STUART THEMBISILE
LEWIS
COPYWRITER, PROOFREADER AND CONTENT
PRODUCER
EXPERIENCE
Head of Content | Ithaka
Creative Studio
PROFILE
Sep 2018Present
Ithaka is a boutique brand storytelling agency
established by my partner and myself, with a focus
on smaller luxury brands
As Head of Content, I am responsible for ensuring
the quality of content we send to clients,
producing copy and also running the business
operations
Freelance Copywriter,
Journalist and Researcher
2012-Present
Copywriter: produced work for a number of
corporate and private clients, focused mostly on
digital content and marketing
Journalist: published in City Press, The Daily Vox,
The Daily Dispatch, The Herald & Grocott's Mail
Researcher: published in Rhodes Journalism
Review
Copywriter | Stories & Science
Dec 2018 May 2019
Stories & Science is a digital marketing agency
based in Cape Town, South Africa providing B2B
and B2C services to a number of clients
I provided freelance copywriting services to them
for the better part of two years before being hired
full-time
As the company's sole copywriter, I took the lead
on developing all the copy required by our clients
as well as having final say on all other copy
During this time, I also acted in an account
management role for Stories & Science's largest
client, Digital Frontiers Institute
Phone
Email
Website
Location
--thembilewis.wordpress.com
Cape Town, South Africa
EDUCATION
BJourn in Digital Media &-
Television | Rhodes University
Graduated with full Academic Colours & a
place on the Dean's List for Academic Merit.
SKILLS
Copywriting & sub-editing
Reporting & news gathering
Multimedia content development,
creation and editing
Curriculum development
Social media strategy & management
Site design & management
Wordpress
Languages: English (fluent), Afrikaans
(conversational) & isiXhosa (basic)
Coding: Basic Python, HTML5 & CSS
Adobe Creative Suite (CS6 & CC):
Premiere Pro, Audition, Photoshop,
InDesign & Dreamweaver
Free-to-use design software: Piktochart,
Infogram & Canva
EXPERIENCE (CONT.)
English Writer | FUEL
Jan-May 2017
FUEL is a blended video learning training provider
working mainly with large corporates and lowliteracy staff
As an English Writer, I developed written content,
including editing copy from freelancers, producing
original copy, producing curricula, developing
scripts, hands-on script oversight at studio and
site shoots as well as edit reviews
I also helped develop SEO content and monthly
blogs for their website as well as producing
research reports and internal white papers for the
company
Consultant Training Materials
Developer | Flomotion
Jun-Dec 2016
Flomotion is a small occupational health and
safety company
I developed training & learning materials on crowd
& crisis management, as well as victim
empowerment & counselling.
I also did mid-level design work on logos &
branding
Journalist | The Daily Vox
Scribe | South African Cities
Network
Nov-Dec 2015
The South African Cities Network is an association
of various South African cities, focused on
improving development across the country
I worked at the 2015 Africities Conference,
subcontracted by Write To The Point, a
copywriting service provider
My role covered notation & transcription of
conference sessions, compilation of daily reports &
production of a full length report on the
conference
Research Assistant | Rhodes
University
Nov 2015
I assisted Dr Vanessa Malila, in the School of
Journalism & Media Studies
I was responsible for collating & ordering a variety
data on South African media representation of the
youth around the 2014 South African general
elections
Further experience available on request.
Jan-Jun 2016
The Daily Vox is a youth-focused news site, now
owned by Mail & Guardian
I produced several varied news stories weekly and
assisted the video team with editing &
postproduction
I also assisted with management of social media
channels, sub-editing & fact-checking and created
an organisation-wide video style guide
Knowledge Management
Jan-Jun 2016
Intern | CoZa Cares Foundation
CoZa Cares was an NGO developing curriculumaligned open source learning content for high
school students
I ran all the knowledge management and
copywriting functions for the company, including
advising the CEO & managers on knowledge
management strategy
I also assisted with various web design and graphic
design products
REFERENCES
Mishka Hoosen, Creative Director & Co-Founder,
Ithaka Creative Studio-, -
Steyn Grobler, Senior Writer, FUEL-, -
Ebrahim Hoosen, Flomotion-, -
Fiona Wallace, CEO, CoZa Cares Foundation-, -
Kristina Davidson, Write To The Point-, -
More references available on request.
