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Hire Matthew J.

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A linguist who turns language into art, strategy, and insight

Profile Summary

I’m a linguist, writer, and researcher with a passion for turning language into insight and impact. From analyzing patterns in words and data to crafting compelling stories, I help ideas speak clearly and resonate deeply. With experience in academic research, tutoring, copywriting, and data analysis, I bridge creativity and precision in everything I do.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Linguistics
• ☆ Semantics
• ☆ English Language
• ☆ Foreign Language Learning
• ☆ Modern Philosophy
• ☆ Existentialism
• ☆ Literary Theory & Criticism
• ☆ Modern Literature
• ☆ English Literature
• ☆ Classical Literature
• ☆ American Literature
• ☆ African Literature
• ☆ European Literature
• ☆ Comparative Literature
• ☆ Publishing
• ☆ Literacy Education
• ☆ Fiction
• ☆ Children's Literature
• ☆ Novels
• ☆ Poetry
• ☆ Book Reviews
• ☆ Film Studies
• ☆ Film Criticism
• ☆ Film Production
• ☆ Visual Arts
• ☆ Art Criticism
• ☆ Art History
• ☆ Film History
• ☆ English as a Second Language (ESL)
• ☆ English Studies
• ☆ Multilingualism
• ☆ Semiotics
• ☆ Cognitive Linguistics
• ☆ Literary History
• ☆ Textual Criticism
• ☆ British Literature

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Copywriting, Creative Writing, Newswriting, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Image Analysis, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Concept Development

Work Experience

Voter

Golden Globes

January 2023 - Present

Annotator, Reviewer and QA

e2f/TrustScale

January 2023 - Present

Freelance Genomic Analyst

Katch

September 2022 - Present

Contributor

International Cinephile Society

January 2018 - Present

Department Tutor

University of the Witwatersrand

January 2018 - December 2022

Night Staff Supervisor

Exclusive Books

March 2015 - September 2022

Sessional lecturer

University of the Witwatersrand

January 2019 - December 2019

Education

Bachelor of Arts Honours (Linguistics)

University of the Witwatersrand

January 2018 - December 2025

Master of Arts (Linguistics)

University of the Witwatersrand

January 2019 - July 2022

Bachelor of Arts (Linguistics and English Literature)

University of the Witwatersrand

January 2015 - January 2018

Certifications

• Qualifi Level 5 Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

  The TEFL Academy

  May 2020 - Present