Shiley McPherson is the marketing co-ordinator at Mall@Carnival. The 24-year-old lives in Lambton, Germiston.
• Describe a typical day at the office? What does your job entail?
A typical day at the office is always great.
It is very easy to love your job and be passionate about what you do when you have such a great team working with you.
Some of my daily duties include tenant liaison, event planning, lots of social media updates and advertising, advertising and more advertising. And lots of walking.
• What do you like most about your job?
Dealing with so many unique and incredible people.
• Do you have any hobbies or special interests?
Definitely baking.
I am a good cook but baking makes my soul happy.
I also have a knack for crosswords.
• Who would play you in the film of your life? Why?
I would say Kate Winslet. She is completely dynamic.
She is carefree yet grounded, funny but serious and she is an absolute powerhouse; all characteristics that I strive for.
• What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Perseverance. You may see me struggle, but you will never see me quit.
At the end of the day, it’s not whether you get knocked down, but whether you get back up.
• What’s your most cherished family tradition? Why is it important?
Jumping in the pool as the countdown ends on New Year’s Day.
It has always been our way of starting the year off on a clean slate.
• If you had the power to solve one and only one problem in the world, what would it be and why?
To give every abandoned animal a loving home.
They can’t speak for themselves.
They rely on us to love them and take care of them the way they deserve.
There is no feeling quite like that of the excitement that comes from animals when you get home after work.
• If you could only keep five possessions, what would they be?
My car, handbag, hot water bottle, giraffe onesie and my collection of The Walking Dead series.
• What are you most afraid of?
Chickens.
• If you could witness any event of the past, present, or future, what would it be?
I would have loved to have witnessed dinosaurs roaming the earth.
I think it would have been completely breathtaking and majestic.
