Lesley M

Content Manager

Johannesburg, South Africa
Available Immediately
3 years of experience
Full-time: 40 hours per week
$1600 per month
Flexible on Timezone
English

Candidate Online Assessment Results

Report Card

Overall Score
English
80
Content Writing
70
Grammar
100

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Lesley M

1. How did you become interested in content management, and what motivated you to pursue it as a career?
2. Can you share a recent content creation project you've completed and what you enjoyed most about working on it?
3. What kinds of content have you produced? And give examples of each. (Examples include: blog articles, videos, podcasts, social media posts, etc.)
4. Please outline some of the tools you have used to create content and how you've used them.
5. Can you describe a time when you had to collaborate with a team or a client during a content creation project? How did you communicate and work together to ensure the final content met everyone's expectations and goals?

Experience

Brand Strategist at African Tech Roundup

June 2021 - Present

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Responsibilities include ensuring brand collateral development, brand sponsorship development, ad sales collateral development, community management, micro-content distribution, revamping and keeping ATRU’s commercial rate cards up to date, packaging and pitching content sponsorships and commercial trade exchange arrangements, developing and maintaining community management protocols, and optimizing social media engagement. Skills include content strategy and English writing.

Content Manager at RoomRaccoon Hotel Tech

October 2021 - December 2022

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Creating and managing content for the all-in-one hotel management system. Skills include written communication, technical writing, content strategy, and English writing.

Intern Writer at City Press

June 2017 - July 2017

Auckland Park

Intern at City Press under mentorship with Gayle Edmunds, duties included writing and editing articles, proofreading, and researching.

Education

BA Politics/International Relations and Journalism, Humanities/Humanistic Studies

Rhodes University

2017 - 2019

Focus Areas:

  • Political and International Studies 3: Political Theory, African Politics, and International Relations
  • Journalism and Media Studies: Communication Design, layout and editing, news publication production, design principles, typography, artwork usage, headline writing, copy editing, editorial decision-making, reproduction, and printing. Adobe software packages including InDesign and Photoshop.Skills: English writing

Post Graduate Diploma, Brand Contact and Communication

Vega School

2020

Program Description:

  • Introduction to the concepts of brand and brand building, and the importance of brand communication in growing a business
  • Production of a research paper and participation in a 'live' brand challenge to develop and present a brand communication strategy to a real-world client

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