Jo Duxbury

Current

• Owner at Freelancentral.co.za

Past

• Freelance copywriter at Global Dinner Network
• Project Management at Gary Bembridge Unleashed
• Account Management at Crown Business Communications

• Account Exec at The Presentation Company

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Education

• University of Cape Town

Recommended

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Connections

86 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Company

Jo Duxbury’s Experience

• Owner

  Freelancentral.co.za

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2005 — Present (3 years)

  Freelancentral.co.za is an online directory of freelancers in the creative, IT and film industries in South Africa. I started the business as there was no single place where freelancers and clients could find each other in this country.
  
  Freelancers can upload their work to online portfolios which clients can browse through - and once clients see someone they like, they can simply get in touch directly, as all freelancers' contact details are visible on the site. The service is free for clients; freelancers can select from three membership levels, two of which involve a monthly subscription fee.
  
  Thanks to the internet, our freelancers are getting work from several countries around the world (Germany, the UK, India, Canada...). South African freelancers are known for their creativity, reliability and speak English either as a first or second language.

• Freelance copywriter

  Global Dinner Network

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  2004 — 2007 (3 years)

• Project Management

  Gary Bembridge Unleashed

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  March 2003 — December 2003 (10 months)

• Account Management

  Crown Business Communications

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1998 — 2002 (4 years)

• Account Exec

  The Presentation Company

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 1996 — June 1997 (1 year 6 months)

Jo Duxbury’s Education

• University of Cape Town

  BSc (Hons), Environmental & Geographical Science; Economics, 1992 — 1995

  Activities and Societies:

  UCT RAG Co-Chairperson in 1994/5; committee member 1993/4.
  Various SHAWCO committees in 1994/5.

Additional Information

Jo Duxbury’s Websites:

• My Company

Jo Duxbury’s Interests:

Flexible working, design, writing, marketing / strategy. Healthy living, organic foods, art, reading, travel, meeting people from around the world.

Jo Duxbury’s Groups:

Empowering Women ICT Entrepreneurs programme 2008
VeloCITI 2007
Business Warriors

•    Business Her Way
•    Femtrepreneurs
•    FlyingSoloSA

Jo Duxbury’s Honors:

Freelancentral has been identified as an emerging IT company and came third in the Cape IT Initiative's VeloCITI programme in 2007.
Freelancentral was also selected for the Empowering Women ICT Entrepreneurs programme, run by Maxum at the Innovation Hub and CITI, the US Department of State, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and the Meridian Institute.

Jo Duxbury’s Contact Settings

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