Courtney-Lee Chapple

Experience

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  Sun and Ski

  Nov 2006 - Feb 2007

  Child Co-ordinator

  I worked for Sun and Ski for the december holidays in Austria. I was in charge of the guest's young children and young adults. I worked everyday of the week, and worked from 7:00 am to late night.

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  The Terrace

  Jan 2008 - Dec 2008

  Bar Tender

  I worked as a bar tender for a year.I worked shifts from 5:00pm to 3:00am, 5 times a week.

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  Private

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2011

  Au Pair

  I am au pairing for five children (three families) during the school term.

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  Sugar and Spice promotions

  Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

  Promotion Girl

  I worked as a Promotions girl in high end bars and restaurants.

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  Visa, Sportsmark

  Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

  Hospitality, database support

  I worked for Visa, which was run by Sportsmark. They were official sponsors of the world cup. I worked in hospitality, guest relations, database support and transportation.

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  Brand bar

  Apr 2011 - Oct 2011

  Assistant to the media planner

  Working on media bookings, invoices and statements, job creation, etc

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  JWT

  Nov 2011 - Dec 2011

  Strategic Intern

  I worked in the strategy department as a strategic intern; I worked on competitive reviews, research, in-store research, client presentations, consumer insights and activation brainstorms. This internship was done as a requirement to graduate from AAA School of Advertising.

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  Offlimit Communications

  Feb 2012 - Aug 2013

  Account Manager

  Account Management, Strategy, Traffic, Field Management, Promotions Management, Event Management, PR, Concept Development, Toolkit Creation and Management, Creative Traffic,Client Service

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  The Integer Group

  Aug 2013 - May 2015

  Integer is a Retail Marketing company. My role within the company was to manage 3 separate clients. My clients were Sasol, Skye Distribution and Tiger Brands. The role included: receiving briefs, briefing the creative team, strategy, insights, client management, team management, production, procurement, finance and concept/campaign development, event planning and execution and activation planning and execution. I have brought a new division to the company through my past experience. I am now running all events and activation's for Sasol and assisting on events and activation's for Skye Distribution. With regards to Sasol, I have done the media launch for their new fuel, Sasol Rally as well as the 3 day Sasol Conference. After 9 months at Integer, I was promoted from Account Manager to Account Director due to a review that I received from my clients as well as the additional money that I brought into the agency. Show less

  • Account Director

    Jul 2014 - May 2015

  • Account Manager

    Aug 2013 - Jul 2014
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  McCann Worldgroup

  Jun 2015 - Mar 2017

  After working as a freelancer for over 6 months, I was asked to join McCann full time to work alongside the Business Unit Director on LÓreal and Nestle. Throughout my employment, I handled all campaigns and projects from a director level, including client brainstorms, briefing, internal brainstorms, concept development, copy development, creative development, execution, monitoring of employee time-spend, monitoring and updating of the budgets and client invoicing, production management, finance (CE and PO processes) and external agencies alignment and management. Throughout my time at McCann I was working mediums (TVC’s, Print, Billboard, Instore, Social Media, YouTube). I worked closely with our digital partners, digital media partners and ATL media partners for all campaigns and launch events. Show less McCann is a Through-the-line advertising agency. My role within the company was to run the Back to School campaign for Bidvest Waltons. This project involved concept development, catalogue design and review, client service, project management, digital management, team delegation and status control. Currently I am working on Kauai and Nu Health Café. This involves campaign development, store launches, ad-hoc briefing and design, client management, digital management, status control, budget control and in-store advertising. I have been brought on to assist McCann in pitch work as well as store activation's for NGO projects. Show less

  • Account Director

    Feb 2016 - Mar 2017

  • Freelance Senior Project Manager

    Jun 2015 - Jan 2016
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  Wunderman Thompson South Africa

  Dec 2017 - Sept 2021

  Group Account Director

  I was working at Wunderman Thompson as a Group Account Director. I worked on Unilever (Surf, Dawn and Dawn Men), APEX awards, Whisky Rebellion, PCC, GSK, Pioneer Foods, Suntory and Kellogg’s. I account manage all projects in the system, scope of works, budgets and strategies, creative output and client interaction from a Director level.

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  Brave Group

  Sept 2021 - now

  • Director of AI

    Dec 2023 - now

  • Integrated Business Unit Director

    Aug 2022 - Dec 2023

  • Integrated Group Account Director

    Sept 2021 - Aug 2022

  • Integrated Group Account Director

    Sept 2021 - Aug 2022