Nontokozo Dladla

Background

About Nontokozo Dladla

An experienced, creative, articulate and organized team-player who is solution-oriented and on-the-pulse within the marketplace and beyond. At 22, I landed my first internship at one of SA’s fastest growing agencies, DNA Brand Architects, through a Twitter post which went viral. My trajectory has been skyrocketing since my internship at DNA Brand Architects in 2017 where I moved to account executive in 6 months and to account associate 6 months thereafter. Five years later, I have worked as a Digital Account Manager for JSE listed company, Barloworld Limited, I have produced internal & external stakeholder events for brands such as, Facebook, Telkom & The RockFella Foundation. Throughout my career, I’ve handled everything from PR, Marketing, Events, Social Media and Celebrity/VIP Relations to Drafting and Negotiating Contracts, Partnerships/Sponsorships, Strategic Planning, Creative Strategy, Copy Writing and Branding. I’ve worked alongside well-established companies as well as with startups, and have been instrumental in helping them grow. I’ve managed teams - both internal and external – and know how to navigate and work with individual personalities while keeping the bigger picture of a company (or project) and its goals intact. I am also the founder of a start-up by the name of ‘Dear Mosadi’. I recognised a gap in conversations, resources, events, and community for female millennial entrepreneurs and responded with a solution, Dear Mosadi, I foresee the platform being wildly popular and nationwide in the next year. In the process, my work-life philosophy, built on the cornerstones of hard work and innovation, I wish to further propel my voice to the forefront of the discussion on women in the workplace, a new thought-leader for millennial women and Gen-Z-ers on the career come up. Specialties in: Activation Campaigns | Account/Client Management | Qualitative/Quantitative Consumer Insights Market Segmentation | Event Marketing | Experiential Marketing | Communication Strategy | Talent, VIP, and Influencer Partnerships | Budget Management