2. PERSONAL PARTICULARS
SURNAME VAN HEERDEN
FIRST NAME ELMARIE
LOUISE
ID NUMBER 660227 0182 006
CONTACT
DETAILS
CELL: 072 914
1333
E mail:
elmarie227@gma
il.com
LANGUAGES PROFICIENCY SPEAK READ WRITE
ENGLISH EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT
AFRIKAANS EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT
QUALIFICATIONS
QUALIFICATION INSTITUTION YEAR
Matric with university
exemption
Hoërskool Waterkloof 1983
Art Technicon Pretoria 1984
Psychology 1; English 1 UNISA
Montessori teaching Diplom Montessori Academy SA 1997 to 2000
Professional Photography VEGA 2003; 2006 – 2007
COURSES
QUALIFICATION INSTITUTION
UX/XI Design (Current) - Online The Interaction Design Foundation -
Copenhagen
The Complete Web developer Course 2.0
(Current) – Online
Udemy
HTML for beginners Open Windows Academy
You deserve a break – Seminar for
secretaries
Prime Learning
Satisfaction guaranteed – the art of winning
and keeping customers
Prime Learning
MS Office Excel 2010 level 2 Creative Minds
Fundamentals of Digital Photography College of Digital Photography
Windows for Workgroups
Client Relations Volkskas Bank
3. CAREER HISTORY
EMPLOYER POSITION EMPLOYMENT DATES
Leadership Platform @ Cliff
Central
Personal Assistant /
Freelance Photographer /
Social Media Marketer /
Admin
2013 to Present
The Warehouse Project Co-Owner 2015 to 2016
Pam Golding Estate Agent 2012
Freelance Photographer Photographer 2003 to Present
Montessori Academy Silver
Lakes
Directress 1997 to 2000
Office of the State President Senior Administrative Clerk
in the Media Section
1994 to 1996
Prime Learning Sales & Orders Clerk 1991 to 1993
Eugene Jewellers Sales Assistant/Design 1990 to 1991
Department of Justice Creditors Clerk 1987
Volkskas Bank Bank Clerk / Customer
Service
1984 to 1987
4. EMPLOYMENT DETAILS
Company Name: LEADERSHIP PLATFORM
Dates Employed: 2015 TO PRESENT
Position: Personal Assistant
Duties:
Personal Assistant: Content Management,
designing, marketing and distribution of
content both on a personal interactive
platform and technological – social media
platform
I have worked for Leadership Platform on
and off since 2013, doing freelance
photography work while running The
Warehouse Project which was my weekend
business project.
I started working for Leadership
Platform on a permanent basis in August
2015
Leadership Platform works and interacts
with well known Leaders - Business,
Political and Celebrities in various fields.
Currently Leadership Platform works hand
in hand with companies/ businesses/
Sponsors such as Sibanye (Sibanye Gold)
Cell C SA; Cliff Central; Adv Thuli
Madonsela and many other well known
names and on very dynamic platforms. I am
always there and this requires various skills
from me which I comfortably adapt to.
My main task is to capture visual content
during interviews, events, book launches etc.
via (Photos/videos for and via social media)
and to place this and added marketing
content such as podcast links; articles
written; designed templates directly
associated with this, for specific marketing
purposes.
I design templates for the different social
media interfaces to market current and new
added business marketing content needed in
that specific moment to generate business.
It is required of me to be adaptable and
innovative in the moment and to work long
hours until the work is complete. We’re
constantly adapting to new ideas, new ways,
5. keeping up or ahead of all these fast
changing technology and interfaces.
I am also learning how to manage a ‘podcast
system’ etc. I am part of a very dynamic
group which allows me to learn many things
at once on many different levels. This varies
from learning new technological and
technical skills, Leadership and Business
Skills; being a full time interactive marketer
and assistant (also part of preparing and co-
ordinating everything and everyone to help
everything run smoothly) in a highly
professional environment as well as on the
social media interface.
It is required of me to stand in at times with
the administrative section in this dynamic
and ever-changing environment. We are
constantly busy with new innovative
projects which demands one to learn the
new and adapt all the time. It involves good
communication skills as well.
6. Company Name: THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT
Dates Employed: 2015 TO 2016
Position: CO-OWNER
Duties:
As Owner I was responsible to keep a large
warehouse stocked with ‘materials’ (in this
case Art; Raw Crystals for everyone also
collectables for high-end Upmarket
Collectors; Antiques; imported organic
perfume oils from India - which I imported
myself.
I now have an Import and Export permit I
had to arrange and buy and sell at good
enough prices to generate money enough to
buy new stock and make a profit.
Had to keep environment and stock
interesting. It was a very creative and
competitive environment. We had the largest
and most popular shop on the premises.
During the week we bought and sold
crystals
Worked with a part of the mining sector,
traveled all over South Africa, Zimbabwe
etc.
Company Name: PAM GOLDING
Dates Employed:
Position: ESTATE AGENT
Duties:
Worked alone representing Pam Golding in
good upmarket areas; Leeuwfontein Estates;
Sable-hill Estates; etc.
The Agency closed down for its own
reasons.
Had to give my attention to family matters.
Company Name: FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
Dates Employed: 2003 TO PRESENT
Position: PHOTOGRAPHY
7. Duties:
Wedding Photographer; Event Photography;
Portraitures; Art Photography Projects; Food
& Commercial Photography; Fashion
Photography; Architectural Photography
Projects; The Wheelchair Project: Jacaranda
FM; Book Launch with Adriaan
Groenewald - Founder & CEO of
Leadership Platform & Adv. Thuli
Madonsela; etc.
My current position at Leadership Platform
requires me to work with well known
Leaders - Business, Political and Celebrities
in various fields.
My task is basically to capture visual
content (Photos/videos via social media) and
to place and it onto the various social media
interfaces specifically for marketing
purposes.
With this I’m required to design templates
for the different social media interfaces to
market current and new added business
marketing content needed to generate
attention for business purposes.
It is required of me to be adaptable; creative
and innovative in the moment and to work
long hours until the work is complete.
We are constantly adapting to new ideas,
new ways, keeping up or ahead of all these
fast changing interfaces. I am also learning
how to manage a ‘podcast system’
Other Positions held:
Montessori Academy Silver Lakes
Directress
1997 to 2000
Office of the State President
Senior Administrative Clerk in the Media Section
1994 to 1996
Prime Learning
Sales & Orders Clerk
1991 to 1993
Eugene Jewellers
Sales Assistant/Design
8. 1990 to 1991
Department of Justice
Creditors Clerk
1987
Volkskas Bank
Bank Clerk / Customer Service
1984 to 1987
References:
Current Reference: Leadership Platform
www.LeadershipPform.com
Facebook: Leadership Platform; Adriaan Groenewald; Richard Angus; The Finance Team;
Youth Leadership Platform; CliffCentral
Twitter: @LeadershipPform @AdriaanG_LP @SeamlessLeader @WiseOneZA
@Ellis_Mnyandu @tftsouthafrica @Richard_Angus @YLPCliffCentral @StudentBrands
@CliffCentralCom @openwindowpta
Contact Details:
Adriaan Groenewald: +27 (82)3787729
Work: (012) 6533022
Louis Groenewald: +27 (82)7398831
DATE 9/8/2016
