I’m a professional wordsmith, which is to say I work with words throughout my career. I’ve written extensively in online and print media, from web content, blog posts, translation work, editing, ghostwriting, SEO copywriting, writing annual and sustainability reports for companies, and so forth. Please contact me via akhlispurnomo(at)gmail(com).
Here is a collection of my published works in various media, both print and online. Some are written in Indonesian and some others in English. They’re chronologically ordered, from most recent to oldest. Click on the titles of article to read further.
November 2023 – Present
I am the founder and editor in-chief of sekitarmaja.com, a new media website about the development of Maja (in Lebak regency, Banten) as a new city. Here is one of the articles that I wrote based on my interview with Andreas Harsono, an experienced journalist and human rights activist who co-founded Aliansi Jurnalis Independen and Yayasan Pantau: Andreas Harsono: “Dengan Pembangunan Berkesinambungan, Maja Bisa Menjadi Tempat Tinggal yang Lebih Baik dari Jakarta“.
At the same time, I am still actively writing and sharing my insights on life hacks, mindfulness, well-being, and yoga on kompas.com. You may read my pieces by clicking the following link: “Mindfulness dan Kaitannya dengan Yoga serta Mindful Eating” and “Apa Untungnya Memiliki Portofolio Karier?“.
May 2021 – November 2023
I was working as editor in-chief of Froyonion.com, a new blogging platform for Generation Z. I helped Froyonion build the website from scratch, built the writing team and editorial policies, managed the internal and external team (consisting of three in-house writers and more than 50 contributing writers/ freelance writers from a number of cities and towns throughout Indonesia). I also handled several advertorial projects coming from a number of famous brands/ public figures (singers, musicians, sportsmen) and a number of projects from Froyonion clients, such as P3I (Persatuan Perusahaan Periklanan Indonesia).
August 2018- August 2020
As senior copywriter of Sampoerna University marketing team, I was in charge of the website copies. Here are some news articles I had written and published at SampoernaUniversity.ac.id.
- Challenges and Innovations in the Logistics Courier Services
- Learning How to Cope with Global Challenges from Japan
August 2018
I actively got involved in Mozilla Indonesia Community and volunteered at Mozilla Space in South Jakarta. Having taken a part in the Mozilla localization workshop, I wrote the following blog post: https://mozilla.or.id/en/blog/news/262-firefox-rocket-to-be-soon-available-in-javanese-and-sundanese.html
July 2018
I was writing as a freelancer for Tenaris Indonesia. Tenaris is a leading supplier of tubes and related services for the world’s energy industry and certain other industrial applications. I wrote newsletters, preface and other text materials. Read the CEO Letter translation I wrote on behalf of the CEO here.
March 2018
I wrote “Indonesia’s Top Foreign CEOs 2018” (a bilingual coffee table book). The book unravels enlightening business insights and human, personal, never-shared-before sides of prominent foreign CEOs in Indonesia.
I was entirely involved throughout the process of book writing, starting from ideation, making outlines, interviewing all of the CEOs, transcribing, factchecking, editing, proofreading, to finalizing the draft.
Read the article based on my interview with Peter van Zyl in the following link: “Peter van Zyl: Expanding Strategically”.
I worked in a small yet agile team consisting of project cum art director, a number of photographers, and graphic designers.
Read my article based on my interview with Mr. Jun de Dios in the following link: “Jun de Dios Expands to ‘Color’ the World”.
Please read my article on Umesh Phadke of L’real Indonesia here: “Umesh Phadke: The Beautification Captain“.
Read Madhusudan Gopalan’s profile here: “Madhusudan Gopalan: Maju Bersama di Pasar nan Istimewa”.
Please read my interview with Choo Sin Fook of FWD Life Insurance here: “Choo Sin Fook: Sang Inovator Strategi Asuransi”.
You may also read my interview with CEO of Sampoerna Agro Marc Loutte here: “CEO Sampoerna Agro Marc Stephan Louis Louette: Sang Pengubah Pola Pikir”.
February 2018
I co-authored “PORTRAITS OF INDONESIA MOST ADMIRED CEOs 2017”. Here I interviewed and wrote six CEO profiles of 31 CEOs presented in the book. For further information, kindly visit this page.
To read one of the articles I wrote in this book, kindly click this link: “Perjalanan Mindaugas Trumpaitis Dari Lithuania ke Indonesia”.
December 2017
I wrote and managed to publish an article based on an interview I conducted with Prof. Nurhayati Rahman, a female scholar who at the time was working on a long-term mega project of transliterating “La Galigo”, an ancient manuscript from South Sulawesi. This epic is even longer than “Gilgamesh”, one of the most renowned in the modern history. Magdalene.co published this article. Read the article here: “Perjalanan 3 Dekade Nurhayati Rahman Lunasi ‘Utang’ La Galigo [Magdalene.co]“
November 2017
I landed a translation project under the LitRi Program in 2017. Obor Indonesia Foundation as the book copyright holder assigned the translation job to me. The book was published by Springer Publishing Company. The book is sold now via this link: A Guide to Tribes in Indonesia: Anthropological Insights from the Archipelago” (2020).
August 2017
I was working as freelance writer, reporter, translator, and editor for Art Republik Magazine (3rd edition). I interviewed some local and foreign artists and wrote articles based on the interviews.
Read two of my articles here: “Michaela Anselmini: Pengabadi Karya Seni” and “Delta NA: Kolaborasi Serasi dari Kota Asti”.
September 2016
I wrote and published several columns on two of most visited websites in Indonesia: detik.com and kompas.com.
On detik.com, I wrote about the issue of taxes and writers’ welfare. Click here to read: “Penulis, Pajak dan Kesejahteraan [Detik.com]“.
On kompas.com, I wrote about the importance of skepticism when it comes to reading success stories of celebrated entrepreneurs. Kindly click to read: Mengapa Entrepreneur Perlu Lebih Skeptis Saat Membaca Biografi Orang ‘Sukses’
August 2016
I wrote and managed to publish a column as a response to a movement launched by the government, called “1000 Startups Movement”. You may read the entire column here: “Jebakan Kuantitas dalam Inkubasi “Start-up”.
April 2016
I worked as co-editor in the book writing project. I was involved in interviewing several sources who had in-depth knowledge on the local dog breed and finalizing the draft of the book. The book was published by Kesaint Blanc.
April 2010- September 2015
I was featured on Tabloid Nova as social media officer of the company founder’s social media presence: Twitter account @ciputraway (which I initiated in August 2010).
At the same time, I wrote as a journalist, web content writer, translator, and social media officer for ciputraentrepreneurship.com.
