Freelance Content Writer at MARCO Agency, European Patent Office (EPO) (2024-01 – 2024-11)
Freelance content writing role supporting the European Patent Office through MARCO Agency.
- Utilised manual and digital daily schedules to organise tasks and deadlines.
- Managed correspondence through Gmail and WhatsApp.
- Scheduled meetings and interviews with nominees, the EPO and MARCO's EU Affairs Implementation Team.
- Created a digitised checklist to arrange deadlines for interviews, article drafts and team meetings.
- Complied with record keeping and filing procedures on Google Drive.
- Analysed and reworded technological jargon for diverse audiences.
- Transformed attendance notes from inventors' interviews into press releases, fact sheets and web features on MS Word.
Freelance Content Writer at MARCO Agency, Unilabs (2024-06 – 2024-07)
Freelance content writing role assisting with Unilabs' rebranding initiative through content audit and management.
- Assisted with the Unilabs' rebranding initiative through a content audit.
- Utilised inventory mapping on MS Excel to layout existing content (brochures, and social media and blog posts).
- Analysed content to decide on what to discard or update through an audit assessment.
- Utilised the SWOT analysis for cataloguing current and new content.
- Revised SEO titles to match the new branding.
- Collaborated with Unilabs' marketing team and MARCO's account directors to manage signoffs in the approval process.
- Set dates using Google Docs' interactive checklist to organise the content drafting process.
- Detailed a rollout schedule to ensure consistency across work deadlines and team schedules.
Freelance Content Writer at MARCO Agency, EPO (2023-01 – 2023-11)
Freelance content writing role supporting European Inventor Award and Young Inventors Prize initiatives.
- Prioritised tasks according to content development deadlines for the European Inventor Award and the Young Inventors Prize.
- Utilised MS OneNote to take meeting notes, store research and create checklists.
- Catalogued scientific research according to relevance, scope and urgency.
- Utilised Acrobat for document management, creating, editing and sharing PDF documents.
- Set schedules for interviews and team meetings on MS Outlook's Calendar programme.
- Drafted content on MS Word for press releases, web features and fact sheets.
- Corresponded with MARCO's EU Affairs Implementation team regarding content signoffs.
Editor at Yoair (2021-05 – 2024-06)
Editorial role managing content and CMS for online publication.
- Formatted and scheduled blog posts on WordPress.
- Managed the Content Management System (CMS) through WordPress.
- Edited articles and provided feedback in accordance with Yoair's policies.
- Organised editorial meetings through Gmail and Google Calendar.
- Utilised SEMrush and Yoast SEO for content analysis and keyword research.
- Monitored SEO best practices with SEMrush.
Journalist Intern at Global Post (2022-08 – 2022-09)
Journalism internship involving news article drafting and research verification.
- Drafted news articles on assigned topics using MS Word.
- Conducted research to verify facts across different articles.
- Assisted the Managing Editor and Assistant Editor on story pitches.
- Attended and recorded meetings on Google Meet.
- Utilised OneNote to share and store research notes.
Marketing Intern at GAO Tek Inc. (2021-01 – 2021-04)
Marketing internship supporting event coordination and public relations for Global Virtual Summit.
- Supported the Event Coordination and Public Relations teams during the 2021 Global Virtual Summit.
- Managed schedules regarding team and client meetings on Google Meet.
- Utilised Google Calendar to organise dates regarding the content creation process.
- Delivered onboarding sessions for role-specific training and procedural overview to new interns.
Assistant at House of Trident (2015-06– 2017-06)
Administrative and content support role managing client communications, schedules, and content creation.
- Adapted to and utilised macOS software and applications (Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Calendar and iCloud Mail).
- Managed client communications via iCloud Mail, phone, and Instagram.
- Scheduled team meetings on Calendar.
- Created Keynote presentations used in promotional launch meetings.
- Created content on Pages and Canva for brochures and Instagram posts.
- Processed and filed invoices through Numbers' spreadsheets.
- Updated inventory records on Numbers, following re-stocks and sales.
- Utilised Calendar to manage client, customer and investor appointments.
Work Shadowing at Inqaba Biotec (2015-05 – 2015-05)
Work shadowing experience in laboratory environment involving document management and inventory tracking.
- Organised and filed documents as per lab technicians' instructions.
- Complied with lab procedure when working around sensitive machinery.
- Updated inventory records of lab essentials such as masks, gloves, and safety goggles.
- Delivered files across various lab teams.
- Utilised a manual checklist to keep track of daily tasks.
