Kim Somberg
Freelance text writer and translator
Kim Somberg has been active as a freelance text writer since 2015 and focuses mainly on writing articles, translating English texts, building websites and writing webtexts.
She lives in Utrecht, together with her husband Robin and cat Lenore. In her spare time she occupies herself with reading, listening to music, watching movies, cooking, drawing, architecture, photography, travel and she has lost her heart to Italy.
"I am passionate about turning complicated facts into an easy to read text."
Early years
From an early age I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up; a writer! Blessed with a healthy imagination and an insatiable hunger for knowledge, stories and essays were popping up one after another.
Education
While I was studying at the University of Utrecht, I learned to conduct research on specialist subjects and to write at an academic level in Dutch as well as English.
Van Hamel foundation
During my college years I worked as a board member and editor for the A.G. van Hamel foundation. During this period I have with much pleasure contributed to colloquia, exhibitions, interviews and writing, editing and translating articles.
NPO
After my graduation I started working as an editor for the NPO (Dutch Public Broadcasting), where I was responsible for assembling, editing and writing texts and content for the Dutch tv-guides. As a freelancer I have also worked for the NPO at different occasions, in the field of editing as well as translation.
TLC
Next I worked for the programming department of tv channel TLC for Discovery Networks, where I was responsible for channel strategy, scheduling, creating thematic stunts and writing promotional texts for new programmes.
Extra functions
On the side I have worked on several incidental assignments in the field of editing, reporting and organisation.
Freelancer
In 2015 I made the big decision to start as a self-employed text writer, editor and translator. It's my passion to tell stories. By listening closely and performing thorough research I write various kinds of texts in an appealing and clear manner, keeping in mind the target group, media platform and the message.
Now
My assignments consist of translations from English to Dutch, corrections and writing articles. The last few years I have specialized further in the writing and optimizing of web texts, because I was noting an increasing need for websites that generate high search results by applying a straightforward style to tell what a company does and what it can offer.
