As a qualified Language Practitioner, I have more than 15 years experience in journalism and five years in Public Relations. I joined Caxton News in July 2010 as Features Editor for both the South Coast Sun and Southlands Sun, sourcing and writing copy for the Special Projects Division. On weekends, I took sports and social pictures for both papers. I also wrote news content, did layout of articles in GN3 and Adobe InDesign, edited photographs in Adobe Photoshop and published articles on the company website. In March 2012 I was offered a position by a charity organisation as Marketing Manager. I managed their PR campaigns and branding, online marketing and maintained the organisation’s database of service providers and partners. I am currently employed by Harcourts Real Estate Toti as an Administrator. I am responsible for maintaining all social media and website updates; preparing advertising for the media and doing all office administration and reception duties, as well as maintaining written communication between the business owner and her clients. I was also employed at Media24 as Senior Journalist. As the only journalist for the Amanzimtoti Fever I generated and sourced 90% of the newspaper content. I managed, alongside the marketing team, to grow the paper from eight pages to a regular 16 to 24 page paper. I also assisted Life Church as Editor of a new community newspaper. I started my career working as a Trainee Journalist in the newsroom of Die Volksblad a daily regional newspaper in Bloemfontein while studying. After completion of my studies I relocated to KwaZulu-Natal, working as Sub-Editor and Translator for the national Farmer’s Weekly Magazine. I was offered the position of KwaZulu-Natal Representative in the following year. As the only journalist for the province, which constituted the magazine’s biggest readership, it meant working under stringent deadlines, being responsible for producing content for both our news and magazine section on a weekly basis. I am a people’s person and a dedicated and independent hard-worker. I stay up-to-date with current affairs and social media developments. Given these qualities and my ability to work well under pressure, I believe I will be an asset to your company. I feel that a meeting between us would be in both our interests. I would be prepared to bring samples of my work in any format that you require. I am available at your earliest convenience.