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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Write articles and columns encompassing health, finance, real estate, technology, sustainability, energy, logistics and travel for titles including National Geographic, Financial Mail, Business Day, Sunday Times and TFG Man, among others. • Write and edit blogs, white papers, ebooks and website content for technology, HR, education, banking, insurance, energy, fintech and hospitality brands. • Control editorial process for magazines from conception to publication, drawing up synopses, briefing writers and ensuring commercial imperatives are balanced with quality content. • Sub-edit and proofread a range of publications for grammar, style, logic and consistency, communicating with writers and rewriting where necessary.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Managed all editorial aspects of khuluma, planning editorial strategies, drawing up synopses, maintaining a freelancer base, commissioning articles, and liaising with client, guest editors and relevant third parties. • Updated the look and content of the publication, adding relevant sections and participating in redesigns, to the satisfaction of client.• Worked closely with ad sales to maximise advertising opportunities and revenue, helping to ensure the publication met or exceeded monthly sales targets in a challenging market for print publishing.• Wrote articles on a variety of topics including travel, music, community outreach, reviews, columns and profiles, supplying high-quality photographs with all stories.• Briefed photographers, sourced props for and managed cover shoots.• Attended events and functions on the magazine’s behalf, including international travel, launches, media educationals and other press events, and presented a positive face for the brand.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Sub-edited all copy, planned issues, liaised with client, contributors and proof-readers, conceptualised and wrote stories, and took photographs for Juice. • Was responsible for all magazine copy, ensuring factual and grammatical accuracy, consistency of style and a high editorial standard throughout. • Wrote articles across all the magazine’s sections, including regulars and features. • Commissioned stories, managed workflow and saw all magazines through to print, regularly assuming responsibility for the magazine in the absence of the editor.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Worked on a variety of projects in the Lifestyle division, including health and fitness, interior décor, children’s stories and sports titles.• Saw titles through from manuscript to print and liaised with authors, designers, proof-readers and translators as the projects demanded. • Along with editing full manuscripts for grammar, logic, consistency and style, I co-edited, proofread, rewrote, adapted and wrote promotional material for a wide range of titles.

A Course In Contemporary Chinese Levels 1-3

Bachelor'S Degree, Media & Writing, Political Thought, History