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Laea Marshall

Laea Marshall

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Digital Content Strategist at Purplex Marketing

  • Education

    • Crawford College Pretoria

      2002 - 2006
      National Senior Certificate

      English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Physical Science, Biology, and French

    • Rhodes University

      2007 - 2010
      Bachelor of Journalism Writing and editing

    • Digital Marketing Institute

      2016 - 2016
      Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing Digital Marketing

      Refining websites using Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) techniques, and creating and maintainting Pay-Per-Click, Digital Diplay, email, mobile and social media marketing campaigns

  • Experience

    • Rhodes University

      Feb 2008 - Nov 2008
      French Tutor

      Teaching first year university students basic French grammar and comprehension skills.

    • Grocott's Mail

      Feb 2010 - May 2010
      Reporter

      Conducting interviews and research, writing news stories on court, crime, sport, local government, and social issues, and writing feature stories, including profiles, reviews, obituaries, and opinion pieces

    • Cue

      Jun 2010 - Jul 2010
      Reporter

      Conducting interviews and research, writing reviews, previews, profiles and news pieces covering the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa

    • Independent Newspapers Cadet Training Programme

      Feb 2011 - Nov 2011
      Cadet reporter

      Working for a range of editorial departments, including news writing, sub-editing, photography, and online media, generating story ideas, conducting interviews, writing news and feature articles on education, court, crime, business, health, environment, employment, human rights, entertainment, sport, science, technology, and international news and taking photographs

    • Independent Newspapers

      Dec 2011 - Nov 2012
      Reporter

      Generating story ideas, following up on stories, conducting interviews, writing news and feature articles on education, court, crime, business, health, environment, employment, human rights, entertainment, sport, science, technology, and international news, and taking photographs.

    • South West News Service

      Feb 2017 - Aug 2020
      Editorial Assistant

      Producing two women's magazine specials per month. This includes writing and editing real-life stories and sourcing accompanying photographs, writing short features and other copy, assisting in the design and layout of magazine pages, and providing general administrative and editorial support to the editor.

    • South West News Service

      Feb 2017 - Sept 2020

      • Senior Writer

        Apr 2019 - Sept 2020

      • Feature Writer

        Feb 2017 - Sept 2020

    • Purplex

      Sept 2020 - now

      • Digital Content Strategist

        Jul 2024 - now

      • PR Account Executive

        Sept 2020 - now

      • PR Copywriter

        Sept 2020 - now

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing

      Digital Marketing Institute
      Aug 2016
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