Tanya Harris

Tanya Harris Professional goals I am a communications professional with a background in ecommerce, media, publishing and a corporate environment. My most recent achievement was setting up an online store selling wall-art prints. This included creating all written and visual content for the website and social-media pages. My strength lies in having both word and visual skills and being able to combine them to produce a finished product. I would love to find a position that involves content creation, social media or digital marketing for an art gallery or fine-arts organisation. Get in touch Work experience Mobile Content creator and digital marketer Own Etsy store | January 2019 - October 2020 - Email- Address Modderfontein, Johannesburg Website etsy.com/shop/AfricanArtMysteries Facebook facebook.com/AfricanArtMysteries Twitter twitter.com/MysteriesArt Instagram I set up and managed an online store selling wall-art prints for homes. My tasks involved producing drawings for art prints; creating all visual and written content for the website and social-media platforms; promoting the shop and its products through SEO, Etsy's PPC advertising and social-media organic and promoted posts; monitoring analytics and making changes accordingly. Layout designer and subeditor The Times newspaper | February 2007 - January 2018 My role initially entailed subediting stories and laying out news pages. It evolved over time into designing more complex lifestyles pages, managing workflows and deadlines, and working independently. As a subeditor, I edited and proofread stories, which included ensuring grammatical and factual accuracy and adhering to style. As a designer, I created pages to best illustrate the content and managed editorial workflows to meet tight deadlines. instagram.com/mysteries.art instagram.com/bea.utifultrees Subeditor/chief subeditor 3S Media | March 2006 - January 2007 Pinterest My responsibilities included subediting and proofreading business-to-business magazines. I was promoted to chief subeditor in September 2006. pinterest.com/aamysteries Design portfolio harristanya7.wixsite.com/portfolio References available on request Communications and marketing assistent Liberty Corporate Benefits | September 2004 - February 2006 I was involved in co-ordinating communication, marketing and editorial projects and staff events; writing and editing marketing material, printed material, digital posts and electronic communication. Community involvement Social media Night of 1000 drawings | November 2019 I sent direct message to artists on Instagram asking them to donate an artworks to be sold at charity events. Infographics South African Depression and Anxiety Group | July 2016 I created infographics to promote awareness on substance abuse and anxiety. Academic history University of South Africa Bachelor of Visual Arts | Current part-time studies - on-hold Drawing I; Painting I; Sculpture I*; Visual Literacy*; Introduction to Art History*; Art and Ideology*; Introduction to African Art*; Visual Culture* BA Hons (Communication), specialisation: media studies | 2002 Advanced Communication Theory; Advanced Communication Research*; Media Policy, Management, Ethics and Information Techonology*; Media Studies; Visual Communication Bachelor of Arts (Communication) | 1997 Communication I, II, III; Psychology I*, II, III*; English I, II; Communication Law; Computer Concepts* *Distinctions Short courses Coursera IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate | Nov 2020 - current Completed modules: What is Data Science; Tools for Data Science; Data Science Methodology; Python for Data Science and AI; Databases and SQL for Data Science; Data analysis with Python; Data visualisation with Python Outstanding module: Data Analyst Capstone Project IBM Data Analysis and Visualisation Specialisation | Jan - Feb 2021 Introduction to Data Analysis; Excel Basics for Data Analysis; Data Visualisations and Dashboards with Excel and Cognos Google certificates of completion Fundamentals of Digital Marketing | 2018 Web strategy, Search engine optimisation, Local advertising, Social media, Mobile advertising, Email, Display advertising, Video, Analytics, E-commerce, Expanding internationally Google Analytics for Beginners | 2018 An introduction to navigating the analytics interface, analysing basic audience, acquisition, and behaviour reports, and setting up goals and campaign tracking. Achievements Finalist in presentation category (layout and design) Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards | 2015 Skills Adobe Creative Suite Microsoft Office Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator Word, Excel, PowerPoint Canva, Mockup Editor, Hootsuite Basic Wordpress, Python and SQL