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Adrian Lewis
Cape Town, South Africa
Writer specializing in health and fitness related content
Writer specializing in health and fitness related content
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White Tea vs Green Tea: Expert Guide to Choosing the Right Tea
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Darjeeling Tea Benefits: Everything You Need to Know
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Tea Tree Oil for Bed Bugs: A Comprehensive Guide
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Kiki Mayekiso
Cape Town, South Africa
Freelance Writer •Wellness • Mental Health• Beauty
Freelance Writer •Wellness • Mental Health• Beauty
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Balancing Your Hormones Naturally: A Holistic Approach to Health
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Exploring the Spectrum of Intimacy: Types & How to Approach Them
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Balancing Your Plate: A Recipe For Nutritional Wellness & Mind
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Nimi Pretorius
proCape Town, South Africa
Building brands people feel something for
New to Contra
Building brands people feel something for
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HOLLARD INSURANCE The Book of Brand Bravery: rewriting what an insurance brand sounds like CI guide concept, creative direction, and copywriting for one of South Africa's most distinctive and fearless financial services brands. THE STORY Insurance brands are not, historically, known for their bravery. They tend to sound cautious, careful, slightly nervous about saying anything too interesting in case someone holds them to it. Which makes a kind of sense. Except that Hollard, one of South Africa's largest and most innovative insurance groups, had always been different, and they knew it. They just needed someone to help them say so out loud. The brief was to create a CI guide. What I made instead was a book. I called it The Book of Brand Bravery, and from the opening line, it made clear that this was not going to be another corporate identity document that lived in a shared drive and was never opened again. The guide defined Hollard's personality as lionhearted, challenging, and inventive. Warm without being soft. Bold without being arrogant. Genuinely funny in places where most financial brands would never dare to go. Every section was written to be read, not just referenced. Because a brand guide only works if people actually want to open it. I murdered a lot of darlings getting this one right. Every line that was slightly too clever, slightly too safe, slightly too much like something another brand might say got cut. What was left was something that only Hollard could have said. That's always the goal. WHAT IT TAUGHT ME That the most powerful thing you can do for a brand is give the people inside it something to believe in. The CI guide is where that belief either lives or dies.
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SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS A catalyst for African growth: the SAA corporate identity guide Strategic planning, creative direction and copywriting for the corporate identity guide of a national airline and a national symbol. THE STORY There are brands that carry weight in the literal sense. And then there are brands that carry weight in every other sense. South African Airways is both. As the national carrier of South Africa and one of the continent's longest-running airlines, SAA represents something beyond its routes and its fleet. It represents a country, a continent, an idea of what Africa is becoming and what it deserves to be. When I took this brief I understood that the stakes were not just creative. They were cultural. The CI guide I developed for SAA had to hold all of that without buckling under it. It needed to give every person who touched the brand, from cabin crew to marketing managers to external agencies across the world, a clear and inspiring sense of what SAA stood for and how that should show up in everything they did. The platform we built was "A Catalyst for African Growth." Vibrant, cosmopolitan, contemporary. A carrier that didn't just fly people to destinations but believed in the destinations themselves. The guide covered brand assets, tone of voice, photographic style, colour, typography and the full brand narrative. Every word was written to inspire as much as to instruct. The simplest line in the whole document took the longest to write. It always does. WHAT IT TAUGHT ME That the most important reader of a brand guide is not the designer. It's the person who has never thought about brand before and needs to understand, in plain and beautiful language, why any of this matters at all.
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CALIBRE LIFE SCIENCE Creating immunity for Africa, from Africa: brand strategy, creative direction and copywriting for a life science engineering firm Brand strategy, manifesto, creative direction, content strategy and ongoing copywriting for a pharmaceutical and biotech facility engineering company. THE STORY There are industries where the stakes are abstract. And then there are industries where the stakes are people's lives. Calibre Life Science designs, builds and validates the facilities where medicine is made. Sterile pharmaceutical environments, biosafety laboratories, large-scale production facilities across the continent. The work is technical, precise, and unforgiving in ways most people never see. The challenge wasn't understanding what they did. It was finding language that could carry the weight of it without collapsing under the gravity. The platform I built centres on a single idea: the line. Every facility begins with a line of intention. A line that has to hold through design, through build, through validation, all the way to the moment production comes online and the system either proves itself or it doesn't. Design. Build. Validate. Not three separate phases. One continuous commitment. The manifesto came first and set the temperature for everything that followed. The content strategy extended the voice across thirteen LinkedIn posts in the first calendar, each anchored to a pillar and written to sound like people who knew exactly what they were doing and felt no need to shout about it. Precise. Direct. Quietly certain. Writing for this industry taught me something I didn't expect. The engineers building these facilities will never meet the patients whose medicine is made inside them. But they think about them anyway. That's what the writing had to hold. WHAT IT TAUGHT ME That gravity is a gift. When the work genuinely matters, you don't have to manufacture meaning. You just have to get out of the way and let it speak.
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AMBER ROSE NOBLE A name worth remembering: naming and creative direction for a feminist graphic novelist Naming and creative direction for the personal brand of a graphic novelist and feminist voice. THE STORY A writer's name is their first piece of writing. It sets a tone before a single word of the work has been read. When this graphic novelist came to me, she needed something that could carry the weight of her voice and the breadth of her work. Something that felt like a person and a position at the same time. Amber Rose Noble. The name arrived with its own quiet authority. Warm but grounded. Feminine without being soft. The kind of name that looks right on a book cover and sounds right when someone says it out loud for the first time. The creative direction followed from the name's personality. A diamond mark in blush and red, sitting at the intersection of femininity and precision. Typography that is elegant without being delicate. A colour palette that feels intimate and bold in equal measure. The identity needed to work across everything from a notebook to a silk scarf, and it does, because it was built around a single clear idea of who this person is and what she stands for. When your work is about giving women a voice, your brand needs to have one too. WHAT IT TAUGHT ME That naming a person is different from naming a product. A product can be anything you decide it is. A person already knows who they are. Your job is just to help them say it.
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Nancy Amon
Cape Town, South Africa
I Do What It Takes To Get the Job Done!
I Do What It Takes To Get the Job Done!
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I haven't found my feet on Contra yet, but I do find this to be a very good platform for freelancers and independent contractors. I've had a tough two years past and last year November I was laid off from work. I've been looking for stable income ever since. During the time prior and after, I've faced some major challenges financially. Sometimes, when you go through difficult situations, it looks so dark, you can't see any light ahead of you not even your hand when you stretch it out in front of your face. It's pitch dark. But I know from experience, and believe that even when it seems dark, there's a light at the end of that dark tunnel. What's your experience been since joining Contra? I'm a #content #writer looking for my next role! Get in touch with me today :) https://contra.com/nancy_amon/work?r=nancy_amon
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Let me help you craft your story in your voice to capture your audience. Hey there! I'm Nancy, a consistent, reliable, creative, and easy to work with content writer ready to tackle new projects. Short or long-term roles are welcome and I'm available to start immediately! Some of the local and international brands I've worked with include The Culture Trip, Overture Global, Specsavers, The Kusnacht Practice, Design ME Marketing, Clicks Matter, Brooklyn Care, SEEMA Magazine, Ice Barrel, and Sondermind, to name a few. During my time, I've also worked directly with clients and within agencies, producing well over 500+ written content designed to drive results. I'm looking forward to collaborating with you. Reach out, and let's get started!🧠 🙌 💯  Kind regards, Nancy.
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Have you ever felt like giving up on your dreams? Or like things just isn't working out for you? Sometimes life can get real difficult, and it can squeeze so bad that you feel your back is up against the wall. But there's hope and it might not seem like it now, but things will get better. Don't give up because your breakthrough is coming!! Need to work with a skilled writer? Get in touch today! :) https://contra.com/nancy_amon/work?r=nancy_amon
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We can't deny that there are some really beautiful places around the world, yet some of those are also terrifyingly dangerous. Check out this article as it explores some exquisite but treacherous places in the world. https://nra276276461.wordpress.com/2024/02/02/beautiful-dangerous-10-places-in-the-world-you-should-avoid/
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Gerhard Badenhorst
Cape Town, South Africa
Creative Marketing, Writer & Graphic Designer
Creative Marketing, Writer & Graphic Designer
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Graphic Design
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Website Creation - WordPress via Elementor
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Graphic Design
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Attie Ndzombane
Cape Town, South Africa
Photographer trying to bring the youth to success!
Photographer trying to bring the youth to success!
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Narrative Picture Book - Illustration
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AfroPunk Poster Graphic Design Project
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Nuraphone (attie x nura)
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Tivon Cohen
Cape Town, South Africa
sustainability research & ESG content support.
sustainability research & ESG content support.
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Climate & Impact Project Support Type: Project support experience Description: Supported climate and impact-focused projects through research, data organisation, and documentation related to sustainability outcomes, environmental impact, and reporting requirements.
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Household Cooking & Meal Preparation (Part-Time) Type: Ongoing paid domestic role Description (copy-paste): Responsible for regular meal planning, grocery sourcing, and home cooking for a family household. Work involves budgeting, ingredient selection, preparation, and consistency, with an emphasis on quality, reliability, and managing time alongside other commitments.
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Climate & Impact Project Support Aquaterra – Sustainability Capstone Project Type: Academic capstone project Description (copy-paste): Capstone project completed as part of my BA in Sustainability and Government, focused on Aquaterra. The project explored sustainability challenges and opportunities related to environmental management, resource use, and long-term impact. Work involved research, analysis, and written synthesis of sustainability considerations into a coherent project framework.
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Climate & Impact Project Support Sustainability & ESG Learning (In Progress) Type: Professional development Description (copy-paste): Ongoing learning focused on ESG metrics, sustainability reporting, and financial literacy through structured online courses and independent study. Building practical understanding of how sustainability information is used in business and risk contexts.
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