Melinda Shaw

Email: melinda.shaw@bairdscmc.com

I am the Managing Director and owner of Shaw Media, a boutique media consultancy specialising in publicity, personality brand-management and communications strategies.

I launched the company in March 2012 after a magazine career spanning 22 years, which included 8 years at the helm as editor of heat magazine.

Shaw Media is characterised by a strong media network and hands-on bespoke campaigns that deliver high-quality media coverage. Shaw Media provides personalities and brands with a service to grow and manage their own brands and maximise brand opportunities across a variety of platforms.

Deliverables include media liaison, brand presentations, event management, publicity procurement, sponsorship management, brand coaching, social media management and reputation management, among others.

Shaw Media’s clients have included such high-level personalities as Olympic swimmers Ryk Neethling and Cameron Van Der Burgh, musician Arno Carstens; fashion designer Gert-Johan Coetzee, comedian Casper de Vries and internationally acclaimed DJ Euphonik; the transaction authentication pioneering company Entersekt, legal firm Schindlers, non-profit organisation Stop Hunger Now, Atterbury Property Group and the reality TV series Clifton Shores.