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Marnel P.

Curriculum and Educational Content Designer - Children's Books

I am a qualified educator and Top Rated Plus freelancer who combines educational expertise with creative content and resource design. I create clear, age-appropriate learning content and transform educational ideas into polished, engaging resources for children, teachers and families. My experience includes curriculum development, lesson and assessment design, children's educational books, workbooks, activity books, classroom resources and presentations. I can help you with: * Curriculum and educational content development * Lesson plans, units, assessments and scope and sequence documents * Children's educational books and story-based learning resources * Workbooks, activity books, printables and classroom materials * Teacher guides, presentations and training resources * Educational editing, reviewing and quality assurance * Canva design, page layout and resource formatting I have completed more than 700 hours on a long-term curriculum-development contract, producing structured learning sequences, lessons, assessments, teacher guidance and curriculum-aligned educational content. My qualifications include a Bachelor of Education, a Bachelor of Education Honours and current New Zealand teacher registration. With experience across early childhood, primary education, educational leadership and resource design, I understand both how children learn and how to present content in a clear, attractive and developmentally appropriate way. I am best suited to well-defined educational and creative projects where you need someone who can understand the learning purpose, organise the content clearly and create a professional finished product.

🇳🇿Christchurch, New Zealand$35/hr100% JSS5.00 (1)Since Jun 2025

Earnings and projects

MRR
$2k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#22,655 / 412k
🇳🇿Country#19 / 622
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $12k

Total earnings
$23k

Billed in all: $25k

World#131,172 / 412k
🇳🇿Country#183 / 622
Per project
$7.5k

$6k in the last 6 months

World#22,365 / 412k
🇳🇿Country#26 / 622
Projects, last 6 months
2

Across 4 contracts

0% fixed100% hourly
World#88,921 / 412k
🇳🇿Country#103 / 622
Projects in all
3

Across 5 contracts

0% fixed100% hourly
World#304,142 / 412k
🇳🇿Country#479 / 622

Earnings, last 30 days

$25.3kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$24.5k$25.0k$25.5k$26.0kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 2% in Children's Literature

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #4Literacy93 freelancers · 🇳🇿 #1Top 4%
  2. #6Elementary School90 freelancers · 🇳🇿 #1Top 7%
  3. #7Children's Literature418 freelancers · 🇳🇿 #1Top 2%
  4. #7Children's Writing405 freelancers · 🇳🇿 #1Top 2%
  5. #11Lesson Plan Writing352 freelancers · 🇳🇿 #1Top 3%
  6. #12Printable File248 freelancers · 🇳🇿 #1Top 5%
  7. #38Curriculum Design699 freelancers · 🇳🇿 #1Top 5%
  8. #48Content Development823 freelancers · 🇳🇿 #1Top 6%