Experience

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  Pjs lense

  Feb 2014 - now

  Creative team lead

  An outfit that majors in travel photography, creative design and motion graphics. With a focus mainly on work that empowers community, draws attentions to the major concerns of the community. Every design and image should be at the heart of the story the community is telling.

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  The journey kenyatta university

  May 2015 - Jan 2018

  Programs coordinator

  The Journey is a christian non governmental organisation that invests it's time, finances and available resources to university students in Kenya to see them craft a better future for themselves. My role at the Journey involved but was not limited to: • Crafting a creative design program each semester and teaching creative design to university students who signed up for the program. This included graphic design, motion graphics, photography and videography. • Crafting engaging talks for the weekly meet ups with students. This varied from creative design to christianity and social life for their wholesome growth.• Event planning and coordination within the campuses. We organised events for students on a regular basis. I led a team that worked on covering the events and sound engineered for the events. • Fundraising for the programs we ran on campus. Worked at ensuring we found leads on financial avenues to support the programs we ran. • Organised and coordinated the Ascent leadership program for the students. This involved planning on guest speakers, ensuring the coverage of the event was timely and on brand guidelines, ensuring that the projects were done and students got a chance to be networked with available leaders in various professional fields and planning camps for the trainees. • Worked with the business wing of the Journey whose main goal was to fundraise through corporate team development and leadership training. I got the opportunity to be a facilitator and a graphic designer for the business. Creating banners, brochures, training material and any design needs for the each client the business had secured. Also covered the training through photography and videography. Show less

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  Rosslyn academy

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2017

  Kenyan culture teacher

  Rosslyn academy is a christian international school founded in 1967. I got the opportunity to work there as a Kenyan Culture teacher for elementary section of the school. My role included:• Crafting an interactive, creative children centred curriculum for grades 3 to 5. The program was geared towards education the children on Kenyan ways of life, the different ethnic groups and their community structures, cultures, beliefs, histories and where they are now in the present day.• Documentation of the program through photography and videography. It also included creating engaging short video documentaries from time to time for the children to better understand the concepts.• Ensuring child protection and safety while they were under our care. Monitoring each child's welfare, ensuring the materials used for the lessons were child friendly and safe.• Study trips for the children in partnership with the teaching and non teaching staff. Show less

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  Dari restaurant

  Mar 2018 - Aug 2018

  Digital communications manager

  I was spearheading the digital marketing efforts of the restaurant on all fronts, website, social media, email marketing. In the time I was there we made great strides in building a strong relationship with our clients online and convert leads to foot traffic in the restaurant both for dining and for events corporate personal. My input included,1. Creating engaging content to go up on our social platforms.2. Graphic design, creative, simple, eye catching graphics for social media, online and print ads and in house use among clients and staff. Also designed monthly newsletters and reports for the company all the while adhering to the company brand style.3. Photography and videography of the food and the restaurant to boost the marketing efforts. Engaging with walk in clients to get them engaged in the photoshoots and videos. Covering client events. Curating the company content acquired through this process for future use. 4. Website management. Maintaining and updating the company website to communicate the current events, specials, job openings, responding to client feedback, questions and reservations. 5. Email and text marketing. Updating clients on new offers, events and selling our event spaces. All while maintaining client privacy. 6. Social media management. Managed the company social platforms, increased the following and engagement online. Show less

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  Trio digital

  Jan 2019 - Dec 2021

  Lead creative designer

  Trio Digital is a digital advertising and marketing agency based in Nairobi Kenya providing digital marketing solutions for a wide range of clients in NGO, private and government sectors. My role at Trio digital includes but not limited to:• Layout design: Billboards, brochures, signage, and banners• Designing social media content for Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Google Networks• Designing E-mail marketing templates (HTML and Graphics) for various clients.• Designing website landing pages mockups.• Engaging and advising clients appropriately during the production phases including briefs, project production and delivery.• Generating effective and relevant concepts to suite marketing/advertising/communication needs for clients• Ensuring lowered cost of production for client projects by sourcing for affordable third party suppliers.• Ensuring timely delivery and submission of client projects•Photography, videography and motion graphics for Trio digital and it's clients. Planning photo sessions, story boarding video shoots for use on online platforms. editing and creating clean sharp imagery that maintains the brand identity of each client and communicates effectively the campaign the client is carrying out. •Event coverage for clients. This includes designing graphics for live event coverage and being on ground to photograph and shoot video for the clients.• Curate footage, both photos and videos, for all clients so that they are easily accessible for future use. Ensuring that all videos and photos have been properly edited to meet the clients needs and in line with their brand identity. Show less

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  Tearfund

  Mar 2022 - now

  Graphic design officer - comms for development (global advocacy and influencing group)

  My day to day consists of assisting design processes in the C4D team and international communications in order to produce materials or resources that uphold Tearfund’s brand and have a positive impact in Tearfund’s international work. My work includes but is not limited to:Upholding Tearfund’s brand Assisting the Communications for Development Design Manager to support international-facing teams with brand application, ensuring projects apply the Tearfund brand appropriately.Supporting design and illustrator processes Coordinating feedback, files and information for designers to ensure projects move to schedule and projects meet the creative brief. Checking designs. Supporting and advising clients in sourcing photos and developing concepts for diagrams, infographics and illustrations. Organizing, filing, archiving and sending files. Checking packaged artwork. Maintaining libraries and templates. Design advice, equipping and support Responding to design-related queries. Equipping and supporting in-house non-designers to produce effective and brand compliant outputs. For example, checking, formatting and providing support around Google docs, creating templates and accompanying users. Supporting cross-cultural designers/producers, providing design and brand feedback, training, resources, advice or signposting.Design, creative concepts and artworkingTranslating complex ideas into effective visual concepts that adhere to the Tearfund brand guidelines.Hands-on design, typesetting, layout, illustration and artworking. Show less