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Margaret Mugo
Professional Content Writer
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
A highly skilled, motivated, and client-focused writer with 5+ years’ experience. Adept at capturing necessary information and
developing eye-catching standard travel blogs for clients from different regions and countries. Flexible, adaptable, and
available around the clock to handle emerging customer issues/revisions and complete urgent orders with tight timelines.
Possesses exceptional communication and interpersonal skills for establishing strong client relations.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Blog Writing
Copywriting
Proof-reading/Grammar
Checking
Editing
Technical writing
Email Campaigns
Research/Fact-Checking
Resume/Cover Letter Writing
CAREER SUMMARY
In-House Writer| The CV Centre
Nov 2016 - Aug 2018
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Constantly exceeded a personal target of completing 80 orders each month
• Received numerous positive reviews from clients and was occasionally tipped
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Used the provided clients’ information to develop exceptional job-specific CVs/resumes and cover letters within the allocated time
• Reviewed and proposed necessary updates to the clients’ LinkedIn Profiles
• Worked closely with instructors and supervisors to appropriately respond and comprehensively address various issues raised by
clients
• Brought to the attention of the administrators, the various challenges encountered while working in the firm
• Effectively planned and scheduled assigned tasks to ensure timely completion without compromising the quality of outcomes
Freelance Writer| Great Content/Textbroker/The Content Authority/Merit Crowd /Copify/
Sep 2018 – to Date
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Wrote high standard blog posts, product descriptions, reviews, and press release articles from different disciplines and subjects
• Keenly proofread my articles while checking and correcting grammatical errors
• Used plagiarism checkers like Copyscape and 1text.com to check for unoriginality and reduced the unoriginality scores to zero by
restructuring sentences without losing meaning
• Developed impressive biographies and personal statements for direct clients
• Leveraged exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive working relationships with the
content managers, senior editors, and clients. This ensured repeat orders and increased the number of direct clients.
OTHER ROLES
Customer Service Specialist| Safaricom
Call Centre Agent| DSTV Kenya
Aug 2015 – Sep 2016
April 2014 – Jul 2015
EDUCATION
BA. (Economics) | University of Kabianga
Certificate in Computer Applications | Compuera College
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Sep 2009 – Jun 2013
Jun 2008 – Aug 2008
• CCNA 1
• SPSS
• Advanced Excel
• Sales and Negotiation
INTERESTS
Reading, hiking, fitness