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Andile Dube

Andile Dube

Media and Communications Officer

Marketing / Advertising / Public Relations

Durban, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

Social

Services offered

I have nine years’ experience in the South African private and public sectors, with solid expertise in the Journalism, Communications and Education industries. I am recognised as a highly agile and skilled information and communications professional with a proven track record. I am enthusiastic, willing to work hard and smart to make a difference. 
My interpersonal and intercultural competence ensures I deliver appropriate guidance in the workplace, driving organisational goals and efficiencies. I approach tasks with energy and action to ensure constructive project management. I function well as an individual and in team environments, as I build solid relationships at company and stakeholder levels. I am comfortable with change and resilient under pressure, as I have successfully managed and participated in complex, multi-disciplinary projects and tasks in multi-cultural environments. I am emotionally intelligent and self-motivated, determined, and honest. Colleagues find me to be creative, dedicated, and trustworthy.

Journalist
Social media manager
Media liaison
Communications officer
Event planner
Approximate rate: ZARR 150 per hour

Experience

Institution:
Durban University of Technology
Position:
Information and Communications Officer
From:
2015 – Present
• Generate high-quality written material, including news, features, and reports; maintain social media platforms and websites to promote Faculty of Arts and Design (FoAD)
• Represent faculty at external student recruitment drives and faculty events, with Corporate Affairs Division, promote faculty’s teaching programme offerings and research visibility
• Write/ edit/ produce FoAD communications material
• Faculty web publishing/ social media/ multimedia production
• Faculty media liaison/ report compilation
• Strategic faculty internal communications
• Faculty student recruitment events and related marketing activities
• Event planning and brand management
Achievements
Since joining the faculty in 2015, I have been the editor of Softcopy. I plan events on behalf of the faculty, namely the first-year orientation programme, Dean’s Dialogue Series and Entrepreneurship Week, and the DUT Arts and Design Digital Festival. I manage the faculty’s social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), and author articles for the DUT website. I am responsible for student recruitment activities in the faculty.

Education

Masters: Journalism, Durban University of Technology
2022
BTech: Journalism, Durban University of Technology
2014
Nat Dip: Journalism, Durban University of Technology
2012

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