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September 2013 - February 2014: EDITOR - Milpark Education (contract)
In addition:
• Freelance writer - hard news, features, travel.
• Arts, theatre, dance and music reviewer for the Cape Times
• Freelance copywriter, journalist and media consultant.
• Freelance editor and proofreader for academic book publishers.

November 2012 - June 2013: COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT, Liberty Health (contract).

January 2012 - October 2013: FEATURES EDITOR, Cosmopolitan
Magazine, Associated Mags.
Responsiblities included:
• Conceptualising, writing and commissioning booklists;
• Coming up with features ideas, conceptualising pages
• Conceptualising and executing competitions
• Writing for and conceptualising online platforms, competitions
• Building social media buzz around the product
• writing, editing; layout and quality control
• Liaising with advertisers and clients
• Working closely with marketing department
• Seeing Cosmopolitan through to completion.

2010 - August 2011 MANAGING EDITOR, Maskew Miller Longman, Oxford University press
Responsibilities included:
• Project managing the entire book process on a range of titles
• Creating and managing schedules
• Editing, proofing and overwriting manuscripts
• Managing budgets and invoicing
• Liaising with, contracting and supervising suppliers
• Building and managing relationships with freelancers
• Liasing with production and co-ordinating and managing typesetters
• Checking proofs, dye lines - quality control

June - September 2010 CHIEF DAY EDITOR, THE CAPE TIMES Newspaper, Independent Newspapers. (contract).

January 2009 to August 2009 Editorial Manager of Publications Trialogue
Responsibilities included:
• Managing and overseeing all specialist Business-to-businesss Handbooks, including:
• concepts, writers, schedules, deadlines, layout and design and overseeing editors.
• writing profiles and case studies for corporate clients
• commissioning and briefing freelancers.
• proofing and approving final copy.
• writing, overwriting and editing main body copy.
• writing press releases and marketing materials, working closely on marketing and sales.
• Compiling and writing supplements for newspapers like Mail&Guardian

January-October 2008 Deputy Editor Dunhill Dimensions Magazine

Editor -V&A fashion magazine, New Media Publishers

Jan 2004 to 2007 Sub-editor/ layout sub/ reporter for The Mercury, Independent Newspapers,
Durban

April 2003- July 2003: SCRIPTWRITER FOR 3TALK WITH NOELEEN
Responsibilities included:
• Compiling topics a year ahead
• Finding guests for shows
• Writing scripts for live, daily talk show
• Compiling research packs for host
• Briefing guests
• Co-ordinating on-air SMSs
• Screening phone calls from viewers
• Steering live on-air content

1998 (continuing to date) FREELANCE COPYWRITER, BMC Communications (McCains
campaign), Aspen Pharmaceuticals (Moducare campaign),
various corporate clients

PUBLICIST for Durban Africa, Moducare, La Domaine and
Phytohealth

FREELANCE MEDIA CONSULTANT AND WRITER-
Growgraphics -

SCRIPTWRITER for corporate documentaries - DPI Plastics

June 2002 TRAVEL WRITER for SA Tourism Update, Now Media, Illovo,
Johannesburg

Sept 2000- May 2003 FEATURES EDITOR and feature/health/travel/sex writer,
Essentials magazine, Caxtons Magazines, Durban and
Johannesburg

2000 Senior sub-editor, journalist/columnist, Farmers Weekly
Magazine, Caxtons Magazines, Durban.

1998-2000 SUB-EDITOR AND WRITER for Garden & Home, Caxtons
Magazines, Durban

1999 TEACHING experience at Kingswood College, Grahamstown.

Part-time teacher - debating and English - Crawford College
Carmel, Durban.