Meet The Team • Carter & Prince

E-Commerce & Digital Agency – Informed by Research, Driven by Results

Meet Your Team

Maliza Booysen

founder + chief digital officer

I’m the founder of Carter & Prince, and a digital native. Been in the field for 14 years, and still love how you learn something new every single day.

What drives you?

I enjoy seeing success – be it mine, or somebody else’s.

I read a quote on a wall once that has stayed with me forever, and I try to live and breath it every day:

A man’s degree of leadership is dependent on his willingness to serve, and therefor submission is the highest form of authority.

Background

In the past 14 years I have worked with brands that range in stature from international footprints, to mom and pop shops around the corner. Each one of them have taught me so much. I have worked across multiple industries which has instilled a multi disciplinary approach to digital marketing.

Main interests

Although I love strategy and creating amazing digital experiences, I love the creative side of the business a lot. You will often find me behind the camera, or busy editing a video.

Future E-commerce predictions

I predict that more people will become e-commerce savvy and that we are only at the precipice of e-commerce emergence. More people will start their own businesses online, and as consumer trust grows, we will all create an inter connected world of trade.

How do I provide the most value to customers?

By listening to the, understanding their needs, offering solutions that meet their needs, and fulfilling their needs to achieve their goals.

How do I provide the most value at Carter & Prince?

I try not to be a boss, but rather enable my team to lead themselves. This gives them access to developing their scope of interest as well as area of deliverability to clients, making them all rounders.

In short I provide solutions, and make things happen.

Lan-Mari Engelbrecht

web + content manager

Who are you?

Hi, I’m Lan-Mari Engelbrecht. Within Carter and Prince, I’m the Web and Content manager. It’s always hard to describe yourself to someone else, but if I had to, I would mostly say that I’m a very happy person in general. I believe in portraying happiness and love to all my friends, family and co-workers. I love my job and take my job seriously, but will always try and lighten the mood. Life is short, so why not go through it, smiling 😊.

What drives you?

I will always aim higher than what is expected. This is not to impress anyone but myself. I believe life is full of challenges, so is my job, and the best feeling in the world is when you complete something you thought you couldn’t. Honesty and integrity are one of my key values in life. This reflects on my work as well as my personal life.

Background

When I started out, I struggled to find the perfect job. Some people find the right job almost immediately, I guess you can call it luck. I worked in various industries, before I found my perfect job. I worked as a Marketing intern, a marketing assistant, an account manager and an educator. I always knew what I wanted to do, but did not really have the opportunities to do what I love.

Main interests

I love being creative and making sure that our clients are satisfied. One of the main things about this Industry that I love is the process of creating something unique to each customer. The satisfaction you get when someone says they love your work, that’s a feeling I can’t describe. I love designing, whether it’s websites, or content, it’s who I am.

Future E-commerce predictions

I have a lot of trust issues when it comes to shopping online, but my prediction for eCommerce and digital marketing in the next year is that shopping online would be the first choice. So having your own eCommerce store would be essential. With this in mind, digital marketing will become more challenging as more people will start to try doing it on their own.

How do I provide the most value to customers?

I will always ensure that our customers are satisfied. I believe that you can be the best person in the industry, but if your customers aren’t happy and satisfied, you won’t make it. I will always give a little bit extra, and will always treat our customers with respect.

How do I provide the most value at Carter & Prince?

Since the day I started with Carter and Prince, I treat all my work as if Carter and Prince is my company. Yes, I still have a lot to learn, you always have to learn and keep up with the industry, but treating the company as my own resulted in me giving 200% and more.

Wener frost

head of operations

Who are you?

I am the man behind the scenes of Carter & Prince. I ensure the company is a well oiled machine, enabling our creative and strategy experts to focus on delighting our clients.

What drives you?

I believe in meritocracy and results. It’s not always the effort that matters, but the results for clients.

Background

I have an extensive background in various roles in market research. At both Ask Afrika and Nielsen I lead field operations for South Africa. At Nielsen I was also leading product development for all data collection software.

Main interests

My interests are operational efficiency, project management, cost control and productivity.

Future E-commerce predictions

I predict that small businesses trading online are going to increase exponentially, not just because of the global pandemic, but because selling platforms and marketing channels are more accessible to small business owners today than it has ever been before.

How do I provide the most value to customers?

By ensuring Carter & Prince delivers on time, quality results and services to all our clients.

How do I provide the most value at Carter & Prince?

I add value to our business by managing cash flow and cost across the company as well as ensuring all processes are followed efficiently, enabling quicker turnaround and quality results for our clients.

Valerie Kubheka

intern

Valerie Kubheka is an enthusiastic, personality-filled, bold, and motivated young lady. In-between chasing her dreams and mountain tops she curls herself on her couch and gets lost in different genres of books. She’s kind-hearted and grounded.

She navigates her professional career by consistently showing up as the best version of herself. She is reliable and transparent and loves helping people grow their businesses.

With a marketing and sales background, she has closed big deals and boosted online sales through digital marketing by leveraging online platforms and helping build online storefronts. She has worked not only in marketing but has an import and export background and videography to name a few.

Her main interest is to be a part of growing businesses and brands. Helping businesses communicate their story and speak directly to their customers.

Digital marketing is like the street you take to avoid staying in traffic. You are unsure of all its possibilities but you take the risk anyway, AND YOU NEVER LOOK BACK. So her prediction of Digital Marketing in the next year is that the street leads to Disney land.

She provides the most value to my customers by showing up for them. She studies them and puts their needs first.

She provides the most value to Carter and Prince by showing up as the best version of myself. She honours and respects the vision of the company and its clients. She works hard and pushes herself to accomplish tasks well and to learn and grow immensely

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