Ntswaki Promise Motaung

I started my career as an intern at Ogilvy and Mather – An advertising agency based in Bryanston, where I was part of the o25 Graduate program. During my internship, I was placed at Gloo@Ogilvy, where I assisted Senior strategic planners with campaign strategies and presentations. My training also included a knowledge section where we learned about the other departments and functions of the whole business and the advertising industry at large. After a year of being at Ogilvy, I then worked as an Online Editorial Assistant at Plaas Media.

Plaas Media is a media company based in Centurion, where they curate and create content for the agricultural industry through magazines and online platforms. In this position, I assisted with publishing content on its agricultural news website (AgriOrbit.com) via WordPress. I also published content and maintained their social media pages. My other duties included writing content, summarizing existing articles and press statements, and attending agricultural events and trade shows.

I have also worked CaseWare Africa – A division of Adapt It. I started as a campaign coordinator and was promoted to Junior Brand Manager. My role involved planning and executing marketing campaigns and events; this included work on digital campaigns, emailers, and SMS campaigns, and liaising with our digital agency on paid campaigns. I also organize the events calendar for in-house events and 3rd party events. I helped manage our social media content calendar and all the digital collateral such as e-brochures, videos, and e-banners and liaise with our agency on anything digital-related. My position also let me assist in other general marketing duties, such as maintaining some aspects of our marketing budget monthly and keeping stock of our marketing collateral and branded gifts. I also put together marketing reports and analyses on events and campaigns to be presented to leadership.

I then moved on to be a Marketing Team Lead for Nexia SAB&T where I managed the development and implementation of the Nexia brand and marketing strategy for all 10 offices countrywide and also supervise the day-to-day runnings along the side of the rest of the team.

I now work for WeThinkCode_ as a Marketing Manager. My role focuses on leveraging digital marketing tools to communicate the opportunity that WeThinkCode_ offers African youth, and the impact we create to potential partners.