Melany Page
Account Executive, Sales, Traffic Manager
Johannesburg,GP
Summary
High-performing team member with extensive experience in providing strategic leadership and governance to organizations. Recognized for a collaborative approach and a strong commitment to relationship building, fostering a culture of excellence within teams. Exceptional ability to maintain composure under pressure, ensuring effective decision-making and problem-solving in challenging situations. Passionate about driving results and empowering others to reach their full potential.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Board member, Managing Director, Account Executive
Bastion Group
Johannesburg, South Africa
03.2004 - 06.2025
Managing Director duties included:
- Account Executive mentorship: Reporting, Online, Webcast and Events.
- Ensuring smooth-running of AE and Design teams.
- High-level AE oversight on accounts.
- Working closely with Operations team to ensure production efficiencies.
- Ensuring deadlines are met.
- Identifying opportunities for up-and-cross-selling.
- High-level oversight of costing and production process to increase margins.
- Tender submissions – start to completion.
- Event management and oversight for Investor Relations industry events.
- Promoting in-program training between production teams on new developments.
- Investigating new programs.
- Ensuring Team culture and cohesion
- Identifying sales opportunities
- Workiva sales
- Workiva liaison – internally (the team) and externally (Workiva)
Account Executive duties included:
- High-level AE oversight on accounts with juniors as a senior AE.
- Close collaboration with production teams to ensure production efficiencies
- Ensuring deadlines are met.
- Senior AE on Sanlam, Wesizwe Platinum, MTN.
- Oversight of costing to ensure budget alignment.
- Overseeing, mentorship and working with digital AE.
- Senior AE on website
- Accounts.
- Senior AE on webcast accounts, particularly Zeda.
Industry-related courses completed:
- CSRD fundamentals
- GRI
- HTML
- Java script basics
- Dreamweaver basics
Contact: Belinda Overend 011 778 5800
Benjamin Joannou 082 789 8417
Studio Manager
Graphicor
Johannesburg, South Africa
02.2000 - 02.2004
Key responsibilities:
- Initially started as assistant to the Creative Director – Brenda Hofmeyer, later promoted to Studio Manager
- Liaising with all suppliers, obtaining quotes, placing orders, and overseeing the delivery of goods
- Sourcing suppliers and find solutions for all jobs, negotiate costings
Traffic:
- Sourcing material for images, archived artwork related to the job, and any information required to complete jobs
- Sending images for scanning or e-mailing supplied images to the studio, ensuring that studio has all items required for the job before proceeding
- Co-ordinating all jobs briefed into studio and ensure that all jobs meet deadlines
- Informing relevant parties of the status of jobs
- Filing, maintenance of internal library, design aid books, international annual reports, as well as photographic library catalogues
- Archiving and storage of studio work
Other:
- Assisting with event management and liaising with clients for design requests
- Assisting with Web maintenance
- Receiving and proofing of international annual reports
- Researching investor relations websites for best practice on sourcing new ideas/advances
- Member of IT forum as well as the Digital team as studio representative
Contact Person: Brenda Hofmeyer - Tel: 083 533 2103
Receptionist
Club Motors Selby
12.1999 - 12.1999
- Temporary assignment
Contact: Karen James - 011 476 1078
Sales Consultant
C3 Apple Computers
Johannesburg, South Africa
07.1999 - 11.1999
Key Responsibilities
- Apple computer hardware, consumables, software, and peripherals sales
Girl Friday / Office Administrator
Maxim Technologies
Johannesburg, South Africa
01.1993 - 06.1999
Key responsibilities:
- Initially hired as a Girl Friday, went on the manage the entire office
- Processed telephone orders
- Handled client queries, debtors, creditors
- Typing, cash sales, filing, Petty Cash, banking
- Handled of all account queries
- Advanced to Apple Computer hardware, software, consumables, and peripheral sales
Contact Persons: Kevin & Pam Shoulder - 011 442 5136
Administration Clerk
Sui Hing Hong
03.1992 - 12.1992
Key responsibilities:
- Reception/switchboard operator
- Telephone orders
- Invoicing
- Client queries
- Filing
- General office administration
Contact person: King Pon - 011 838 7704
Education
Matric - English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Science, Biology, Accounting
Current: Completing the following: Cybersecurity, Digital Marketing
Skills
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator
MS Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams
Operating systems: Apple Macintosh (very good) and PC (good)
Timeline
Board member, Managing Director, Account Executive - Bastion Group
03.2004 - 06.2025
Studio Manager - Graphicor
02.2000 - 02.2004
Receptionist - Club Motors Selby
12.1999 - 12.1999
Sales Consultant - C3 Apple Computers
07.1999 - 11.1999
Girl Friday / Office Administrator - Maxim Technologies
01.1993 - 06.1999
Administration Clerk - Sui Hing Hong
03.1992 - 12.1992
- Matric, English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Science, Biology, Accounting
Training
- Completed courses in
- Social Media
- Internet Marketing
- Media diploma course through Boston Media House covering subjects such as Advertising, TV, Radio, Marketing, Finance for Non-Financial managers, Media Law, Consumer Behaviour, Public Relations, Journalism, Video, Communication
COMPETENCIES, ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERSONAL INTERESTS
- Personal Competencies:
- Strong Planning and Organisational skills
- Proactive Orientation
- Interpersonal Competencies:
- Customer focused
- Strong Conflict Resolution and Negotiation skills
- Strong Communication skills
- Specialist Competencies:
- Meticulous Project Administration
- Excellent Office Administration
- Information Technology – always keeping up with changing trends to see where efficiencies can be extracted
- Managerial Competencies:
- Vendor Management – very good and a big part of my responsibility
- Budget & Resource Management – highly focused on the quality & cost equations
- Time Management – excellent, especially in the financial advertising arena, time management is of the extreme essence since it is highly deadline driven.