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Ivy Njeri Muthari

Communications Specialist
Nairobi

Summary

Diligent Communications Director with 3 years progressive career across both internal and external communications. Offering excellent management and organizational skills to coordinate multiple, concurrent projects. Highly articulate writer with strong aptitude for creating engaging content. Effective leader and excellent management skills Seasoned writer, and story teller. Content creator, knowledgeable and experienced in all matters of communication from in-house communication to social media planning, CSR, press released and other matters Public relations. Write stories for the blog and managed eduKenya’s social media. Small business owner, running the design, and social media for the business. Proficient in opinion writing, magazine, and feature-writing, news writing, writing for PR, opinion writing, feature and magazine writing.

Overview

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years of post-secondary education
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years of professional experience

Work History

Communications co-ordinator

eduKenya
Nairobi
04.2019 - Current
  • Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Developed and implemented short- and long-term communications strategies.
  • Managed communications with external and internal stakeholders across entire incident lifecycle.
  • Oversaw entire online presence, including website copy and all social media platforms.
  • Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
  • Social media planning, strategy, and management.
  • Collecting and writing stories from students, teachers, staff for fundraising.
  • Creating posters, flyers to potential donors and already existing ones.
  • Creating newsletters for donors reporting on where donor funding was used.
  • Taking pictures of school events and writing stories about those event to keep donors updated on school happenings.
  • Created annual yearbook for school’s class of 2020 (2021) and class of 2019.
  • Taking pictures and designing products for organisation's community engagement.
  • Where parents make handbags for sale.
  • Blog writing.
  • Strategise and execute communications to build Kenyan audience.

Intern Writer

PARENTS MAGAZINE
Nairobi
03.2018 - 06.2018
  • Location Westlands Nairobi Kenya Responsibilities.
  • Content creations for hardcopy magazine.
  • Conducting interviews for interview sections of magazine.
  • Transcribing audio to text.
  • Content creations for online platform.
  • Research for stories to appear in publications.
  • Conducting photoshoots for publications fashion section Guest writer 2017 Company Name – DAYSTAR CREATIVES Location: http://daystarians,blogspot.co.ke Responsibilities:.
  • Guest writer for blog on trending issues on campus and society.
  • Pieces are written: Hunger Games KE and Feminist Disease Camp Facilitator and blog writer 2015 to 2019 Company Name – CAMP WINNING WAYS Location: 75836 Diamond Plaza 6th floor, Nairobi, Kenya http://campwinningways.co.ke/blog.php Responsibilities:.
  • Writing creative content for blog directed to pre-teens, teenagers, and young adults.
  • Creative role playwriting.
  • My character was Tess a form 2 boarding school student in the series life and time.
  • Titles written: Life And Times Of You Know What Whatever Man, Nothing Like You Mama, Seedling Out, Circle Of Life.
  • Wrote and edited high-quality content and visually impactful programs under deadline pressure with exciting, captivating and authentic approach.
  • Completed thorough research into assigned topics.
  • Wrote and proofread blog and social media posts, website copy and articles.

CEO

Shé Africa
Nairobi
01.2015 - 04.2019
  • Managed partnerships and strategic business relationships, including negotiating contract terms and handling conflicts.
  • Content creation for social media.
  • Branding.
  • Public relations and customer care.
  • Designing of jewellery.
  • Business management and administrative work.
  • Making of jewellery.

Education

MA - Communication, Development communication

Daystar University
Nairobi, 30
08.2020 - 08.2022

Bachelor of Arts - Communication (Print Media)

Daystar University
Nairobi
01.2014 - 06.2018

Skills

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Timeline

MA - Communication, Development communication

Daystar University
08.2020 - 08.2022

Communications co-ordinator

eduKenya
04.2019 - Current

Intern Writer

PARENTS MAGAZINE
03.2018 - 06.2018

CEO

Shé Africa
01.2015 - 04.2019

Bachelor of Arts - Communication (Print Media)

Daystar University
01.2014 - 06.2018
Ivy Njeri MuthariCommunications Specialist