Adobe Creative Suite
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
Network television operations
Vendor negotiation
Avid and Final Cut proficiency
Strong graphic and visual sense
Field production
Content Development
Digital video production process
Product Launch
Visual design
Multi-camera editing
Technical Writing
Video production oversight
Software
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