PHYLLIS WANJIKU NG'ANG'A
Communications Practitioner
Nairobi,Nairobi
Summary
Strategic-thinking Communications professional adept at writing, editing and shaping copy to meet specific needs, enhance perception and drive change. Offering excellent management and organizational skills to coordinate multiple, concurrent projects. Highly articulate writer with strong aptitude for creating engaging content.
Overview
16
16
years of post-secondary education
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Marketing Consultant
Wandemi Developers
Parklands, Nairobi
04.2019 - Current
- Worked on an offline marketing and sales strategy.
- Conduct marketing research to identify industry trends and commercial opportunities.
- Provide advice on branding, positioning, and communications.
- Consulted with clients on business issues and developed innovative proposals.
- Collaborated with sales team to increase brand awareness and enhance business development by building and maintaining relationships with our key accounts.
Digital Media Consultant
Faith Harvest Int’l Church
Nairobi, Nairobi
06.2019 - Current
- Created content strategies for digital media.
- Create content based on the best performing organic searches.
- Created an engagement strategy and supervised the implementation process.
- Monitor social media analytics.
- Create and oversee creation of content such as fliers, editing, videography and photography.
- Oversaw account activity on search platforms using Google AdWords
- Formed profitable paid search strategies in collaboration with decision-makers.
Researcher
ASDSP Baseline Enumerator Kirinyaga County
Kerugoya, Kirinyaga
10.2019 - 10.2019
- Collaborated with leadership team to identify relevant questions and determine best methods of collection.
- Managed to contact and locate farmers to participate in the online survey.
- Streamlined research processes to meet tight deadlines for multiple projects.
- Sensitize and educate individual farmers on agricultural developments of the support program.
- Gathered and organized information for research purposes.
Campaign Assistant (volunteer)
Greenpeace Africa
Lavington, Nairobi
01.2018 - 12.2018
- Wrote invite letters to partners and participants for events.
- Conducted a twitter chat that saw our hashtag (#ecologicalfarming) trending in Kenya.
- Mobilized for 3000 offline signatures for a petition for organic food together with a team of volunteers.
- Organized company events during my employment by handling vendors, payments and coordination of volunteers.
- Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources to ensure the teams calendar of events remained up to date.
- Worked closely with the campaign leads to maintain optimum levels of communication to effectively and efficiently complete projects.
- Proofread and edited materials prepared for the blog and print media
Communications Intern
Greenpeace Africa
Lavington, Nairobi
07.2017 - 12.2017
- Conducted an offline reaserch in Kangemi Market whose findings fed the campaigns food for life strategy
- Worked together with the team to create the Kenya team’s 3 year campaign strategy plan.
- Provided administrative support to senior team members.
- Wrote press releases for routine use and crisis management.
- Coordinated with highly experienced group of teammates to complete events by employing quantitative and qualitative research methods.
- Wrote stories for the blog and website
- Proofread and edited materials prepared by all staff to check and correct spelling, grammar and style.
Communications Intern
Page One SEO Online & Marketing
Karen, Nairobi
08.2016 - 12.2016
- Monitored online engagement for clients websites through, analytics.
- Worked together with the web developer to customize websites for the target audience.
- Wrote optimized articles and newsletters for websites.
- Handled keyword research.
- Strategized the company’s first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activity that was dubbed ‘save Nairobi National Park’.
- Coordinated with highly experienced group of teammates to complete projects by employing quantitative and qualitative research methods.
- Developed campaigns to increase public awareness of company and engage customers.
- Proofread and edited materials prepared by the director to check and correct spelling, grammar and style.
- Prepared social media posts and videos with eye for viral content strategies.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Public Relations
Daystar University
Athi River 05.2013 - 07.2017
High School Diploma -
Serare School
Karen 01.2009 - 12.2012
GED -
Busara Forest View Academy
Nyahururu 01.2001 - 12.2008
Skills
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Referees
- Stephen Njuguna - Pastor
Faith Harvest Int’l Church
info@faithharvestintl.org
+254 720 255 234
- Hellen Dena -Communications Officer
Greenpeace Africa
hdena@greenpeace.org
+254 70 805 6207
- Karin Gasser - Director
Page One SEO & Online Marketing
kgasser@gmail.com
Timeline
Researcher
ASDSP Baseline Enumerator Kirinyaga County
10.2019 - 10.2019
Digital Media Consultant
Faith Harvest Int’l Church
06.2019 - Current
Marketing Consultant
Wandemi Developers
04.2019 - Current
Campaign Assistant (volunteer)
Greenpeace Africa
01.2018 - 12.2018
Communications Intern
Greenpeace Africa
07.2017 - 12.2017
Communications Intern
Page One SEO Online & Marketing
08.2016 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Public Relations
Daystar University
05.2013 - 07.2017
High School Diploma -
Serare School
01.2009 - 12.2012
GED -
Busara Forest View Academy
01.2001 - 12.2008
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