Udeme Ekwere

Experience

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  New-Era Group of Schools

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Administrative Officer
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  Punch Newspapers

  Jan 2007 - Apr 2015

  Senior Business Correspondent

  1. Covered Key business and economic sectors, including:• Energy sector• Banking/ Finance sector• Capital Market sector• Transport/aviation sector• Insurance sector• Metro news2. Conducted interviews3. Writing features and press releases4. Writing analysis about economic and business issues5. Special Features 6. Covering elections as and when due

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  UBA Group

  Apr 2015 - now

  Media Public Relations

  • Assisting the Head of Media to manage the reputation of the Bank in Nigeria and Globally• Ensuring the public views the organization favorably by creating rich and creative media content • Driving media & communications processes, policies, procedures and frameworks across the subsidiaries with a view to achieving improvements in operations, cost, quality and service.• Building media relations and place news-worthy information in the media to positively position the bank and its products and services• Ensuring quality of writing materials and communications• Preparing press releases.• Writing targeted feature articles. • Liaising with media contacts to prevent negative press and obtain optimum exposure editorially Show less