Nicole Van Der Net

Experience

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  Red Hot Events

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  Event Managers Assistant

  Part of a team responsible for co-ordinating a number of events including annual internation conference and functions for The Travel Corporation.

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  Imperial Group

  Jan 2011 - Dec 2015

  Marketing and Events Manager (Automotive)

  Brands worked with: Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan Africa, Daihatsu, Chery, Foton, FAW, Tata.Reporting directly to Marketing Directors, Managing Directors and CEO's of the various brands. Responsibilities include:All marketing and PR activities, market research and competitor activities, media and customer events, analysing and reporting on marketing and event efforts as well as managing the full marketing strategy and budget for numerous vehicle brands in South Africa and other African Countries.All ATL and BTL marketing activities such as:Conceptualizing and creating marketing materials (Product brochures, Dealership POS etc), managing projects and ensuring company messages are consistentManaging media production and media placements per brandDevelop yearly marketing and event strategies per brand, oversee yearly marketing budget spendSupervise social media outreach; Twitter, Instagram, and FacebookAll digital marketing activities - improve SEO / Google Ad Words / Analytics Manage and execute media and customer product launch events in SA and other African CountriesPromote products and services through a number of PR initiativesResearch and report on advertising/ marketing efforts and industry/ competitor trendsBuilding LT relationships with various partners / stakeholders / clients Investigating possible sponsorship/partnerships to collaborate with for various campaigns Show less

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  Aecus Limited

  Mar 2016 - Sept 2016

  Marketing and Events Manager

  Aecus Limited is an award-winning European consulting firm which helps clients get great results from outsourcing, offshoring and shared services.Marketing:- Creation, design and distribution of marketing materials such as newsletters, brochures and event-related videos using such software as Dotmailer and Adobe Photoshop.- Management of CRM database (Salesforce) incl. reporting, collection and organization of data submitted by the company members.- Social media management - planning, postings & social outreach campaigns to attract more followers, usage of Sprout Social - Set-up and management of social media advertising on Twitter and Linked In.- Monitoring of company exposure and marketing performance on Google Analytics & Google AdWords - Media Placement in relevant publications and/or websites- Competitor Analysis (online and offline)- Developing websites for new service (Aecus Interims) using Wix- Maintaining main website with updates and new content (Blogs) through the use of Word Press.Events:- Organisation and Management of 2 large annual events (One for Buyer-side and one for Supplier-side)- Creation, design and distribution of marketing materials such as invites, emailers, flyers, adverts, blogs etc to promote the events- Sourcing of and building relationship with Media Partners for each event- Sourcing of and building relationship with potential Sponsorship Partners for each event- Managing relationship with all stakeholders involved with the events- Organisation and management of client/supplier breakfast meetings and internal events - Research of industry awards to identify opportunities to promote the business- Promoting, organising and managing the annual Innovation Awards Program. - Creation of new website for awards and events using Wix and Word Press-Involvement in promoting of Innovation Awards, responsible for judging the submission as well as awards handover ceremony Show less

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  Global Sourcing Association UK

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2017

  Marketing Manager
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  YPO

  Jul 2017 - now

  Responsible for creating and executing exceptionally premium events for YPO members (premier leadership organisation of CEOs) that are truly an “Only-In-YPO” experience. Experiential experiences in business, social impact and personal categories and run all around the world.Specific experience in retail, fine dining, automotive, women business, family business & angel investing.

  • Business Network Director, Women’s Business Network

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Chapter Manager, YPO Gold London

    Dec 2021 - now

  • Event Manager, Global Events

    Jan 2020 - Oct 2022

  • Events Planner

    Jul 2017 - Jan 2020