Cape Town
Kelly Swart

Summary

Experienced systems and operations lead with 7+ years in optimizing operational data for automated workflows. Demonstrated ability to pinpoint systemic bottlenecks and create business intelligence solutions that improve profitability and protect margins. Proficient in developing clarity-first intake systems and SOPs that minimize manual errors and maintain institutional knowledge. Committed to continuous improvement, fostering delivery engines that support predictive decision-making.

Overview

10
years of professional experience
29
Certifications

Work History

Lumico - Digital Marketing Agency

​Operations & Systems Coordinator
06.2024 - Current

Job overview

Wrike Systems Architecture & Technical Management

  • Platform Health & Governance: Engineered and maintained the overall health and structure of the Wrike platform to ensure high-velocity functionality for the entire agency.
  • Automation Design: Architected custom workflow automations to eliminate manual administrative drains and streamline cross-functional task dependencies.
  • Capacity Infrastructure: Developed a standardized hour-assignment framework for all tasks, enabling predictive capacity tracking and live workload monitoring for leadership.
  • Dashboard Architecture: Managed individual and team-level BI dashboards to translate raw task data into measurable performance visibility.
  • Information Filtering & Strategic Briefing
  • Clarity Engineering: Acted as the primary "Information Filter," transforming fragmented, high-volume inputs into structured, automated system entries.
  • Briefing Governance: Established a "Clarity First" intake system, ensuring 100% of project briefs were condensed, populated, and actionable at inception to prevent production bottlenecks.
  • Institutional Knowledge Preservation: Governed task documentation and detailed briefing notes to ensure total team alignment and the preservation of project-specific knowledge.

Operational Audit, Risk & Compliance

  • Strategic Project Auditing: Maintained centralized oversight of project timelines, utilizing early escalation frameworks to identify and mitigate systemic risks.
  • Financial Reconciliation: Conducted monthly retainer reconciliations, comparing "billed versus spent" hours to identify unbilled scope creep and provide leadership with direct margin visibility.
  • Integrated Performance Governance: Orchestrated the end-to-end internal and external Post-Campaign Analysis (PCA) lifecycle; audited and consolidated fragmented reporting from partner agencies into unified, high-fidelity strategic files to track multi-channel profitability and brand-evolution impact.
  • External Partner Alignment: Managed cross-organizational reporting timelines for third-party agencies, providing technical oversight and data formatting to ensure cohesive, client-ready documentation.
  • Resource Alignment: Partnered with Department Heads to facilitate data-backed resource alignment, ensuring balanced workloads and operational efficiency across marketing and design teams.

Client & Stakeholder Strategic Reporting

  • Structured Status Intelligence: Delivered high-level project status reports and structured updates to clients and leadership.
  • Scope & Risk Monitoring: Monitored and flagged scope changes or client concerns, using historical data to provide logic-backed adjustments for future growth

2U

Operations Support Analyst Application Services
06.2023 - 06.2024

Job overview

  • Conducted root-cause analysis on operational inefficiencies and proposed scalable solutions, resulting in improved SLA compliance and faster response times across application support services.
  • Developed customized JIRA dashboards and reporting structures in Power BI to monitor team performance, resource utilization, and ticket resolution times.
  • Authored and maintained over 20 detailed SOPs, ensuring consistency across service delivery teams and simplifying onboarding for new analysts.
  • Partnered with global stakeholders across product, QA, and engineering teams to coordinate project timelines and optimize operational workflows.

2U

Senior Central Operation Support
01.2019 - 06.2023

Job overview

  • Managed end-to-end workflow for daily ticket assignments, prioritizing workload across international support teams and ensuring timely escalation of high-impact issues.
  • Facilitated daily standups with management to assess workload capacity, distribute assignments efficiently, and flag critical blockers.
  • Designed and managed custom JIRA dashboards to provide leadership with actionable performance metrics, driving informed strategic decisions.
  • Supported the onboarding and training of 15+ new hires by maintaining updated training manuals, SOPs, and live coaching sessions.

Optimi College

Resource Development Administrator
08.2017 - 12.2018

Job overview

  • Implemented a standardized version control and digital file management system for learning materials, reducing duplication errors and improving content accessibility.
  • Coordinated with curriculum developers and departmental heads to align project schedules, content formatting, and final delivery timelines.
  • Created project tracking templates and reporting tools that improved visibility into delivery timelines and resource allocation.

Optimi College

Quality Control of Sales
01.2016 - 01.2017

Job overview

  • Conducted daily compliance audits on sales calls and registration records, ensuring accurate capture of personal and financial data and adherence to legal agreements.

Optimi College

Student Support & Collections
01.2016 - 01.2017

Job overview

  • Handled over 50 student inquiries daily, maintained financial records, resolved payment disputes, and collaborated with internal departments to support the full student lifecycle.

Education

Secunda Highschool
Secunda, South Africa

High School Diploma

Skills

Operational planning and execution Interdepartmental coordination Workflow optimization Team cohesion Process enhancement

Project oversight and management Scope control Delegating responsibilities Deadline monitoring Stakeholder communication Wrike deployment

Performance metrics assessment Management of JIRA dashboards Root cause identification Service level adherence Operational data reporting

Data analysis and visualization skills Power BI dashboards MySQL database queries Storytelling with data Metrics for business performance

Documentation skills SOP development Training material creation Facilitation of onboarding Knowledge organization

Teamwork and collaboration Client engagement techniques Reporting for executives Dispute resolution

Wrike and Atlassian tools Business intelligence applications Relational database systems Salesforce integration skills Microsoft 365 applications

Certification

Automation: Implementation in Business

References

available on request

Timeline

​Operations & Systems Coordinator

Lumico - Digital Marketing Agency
06.2024 - Current

Operations Support Analyst Application Services

2U
06.2023 - 06.2024

Senior Central Operation Support

2U
01.2019 - 06.2023

Resource Development Administrator

Optimi College
08.2017 - 12.2018

Quality Control of Sales

Optimi College
01.2016 - 01.2017

Student Support & Collections

Optimi College
01.2016 - 01.2017

Secunda Highschool

High School Diploma
Kelly Swart​Operations & Systems Coordinator