Self Employed Marketing

HESTER (ESTEE) BOOYENS

TELE: +** (0-73-180-**** EMAIL: ************@*****.***

ADDRESS: P.O. Box 734, Henley on Klip, 1962

EDUCATION AND COURSES

**** *** **** ******* ** EFL with distinction

1989 Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit BA Communication and Journalism

1988 South Natal High School Higher Grade Matric

SKILLS / ABILITIES

Teaching: I am currently teaching creative writing to teenagers and young adults. I make use of creative and exciting teaching methods to keep my classes interesting and productive. I've had huge success in inspiring my students with authentic teaching materials and assisting them in exploring their own creativity.

Management and staff training: Editor, News editor, article editor.

Project management: Insert-projects, marketing projects.

PR and marketing: Planning, coordinating events. Highly

experienced in dealing with the public (readers and advertisers).

Organisational skills: Deadlines, projects, managing a news office.

Journalist: Crime, health, travel, entertainment (music, art,

television), horticultural.

Article planning: Angle identification, evaluation and development.

Translating: Educational school books, news articles, research

Research and sourcing: Factual articles and historical notes.

Typography: Involved in newspaper redesign and page-layout.

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

As an editor: I motivated and encouraged a team of journalists,

photographers, page layout artists and sub-editors.

As a journalist: I wrote hundreds of articles for a wide range of well

known magazines and newspapers such as Rooi Rose, Beeld, Rapport,

Die Burger, Volksblad, Son, Bike SA, Vrouekeur and online publications

including LitNet and Brandpunt.

I created the first Afrikaans internet magazine, Brandpunt, with an

editorial team of famous artists, writers and musicians in 2002.

Three of the English plays I wrote were all performed in fringe and

mainstreams theatres.

I created a cookbook for Media24 in 2011.

My essays where included in four books published by Carpe Diem

Publications.

I wrote press releases for record labels such as EMI, Universal, Gallo and Sting.

WORK EXPERIENCE

EFL AND CREATIVE WRITING TUTOR, SELF EMPLOYED

January 2016 -

Teaching EFL to foreign students, assisting second language students and teaching creative writing skills to teenagers and adults.

SENIOR SUB-EDITOR, MEDIA24 BEELD

March 2008 – November 2015

Responsible for international wire stories, typography and design. I wrote articles

for the newspaper’s specialised Pols and By sections.

EDITOR, MEDIA24 SON

September 2005 - March 2008

Managing editorial staff. Worked closely with circulation, distribution, advertising and

marketing. Clear understanding of the target market and how to make the product enticing

and interesting for the reader.

ARTICLE EDITOR / SENIOR JOURNALIST, CAXTON VROUEKEUR

July 2000 – August 2005

Planning content and organising and coordinating cover shoots. Conducting comprehensive interviews, writing in-depth articles and double page spreads. I also wrote a weekly column on the stars and a monthly garden spread.

JOURNALIST, CAXTON ROODEPOORT RECORD, KRUGERSDORP NUUS AND INDABA NEWS

2000

Identifying and reporting on news worthy stories.

FREELANCE JOURNALIST

1997 – 1999

I spent three years in the Middle East as a freelance journalist. I wrote double page travel

articles for Rooi Rose and also wrote and compiled a travel brochure for Jordan.

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT / SET DESIGNER, SAFRITEL AND ENDIMOL

1995 – 1996

I started as a production assistant and was trained in house as a set designer. I worked on a wide range of SABC programs including DTV and Endimol programs such as What’s the

Difference.

JUNIOR TRANSLATER, NEWCO

1993 – 1995

Translating of educational primary school storybooks from English to Afrikaans.

REPORTER, THE AVENUE

1991 -1993

Reporting on arts and culture.

HOBBIES/INTERESTS

I have travelled extensively in my life. I enjoy new experiences, meeting new people and learning about different religions and cultures.

I'm passionate about art, music and theatre. I read across many genres and spend a lot of time in bookshops looking for reading treasures.

I also enjoy nature and love hiking. I garden and have an extensive knowledge of gardening in our South African climate.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 12th January 1970

Marital Status: Single

Health: Excellent

Nationality: South African

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