Kim Polley

Associate Director
Johannesburg

Kim has extensive experience
managing and executing public relations
programs for multinational clients
including IBM, Microsoft, Motorola,
3 Com, Nortel, Pepsi, Kenwood,
Wilkinson Sword, LG, T-Systems and
Philips. In her 14 plus years in the industry –
first based in South Africa, then London with
Brodeur Worldwide (Pleon) and now back in
Johannesburg – Kim has gained expertise in
successfully conceptualising and driving
pan-European and pan-African campaigns for
local and international clients.

A South African native, Kim has been lucky enough to have worked not only in her homeland, but to have spent 7 years honing her skills from a solid base in the UK. Based in the Johannesburg office of africapractice, Kim is responsible not only for working with clients to develop and implement value add communications strategies, but also for ensuring that both staff and client service levels are kept at a maximum and that the business runs smoothly. Kim specialises in corporate and crisis communications; business development strategies and business resourcing, planning, analysis and management. She has great experience in developing and running analyst relations programmes, employee skills training and course development.

Her ability to manage networks, running global and pan-EMEA campaigns and managing multiple agencies developing has given her broad based insight into doing business across diverse geographies. Kim also has extensive experience in managing internal communications programmes, messaging and media training, communications process development and partner programme strategy development. Prior to africapractice, Kim was General Manager of Text 100 South Africa, Head of Communications and Partner Strategy for The AirMiles Travel Company, and an account director at Brodeur Worldwide.

Areas of Expertise
smoke and mirrors… Communications strategy, media relations, crisis comms, media training, analyst relations, influencer relations

People don’t know I’m good at
water-skiing. My dad started me skiing when I was about 2 (between his legs) and I have been slaloming since I was little

Talk to me about
I love sharing strategies on how to get ideas and messages endorsed by the press… and then to see them implemented successfully. The buzz from turning a nervous client into media manna is also pretty cool – great spokespeople are made, not born

An idea worth spreading
PR is actually the oldest profession in the world…

I’m passionate about
water-skiing, horse-riding, reading and my family

Website links
www.managementhelp.org
www.ebay.co.uk
www.itweb.co.za