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Akhtar Mirza

Content specialist & writer | Health & Wellness | Karachi, Pakistan

About Me

I'm a professional writer and editor with over a decade of experience offering my writing and editorial services to clients internationally, (focusing on the US and UK markets primarily). Apart from health and wellness, I specialize in SEO-friendly web content for industries including but not limited to; hospitality, banking, and retail. I also offer editorial services and specialize in editorial for fiction writers, and pride myself in not using AI tools unless requested. I love dogs and enjoy spending my free time reading (Hemmingway, Kafka, Toni Morrison, and Hunter S are some of my favorites), listening to music (Grateful Dead, Tom Waits, King Crimson, and Pink Floyd are up there for me), watching movies (nothing beats 80's sci-fi or a well scripted and directed horror film), and hitting the gym. I live with my wife in an apartment by the sea, in the dusty, noisy, city I call home - Karachi.

Work

Services

Book/Ebook Writing
Business writing
Content strategy
Copywriting
Editing
Email copywriting
Ghostwriting
Instructional writing
Journalism
Press releases

Experience / Education / Qualifications

After completing a bachelor’s in journalism, I spent a few years freelancing for local magazines while teaching English and theatre at a school and pursuing a postgraduate diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling. Having completed my diploma, but not being ready for fieldwork in the mental health area,  I shifted my focus back to writing.

I worked for 3 major writing companies focusing on clients based in the US and UK, specializing in SEO content writing and management, as well as Ebooks later in my career.

As an SEO specialist, some of the clients I successfully provided content to include those specializing in mental health, marriage counseling, real estate, fitness, music, travel/tourism, firearms, and law among others. This included blogging, article writing, PR writing, and editing social media posts and banners where needed.

I also supervised a team of 50 writers as Chief Editor and developed long and short-term content strategies where required.

Topics

Business and enterpreneurship
Digital marketing
Education
Environment and sustainability
Fitness and exercise
Health
Marketing
Outdoors
Parenting
Real Estate

Notable clients

Will be furnished upon request

Contract Preferences

Contract Type: Freelance
Preferred Location: Remote
Preferred Rate: $0.80 / per word