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City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

I oversee the brand identity of Emo Night South Africa, from event ideation and coordination to social media strategy.

City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Crafting high impact B2B and B2C copy across diverse marketing channels for clients including Sanlam and Pepsico.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Crafted articles, mailers, and platform copy across travel, retail, and events for high- and ultra-high-net-worth clients in the UK, South Africa, Australia, and the Middle East.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Created the course outline and material for undergraduate Gender Studies courses, moderated students' essays, and lectured online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Managed tutors across various Gender Studies courses, ensuring that they were confident teaching students the course material. I also conducted administrative work alongside departmental administrators, such as collating grades, tracking attendance, and managing tutor and student concerns.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Tutored across various undergraduate Gender Studies courses where I aided students' understanding of the course material and graded essays.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

In the three years' I was a part of the project I was mentored by experienced feminist academics and activists on campaigning for social and political change through interventions such as workshops, curricula building, community work, conferencing, and writing for feminist academia. Our highlights include hosting the Dreaming Feminist Futures conference in 2018, and co-writing 'What is Blackwom?nhood: An intersectional dialogue with the Young Wom?n's Leadership Project published in Agenda (2019).

University Of Cape Town

I produced reports for two conferences hosted by the African Gender Institute: Revisiting Decoloniality (2018) and Theatre and the Production of Cultures of Equality Amongst Sex Workers (2019). Each report detailed the conference proceedings and outcomes.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

I was mentored on writing for feminist media by expert writers, editors, and activists. I produced three articles over the duration of the fellowship (linked below), and gained valuable insight into pitching, ideation, and writing for an international audience.

Wrote articles and edited and formatted the articles of staff writers, freelancers, and fellows. I worked closely with the Managing Editor to ensure the quality and quantity of the content produced, and contributed to the growth of the section.

Thetempest.Co

I was mentored on writing for international feminist media, particularly focused on personal essays. I produced five articles per week across multiple verticals and worked with an international team of writer, editors, and other media professionals. After my fellowship, I was onboarded as an Editor for the Weddings section of the site.

Bachelor Of Social Sciences (Hons), Gender And Transformation, First Class

I completed coursework and a 15,000 word dissertation titled: “I find my independence between four confining walls”: a case study of young.

Bachelor Of Social Sciences, Anthropology And Gender Studies

I majored in Anthropology and Gender Studies, and earned a distinction in Gender Studies and a place on the Dean's List in 2016.