Imran Otieno

• Maintained editorial standards by enforcing adherence to style guides, grammar rules, and ethical journalism principles.
• Developed strong relationships with freelance contributors, ensuring a steady flow of fresh perspectives and ideas.
• Championed innovative storytelling formats that captured audience attention and enhanced user experience.
• Managed a diverse team of writers, editors, and designers to produce high-quality content consistently.
• Established clear expectations for staff members, setting achievable goals that motivated them towards success.
• Handled final proofreading, copy editing and revision functions for deliverables.
• Edited long and short-form content, specializing in Sports content.
• Conducted editorial meetings with staff members to collaborate and review proposed publication suggestions.
• Implemented analytical tools to track content performance, enabling data-driven decision-making in future projects.
• Delegated and tracked each staff member's assignments and deadlines.
• Handled final approval of content deliverables.

• Delivered authoritative sports coverage with careful attention to game facts, stats and predictions.
• Fact-checked statistics for 30 stories daily and assisted in statistical analysis.
• Edited more than 150 pieces per week, carefully checking content wording and facts.
• Planned layout of sports section by formatting stories, graphics and headlines.
• Sought out feature stories for writers and delegated researching, reporting and writing to team of eight sports journalists.
• Oversaw work of eight reporters covering sports such as football, athletics, basketball, netball and rugby.
• Communicated directly with writers to collaboratively assess work and guide editorial improvements.
• Set layouts and selected photos for stories to boost readership.
• Managed online sports columns, blogs and video pieces.
• Pitched and developed new columns, consistently increasing readership with proven sports and reporting expertise.
• Created and hosted videos for the Pulse Sports Kenya video department.

• Pitched and developed new columns, consistently increasing readership with proven sports and reporting expertise.
• Took publication to forefront of regional sports journalism by maintaining complete coverage for popular sports at high school, college and professional levels.
• Delivered authoritative sports coverage with careful attention to game facts, stats and predictions.
• Revitalized community sports coverage by increasing assignments and revamping quality standards.
• Provided reporting on football, rugby and athletics sports events with consistency regardless of weather conditions.
• Traveled to attend games as far as Mombasa and Kisumu for reporting.
• Conducted in-depth interviews with players and coaches.
• Conducted and transcribed interviews with many athletes, managers, coaches and other sports personnel on weekly basis.

• Pitched and developed new columns, consistently increasing readership with proven sports and reporting expertise.
• Took publication to forefront of regional sports journalism by maintaining complete coverage for popular sports at high school, college and professional levels.
• Delivered authoritative sports coverage with careful attention to game facts, stats and predictions.
• Revitalized community sports coverage by increasing assignments and revamping quality standards.
• Provided reporting on football, rugby and athletics sports events with consistency regardless of weather conditions.
• Traveled to attend games as far as Mombasa and Kisumu for reporting.
• Conducted in-depth interviews with players and coaches.
• Conducted and transcribed interviews with many athletes, managers, coaches and other sports personnel on weekly basis.

• Taught junior reporters ins-and-outs of how to effectively cover different sports and consistently give audiences desired information, stats and analysis.
• Set layouts and selected photos for stories to boost readership.
• Communicated directly with writers to collaboratively assess work and guide editorial improvements.
• Collaborated with graphics department to develop and implement visual elements.
• Edited more than 50 pieces per week, carefully checking content wording and facts.
• Sought out feature stories for writers and delegated researching, reporting and writing to team of four sports journalists.
• Planned layout of sports section by formatting stories, graphics and headlines.

• Delivered authoritative sports coverage with careful attention to game facts, stats and predictions.
• Pitched and developed new columns, consistently increasing readership with proven sports and reporting expertise.
• Helped social media team improve promotions and engagement by providing top-notch sports content targeted on specific audiences.
• Managed online sports columns, blogs and video pieces.
• Reported on games, events, players, teams and other information pertaining to Futaa's sports department.

Responsible for the graphics of Kariobangi Sharks' live broadcast of games.

Assisted in setting up the live stream for the games on Facebook.

Conducted interviews with coaches and players for the live broadcast.

Assisted in the running of the club's social media pages.

• Delivered authoritative sports coverage with careful attention to game facts, stats and predictions.
• Pitched and developed new columns, consistently increasing readership with proven sports and reporting expertise.
• Helped social media team improve promotions and engagement by providing top-notch sports content targeted on specific audiences.
• Revitalized community sports coverage by increasing assignments and revamping quality standards.
• Took publication to forefront of regional sports journalism by maintaining complete coverage for popular sports at high school, college and professional levels.
• Covered numerous events personally, traveling to games within and around Nairobi to create buzz and offer expert coverage.
• Acted as media contact for Kariobangi Sharks'Football Club.
• Conducted in-depth interviews with players and coaches.

• Facilitated live coverage of special events, promotions, and sports matches.
• Devised marketing and promotional campaigns to increase ratings and listener base.
• Engaged listeners through social media platforms to increase station visibility.
• Interviewed local and international celebrities to raise brand profile and build listener engagement.
• Crafted original scripts for commercial and promotional spots, advertising radio station sponsors.
• Developed engaging content for listeners and guests, including competitions, interviews and phone-ins.
• Recorded and edited high-quality interviews and audio clips for broadcast.
• Operated studio sound boards, desks and playout software for slick, professional broadcasts.
• Selected and created audio cuts and pre-produced audio programs for more fluid broadcasting.
• Found, researched, fact-checked and wrote scripts for relevant topics in local news.
• Answered booth call line and took song suggestions or comments from listeners.
• Played music tracks from playlists provided by station management.
• Answered listener calls regarding song requests, giveaways and commentary.