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Anim Van WykAV

Anim Van Wyk

Strategic communications advisor & content writing

€480/day
Amsterdam, NL
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Anim

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Afrikaans

    Native or bilingual

  • Dutch

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Amsterdam (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Anima Communications
    Communication specialist
    January 2025 - Today (1 year and 5 months)
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Content marketing copywriter (B2B) for PR.co, a Netherlands-based provider of online newsroom solutions.
    Content Marketing Copywriting Social Media
  • PharmAccess
    Senior communications advisor
    November 2023 - December 2024 (1 year and 2 months)
    Netherlands
    • Advised business unit leaders and executives of PharmAccess, a healthcare non-profit active in 4 African countries, on communication strategy and steered the execution thereof,
    • Established a production management system to improve the communications team's coordination and efficiency across countries,
    • Grew PharmAccess's LinkedIn audience by 11 % over six months by sourcing and posting original story-telling content,
    • Introduced infographics to summarise the content of the complex research articles PharmAccess produces for easy learning by internal and external audiences,
    • Revised the organisation's crisis communication plan to reflect post-pandemic business risks.
  • SKA Observatory
    Global media relations manager
    October 2021 - September 2023 (2 years)
    United Kingdom
    • Liaised with journalists and external audiences worldwide to enhance the reputation of the SKAO, a radio astronomy observatory involving 16 countries that represent 40% of the world's population,
    • Pitched visits to the SKAO's remote telescope sites to select media houses, achieving 4,500+ global mentions for the launch of construction in December 2022,
    • Managed proactive and reactive media requests, and coached senior leaders for interviews (including with The Economist's Babbage podcast and Nature magazine).

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Education

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA)
    University of Oxford
    2020
  • Master of Arts (Journalism)
    Stellenbosch University
    2016
    Specialisation in science and technology journalism

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