Sashley Ann Bartlett

• Client Service & Project Management
o Build, maintain and nurture relationships with all clients assigned to you through consistent communication patterns and timeous responses.
o Lead & manage all client projects from start to finish
o Service day-to-day client requirements
o Brief required client creative content to design. Review in conjunction with client and approve
o Set up and attend weekly and monthly meetings with the clients
o Develop & maintain monthly client reports, measuring key metrics identified
o Assess client needs and business objectives and pro-actively explore new features and services to exceed client expectations.

• User Support & Training
o Provide basic system support and training to users of clients assigned to you
o Report and discuss any possible user feedback & development requests with management/development team for consideration/action
o Maintain client records and user profiles on an ongoing basis

• Web Content Management & Maintenance
o Manage and maintain client’s content requirements to ensure that correct and updated content is displayed on the BrandHive web app at all times.
o Maintain client pricing in the BrandHive online Brand Store.

• Sales, Orders & Admin
o Action and manage all BrandHive client orders from start to finish
o Approve quotes and artwork
o Liaise with client approved suppliers to ensure timeous order fulfillment
o Liaise with suppliers to brief, source products, approve quotes and designs as well as manage daily supplier delivery
o Liaise with accounts department to ensure timeous invoicing of client orders and subscriptions.

• Provide administrative and practical assistance to the National Marketing Manager on national and regional media and marketing campaigns, events, activities, fundraising, charitable and sponsorship opportunities.
• Assist with copywriting, artwork, and web workflow for planned print and digital marketing Communications.
• Ensure that a proper filing system for the marketing office is in place and kept up to date such as Quotes, Invoices, Statements, Contracts, Agency status reports, Artwork, Agency briefs, Designer briefs, Menus.
• Maintain record of all directories where Simply Asia is listed and keep these regularly updated.
• Manage the loyalty card system.
• Maintain and reconcile detailed log of vouchers issued.
• Co-ordinate inventory of branded marketing material, including external events and distribution to stores. Quarterly stock take.
• Manage all stock levels of marketing collateral and inform National Marketing Manager when stock levels are low for collateral.

• Managing the execution of the marketing plan for Jive Brand to ensure the efficient and effective use of the marketing budget.
• Developing and executing strategies to exploit market opportunities. E.g. Jive Food Pairing Campaign & Jive Taxi Tour.
• Above the line advertising for Summer Campaign; Radio, Film, PR signoff, shoots, launch of Microsite “StreetEats”.
• Plan, develop and direct marketing efforts for brands.
• Assist integration of campaigns with brand consistency.
• Write reports, specifications and creative briefs.
• Oversee marketing and advertising activities to ensure consistency with product line strategy. Ensure in-store activity carried out in accordance with brand guidelines.
• Identifying possible sponsorship opportunities.
• Project Management and facilitation of marketing campaigns.
• New Product Development and Campaign conceptualization. E.g. Jive Funny Flavour & Competition in conjunction with Jive Cape Town Comedy Festival.
• Social Media management and signoff of content plan.
• Briefing advertising agencies. Creating incentives /trade presentations for customers, Sales and management.
• Manage finished artwork. Planning and coordinating of marketing activities and workflow within the department.

• Campaign management such as store openings & relocations of stores, special events, brand sponsorship, customer evening.
• Coordinate CSI projects for brands.
• Finalising corporate clothing range across brands.
• Relationship Building with store managers through national campaigns, projects, service delivery requests.
• Drafting and submission of Reports.
• Sourcing funding from suppliers for brand diaries and calendars.
• Invoicing including processing, capturing info on spreadsheet and submitting documents to finance. Managing and tracking distribution of branding to stores and events.
• Skills Developed: Event Management, strong decision making skills, work independently & using own initiative, reporting, alignment of branding items to the new SteinBuild CI, Alignment of projects within budget

• Assisting with store specific brand ads and National product price campaigns, for Timbercity, Pennypinchers, Hardware Warehouse and Tile House brands (SteinBuild).
• Acting Brand Manager for Hardware Warehouse National Campaigns and store ads (4 months).
• Campaign marketing briefing to stores.
• Collating diary and calendar order for distribution to stores, sourcing quotations and finalizing artwork for diary and calendar.
• Effective communication and management of projects via agency.
• Facilitation and coordination of annual Western Cape Golf Day and other marketing events.
• Skills Developed: Creative input, relationship building with managers, deadline driven, monitoring of budget and implementation, Effective communication across departments, ie. Finance & Procurement, implementations of national product price campaigns

• Assist with planning various voluntary projects within CSSS department, co-editor for Office for Student Development Career Update magazine.
• Assist with planning and implementing student development projects and admin.
• Skills Developed: Flexibility, ability to work with diverse group of students, presentation skills.

• Plan & manage events/projects which span across the department. Planned and coordinated the Student Development and Support Student Awards in 2010 and the Annual RAG float parade.
• Fundraising, deliver comprehensive semi-annual reports on projects.
• Overseer of RAG volunteers, coordinated RAG events, communicating with RAG volunteers and stakeholders daily.
• Managing expenditure for projects.
• Draw-up proposals, advertising, develop database of students, deliver on a quality RAG magazine for 2011 & 2012.
• Skills Developed: Event management, chairing meetings, writing skills, Effective communication, working under pressure, teamwork, time management, delegating, meeting deadlines, leadership.