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Hi, I’m
Jaimy-Lee Meloyer
Career Development
Cape Town
Summary
Dynamic Learning & Development Professional with expertise in Human Resources, Program Coordination, and Career Readiness. Extensive experience in building and delivering innovative educational programs with proven ability to manage complex projects, foster community engagement, and develop impactful learning experiences. Passionate about using education to drive personal and professional growth, with a deep commitment to youth empowerment and creative entrepreneurship. Bringing a proven record of aligning program strategies with organizational goals, enhancing learner outcomes, and driving stakeholder engagement.
Overview
4
years of professional experience
Work History
University of the Western CapeBellville
PhD Candidate Research Assistant (Part-time)
03.2025 - Current
Job overview
- Provide research and administrative support for the EDIT project, investigating democratic resilience, independent journalism, and trust across various contexts.
- Conduct literature reviews on independent journalism, media freedom, and epistemology.
- Assist in desk research, mapping self-declared independent news organizations and compiling financial and regulatory data.
- Assist in semi-structured interviews, scheduling, transcribing, and conducting thematic analysis.
- Contribute to data triangulation and dependency mapping for comparative analysis.
Bridges for Music AcademyLanga
Career Growth & Event Management Instructor (Part-time)
08.2024 - Current
Job overview
- Provide guidance and mentorship to young creatives, helping them navigate the gig economy, develop essential professional skills, and build lasting careers in the creative industry through professional and personal development instruction.
- Facilitate collaboration through Event Management instruction from conception to hosting live events.
- Deliver instruction across Career Growth course, equipping under-resourced young creatives with critical skills for career development and event production.
- Enhance and manage curriculum and resources, including eLearning modules and content strategy, ensuring engagement and practical learning experiences.
- Guide students in creating comprehensive career growth plans resulting in improved confidence and readiness for the gig economy.
- Collaborate with instructors and industry professionals to provide coaching and source opportunities to provide employment opportunities for students through the Industry Access Program.
LIFE CHOICES ACADEMYLansdowne
Placement Officer
03.2025 - Current
Job overview
- Secure high-impact internship placements that lead to full-time employment opportunities for students.
- Build and maintain strong employer partnerships, align internship programs with industry needs, and ensure students are career-ready.
- Manage end-to-end placement process, conducting industry outreach, and providing ongoing support to alumni for sustained career growth.
- Secure and manage student internship placements, ensuring alignment with industry needs and maximizing opportunities for full-time employment.
- Develop and maintain strong partnerships with industry leaders, employers, and hiring organizations to expand the placement network.
- Oversee the end-to-end recruitment and placement process, including profile alignment, interview coordination, and contract facilitation.
- Provide career coaching, mentoring students on job-seeking strategies, interview techniques, and professional branding by guiding students in enhancing their digital portfolios (CVs, LinkedIn, GitHub) to increase employability.
- Collaborate with internal teams to align student placements with industry trends, program goals, and student career aspirations.
Talent Inc (Career io)
Profile Coach
09.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Write and develop professional resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn profiles, and thank you letters through 1:1 collaboration with clients, ensuring alignment with their career goals and aspirations.
- Conduct client calls to gather necessary information, helping tailor documents to each individual’s unique professional journey.
- Provide personalized coaching and support to clients, guiding them through the resume writing process and optimizing their professional branding for better job market positioning.
- Use in-depth industry knowledge to craft compelling resumes that highlight skills, experiences, and achievements, ensuring maximum visibility and impact for job applications.
- Maintain high levels of client satisfaction by delivering tailored, well-researched documents that consistently exceed expectations.
ThriveDX
Career Readiness Lead | Profile Coach
08.2023 - 12.2024
Job overview
- Company Overview: USA
- Managed and enhanced career readiness programs, providing detailed resume feedback and enhancing students’ professional profiles across various technical industries through 1:1 profile coaching for over 1000+ students.
- Collaborated with career experts to integrate best practices in career development, creating accessible educational resources for diverse student populations.
- Facilitated live webinars and training sessions focused on resume writing and career development, increasing student engagement by 60%.
- Collaborated with Career Coaching and Employment Engagement teams to source job opportunities and prepare students for interviews and job applications.
- Orchestrated an updated curriculum design and content for both technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring relevance and inclusivity for all students from different industries and backgrounds.
- USA
University of the Western CapeBellville
Linguistics Tutor & Lecturing Assistant
05.2021 - 12.2024
Job overview
- Developed and utilized personalized learning plans for various linguistics modules at an undergraduate level, guiding students toward a deeper understanding of course material and aligning with diverse learning styles.
- Tutored diverse groups of students to strengthen subject comprehension, boost confidence and build important learning skills with a leading class average of 86%.
- Collaborated with lecturers and tutors to develop curriculum and effective strategies for supporting student success, fostering a collaborative learning environment.
- Provided tailored coaching and instruction to underachieving students, enabling them to reach and exceed target attainment levels.
- Developed tutorial write-up and memo in preparation for tutorial sessions in collaboration with lecturers.
- Mentored less-experienced tutors, guiding them in implementing various teaching strategies to improve student engagement and elevate grades.
Mango5Airport Industrial
Team Manager
08.2023 - 03.2023
Job overview
- Company Overview: Indeed
- Monitored team performance and managed team operations to ensure the attainment of individual staff and team KPIs consistently meeting and exceeding both personal and team KPIs.
- Successfully managed day-to-day team operations, ensuring drafts align with company quality standards and surpassing KPI targets and SLA agreements achieving Top Performing Team for 2023.
- Provided guidance on document strategy and serve as tier one support for escalated clients by analyzing daily operations and skills development opportunities to identify areas of improvement and implement improvement strategies.
- Collaborated with US-based Quality Assessors to identify and execute innovative approaches to enhance operational efficiency.
- Indeed
Mango5Airport Industrial
Resume Writer & Reviewer
01.2023 - 08.2023
Job overview
- Company Overview: Indeed
- Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others implementing a daily morning motivation system boosting team morale and productivity and receiving a promotion to Team Manager.
- Provide training and support for new hires on writing practices, recruitment processes and maintaining an optimal Customer Satisfaction rate.
- Delivered an average of 90+ completed resume edits and reviews per week exceeding productivity metrics by 130%.
- Present exceptional time management abilities in target driven environment with exceptional quality of 100%, achieving 4.0/ 5 Customer Satisfaction average rating and Top Performer Award for 6 consecutive months.
- Indeed
BythedesignTokai
Copywriter & Human Resources Consultant
10.2022 - 01.2023
Job overview
- Crafted compelling product and marketing copy for online content, meticulously aligning with the employer's distinctive brand identity and personality.
- Tailored brand messages to effectively resonate with the target audience, capturing interest, and driving engagement elevating click conversion rates.
- Developed comprehensive short and long-term media outreach strategies in close collaboration with cross-functional teams to enhance brand visibility and reach.
- Managed training and development, scheduled training, and identified training vendors with necessary SAQA standards and SETA approval for staff and organization to maintain OEM accreditation.
- Compiled Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Plan for organization in line with SETA’s and QCTO and arranged internal and external training in line with the training plan and OEM standards.
- Maintained records of all training conducted and related expenses to ensure compliance to BBBEE requirements.
- Coordinated all learnership and apprenticeship programmes liaising with the SETA for mandatory and discretionary grants.
- Monitored implementation and impact of guidelines for nondiscriminatory employment practices through the establishment of Employment Equity and Training Committee.
- Devised and deployed training tools and business structures to help department leaders and liaisons develop and improve business continuity plans.
Dals MotorgroupMontague
Human Resource Training and Development Associate
06.2022 - 10.2024
Job overview
- Compiled Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Plan for organization in line with SETA’s and QCTO and arranged internal and external training in line with the training plan and OEM standards.
- Maintained records of all training conducted and related expenses to ensure compliance to BBBEE requirements.
- Coordinated all learnership and apprenticeship programs liaising with SETA for mandatory and discretionary grants.
- Monitored implementation and impact of guidelines for nondiscriminatory employment practices through the establishment of Employment Equity and Training Committee.
- Conceptualized and coordinated project for Thekiso Foundation through in-depth market research and data analysis presenting a successful project plan for implementation.
JUTA&COClaremont
Human Resource Assistant
03.2022 - 06.2022
Job overview
- Company Overview: CLAREMONT
- Maintained accurate and up-to-date employee records, including personnel files, benefits records, attendance, and leave records.
- Coordinated Wellness events and weekly Wellness Wednesday program to boost positivity and wellness in the workplace.
- Coordinated all employee onboarding and termination activities notifying internal parties of new hires and/or leavers, and following up.
- Created purchase orders for departmental purchases for Chief HR Officer approval.
- Enrolled employee on training, created awareness of available training support, tracked learning programs to submit reports for Skills Development and Workplace Skills Plan.
- Collaborated with Chief HR Officer to develop and implement HR policies and procedures to promote clear and consistent approach to managing employees.
- Improved organizational filing systems for confidential employee records, resulting in improved accessibility and efficiency.
- Performed Ad hoc duties by scheduling appointments, redirecting incoming phone calls for office, and maintaining records.
- CLAREMONT
Juta&CoClaremont
Academic Publishing Intern
03.2021 - 02.2022
Job overview
- Company Overview: Claremont
- Supported publishing process by assisting in the preparation, review, and dissemination of academic content from conceptualization to final publication and marketing.
- Participated in meetings with publishing staff and multiple departments to collaborate and review proposed publication suggestions.
- Employed advanced Microsoft Word functions to create bespoke templates for digital publications, ensuring precise formatting for solicitation materials and response documents.
- Formatted documents in Microsoft Word and PDF, ensuring meticulous preparation for both review and final submission.
- Crafted engaging social media copies for publications to increase brand visibility and engagement on various platforms.
- Supported publishing projects from manuscript formatting to print/digital upload collaborating with print production team.
- Claremont
Education
University of the Western Cape
PhD from Linguistics
05.2025
University Overview
University of the Western Cape
Master of Arts from Linguistics
01.2024
University Overview
Dissertation: Entertainment and Pandemic: A Semiotic Remediation Discourse Analysis on Selected Pop Culture and Consumption in South Africa
University of the Western Cape
Bachelor of Arts Honours from Linguistics
01.2021
University Overview
- Honours Thesis: Pandemic and Pop culture in South Africa: A semiotic remediation discourse analysis of Zol.
- Award: Dean's Merit List, Golden Key Honour Society
University of the Western Cape
Bachelor of Arts from Psychology, Political Studies & Language and Communication Studies
01.2020
University Overview
Skills
- Editorial Process Management
- Academic & Educational Publishing
- Curriculum Development
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- E-learning & Digital Content
- Copyediting & Proofreading
- Research & Writing
- Team Leadership
- Microsoft Suite
- Adobe Suite
- Google Suite
- Communication
- Writing Tools
- Database and LMS
Affiliations
Affiliations
- Golden Key Honour Society, 2022-01-01
- International Association of Professional Writers & Editors, 2023-01-01
Software
Microsoft Suite
Google Suite
LMS systems
CRM Systems
Timeline
PhD Candidate Research Assistant (Part-time)
University of the Western Cape
03.2025 - Current
Placement Officer
LIFE CHOICES ACADEMY
03.2025 - Current
Career Growth & Event Management Instructor (Part-time)
Bridges for Music Academy
08.2024 - Current
Profile Coach
Talent Inc (Career io)
09.2023 - Current
Career Readiness Lead | Profile Coach
ThriveDX
08.2023 - 12.2024
Team Manager
Mango5
08.2023 - 03.2023
Resume Writer & Reviewer
Mango5
01.2023 - 08.2023
Copywriter & Human Resources Consultant
Bythedesign
10.2022 - 01.2023
Human Resource Training and Development Associate
Dals Motorgroup
06.2022 - 10.2024
Human Resource Assistant
JUTA&CO
03.2022 - 06.2022
Linguistics Tutor & Lecturing Assistant
University of the Western Cape
05.2021 - 12.2024
Academic Publishing Intern
Juta&Co
03.2021 - 02.2022
University of the Western Cape
PhD from Linguistics
University of the Western Cape
Master of Arts from Linguistics
University of the Western Cape
Bachelor of Arts Honours from Linguistics
University of the Western Cape
Bachelor of Arts from Psychology, Political Studies & Language and Communication Studies
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