DENIS MOREBU
An economist, a researcher, a statistician, and a sales person.
Experience: 3 years | Available: Immediately | Location: Nairobi-|
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ABOUT ME
I am very competent when it comes to the tasks that I am assigned. I'm also a great researcher with very good
communication skills that can produce positive outcomes.
My obligation is to serve others well and produce quality results always
WORK EXPERIENCE
Mustard Seed Researchers
Executive level | Manager
Nairobi , Kenya- | Currently working here
1. Reviewing and Refining Academic Content
Proofreading: Correcting grammar, spelling, punctuation, and typographical errors.
Editing for Clarity: Ensuring the work is clear, concise, and free from ambiguity.
Enhancing Flow: Improving logical structure, coherence, and readability of the document.
Fact-Checking: Verifying data, citations, and references for accuracy.
2. Adhering to Academic Standards
Formatting Compliance: Ensuring the work follows specific style guidelines (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago,
Harvard, IEEE).
Citation Management: Verifying that citations and references are correctly formatted and complete.
Ethical Editing: Maintaining academic integrity by avoiding changes that alter the author’s meaning or
intent.
3. Assisting Authors
Providing constructive feedback to authors on how to improve their work.
Helping non-native English speakers enhance the language quality of their manuscripts.
Advising on proper academic conventions, including research integrity and ethical publishing practices.
4. Managing Workflow and Deadlines
Ensuring that edited works are delivered within agreed-upon timelines.
Prioritizing tasks, especially for multi-project workflows.
Communicating effectively with writers and clients.
5. Preparing Manuscripts for Publication
Polishing manuscripts to meet journal submission guidelines or academic standards.
Ensuring the document aligns with the client’s specific requirements.
Assisting with responses to peer-review comments.
6. Specialized Editing Tasks
Theses and Dissertations: Refining student submissions for clarity and academic rigor.
Research Articles: Editing journal submissions for coherence, impact, and readability.
Grant Proposals: Helping researchers present persuasive, well-organized funding proposals.7. Quality
Assurance
Performing final checks on edited documents before submission.
Maintaining consistency in tone, style, and terminology throughout the document.
Adopting a meticulous approach to ensure error-free and polished content.
8. Staying Updated
Keeping current with academic trends, research developments, and updates to style guides.
Understanding disciplinary-specific requirements for editing specialized documents (e.g., STEM,
humanities, social sciences).
9. Supporting Research Integrity
Ensuring content is free from plagiarism.
Confirming adherence to ethical guidelines in research and publication.
Wakenya Pamoja SACCO
Internship & Graduate | Marketing and loan officer
Kisii , Kenya- |-
Marketing - looking for potential customers to the sacco, and recruiting them.
Mobile tea payment - taking monthly salary to some customers (farmers), at their respective localities
Loan appraisals - teaching our customers more about the loans offered before offering them.
Auditing - auditing the activities within the sacco, and making necessary corrections.
Loan approvals - with the help of credit manager, i helped in approving the loans that customers asked
for, by checking their ability to pay and the credit worthy ness.
EDUCATION
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
Bachelors | BSC economics
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, is one of the best universities that offer an economic
course and their students are highly trained with lots of practical work - so I'm i.
Ajira digital training
Certificate | Writing and Tanslation
Having a passion for transcription, writing and Translation, I attended Ajira digital training, to sharpen my skills
on the same (and also to get a certificate)
I am now a professional transcriber, writer, and translator.
JOB SKILLS
Marketing, research,
Article and content
Academic writing and
auditing
writing
research
Data collection and analysing
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English
Swahili
ASSOCIATIONS
Economics Statistics Students Association MMUST: Member
Catholic Student Association - MMUST: SCC Chairperson
CERTIFICATES & AWARDS
SPSS knowledge: Certificate | 2019
Computer certificate: Certificate | 2017
Academic writer: Certificate | 2021