About me

Words that engage and persuade. More than 20 years experience as a journalist and in business. Now turning to copywriting, specialising in content writing: - blog posts - press releases - advertorial / native advertising.

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Work history

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Editor In ChiefMercator Media Ltd.
Mar 2014 - Jun 2018Fareham, United KingdomFull Time
Managed the online and print editorial output of six B2B magazines covering the ports, marine and shipping industries.
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Digital Project ManagerMercator Media Ltd.
Jun 2011 - Feb 2014Fareham, United KingdomFull Time
Managed the development of websites and digital products of a B2B publishing company together with an outsourced development company.

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Skills

• Copywriting
• Sub-editing
• B2B Copywriting
• Content and Media Writing
• Editorial
• Journalism
• Blog Writing
• Feature Writing

Education

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MBAUniversity of Stellenbosch Business Academy/USB
Jan 2003 - Aug 2004Stellenbosch, South Africa
Did a Full Time MBA. Master's thesis was about the strategic repositioning of a South African newspaper group's news operations to use the new opportunities (this was 2004!) offered by news on mobile phones.
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Hons JournalismUniversity of Stellenbosch
Jan 1990 - Mar 1991Stellenbosch, South Africa
Post-graduate qualification in Journalism

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