Hey there,
Achievements,
Started a queer-friendly extra-curricular group for LGBTQI+ folk at Vega (2022).
Achieved a Journalism Master's degree with merit & NCTJ diploma qualification at Kingston University London (2020).
WON a Bronze Loerie, together with the team from TBWA Hunt Lascaris for
the TOPS at SPAR "Box Smart" (2017).
Graduated with distinction in a BA Creative Brand Communications degree, specialising in Copywriting from Vega School Durban (Class of 2016).
Won the "Vega Copywriting Pencil Award" for coming first in Copywriting (2016).
Came overall first in BA Creative Brand Communications degree (2016).
Winner of the Facebook
'Hack for Good' (2016).
Semi-Finalist in the Adobe Design Achievement Awards (2016).
Matriculated with six distinctions
& an aggregate of 88% from
Danville Park Girls High School.
Third place in the Douglas Livingstone Creative Writing competition:
Short Story (2013).
Kirsten Jenna Lee here, experienced traditional and online copywriter, lecturer in Digital Marketing at Vega School Cape Town & Head of Digital Marketing at IMM Graduate School, & former content & social media executive at Bookatable by TheFork London. Now qualified with a merited Master's in Journalism & an NCTJ Diploma including shorthand at Kingston University London.
Describe me as a leader, thinker, conceptualiser & box-ticker who puts in the hours. Find me doing something creative in my downtime, from snapping the city as a hobbyist photographer to devouring my way through it as a foodie & putting fingers to keyboard.
Workdays at Bookatable by TheFork involved creating content for email campaigns & social media, alongside managing & optimising
their blog using CMS tools to input SEO-friendly, restaurant-centric copy.
While working as a writer for SquareMeal,
I pieced together news stories, restaurant reviews, features & social media posts. Previously, I had work experience at Woking News & Mail, & was the social media editor at the Kingston Courier.
I spent two years as a copywriter at an international advertising agency, TBWA in South Africa, working with retail, FMCG & B2B brands to create content for traditional & social media. After which, I decided to emigrate & broaden my
long-form skills in broadcast journalism at Kingston University London.
My undergraduate was a BA degree in Creative Brand Communications, specialising in Copywriting at Vega School & I achieved a cum laude or a "first" while also placing top in my year. My degree composed of modules on branding, marketing, graphic & web design, photography & copywriting. At Kingston, I furthered my skills in SEO, audio & video editing & journalistic practices.
Additionally, I have completed three short courses on writing content for digital, problem-solving & social media.