CV

Published: 13 Sep 2024 | Updated: 23 Apr 2025

Hi! I'm Zachary Kai. Homeschooled from 12-18, I've gained countless skills through unique experiences, self-directed learning, and volunteering. I'm a proud generalist, passionate about using technology to solve problems, and am always creative and detail-oriented in my approach.

For a condensed version, visit my resume.

I'm actively seeking new remote work opportunities! If my unique skills and perspective would be a good fit for your organization or project, email me: hi@zacharykai.net

Experience

Work

Digital Operations Specialist | (Jun 2023 - Present) Freelance

• 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.

• 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, sketches, zines.
• Digital Marketing: Affiliate programs, analytics, brand development, 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, Markdown, 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

• AI Assistance: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, KoalaWriter, OpenAI, SudoWrite
• Automation: Make, Zapier
• Design: Canva
• Editing: Grammarly, ProWritingAid
• Publishing: Draft2Digital, IngramSpark, KDP, Kobo, Substack
• Video Editing: Clipchamp
• Writing: Atticus, Scrivener

Digital Marketing

• Conversion: ConvertBox, Deadline Funnel, OptinMonster
• E-commerce: Gumroad, Ko-Fi, Payhip, ThriveCart
• Email Marketing: Buttondown, ConvertKit, MailerLite
• SEO: Ahrefs, PageOptimizerPro, Publisher Rocket, Scrapebox

Productivity & Admin

• Cloud Services: Cloudflare, Dropbox, Google Apps
• Communication: Cal, Discord, IRC, Slack
• Documents: LibreOffice, Notion, Obsidian
• 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
• Professional: LinkedIn

Web Development

• CMS: Static HTML, WordPress
• FTP: FileZilla
• 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.
• Publications: I've contributed written pieces to outlets elsewhere.
• 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.

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.