About

I am Head of PR, Communications and Social Media for Showmax, a leading African streaming service, owned by MultiChoice Group and Comcast, and available in more than 44 markets.

Under my leadership, Showmax has won Online Strategy of the Year at the New Generation Awards, multiple Bookmarks, Loerie and Promax awards and the Gold award for Best Arts and Entertainment PR campaign at the PRISA Prism Awards.

With more than 17 years of experience in communications and content marketing, I am also the director of Vast Collective and worked as a content strategy consultant for a number of years before joining MultiChoice full time in July 2018.

Previously, I was employed by New Media Publishing in Cape Town as the senior editor on the Vodacom account. I was involved in a number of different content marketing projects, including the launch of Vodacom now! – a technology website.

On the photography front, I have contributed images to a number of books, been published in magazines and newspapers and have worked as a photographer at weddings and various events. While I’m not actively working as a photographer, I still enjoy taking photos when I can.

If you’d like to get in touch, please send me an email on hello@lauracooke.com, or find me on LinkedIn.