Ife Okonkwo Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

As Partnerships Manager, my role is to lead the Partnership and Fundraising Strategy growing Youth Music’s ability to shape a better future of music. Having a background in the wider creative space, I’m also focused on creating opportunities that embed Youth Music into the wider cultural landscape.

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

Increased Engagement by 3x in 12 months by full-stack marketing transformation in a sole team. This led to record revenues across all streams in 22/23.Engaged creative communities putting on live music and comedy shows at The Yurt Cafe (subsidiary) - RFSK's community arm.

London, England, United Kingdom

Joined as employee #2 leading Fundraising and Go-To-Market of the hard launch for the ethnic supermarket startup.Raised £2.5m seed funding from VC & Angels.

Utilised complex analytical tools to manage a team of 67 associates across 4 departments where I was responsible for running a smooth and efficient inbound operations within a fulfilment centre.Ran and took part in national and international projects geared towards improving associate engagement, operational productivity and quality.Mentored and coached.

Loughborough University

• Open Minds is Creative Leadership Platform founded in the Loughborough Student Union which is obsessed with building the next generation of leaders. We provide a fun collaborative communal platform for students.
• After 4 years of changing the lives of many young people, we were extremely proud to win Milkround’s “Biggest Contribution to a Society” award in 2017.

Loughborough

• Brand Ambassador and writer for Capital Moments a charity organisation who provide commercial awareness, aiming to further the personal development and careers of students, graduates and young professionals.
• Liaise with various societies within university to arrange events and promote via marketing at events and through social media platforms while recruiting further bloggers.

London, United Kingdom

Working in the disruptive start up which has established itself as a global hospitality brand who rent out luxury private homes to paying holidaymakers. Founded and head-quartered in London but also operating in New York, Paris, Los Angeles and now Rome. I worked in an incredibly fast-paced environment, constantly dealing with a range of live problems, in.

London

Working at CarSpring (a new Rocket Internet Start Up) which is a new used car marketplace disrupting the thriving used car industry.

Bachelor'S Degree, International Business, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Events, Open Minds, Finance, Consulting, Afro-Caribbean, French, Creative Writing, Football 5v5, Tennis.

High School, Economics, English Language, Biology

AAB Achieved