About me

***Open to freelance opportunities*** - Please email me on idmanwrites@gmail.com Experienced freelance writer, journalist and poet with years of professional experience working with multiple online publications. A versatile and confident writer who works brilliantly to briefs with sound knowledge on pitching. Clients include Reader's Digest, Gal-Dem, Stylist Magazine, Guernica and The Good Journal. Master’s degree awarded in Creative Writing from Birkbeck University. Niche specializations in immigration and culture.

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Projects

• A Black fire: Grenfell and racism’s impact on community tragedyPublished by Stylist Magazine - https://www.stylist.co.uk/opinion/grenfell-fire-affect-black-community/438376
• Bringing Up MotherPublished by Guernica - https://www.guernicamag.com/bringing-up-mother/

Work history

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Content WriterSeveral
Jan 2018London, United KingdomFreelance
Clients include: Readers Digest, Any Segment, Stylist Magazine, Small Screen, Collateral Journal, The Good Journal, Wild Court, Medium, Latticia Organics, The Fourth River, Rattle, Unstamatic, Guernica Mag, Nomad Radio, Motherly, Black Ballad, Entropy, South Bank Poetry, Astons, Litro, Buzzfeed & Any Segment. Copywriting experience with Astons.com & National Today in San Francisco.

Skills

• SEO
• Research
• Editing
• Proofreading
• Digital Content
• Pitching
• Brief Interpretation
• Creativity
• Wordpress
• Copywriting

Education

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Master of Arts in Creative Writing with MeritBirkbeck, University of London
Sep 2016 - Apr 2019London, United Kingdom
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BA (honors) Media and Cultural StudiesKingston University
Sep 2009 - Oct 2011London, United Kingdom

Awards

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Longlisted for the National Poetry Society Competition 2022National Poetry Society
Poem - ''I’ve Wanted To Melt Away''
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Longlisted Poet/Author for The Emma Press Open Call 2022The Emma Press
Poetry Submission - “Bearing”