ABOUT US
Jean Robertson
Founder and entrepreneur of JMR Consulting
JEAN Robertson is one of South Africa’s most effective public relations practitioners and toprated communications consultants. An industry veteran with more than two decades of experience in the field, Jean was schooled by the doyenne of the sector the late Suzanne Weil, while working on Vodacom’s Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards.
After cutting her teeth on the biggest telco corporate account of the time, she went on to handle the agency account for the financial capital of Africa promoting it both as a destination of choice and a prime tourism destination, among many other personal career highlights.
As founder and chief executive of JMR Consulting, her firm handles a number of key clients, providing a raft of services from media relations to crisis communications to media training in a platform agnostic manner; traversing print, broadcast, digital and social media.
Jean is responsible for conceptualising and guiding the highly successful PR campaigns of one of the country’s top four international business schools and the concomitant image building of its faculty members as thought leaders across Africa and beyond.
Through her unparalleled network of media professionals built up over 25 years, she is able to find and develop organic and authentic media opportunities for her clients that find a fertile response across media platforms – as well as providing accredited coaching for executives in the field.
The quintessential professional boutique agency; JMR Consulting blends agility with excellence; designing bespoke campaigns from profiling to sponsorships and editorial, managing the hosting of webinars, events and online conferences. She produces a weekly podcast show part time and is passionate about media advocacy and skills development.
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Services Offered
I’ve worked across various sectors and gained experience in the following areas:-
• Public Relations
• Reputation Management/
• Media Planning
• Marketing
• Event Management
• CSI Public Relations
• Sponsorships
• Sustainability Public Relations
• Crisis Communication
• Media Training (Business Introduction)
• Call centre Reputation training
• Executive Business Coaching
• Freelance producer for webinars, podcasts and radio shows
Project management of Media Awards
(Vodacom’s Journalist of the Year – one of the most successful media awards in SA for 10 years – 2003 to 2011) .
SA Publication Forum Awards – member of the Judging panel (2022)
Worked in organisations across industries in corporate and the public sectors such as the City of Johannesburg.