Korir Festus

Experience

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  Oxford University Press East Africa

  Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

  Editorial Intern

  Tasked with reviewing and proofreading typescripts.Duties:• Reviewed manuscripts to determine their novelty• Copy edited typescripts• Proofread typescripts to check house style adherence

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  WordAlive Publishers

  Aug 2016 - Oct 2016

  Editorial Intern

  Tasked with reviewing manuscripts and book marketing.Duties:• Edited and proofread manuscripts• Did book marketing at religious conferences and seminars• Kept and filed records

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  Storymoja Africa

  Feb 2017 - Jan 2018

  Tasked with editing manuscripts to make them edutaining, informative and relevant to the target audience.Duties:• Reviewed manuscripts • Coordinated and edited the new Kenyan competence based curriculum materials on Hygiene and Nutrition Activities(Grade 1 and 2). The books were approved by KICD.• Proofread manuscripts to ensure house style adherence• Translated stories from English to Swahili and leveled readers• Conducted writers’ workshops to nurture writing talents• Made sure titles publish on schedule and within budget Show less

  • Book Editor

    Jun 2017 - Jan 2018

  • Editorial Trainee

    Feb 2017 - May 2017
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  Iflix

  Feb 2018 - Jul 2019

  Subtitle Editor

  Tasked with video subtitling, transcription, time cuing and translating English subtitles into Swahili.Duties:• Did video subtitling, transcriptions and time cuing• Translated source English subtitles into the target language (Swahili)• Proofread and corrected machine-translated subtitles

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  Longhorn Publishers Plc

  Feb 2020 - Apr 2020

  Editorial Assistant

  Coordinated, edited and proofread Agriculture Grade 5 CBC Kenya.The book was approved by KICD.

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  Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC)

  Feb 2022 - now

  News Researcher and Archivist

  As a media house archivist, my roles include organizing, cataloguing, and preserving media assets, managing digital and physical archives, ensuring accessibility for authorized users, and implementing strategies for long-term storage and retrieval of media content. Additionally, I'm involved in digitization efforts, metadata creation, and collaborating with other departments to fulfill media requests efficiently. I regularly update and maintain the archive's inventory for smooth operations. The following are some of my roles...• Designing and maintaining an organized records classification and retention system.• Collaborating with departments to establish records retention schedules.• Monitoring the lifecycle of records, from creation to disposal.• Coordinating the digitization and indexing of paper documents for easier access.• Conducting regular audits to assess records management practices and identify gaps.• Planning and executing disaster recovery strategies for critical records.• Ensuring the security and confidentiality of sensitive records.• Organizing and cataloguing archival materials following established standards.• Digitizing, watermarking and sharing footage requested by reporters.• Maintaining and updating archival databases and digital repositories.• Conducting news research to provide reference assistance to reporters.• Create finding aids and descriptive metadata for easy retrieval of records and archives. Show less