CV
I am a South African writer and IT professional based in Berlin. I graduated cum laude from the University of Cape Town with degrees in Media & Writing and Information Systems. Having professional experience in technical writing and teaching programming, I excel in areas of research, collaboration, and creative problem solving.
Experience
Technical Writer
think-cell Software
think-cell Software
Responsible for overhaul of technical documentation, UX writing, web content, and creating a style guide
2024 - 2024 Berlin, Germany
Web Development and UX Engineering Teacher Beam Institute of Technology |
Teaching adult students programming and UX design, organising school events, and managing company social media
2023 - 2024 Berlin, Germany
Software Engineering Intern
MOHARA Software
MOHARA Software
Testing and development on backend Laravel project
2022 - 2022 Cape Town, South Africa
Course Tutor
Department of Information Systems, University of Cape Town
Department of Information Systems, University of Cape Town
Responsible for tutoring bachelor-level courses for systems development, marking assignments, and guiding students
2021 - 2022 Cape Town, South Africa
Creative Director and Social Media Manager
Varsity Newspaper, University of Cape Town
Varsity Newspaper, University of Cape Town
Leading the creative team, organising media conferences, directing design for the newspaper, maintaining social strategy
2020 - 2021 Cape Town, South Africa
Education
Bachelor of Commerce Honours specialising in Information Systems |
Awarded in the first class (distinction)
2022 - 2022 University of Cape Town
Bachelor of Arts majoring in Media & Writing and Informatics
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Awarded with distinction
2019 - 2021 University of Cape Town
Research
2022 University of Cape Town
Exploring Artists’ Sentiments Towards NFTs in South Africa (distinction)
Presented findings at the Management International Conference at the University of Trento, Italy, in 2024
Awards
2019 - 2022 University of Cape Town
Entrance Merit Scholarship
Humanities Scholarship
UCT Plus Gold Award for Leadership
Dean’s Merit List (Awarded three times)
Information Systems Honours Bursary
Humanities Scholarship
UCT Plus Gold Award for Leadership
Dean’s Merit List (Awarded three times)
Information Systems Honours Bursary
2018 Westville Girls’ High School
English Subject Award
Languages / Tools / Tech
English
Afrikaans
German
Arabic
Afrikaans
German
Arabic
Native
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Git - Visual Studio - VSCode - Jira - Miro - Tableau - Excel - Photoshop - Figma
C# - HTML/CSS - JavaScript - SQL - Markdown - XML