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Hi! I'm Zachary Kai, a proud generalist with countless skills and experiences. I'm creative, detail-oriented, organized, and aim to be a delight to work with!
For a condensed version, view my resume.
I'm actively seeking remote work! If my skills would be a good fit for your organization or project, email me: hi@zacharykai.net
Experience
Work
Digital Operations Specialist | (Jun 2023 - Present) Freelance
- Designed and built 10+ WordPress websites.
- Writing high-quality, SEO-optimized and useful articles.
- Creating an SEO-informed, well-organized site structure for a website with 850+ articles.
- Extracting key insights from 400+ articles for an e-book, report, and overview blog post.
Founder | Lunaseeker Press (Jan 2020-Present) Side Project
- Writing books, short stories, and zines.
- Marketing, publishing, formatting and editing written works.
Owner & Operator | Road Less Read (Jan 2019-Present) Side Project
- Writing book recommendation lists, resource guides, and tutorials.
- Maintaining its website.
Partner | Family Business (Aug 2019-Mar 2025) Full Time
- Managed daily operations and digital marketing: social media management, email campaigns, and SEO optimization.
- Created and edited website content (400+ articles) and marketing materials.
- Implemented systems and customer service, and collaborated on strategy.
Volunteering
I've volunteered for amateur theatre groups, aged care, a food co-op, an organic food store, a youth magazine, home library deliveries, and a worldschooling conference.
- Aug 2025-Present: Wikipedia: beginner editor.
- Jan 2025-Present: IndieWeb: wiki editor.
- Jan-Apr 2025: Blak & Bright data entry assistant.
- Feb 2024: Electric Light Theatre #39: stagehand and costumes assistant.
- Jan 2024: Hansel & Gretel Pantomime: microphone manager.
- Apr-May 2021: Puffs Jr: stagehand.
- Oct 2019: Worldschooling conference in Granada, Spain: kids camp assistant.
- Apr 2019: Worldschooling conference in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico: kids camp assistant.
- Sep 2018: Les Misérables: stagehand.
- Feb-May 2018: Peter Pan Jr: props assistant, microphone manager, stagehand.
- Dec 2017-Jan 2018: Beauty & The Beast Pantomime: stagehand.
Workshops
I've run workshops for teens on worldbuilding, creativity, writing, and drawing. If you'd like more information on the group workshops I do, or to book one, click the aforementioned link!
- Jun 2023: Worldbuilding workshop for an online Australian teen writing group.
- Sep-Nov 2019: Weekly writing workshops + drawing groups for homeschooled teens in Andalusia, Spain.
Skills
My abilities are varied! If it isn't listed here, I learn quickly and eagerly.
I'm fluent in English, and my Spanish is intermediate.
- Content Creation: Copywriting, graphic design, photo + video editing.
- Creative: Making abstract art, collages, drawings, fiber arts, papercrafts, puzzles, sketches, zines.
- Digital Marketing: Affiliate programs, analytics, brand development, click testing, competitor analysis, email newsletters, email outreach, lead generation, link building, market research, performance tracking, project management, sales funnel management, SEO, social media management.
- General: Considerate, creative, curious, detail-orientated.
- Programming Languages: CSS, HTML, Liquid, Markdown, PHP, XML.
- Publishing: e-book editing + formatting.
- Research: compiling statistics, note taking, noticing patterns.
- Stagecraft: bumping in/out, mic management, moving sets, prop making, spiking.
- Technical: low-code/no-code automation, user experience/interface, web design.
- Writing: copy editing, fiction (novels, short stories), line editing, non fiction (articles, essays, notes), proofreading.
Platforms
These are the digital tools I'm familiar with. (I use Windows & Android.)
Affiliate Marketing
- Management: Awin, Post Affiliate Pro, ShareASale
- Networks: Amazon, Google Play
Content Creation & Publishing
- Automation: Make, Zapier
- Design: Canva
- Editing: Audacity, Clipchamp, Grammarly, ProWritingAid
- Publishing: Draft2Digital, IngramSpark, KDP, Kobo, Substack
- Writing: Atticus, Scrivener
Digital Marketing
- Conversion: ConvertBox, Deadline Funnel, OptinMonster
- E-commerce: Gumroad, Ko-Fi, Payhip, ThriveCart
- Email Marketing: Buttondown, Customer.io, kit, Klaviyo, MailerLite
- Print-On-Demand: Candle Builders, Gooten, Printful, Redbubble
- SEO: Ahrefs, PageOptimizerPro, Publisher Rocket, Scrapebox, SEMRush
Productivity & Admin
- Cloud Services: Cloudflare, Dropbox, Google Apps
- Communication: Cal, Discord, IRC, Slack
- Documents: LibreOffice, Notion, Obsidian, Trello
- Email: FastMail
- Domains: NameCheap, Netim
- Hosting: Netlify, WPX
- Payment Processing: PayPal, Stripe, Wise
Social Media
- General: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, YouTube, X
- Decentralized: Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads
- Management: Buffer, Hootsuite
- Professional: LinkedIn
Web Development
- CMS: Shopify, Static HTML, WordPress
- Coding: VSCode
- FTP: FileZilla
- Management: Bing Webmaster Tools, Google Analytics, Google Search Console
- Page Builders: Framer, GemPages, GenerateBlocks
- Shopify Apps: Digital Downloads
- Themes: GeneratePress
- Version Control: GitHub
Projects
- Art: I've made collages, digital art, drawings, and photos.
- Articles: I've written two SEO articles for an outlet, and 23 for Road Less Read.
- Bookmarklets: Useful Javascript snippets to run in your browser.
- Books: My published works under my imprint, Lunaseeker Press.
- Gods' Eyes: Since Sep 2024, I've made two.
- IndieWeb Carnivals: I often participate in these monthly writing events.
- Newsletter: Each month, I dispatch an issue with happenings, musings, and links.
- Short Stories: I've written 13 space fantasy pieces so far.
- Web Directories: I compile the Oceania Web Atlas and Queer Web Directory.
- Zines: Since May 2024, I've made 14 zines on various subjects They've been selected for three archive collections worldwide.
Publications
Issue 13: Bold Magazine | 13 Dec 2024
I contributed the following pieces to Bold Magazine's annual 2024 issue:
- App Review: Borrowbox/Libby
- App Review: Claude
- Book Review: Garlic & The Vampire by Bree Paulsen
- Book Review: This Day Changes Everything by Edward Underhill
- How To Fall In Love With The Internet (Again)
- Movie Review: Luca
- Movie Review: Rise Of The Guardians
Testimonials
- "Zachary collaborated extremely well with his team, communicating effectively and showing initiative when required to make quick decisions. He follows instructions with accuracy and asks questions to clarify his understanding. Zachary shows enthusiasm for the work he does and completes task with care and precision."
— Brendan Alderton, theatre director. - "The online worldbuilding workshop led by Zach for our youth online writing group was engaging. Zach provided fun exercises and prompts for our participants to craft richer fictional worlds."
— Nevo Zisin, writer, speaker, community organizer and Alison Evans, writer, bookseller. - "I hired Zach for a content creation project and I was impressed. It was a more involved process that involved thinking, detail-orientation and a good sense of SEO. I was aprehensive at first but after the first check-in came in I knew I was in good hands. The spreadsheet I provided was overhauled and the result exactly what I wanted and delivered on time. Highly recommended."
— Olivier Duong, marketing strategist, copywriter, graphic designer.
Qualifications
Certifications
- Responsive Web Design (freeCodeCamp) | Issued Apr 2025
Courses
- Learn Accessibility (Web.Dev) | Completed Apr 2025
- Learn HTML (Web.Dev) | Completed Apr 2025
Licenses
- Working With Children's Check (Australian/Volunteer) | Issued Dec 2024
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