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Stephen Oduor

Stephen Oduor

Senior Communications Manager

Summary

Skilled Creative Director adept at overseeing writers, designers and artists to accomplish challenging objectives. Excellent communicator, problem solver and detail-oriented manager proficient in business operations and customer needs.


Innovative Producer with [Number] years of experience in all aspects of video production. Visionary creator, editor, storyteller and business operations manager with demonstrated to take an idea from concept to delivery to produce entertaining and inspiring pieces. Collaborative in working closely with strategic and creative teams to develop and produce quality video content. Expertise in preproduction logistics, planning, production, custom graphics composition, special effects and asset management.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Head of Content & Lead Creative

Protel Studios Limited
10.2021 - Current
  • Created printed marketing materials designed to drive campaigns.
  • Planned and implemented studies to assess market conditions and evaluated results to enhance marketing campaigns.
  • Aligned activities with corporate objectives by coordinating marketing, sales and IT processes.
  • Achieved profitability goals by developing and implementing commercial activities.
  • Oversaw hiring, training and direction of creative personnel to achieve optimal results.
  • Developed artistic visual products while working within defined technical constraints.
  • Preserved branding standards of assigned accounts.
  • Managed and mentored internal team of digital designers and extended team of regular freelance designers.
  • Partnered closely with senior leadership and creative team to accumulate and disseminate best practices.
  • Handled client communications and led meetings, providing clear direction and consistent updates on design progress.
  • Oversaw technical production and implementation of online creatives.
  • Understood, educated and presented to company and to clients.
  • Carefully prepared design layouts into prepress files for offset, web and digital printing.
  • Negotiated contracts and timelines with service providers such as printers.
  • Collaborated with production on task list creation to meet overall project goals on time.
  • Anticipated design issues and proved to be proactive in developing effective solutions.
  • Applied current editing and photography tools to tell great stories.
  • Conducted extensive research to provide factual statistics for articles, blogs and landing pages.
  • Conducted meetings with staff to discuss production progress and to attain production objectives.
  • Prepared over [Number] [Type] contracts and finalized paperwork for [Type] hires on projects.
  • Directed live broadcasts, films and recordings or non-broadcast programming for public entertainment or education.
  • Evaluated program effectiveness to determine return on investment.
  • Analyzed market data to inform strategic decisions.
  • Reviewed marketing materials and documents for brand accuracy and trending design.
  • Oversaw social media presence and aligned posts to include branding and trending ideas.
  • Directed promotional approaches for over [Number] new product launches per year.

TV and Digital Content Producer - Director

The Standard Group PLC
Nairobi
06.2017 - 10.2021
  • Coordinated with producers crew and on-air talent to create program content, new ideas and segments.
  • Guided producers team and engineers in best story development practices and sound design concepts to encourage innovation in production technique.
  • Coordinated production schedules and activities for 200+ episodes of different shows ranging from human interest features, environment, lifestyle and edutainment for mainstream television network.
  • Maintained project costs through careful budgeting and monitoring of expenditures for large reality show productions.
  • Planned video shoots in studio and remotely by managing production through stages to completion.
  • Generated leads through cold calling, networking and social media.
  • Collaborated with network executives to define and propel organization's mission and vision.
  • Developed project budgets and managed production costs.
  • Improved production company operations and profitability by applying new technologies and fostering evolution of production standards by pioneering the production of content suitable for both traditional TV and the advancing social media.
  • Presented production ideas and determined creative scenarios for production and delivery.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Communication And Media Technology (with IT)

Maseno University
Kenya
09.2013 - 12.2017

Skills

    Media industry expertise

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Software

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft

Certification

Digital Content Creation & Strategy Training - [June 2020]

Hobbies

Cycling

Music

Work Availability

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Quote

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore Roosevelt

Timeline

Head of Content & Lead Creative

Protel Studios Limited
10.2021 - Current

TV and Digital Content Producer - Director

The Standard Group PLC
06.2017 - 10.2021

Google Digital Skills For Africa logo The Online Marketing Fundamentals

05-2017

Bachelor of Arts - Communication And Media Technology (with IT)

Maseno University
09.2013 - 12.2017

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