Isabel Peacock

I am very driven, ambitious, hardworking, a fast learner and capable - I know I can do anything if I put my mind to it. I take every task as a challenge and complete it to my utmost ability. I am also great at juggling multiple tasks and working under pressure. I am a spontaneous and friendly person, with good people skills and definitely a team player. Excellent service and customer satisfaction are very important to me.

Catering / Kitchen / Restaurant at Various UK Companies (2002-01 – 2003-12)

Working within the UK with a working holiday visa.

Retail Store Manager at Excitement Stores (2003-01 – 2007-12)

Running the daily routine of a retail store.

Wholesale & Retail Travel Sales & Marketing Consultant at Various Travel Companies - Holiday Tours / Top Holidays / Travel at the Willows (2006-01 – 2008-12)

All daily relevant sales & marketing travel consultant.

Office and Marketing & Sales Manager at Tropical Island Escape Tours (2008-04 – 2009-11)

• Managing wholesale travel agent sales and all office duties.
• Managing the marketing / website / advertisements / brochures.

Area Sales Manager at Travcorp (2009-12 – 2010-12)

Pro-actively managing the sales of my areas. Calling on agencies and travel trade, doing marketing / advertising / training / product updating / customer presentations / cold calling / new business.

Owner/Manager at Sunset Getaways Travel Agency (2011-01 – 2016-03)

Running my own retail travel business, arranging holidays for FIT clients, with wholesalers like Holiday Tours and Thompsons Holidays and handling all the day to day tasks in managing a company.

Owner/Manager at GiG Ministries (2011-12 – Present)

Networking and Strategizing, Social Events to uplift the community's businesswomen.

• I managed initiating / planning / organising / executing the networking event / marketing of the functions on social media / admin and finance / presenting of the events.

Sales Consultant at Wildfrontiers (2013-03 – 2016-03)

Senior sales consultant for a wholesaler in the travel industry, specializing in Africa Safaris and adventure tourism. Organising / planning / managing FIT&groups

Regional Relationship Manager at WeBenefit (2019-01 – 2019-12)

Helping schools and charities reaching their potential, by selling and marketing essential products and services at negotiated prices. Giving back to the community by profit sharing.

Event and Incentive Senior Project Manager at Superior Choices (2016-03 – 2018-12)

Running / organising / managing / planning projects / events / conferences / launches / incentives / travel arrangements, from start to finish, incorporating the brand strategies and positioning.

• Accepting and completing tender processes received from clients – putting together proposals and presentations with costings as per the clients brief. Presenting to the client.
• Running and managing the event from start to finish – doing all the collateral and invitations, organising all the logistics aspects such as flights and transfers as well as accommodation needs, handling the RSVP's system for the clients by communicating directly with the guests, briefing and managing all suppliers, doing all set-ups and breakdowns for events, delegating to colleagues as well as assisting other project managers with their events, handling payments, completing recons for clients, all admin and planning relating to eventing.
• Clients I worked with: Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes Benz, Standard Bank / Absa / Fnb, Hennessy

Event and Incentive Senior Project Manager at Superior Choices (2023-01 – 2023-12)

Running / organising / managing / planning projects / events / conferences / launches / incentives / travel arrangements, from start to finish, incorporating the brand strategies and positioning.

• Accepting and completing tender processes received from clients – putting together proposals and presentations with costings as per the clients brief. Presenting to the client.
• Running and managing the event from start to finish – doing all the collateral and invitations, organising all the logistics aspects such as flights and transfers as well as accommodation needs, handling the RSVP's system for the clients by communicating directly with the guests, briefing and managing all suppliers, doing all set-ups and breakdowns for events, delegating to colleagues as well as assisting other project managers with their events, handling payments, completing recons for clients, all admin and planning relating to eventing.
• Clients I worked with: Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes Benz, Standard Bank / Absa / Fnb, Hennessy

Owner / MD at The Farm Boys (2018-04 – Present)

Marketing / Selling / Producing / Distributing of wood and truck rental to the retail and direct markets. Handing and managing all aspects of running and managing a business, including all admin, finance, payments, marketing and daily routines.

Logistics Co-Ordinator & Administrator / PA / Executive Assistant / Traffic Loader at JacarandaFM (2024-06 – Present)

Responsible for coordinating and overseeing a diverse range of administrative tasks and projects within the programming department.

• The duties included preparing correspondence, managing visitor reception, facilitating conference calls, organising meetings, making travel arrangements and effectively managing diaries to ensure smooth operations and optimal scheduling for the Jacaranda FM presenters.
• I was also assisting the Traffic Manager, loading ads onto the system.

High School – Die Wilgers Hoërskool (1997-01 – 1999-12)

High School – Hoërskool Erasmus (2000-01 – 2001-12)

BCom in Tourism Management – University of Pretoria (2004-01 – 2006-12)