Patrick Muneri

Patrick Muneri

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  • About me

    Senior Professional Officer: Media Liaison and PR at City of Cape Town

  • Education

    • Midlands State University

      2001 - 2005
      BSc Hons Media and Society Studies
    • University of Zimbabwe

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  • Experience

    • Worldwide Media House - The Midlands Observer

      Jan 2000 - Jul 2005
      Journalist

      Interviewing news sources and research across all news genres.Sub editing and proofreading.Occasional chairing of weekly diary meets.

    • Worldwide Media House - The Mash-West Gazette

      Aug 2005 - Mar 2007
      Founding Editor

      Editorial policy implementation.Staff recruitment, coordination and grievance adjudication.Hiring, syndication and co-ordination of freelancers.Co-ordination of distribution and sales outlets.Investigation and follow up of news leads.Rewriting, sub-editing and proofreading of news stories.Newspaper layout.Overall day-to-day administration of organisation (i.e. basic financial resource allocation and procurement management).

    • The Business Chat

      Aug 2006 - Mar 2007
      Management Consultant

      Start up and registration of weekly business digest with the Zimbabwe Media and Information Commission.Niche research and market placement of weekly.Editorial policy formulation, implementation and review.Staff recruitment and editorial training.Initial conduct of editorial diary meetings.Initial newspaper layout design.

    • Silveray Statmark Co - a Bidvest Company

      Feb 2008 - Nov 2012
      Product Distribution
    • Clarity Communications

      May 2013 - Sept 2013
      Content Strategist, Writer & Editor

      Writing, re-writing and editing a variety of corporate communication and marketing material in English.Engaging with complex, technical content and re-writing this content in plain language to ensure it’s easily understandable to the target audience. Thinking strategically about and planning content to ensure it meets both the business objectives and the readers’ needs. Doing research and checking facts to finalise content by using the internet and liaising with clients.

    • City of Cape Town

      May 2014 - now
      Senior Professional Officer: Media Liaison and PR

      Developing and managing media liaison, public relations and communication plans for Human Settlements.Managing communication and marketing matters.Coordinating activities of media service providers.Assisting with the training of senior management and elected officials with respect to media enquiries.Coordinating presentations on relevant topics and functions.Representing the Human Settlements Directorate at public events.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Verified International Academic Qualifications

      World Education Services
      May 2021
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