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Munich, By, De

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

- Edited monthly social media planners for a diverse range of international companies, including art galleries, wine estates, photography studios, and recycling companies.

South Africa

- Edited a diverse range of industry reports spanning various sectors, meticulously ensuring accurate reflection of data, adherence to style guides, grammatical correctness, and engaging content.

- Prompted language learning models (ChatGPT and Byword.ai) to increase blog production from two to 100 weekly blogs integrating SEO best practices to increase lead generation and enhance content visibility.- Managed and executed weekly and monthly blog publishing schedules for two separate brands.- Used SEO best practice and primary market research to generate topics and prompts for ChatGPT to create lead-generating blog content resulting in record readership rates.

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

- Promoted after 12 months due to strong performance and significant contributions to high-profile pieces such as GVI’s ethics documents, impact report and AI blog project.- Managed multiple time-sensitive projects while maintaining high quality standards.- Conducted rigorous quality assurance checks on a wide range of marketing materials, including weekly MailChimp mailers, marketing collateral, social media plans and website content across three brands.- Collaborated closely with the senior digital editor to create and execute monthly blog schedules, ensuring timely delivery of engaging high-quality content across two brands.

- Conducted extensive research on global and country-specific trends to update quarterly industry reports for the Tourism, Operational Risk, Food & Drink, Consumer & Retail, Banking, and Freight, Transport & Shipping sectors.- Analysed company databases to establish trends and make forecasts based on the data.

Centurion, South Africa

- Edited a diverse range of industry reports, special publications, and daily analysis pieces spanning various sectors, meticulously ensuring accurate reflection of data, grammatical correctness, and engaging content.- Sub-edited and prepared print publications using InDesign.- As lead editor of the Oil & Gas sector, I liaised with heads of sector to coordinate changes in quarterly reports and proactively suggested strategies to enhance the overall usability and quality of industry analysis reports.- Collaborated with a large international writing and editing team to effectively coordinate efforts to deliver high-quality, high volume content within strict deadlines.- Ensured all reports were free from copyright infringement and skilfully adjusted language to mitigate the risk of libel.

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

- Taught English grammar one on one from primary school to secondary school level. - Coached writing skills according to the Cambridge curriculum.- Provided feedback to students on writing sample, examinations and homework.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

- Conducted substantive and developmental editing of manuscripts, transformingthem into captivating and well-crafted trade books.- Crafted compelling marketing materials to promote books effectively.- Utilised InDesign proficiently to create visually appealing book designs.- Verified ebook files to ensure optimal compatibility and quality.

Honours, Publishing

Bachelor'S Degree, Information Science: Publishing