Experience

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  Business Daily Africa

  • Nairobi County, Kenya

  • Senior Deputy Producer

    • 2012 - Present
    • Nairobi County, Kenya

    • Assigns stories for Africa Daily service, delivering up to 15+ stories per week from the African continent• Develops, plans, and manages video shoots and interviews, writes, video edits, translates, and voices stories• Ensures content is in line with Reuters standards, and is relevant for the digital, online, and broadcast market• Oversees crisis communications by collaborating and sharing verified fundraisers to reach $10M+ in gifts• Reports on internal and external communication strategies to ensure visibility and optimal branding strategies• Incorporates the use of traditional, social, and digital media to amplify the visibility of committee programs• Participates in task team development to ensure a coordinated approach to increasing and identifying roles• Develops talking points, briefing notes, and press releases for senior policy regulators and decision-makers• Evaluates strategy to work with key influencers in the region to advocate for new program ideations and plans• Manages, supervises, and leads teams of producers and video-journalists to produce multimedia social stories• Facilitates in the hiring and training of videographers/crew members in the East Africa region staff members• Practices and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional key stakeholders• Researches, discovers, pitches, and generates reports to build relationships with communication team leads• Writes and produces a series of features of human-interest short stories, including features on climate change

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  The North Africa Journal

  • TV Producer

    • 2010 - 2012

    • Discovered compelling content, identified trends, and managed regional crises, which boosted satisfaction• Created and implemented strategies to increase efficiency while maintaining the delivery of quality programs• Made mass critical decisions under daily deadlines to accommodate breaking news situations in the region• Controlled all aspects of production, including planning and supervising shoot supervision for all teams• Assisted in the leading teams in coverage of multiple events, including the World Cup and election coverage