I live in Centurion, Pretoria; work in Bryanston, and play online.
I’m a performance marketing guru who likes getting stuck into the numbers!
Fast-paced, action-packed, deadline-driven awesomeness.
Moving from client-side to agency has opened my eyes to the possibilities that digital media holds.
Online gaming, golf, a really good beer and delivering awesome results to clients.
The ability to accurately measure efforts and the end-result thereof.
Get in, grab the biggest cup I can find and make a strong cup of Java.
Then I catch up with the heads of the different divisions and discuss deliverables. From there, it's basically meeting after meeting (an average of six to eight per day).
When everyone's gone home, that’s when I do emails and all the cool stuff!
Being able to work with a wide variety of client personalities, while having a keen sense of digital performance. Being good at both will set you apart.
In my opinion, anyone who is setting themselves up and investing in digital media. Clients don't have to be the biggest or fastest-growing brands. They just need to have a plan and stick to it. Based on experience, financial clients get it right.
Being transparent, delivering real value and growing skills in the African markets.
Lee & Mike (middle at the back!) hung out with the @ipgmediabrands EMEA SEO crew last week. Some great discussions & great ideas shared! pic.twitter.com/YLLMTvEVJ6
— Stickyeyes (@stickyeyes) July 3, 2017
A pitch, which you'll hopefully read about when we win!
Data is the new gold – I’m honestly not a big fan of these, and often joke about phrases people use, like ‘deep dive’.
Rather just be direct and say what's on your mind.
While trying to solve client problems. Being advisors/consultants means you go beyond just being an agency and, very often when you try solve a specific client's problems, you'll come up with solutions for another client, too.
For some reason, it would seem I'm quite a good dancer.
A bit of both. I love tech, but I’m also nervous about the rate it's growing…
Audrey Naidoo 3 Nov 2016
Funny jokes from a gaming WhatsApp group and probably a couple of messages from my wife asking me to make dinner.
Stay the course. The industry is very young and very often newbies jump between jobs too quickly, which makes you seem undependable. Stick it out – your career is a long one.
Simple as that. Follow King on LinkedIn; and Reprise Digital on their LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram for the latest updates.
*Interviewed by Leigh Andrews.
