Shana Katuga

Experience

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  M-Net East Africa

  Jul 2014 - Apr 2015

  Head of Channel- Maisha Magic Swahili

  -Acquisition of content for Multinational cable tv.-Manage a programming team.-Compile and maintain channel budget.-Improve TV ratings.

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  Carol Kinoti

  Oct 2015 - Jul 2016

  Business Development Manager at Carole Kinoti Designers

  -Led Sales and Marketing efforts.-Successfully rebranded the company from La Casa Designers to Carole Kinoti (CK).-Conducted market research to determine potential markets and key competitors.-Developed social media strategies.-Managed a large team of tailors and accountants to ensure timely product delivery.-Managed sales for all the Carole Kinoti brands.-Tracked inventory.

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  Media Right Ltd

  Feb 2016 - Aug 2017

  Director

  -Director at Media Right Ltd.- Executive Producer for several Kenyan Tv shows airing on the local Free To Air Stations; namely Tumaini Senta, Tuikaranie et.al.-Sourced for new business across different markets for in-house inventory.- Sourced for TV shows, movies and formats on behalf of client stations.-Negotiated territory and license fees for our clients and ensured they got the most profitable deals.-Trained start-up Tv station staff in Kenya on Content Acquisition, library, and high-volume storage software and setup. -Preparation of on-air TV schedules and how to best run a TV station.-Fundraising for content production through sponsorships or co-productions.-I translated scripts and recorded voiceovers from English to Kiswahili and vice versa. Show less

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  Yatsuhashi Kindergarten

  Sept 2017 - Apr 2019

  English Second Language Teacher

  -Taught English as a second language to students ages 0-12 years old.-Created Lesson plans and prepped lesson materials.-Fostered relationships between the school and the local communities to build advance the English Language.-Managed the English After School program, running the day to day activities.-Participated in the school's marching band, teaching several musical instruments.-Played in across several cities with the teachers' band.

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  Huntington Learning Center

  Aug 2019 - now

  • Meet Center revenue generation goals with an average of 80% enrollment rate per month.• Exceed operational and marketing goals to ensure brand awareness in target markets and generate revenue from our existing families.• Interview, hire, and train teachers to the highest standards to ensure quality of instruction.• Conduct five monthly school visits and build relationships with Teachers and Guidance Counselors.• Manage the center and build rapport with students to ensure goals are met and settle any disputes with students or parents.• Prepare and run monthly staff meetings and plan and monitor staff schedules and workflow to ensure Center overhead costs are below expectation and to ensure high revenue numbers. Show less • Enrolled ten students a week on behalf of Franchise centers and ensured high revenue numbers with an 85% Enrollment rate within the first month.• Presented to parents via Zoom our different educational programs and their benefits to find the right fit to meet their child’s educational needs.• Walked parents through the financing process to fund the tuition and reviewed the General Enrollment contract with them. • Prepared post-conference notes, updated revenue numbers, and shared parents’ expectations with Franchise centers.• Held weekly team meetings to ensure weekly targets are on track.• Proficient in Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Sharepoint. Show less • Enrolled students and generated revenue for the business and ensured high quality of education to meet our students’ educational goals.• Generated revenue from enrolled students by selling educational services that would benefit the students. Grew the center’s profitability by 40% in a span of 6 months.• Created a Marketing Plan and executed it to generate new business, seeing a 40% growth in revenue in 6 months.• Managed the business’s expenditures as well as payroll to ensure profitability.• Planned and developed income stream projections and shared them with the Executive Director and Franchise Business Consultant.• Supervised staff and teachers to ensure the student’s educational goals were on track and would be achieved within the stipulated timeframe.• Analyzed business processes and implemented solutions using past history to generate new business.• Walked parents through Huntington Learning Center’s Enrollment contracts as well as the loan application process and contracts during student enrollment.• Held monthly parent conferences to update them on their child’s progress as well as sought opportunity to generate recurring revenue from the student.• Organized and led weekly staff meetings and well as monthly teacher meetings. • Run the center on a day-to-day basis including the student’s tutoring schedule.• Hired and trained administrative staff and teachers.• Met with the student’s classroom teachers as well as participated in Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings for my special needs students to ensure their educational goals were being met at school. Show less • Managed the day-to-day instruction of the students as well as hired and trained new teachers.• Revenue generation through new enrollees and existing students. Grew the center’s revenue by 60% in 9 months.• Innovative leader in ensuring the center’s success during the Covid-19 pandemic through out-of-the-box thinking which generated new business and earned us a Huntington High Achievers Award in the year 2021 for surpassing revenue goals system-wide amongst all 300 Franchises.• Ensured that the student’s educational goals were being met by monitoring instructional quality.• Proactively managed student drop risk by frequent customer satisfaction check-ins.• Hired and trained new teachers.• Regular parent meetings to update them on their child’s progress.• Tracked weekly student payments and collected bad debts.• Worked on the weekly student tutoring schedule. Show less

  • Center Director

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Enrollment Director

    May 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Center Director

    Sept 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Managing Director

    Jan 2021 - Sept 2021

  • Assitant Director

    Aug 2019 - Dec 2020
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  TELUS

  Dec 2022 - Feb 2023

  Associate Ecommerce Analyst

  • Conducted extensive internet research and collected a range of detailed data for assigned projects.• Performed quantitative analysis and written data summaries.• Provided thorough project recommendations, guidelines, and solutions based on research.• Daily maintenance and updates of data on project trackers.• Created and maintained comprehensive project documentation with minimal supervision.