Jose Hanika

Entrusted with general office management, asset and lease management and Human Resource management at the South African Consulate-General in Munich, my main responsibilities include all methods of correspondence with service providers, procurement, translations, negotiating lease and storage agreements as well as controlling and overseeing protocol matters for diplomats.

As an Account Director at Asia’s leading public relations agency specializing in the travel and tourism industry, my role consisted of managing and providing communications advice and services to key accounts in Thailand such as Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts.

As an Intensive Communication English teacher, I taught a total of 113 GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) Programme students in Mathyom 2 and 5 (Grade 8 and 11). My duties included (but were not limited to); lesson planning, teaching, evaluating, mentoring and constantly finding ways to improve my students English language abilities by incorporating various methods that were engaging, and fun, while maintaining an environment conducive to learning in a classroom full of energetic teenage boys.

My role as Public Relations Manager consisted of proactively promoting both One&Only Resorts in Dubai (One&Only Royal Mirage and One&Only The Palm) through various mediums in the form of marketing and public relations, locally and internationally.

Area Marketing and Public Relations Executive for Kempinski Hotels in Tanzania namely; Zamani Zanzibar Kempinski, Bilila Lodge Kempinski and Kilimanjaro Hotel Kempinski (now known as Meliá Zanzibar, Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti, Tanzania and the Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam, The Kilimanjaro, respectively).

Marketing and Advertising