Profile
Professional Summary
Innovative Creative bringing progressive career spanning operations, sales and marketing, business management and distribution in international markets. Excellent business acumen and strategic planning skills to drive profitability and margins year over year. Known for strong leadership and communication skills to build and maintain profitable relationships while exceeding sales and revenue goals.
Skills
- Productivity performance
- Staff Management
- Relationship Management
- Budgeting
- Business planning
- Market understanding
- Operational Oversight
- Risk management
- Strategic planning
- Contract Management
- Business Development
- Market strategies
- Organizational leadership
- Consulting
- Product development and expansion
- New market penetration
- Negotiation
- Media Industry Expertise
- Network Television Operations
- Vendor negotiation
- Deadline-oriented
- Campaign development
- Design understanding
- Creative team leadership
- Communications strategies
- Complex problem solver
- Visual communication expertise
- Corporate identity branding
Work History
Chief Executive Officer/Creative Director Oct 2010 – Current
OPTIMUM Blitz Krieg Limited Maryland, Lagos
- Mentor and encourage creative team members to foster a positive work environment
- Shoulder the responsibility of the quality and completion of all work projects assigned to members of the creative team
- Participate in and provide regular opportunities for professional development and growth to team
- Report progress of projects at major stages of their conception, creation, and execution
- Ensure designs and content reflect consistently and positively the brand image and company ideals
- Work with internal and external strategic partners to create products using the most current industry best practices
- Serve as a liaison between the marketing and creative team and between the creative team and individual clients
- Anticipate problems that may impede a project from completing on time and implement solutions
- Coached and guided senior managers to improve effectiveness and policy enforcement, resulting in improved employee job satisfaction and higher performance levels.
- Cultivated forward-thinking, inclusive and performance-oriented business culture to lead industry in innovation and push progress.
- Managed partnerships and strategic business relationships by negotiating contract terms and handling conflicts.
- Negotiated terms of business acquisitions to increase business base, solidify market presence and diversify offerings.
- Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial business growth.
- Devised new promotional approaches to boost customer numbers and market penetration while enhancing engagement and driving growth.
- Built productive relationships with industry partners and competitors to support strategic business objectives.
- Met dynamic needs by keeping internal systems scalable and highly responsive.
Education
Associate of Arts 01/2011
Nigeria Institute of Public Relations Lagos
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with Eagles House Media in the development and production of Ex Sports a syndicated sports programme on radio and television in Nigeria
- Created, developed and patented the Nigeria Beer Festival
- Promoted and album launched Babibevis, Nigerian Music artiste
- Producer Mixit on TV, entertainment life style Radio and Tv programme for over a decade
- Producer Screen Nollywood on Radio and Tv
- Managed successfully a company with staff strength of over 20
Affiliations
- Electronic Media Content Owners Association of Nigeria (EMCOAN)
- Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON)
Certifications
- Certified APCON practitioner
Travel, Books and Music
Travel, books and Music mix well for me as a past time. I am an avid reader with a penchant for traveling and discovering new places. As a media consultant, music stirs the creative in me.
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