Nerissa Roberts

Experience

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  The Citizen News

  Jan 2001 - Aug 2004

  Photojournalist

  Starting up the Pretoria Bureau's photography department. This entailed taking quality news photographs, writing stories and making contacts with relevant industry figures.

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  Media24 (Pty) Ltd

  Aug 2005 - Jun 2007

  Photojournalist

  Working as a photographer, journalist and sub-editor at various daily newspapers, such as Beeld, Nova and Daily Sun

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  Gallo Images

  Jul 2007 - Dec 2012

  Editorial Content Manager

  Sourcing, preparing and uploading editorial content (consisting mainly of news photographs) into the Gallo Images Collections.

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  Forgood

  Aug 2013 - Mar 2022

  Cause / Community Manager

  Responsible for the management of the forgood nonprofit ecosystem of 450+ organisations. This includes business process creation, compliance strategy, quality control, data management, training, education, communications and digital engagement. In addition, this team collaborates with marketing and digital advertising to build the forgood brand and engage our community across multiple channels.I also fulfill a tech support role and as such am familiar with SQL and basic HTML. I have vast experiencing in logging tech tickets via Github and assisting Developers with fixing.Forgood is the largest volunteering platform in South Africa, responsible for connecting over 100 volunteers a week. The nonprofit ecosystem is also exposed to 14 corporate employee volunteering programmes. Forgood connects people who want to make a difference - to the Causes that need their help. Show less

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  Rare Diseases South Africa

  Jan 2019 - Mar 2022

  Patient Voices Ambassador

  Shaping the policy and advocacy work for all vulnerable health communities in South Africa with a special focus on Haemophilia

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  Vera Solutions

  Apr 2022 - now

  Consultant

  I am currently working as an Analyst at Vera Solutions. Vera Solutions is a social enterprise and Certified B Corporation® providing cloud and mobile solutions that help social sector organizations better track their impact, streamline their operations, and create feedback loops that put data in the hands of those who need it. Learn more at www.verasolutions.org.