Catherine Warui

• Directly work with the COO in designing and managing in-country and cross-border accelerator programs that includes gender mainstreaming
• Manage and supervise the cohort management of cohort sizes of at least 10 up to 39 program participants that include startups and government regulators in an accelerator program.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams that include marketing, events and project management departments and act as primary Point Of Contact for the client and other external stakeholders in programs.
• Create proposals for bidding programs and research on potential program partnership opportunities
• Lead on vetting, selection and onboarding of program participants (businesses and mentors).
• Create weekly presentations for client updates and presented the company in client meetings and conferences (local and pan-African).
• Developing curriculums and other learning and networking activities for accelerator and incubator programs
• Offering support to post-program (alumni) participants
• Recruiting 10 to 25 coaches and mentors for capacity building programs
• Selecting vendors for program delivery for example, events companies, hotel venues and accommodation
• Oversee and contribute to the planning of physical, hybrid and virtual conferences and other events (local and pan-African).

• Directly worked with the General Manager in creating pitches/proposals for bidding programs
• Managed 2 to 3 capacity building programs concurrently and related panel discussion and community events.
• Research on potential program partnership opportunities
• Managed cohort sizes of up to 15 participants and served as the primary Point Of Contact for clients and program participants.
• Created marketing campaigns, presentations and related material for all Metta initiatives that include Membership promotions, space rental sales, programs and events promotions
• Developed curriculums and other learning and networking activities for accelerator and incubator programs
• Offering support to post-program (alumni) participants
• Stakeholder communications and management
• Analyzed program data and created presentations to update the client in weekly catch up meetings and create reports in line with the client's standards.
• Supported in the community partnership of Metta and Nairobi Garage by creating new membership packages for 2 classes of members, and executed community events attended by 40+ members in each event.

• Created marketing campaigns for 20+ Metta initiatives that include capacity building programs, events, membership and co-working space sales. Online events garnered up to at least 50 attendees per event.
• Analyzed consumer data from all event and program participants to inform marketing campaigns and creating reports on marketing metrics
• Carrying out monitoring and evaluation processes for all marketing campaigns to measure impact
• Managed and updated the company's podcast, The Metta podcast, creating distribution materials and marketing a total of 19 episodes through online platforms. Episodes garnered at least 40 listens in the podcast's first year.
• Primary customer service liaison, answering external queries on specific departments, taking accurate and comprehensive telephone messages, and redirecting them to appropriate persons to handle.
• Program coordinator for managing stakeholders and reporting
• Maintained accurate records as program coordinator using various software systems, ensuring data integrity and reporting compliance with the client's standards.

• Content, membership and programmatic duties carried over from my previous role

• Managed the company's social media platforms, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn, created engaging content on social media to drive engagement and increase brand awareness. Followers increased by 600 in 6 months.
• Assisted in marketing all Metta programs and events to drive ticket sales and registrations
• Answered internal and external queries on specific departments, take accurate and comprehensive telephone messages, and redirect them to appropriate persons to handle
• Live event coverage through photography, live tweeting and videography
• Writing articles for all Metta signature events such as the Women-In, What's Good And What's Next event series
• Supporting the Community and Memberships department through re-organizing and restructuring the members database, updating members' and carrying out onboarding meetings. I resolved a backlog of 70+ members by completing their onboarding process to the members' club
• Programmatic support through event planning, stakeholder communications and writing reports for Metta programs

Social media content strategy for Baraza Media Lab (Under Metta Nairobi)

Co-created the 1st social media content strategy before the launch of Baraza Media Lab to create awareness for the new organization and build its online audience. I primarily managed their Instagram and Twitter pages which resulted in an online audience of 400+ people in 2 months before the company's launch.