Akin Fadeyi

Experience

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  Cadbury Nigeria PLC.

  Sept 2002 - Jun 2005

  Media Public Relations Manager

  Media relationship management. Campaign concept development and project management. Employee relations: initiated internal communication campaigns that reinforced positive attitudes for employees to the business and Management. Developed and edited content as the Managing Editor for the in-house publication, to conform with the brand, identity, narrative and Corporate Identity. Cadbury Nigeria’s Best Performing Staff 2002.

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  VMobile Nigeria (Now Airtel Nigeria)

  Jul 2005 - Jun 2006

  Public Relations Specialist

  Ideated and influenced strategic public relations campaigns for brand equity.Corporate events’ media communications: Vmobile Polo and Golf Tournaments and youth brand ambassador programs.Converted the brand’s Social Responsibility Projects to counter negative or inaccurate media publicity. Maintained mutual lines of understanding with the Press, agency.

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  Bufferzone Limited

  Mar 2007 - Jun 2018

  Lead Consultant

  Initiated and maintained top-level relationships with the Press, ancillary stakeholders and influencers.Managed a team of industry talents: hiring, performance development, incentivization and personal development.Project management for campaigns.Initiated a media amplification campaign for the British Council Active Citizen's Project worth 19,000 USDMedia amplification of the British Council Africa Knowledge Transfer Partnership Project. Secured a 2-year National Health Insurance Scheme Public Communications Project worth 2.8 million USD.Initiated and managed a United Nations Women (UN Women) capacity development on gender equality, public engagement and issues campaign for female politicians Team lead on Global FHI360 public relations and media consultancy worth 101,000 USD. Team lead on Airtel Adopt -A- School social responsibility documentary project.Designed Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) internal communications enhancement strategy.Developed senior press relationships and managed contacts with key commentators, industry leaders and sector influencers. Initiatied and implemented capacity development drive on gender equality, public engagement and issues campaign for female politicians Team lead on Global FHI 360 public relations and media consultancy worth 101,000 USD.Team lead on Airtel Adopt -a- School social responsibility documentary project.Designed the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) internal communications enhancement strategy.Developed senior press relationships and managed contacts with key commentators, industry leaders and sector influencers. Show less

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  Akin Fadeyi Foundation

  May 2016 - now

  Founder

  Lead a team of dedicated professionals for the execution of the foundation’s initiatives.Content Creator and Executive Producer, One Community, a Diversity Unification Advocacy Project.Content creator, Corruption, Not In My Country: a grassroots and retail anti-corruption campaign project broadcast on CNN and MultiChoice TV across the African continent.Maintain strategic relationships with sponsors, media partners, regulators and talents for the interpretation of program objectives.Project Initiator of Flagit app, a mobile application for citizens to report corruption.Has secured and managed over a million USD in grants to execute accountability and social change projects in Nigeria.Secured institutional partnerships and stakeholder buy-ins for projects from the presidency to the open governance sector bordering on youth capacity development and reorientation initiatives towards social consciousness and active participation in grassroots governance. Show less