WORK EXPERIENCE

Cognician

Freelance Editor

March 2019 - present

Editing online coaching guides by performing onscreen reviews (OSR), which involve the following:

Editing and refining this customer-facing digital content for optimal knowledge transfer and a quality learner/user experience
Ensuring a high level of content accuracy and quality
Ensuring full compliance with style guides and project requirements
Making sure writing is consistent and appropriate for the identified audience
Ensuring a high standard of language quality
Ensuring all content is consistent with the company’s Socratic methodology
Functionality testing to eliminate any performance errors

EY Catalyst

Freelance Transcriber/Rewriter

February 2019 - present

Transcribing audio of corporate dialogue, and rewriting this transcription for specified business-related purposes.

EY Catalyst

Freelance Digital Content Editor

June 2017 - present

Responsibilities include:

Editing and refining customer-facing digital content for optimal knowledge transfer and a quality learner/user experience
Ensuring a high level of content accuracy and quality
Ensuring full compliance with style guides and project requirements
Making sure writing is consistent and appropriate for the identified audience

Sad Shirts

Co-Founder/Co-owner

2013 - present

I am the co-founder and co-owner of Sad Shirts, an online designer boutique that sells horror fantasy-themed clothing.

You need some guts to wear a Sad Shirt. They’re not just your ordinary old shirt. Because we aim to make art, not design. Our goal is to celebrate the outsider and invoke the other, and we’re building an impenitently nonconformist community of proudly freaky followers to join us.

The LRMG Performance Agency

Freelance QA Editor

April - July 2017

Performing Quality Assurance (QA) editing on a range of management consulting- and learning solutions.

The QA involved:

Functionality testing to eliminate any performance errors
Ensuring all content is consistent
Ensuring a high standard of language quality
Ensuring full compliance with style guides and project requirements

Marianne Kapp

Freelance Translator

March 2017

Translating 17 pages of dialogue, from Afrikaans into English.

TEAMtalk Media

Journalist/Content Writer

March 2007 - February 2017

Responsibilities included:

Writing and editing digital content for client syndication and in-house websites
Sub-editing a diverse range of internally developed digital content
Managing quality standards including consistency in writing style and tone
Sourcing and editing images and multimedia
Managing content within a CMS
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Translation of content between English and Afrikaans as required

Efficient organisation and time management were essential in this fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Kagiso Media

Afrikaans Entertainment Writing

May - Sep 2012

Writing Afrikaans biographies for a comprehensive database of South African musicians for the website, Ja.fm.

365 Digital Media

Content writer

Nov 2006 - March 2007

Creating an assortment of content for digital syndication.

The work required:

An understanding of HTML and basic web technologies
Proficiency with a CMS
Efficient work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

Laragh Courseware

Instructional writer

Dec 2004 - Jan 2006

Creating content for e-learning courses on a variety of subjects ranging from business to IT.

Formsxpress

Proofreader

July - Dec 2004

Editing and proofreading a diverse range of client content before print production.

Tools and Technologies

Content Management Systems
Microsoft Office Suite
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Photoshop
Google Suite
Sharepoint
Wordpress
Shopify
Klaviyo
Canva
HTML
CSS

Education

University of Johannesburg

1999 / 2001
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Journalism
Second major - English