Lara-Lee Bothma

• Established a project management framework that improves project success rate
• Implemented project life-cycle management processes to ensure project requirements were documented and tracked throughout the project
• Collaborated with stakeholders to ensure business objectives and requirements were met and exceed expectations, to ensure customer satisfaction
• Facilitated project kick-off meetings that set the project up for success by establishing clear goals, objectives, and timelines
• Led weekly project status meetings to ensure project progress was tracked and issues were identified and resolved quickly
• Developed and managed project budgets, ensuring projects stayed within budget and met financial goals
• Generation of Cost Estimates and Purchase Orders
• Developed and implemented processes and procedures that streamlined project processes and improved efficiency
• Managed and mentored project teams to ensure successful completion of projects on time and within budget
• Tasking and Studio Management along with Partners Agencies and 3rd Part Suppliers
• Member of the EXCO Team
• Conduct KPI's

• Setting -up and maintaining operational procedures, tracking documents and bespoke processes documents for Client's specific needs and requirements
• Generating Project Plans and Tasking Team Members
• Conducting KPI's
• Reporting to Divisional Manager
• Working across Print/Digital and Broadcast output by working alongside expert Team
• Job reconciliations
• Raising of Price Quotes and Purchase Orders
• Colour Management and visual aspect control
• Innovation/ Collaboration support for Creative Teams
• Full Client Service and delivery output for KFC Africa on BTL
• Full Client Service/ Logistics and delivery output on OK BLT
• Tracking and ensuring Global Clients needs are adhered to from editing to Final Art
• Interaction with Global MD and Partners
• Managing 3rd party Suppliers and cost
• Part of Management Team
• Management of Studio comprising of:
• Print Producers
• Finished Artists
• Re-touchers/Renderers/Motion Graphics
• Post production - Broadcast
• Day to day running of the Division
• Seamless integration through all divisions to achieve efficiencies
• Management of Budgets
• Selecting and dealing with 3rd Party Suppliers
• Training
• Ensure Team spirit

• Traveling to Johannesburg plus minimum twice a month to call on clients
• Processing and monitoring all orders from receipt of order to delivery of final goods
• Supported the Sales Team and MD
• Receive order from Sales Executive/Client
• Liaison with Production Team to establish a critical path from each order and
• relaying information to Sales Executive/Client
• Check all information from quotation to supplied repro as well as to client order
• Ensure work ticket is produced correctly to supplied specifications
• Ensure paper is available and paper order is placed and arrival of material
• coincides with print dates Make-up job bag with all relevant
• repro/documentation and possible special instructions
• Liaise on a continuous basis with Sales Executive/Client with regards to progress
• of order as well as any deviation with regards to production/delivery or incorrectly
• supplied repro
• Ensure that order is produced art top quality as well as ensure that the order
• leaves the premises timeously and is delivered to correct destination
• Ensure that any new information is communicated with all Heads of Departments
• Client Liaison to: Managing Director Sales Director X2 Sales Executives
• Johannesburg Sales Office

Various learning opportunities have been presented to me over the years in the Industry

Change Management Training

Project Management Training and Best Practice

Myers Briggs Assessment with Life Coach

Communication Skills

Finance Coaching

Litho Print Certification

Life in the Industry is an Education and one can never stop learning!!