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I bring over 20 years of experience in the advertising and commercial production sector, specializing in post-production management. Throughout my career, I've balanced creative, financial, and business needs while managing multiple stakeholders to ensure projects are completed on time and on target. I am passionate about guiding teams, managing budgets, and optimizing workflows to produce exceptional media content. I thrive in high-pressure, deadline-driven environments and enjoy leveraging my skills in people management, scheduling, and vendor coordination to help clients and creative teams deliver outstanding results. With a Bachelor's degree in Communications specializing in Audiovisual Production Management, I continue to stay current with evolving production technologies and practices.…I bring over 20 years of experience in the advertising and commercial production sector, specializing in post-production management. Throughout my career, I've balanced creative, financial, and business needs while managing multiple stakeholders to ensure projects are completed on time and on target. I am passionate about guiding teams, managing budgets, and optimizing workflows to produce exceptional media content. I thrive in high-pressure, deadline-driven environments and enjoy leveraging my skills in people management, scheduling, and vendor coordination to help clients and creative teams deliver outstanding results. With a Bachelor's degree in Communications specializing in Audiovisual Production Management, I continue to stay current with evolving production technologies and practices.

Leanne Schalekamp

Executive Producer, Post-Production, Creative Producer

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I bring over 20 years of experience in the advertising and commercial production sector, specializing in post-production management. Throughout my career, I've balanced creative, financial, and business needs while managing multiple stakeholders to ensure projects are completed on time and on target. I am passionate about guiding teams, managing budgets, and optimizing workflows to produce exceptional media content. I thrive in high-pressure, deadline-driven environments and enjoy leveraging my skills in people management, scheduling, and vendor coordination to help clients and creative teams deliver outstanding results. With a Bachelor's degree in Communications specializing in Audiovisual Production Management, I continue to stay current with evolving production technologies and practices.…I bring over 20 years of experience in the advertising and commercial production sector, specializing in post-production management. Throughout my career, I've balanced creative, financial, and business needs while managing multiple stakeholders to ensure projects are completed on time and on target. I am passionate about guiding teams, managing budgets, and optimizing workflows to produce exceptional media content. I thrive in high-pressure, deadline-driven environments and enjoy leveraging my skills in people management, scheduling, and vendor coordination to help clients and creative teams deliver outstanding results. With a Bachelor's degree in Communications specializing in Audiovisual Production Management, I continue to stay current with evolving production technologies and practices.

Available to hire

I bring over 20 years of experience in the advertising and commercial production sector, specializing in post-production management. Throughout my career, I’ve balanced creative, financial, and business needs while managing multiple stakeholders to ensure projects are completed on time and on target. I am passionate about guiding teams, managing budgets, and optimizing workflows to produce exceptional media content.

I thrive in high-pressure, deadline-driven environments and enjoy leveraging my skills in people management, scheduling, and vendor coordination to help clients and creative teams deliver outstanding results. With a Bachelor’s degree in Communications specializing in Audiovisual Production Management, I continue to stay current with evolving production technologies and practices.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Expert

Adobe Illustrator

Intermediate

Adobe Photoshop

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Afrikaans

Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Post-Production Producer at Post Modern (Johannesburg)

August 1, 2017 - Present

Manage and guide the end-to-end post production process, incorporating all creative input, budgets, and problem-solving. Maintain open communication between producers, editors, colorists, animators, sound engineers, facilities companies, and production accountants. Responsible for budget management, team leadership and motivation, workflow planning to meet deadlines, and advising on hiring freelance post-production staff while keeping up-to-date with production processes, technologies, and practices.

General Manager at The Fre'qncy Group

August 31, 2017 - July 24, 2025

Managed daily business operations and led strategy development, business planning, and reporting to the CEO. Focused on driving growth, business development, cash flow management, and delivering professional and competitive services. Responsibilities included e-Learning business development, business system and process management, sales and financial reporting, client relations, quotations, cash flow, performance tracking, staffing recruitment and development, procurement, and contract negotiation. Played a key role in establishing Cumulus Blue, an e-learning platform with interactive gamification.

Executive Producer at Freq'ncy Audio

October 31, 2014 - July 24, 2025

Progressed from Junior Producer to Executive Producer delivering client projects for radio, TV, film, and digital platforms. Managed freelance teams, client relations, administration, and staffing issues including discipline and performance. Notably contributed to the production of audio and music compositions for local and international award-winning projects.

Client Liaison Officer at Ministry of Illusion

August 31, 2006 - July 24, 2025

Served as a liaison maintaining client communications and project coordination during the tenure.

Senior Post-Production Producer at Post Modern

August 1, 2017 - Present

Managed and guided the end-to-end post production process, balancing creative input, budgets, and problem-solving. Maintained open communication between all stakeholders, acting as a client consultant. Responsibilities included liaison between producers, editors, sound engineers, managing budgets, team leadership and motivation, workflow management and planning to meet deadlines, hiring freelance post-production staff, and maintaining up-to-date knowledge of production technologies and practices.

General Manager at The Fre'qncy Group

August 31, 2017 - July 24, 2025

Managed daily business operations and played a lead role in strategy setting, business planning, and reporting to the CEO. Focused on growth strategies, cash flow management, and professional service delivery. Responsibilities included marketing and business development strategies for e-learning, business system and process management, budgeting, sales and financial reporting, client relations, quotations, cash flow management, freelance team and staff management, workflow and goal setting, recruitment, training, procurement, and contract negotiations. Also played a major role in setting up a new venture, Cumulus Blue, for hosting in-house e-learning content with interactive gamification elements.

Executive Producer at Freq'ncy Audio

October 31, 2014 - July 24, 2025

Progressed from junior to executive producer managing projects for radio, TV, film, and digital platforms. Delivered client projects managing freelance teams, client relations, administration, and staffing including discipline and performance. Was involved in producing audio and music compositions contributing to award-winning local and international productions at Freq’ncy Music and Freq’ncy Audio.

Client Liaison Officer at Ministry of Illusion

August 31, 2006 - July 24, 2025

Handled client liaison duties supporting media and production projects with communication and coordination between clients and creative teams.