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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

- Lead and manage a cross-functional collaboration team of 8 developers, designers, researchers, and executive leaders to create an MVP for our consumer product - Civic Tech Jobs due February 2023, an app connecting volunteers to open roles. - Communicate feedback, requirements, needed changes to development team; oversee seamless, high-quality rollouts to on-time and on-budget milestones; provide solutions to complex conceptual problems- Understand business objectives of internal and executive stakeholders; consumer and product communications, evangelize the product vision and build trust by maintaining an accurate and achievabl

Los Angeles, California, United States

Built strategy consulting firm from the ground-up to advise CEOs on public affairs and implement strategic plans for solving efficiencies and profitability. Managed 10+ clients across US and Africa and 50+ strategic stakeholders.Product Manager and Chief of Staff to the CEO for an Angel Venture Firm based in the Bay Area- Rolled out strategic initiatives for CEO’s start-up programs in the Angel Venture Firm. - Crafted business plan and roadmap for the startup lab with an overall 25% ROI goal. - Evaluated 10 startups in the green energy and social media verticals for the 2022 strategic plan.- Delivered internal communications: talking points and presentations.Head of Special Projects - Public Affairs Advisor to the CEO - Developed the positioning of a 5B+ global company as a global thought leader in sustainability by creating a unified brand for their U.S. market launch.Global Communications Strategist for Barclays Bank - Led Program Management and Strategy for a leading UK bank’s video campaign to showcase the human side of banking following the 2008 economic crisis, resulting in raising the profile of the bank among 73K employees.

New York, New York, United States

Wrote 800+ features in English and French in a fast-paced, breaking news environment covering UN issues related to Security Council resolutions, world news, women empowerment, innovation, and the Middle East-Africa region. - Covered the United Nations’ tech start-up by researching UN use of technology and writing, “UN Technology and Innovation Lab (UNTIL), the United Nations Tech Start-up” for The Huffington Post.- Composed a feature story generating 1M+ views and 15K+ shares for article, “Will the Next World Top Diplomat be a Woman?” published in The Guardian.

Casablanca, Morocco

An economic and financial hub inviting international institutions and global companies to invest and operate in North, West, and Central Africa.- Planned and executed corporate communications. - Conducted and integrated insights from research. - Connected with and interviewed external subject matter experts.

Casablanca, Morroco

Key role in growing $5B+ bank’s footprint in Africa, partnering with McKinsey teams to develop a country index to chart the bank's expansion strategy across 22 African countries. Orchestrated a real estate development project, liaising across 20 departments.- Led daily meetings with key managers and shared weekly presentations with the C-suite.- Evangelized the program by rallying a team of project champions within various departments ensuring successful delivery. - Assessed performance reports during post mortem to optimize processes.- Presented to bank’s 6K employees about the successful delivery of the new headquarters via video presentation.

Journalism

Master'S Degree, Strategic Management

DEA 101 - Strategic Management - Politique Générale des Organisations