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Bothell, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

Greater Seattle Area

Designing and implementing social media as well as internal and external communication strategies for corporate and non-profit organizations.

Lilongwe, Malawi

Founded and established a media consultancy aimed at designing and implementing media solutions for organizations using appropriate information and communication innovations.Achievements included the following:- Designed and piloted rural-based community media innovation with 10 audio/visual centers in selected districts in rural Malawi delivering.

Development of messages and communication materials and a time-phased action plan to be used in implementing the program’s communication and visibility efforts with various stakeholders at the national, district and community levels. Several communication and visibility materials were produced.Skills: Campaign message developmentCreative Brief writingRadio.

Lilongwe, Malawi

Development of a communication strategy for the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE), with a costed implementation plan for 4 years. The strategy included use of mass media, social media, community-based media, among others.

Lilongwe, Malawi

Lead in the designing and implementation of a nationwide awareness campaign for a Mobile Money Accelerator Program (MMAP) using social media, mass media, community mobilization using participatory drama, road shows as well as public and community meetings Skills:Message DevelopmentGraphic Designing - Adobe Suite (Photoshop, InDesign)Video productionAudio.

Johannesburg, South Africa

Designing and implementing media strategies and media action plans around ONE activity across English and French Speaking markets in African and beyond. Press releases, media relations as well as production and management of social media assets for Youtube, Facebook, Blogs formed a major part of the day-to-day activities. Memorable achievements included.

Lilongwe, Malawi

A blitz campaign aimed at creating awareness amongst the general population by reaching as many people as possible, as urgently as possible, across the country in order to prevent public panic in the face of low-flying aircraft activity that was to be conducted as part of a nationwide airborne geophysical survey, aimed at generating up-to-date nationwide.

Lilongwe, Malawi

Leading in designing and implementing a nation-wide research-based health education campaign focused on Malaria, HIV/Aids, WASH, Nutrition, Family Planning as well as maternal and neonatal health (MNH). Played a leading role in the production and dissemination of communications materials for radio, television, as well as community mobilization activities.

Windhoek, Namibia

Improving the Internal and External Communications as well as the advocacy delivery of the EU-funded Namibian Non-Governmental Forum (NANGOF) Trust, a Civil Society Umbrella Organisation.

Lilongwe, Malawi

Output-to-purpose review of Tikambirane as above (media component consultant).

Malawi

Designed and produced a series of bilingual (English and Chichewa) health booklets for PSI/Malawi and Parachute Health Development Institute under Soul City -South Africa. Booklets produced included:- Living Positively with HIV and AIDS (2.5 million copies print-run)- HIV and AIDS and Treatment (2.5 million copies print-run)- Domestic Violence ((2.5.

Lilongwe, Malawi

Impact assessment of media reports on Debt Relief for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC). The Project was aimed at assessing challenges and successes of the media in as far as reporting the HIPC and debt relief was concerned.

Lilongwe, Malawi

Impact assessment of the media and communications component of the British Department for International Development's (DFID) country Programme called Tikambirane. The Media Component included 5 community-based media projects mostly aimed at creating awareness of the communities’ rights as well as empowering communities to hold elected officials to account.

Lilongwe, Malawi

Managing a media advocacy institution with five programs under supervision from Head Office in Namibia.

Blantyre

Managed over 250 editorial, marketing, finance, administrative and support staff. Supervised production of both Malawi News and Daily Times on a daily basis. Advised corporate office on the papers’ position on the market

Lilongwe, Malawi

Managing staff as well as the weekly production of Malawi's highest selling newspaper, The Democrat Newspaper. Achievements included making The Democrat the newspaper of the year 1994 and runner-up in 1995.

Post Graduate Diploma In Development Communications, Development Communications

Activities and Societies: Volleyball

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy