Hi, my names Mark, and I am currently a second year student at the University of Exeter. I study History & Ancient history, and have a passion for writing and working hard!
Work Experience:
- Freelance Content Writer and Social Media Manager with Bravy.com (2021 – Present): I am currently the chief content officer for Bravy.com, a UK education start-up. I am in charge of all content, as well as being involved in market research and our social media marketing campaigns
- Freelance Content Writer for TheGlobalGaming.com (2022 – Present): I currently write gaming articles for TheGlobalGaming, covering multiple different games
- Freelance Content Writer Lightbox Content Agency (2021 – Present): I currently take occasional work from Lightbox Content Agency, including articles of SBM in the technology space and other miscellaneous companies
- Content Writer for Fragster.com (2021): For Fragster I wrote quality gaming articles on Rainbow Six Siege and the Pro scene, including tournament coverage
- Content Writer for waterfiltrationblog.com (2021): For Waterfiltrationblog.com I wrote reviews and guides around water filtration
- Holocaust Educational Trust Ambassador (2021): After joining the project through a school visit to Bergen Belsen concentration camp, I became an Ambassador for the organisation, and produced several articles that are now published on their website
- Several months experience with Copify (2021): I worked on a multitude of content writing projects through the Copify agency, including press releases, articles, and promotional content
- Work Experience at the BBC, Birmingham Mailbox (2018 -2020): I had the opportunity to shadow the local news team Inside Out for Birmingham, following primarily their video editing department
- Editor of my school Newspaper (2019 – 2021): As a Prefect in my Sixth Form I took on the role of Editor of the school newspaper BackChat, reviewing, editing, and writing the content
Skills:
- Content Writing: My primary skill is content writing, with my work experience, University course, and hobby of fiction writing all contributing to my writing skills
- Microsoft Office and Equivalents: I am proficient in Word, excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and their Google counterparts (e.g. google docs, sheets)
- Proofreading & Editing: Throughout my work experience I have proofread and edited countless articles, documents, and other forms of content
- Photoshop: Though not an expert, I am proficient in the use of Photoshop and can create images to go along with any written content I am tasked with
Calendly: https://calendly.com/markamckenzie/30min
My LinkedIn
Task Area:
Administration
Business development
Content writing
Customer service
Data analysis
Graphic design
Marketing
Market research
Social media
Software development
Translation
UX testing
Video editing
Web design
Software Capabilities:
Buffer
Canva
Excel
Google sheets
LinkedIn
Mailchimp
Photoshop / Illustrator
PowerPoint
SquareSpace
Wordpress
Industry Interests:
Education
Future Tech
Property
Arts / Culture
Investment / Finance
Health / Wellbeing
Policy / Law
Sports / Outdoors
Startups / Entrepreneurship
Travel / Cuisine
NGOs / Activism
Environment / Sustainability