Executive Branding Specialist
O. MICHAEL
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Lekki,Lagos State
Work Preference
Location Preference
Remote
Minimum Desired Compensation
$49600/yr
15
Years of experience
Executive career branding specialist and recruitment professional with 20+ years of experience across executive positioning, talent acquisition, recruitment strategy, and professional brand development. Helps executives, business leaders, directors, managers, and high-performing professionals define a differentiated professional identity, articulate leadership value, and communicate measurable business impact. Combines corporate recruiting experience at Amazon with experience at IBM and extensive career-branding consultancy to translate complex career histories into clear, credible narratives aligned with target roles and market expectations. Has supported 850+ job seekers and developed hundreds of career-marketing documents and LinkedIn profiles. Focuses on the strategy behind the materials: clarifying value, strengthening market positioning, and creating a consistent professional brand across career documents and communications.
Work History
Founder & Executive Career Branding Specialist
15 Years 3 Months- Founded and lead an executive career-branding practice helping executives, directors, managers, and professionals strengthen market positioning and compete more effectively for career opportunities.
- Develop tailored executive positioning, leadership narratives, LinkedIn profiles, and career-marketing materials that communicate individual strengths, measurable accomplishments, and business impact.
- Work with C-suite executives, business leaders, and high-performing professionals across industries to clarify career direction and establish differentiated professional identities.
- Translate complex career histories into compelling professional narratives and provide career strategy covering networking, interview preparation, positioning, and opportunity targeting.
Manager
- The source profile lists a one-month engagement but does not provide responsibilities or achievements; details should be confirmed before publication.
Professional Writer
17 Years 11 Months- Delivered career-branding, résumé development, and job-search strategy services to professionals ranging from individual contributors to C-suite executives across multiple industries.
- Supported 850+ job seekers over a 10-year period in strengthening career positioning and pursuing opportunities with Fortune 100, Fortune 500, and Fortune 1000 organizations.
- Developed targeted career-marketing materials aligned with client objectives, market expectations, and hiring-manager criteria, emphasizing leadership capabilities and measurable accomplishments.
- Maintained an 85%+ referral-generated business rate and reported 99.9% client satisfaction while advising clients on career direction, interview preparation, and professional branding.
- Client career outcomes included: Amazon, Google, LinkedIn, Siemens, Apple, Dell, Microsoft, Samsung, Intel, Barclays, Nokia, Pepsi, Expedia, American Express, Moody's, JPMorgan Chase, Walmart, and Exxon Mobil.
Career Branding & Strategy Specialist
3 Years 4 Months- Provided career-branding and strategic positioning services across industries and career levels, helping clients clarify their professional identity and strengthen competitiveness.
- Created targeted career-marketing materials communicating individual strengths, accomplishments, transferable capabilities, and desired career outcomes.
- Supported industry changes, geographic transitions, career re-entry, advancement, and compensation growth through tailored career-positioning strategies.
- Designed job-search strategies for traditional opportunities and the hidden job market, while helping clients strengthen interview positioning and communicate professional value.
Senior Corporate Recruiter
4 Years 1 Month- Managed corporate recruiting initiatives to build competitive talent pipelines and strengthen Amazon's ability to attract high-quality candidates.
- Built relationships with universities, career centers, student organizations, faculty, vendors, and campus contacts to strengthen employer branding and candidate pipelines.
- Managed recruiting across the Northeast and 12 nationally ranked Computer Science programs; helped increase the hiring class by more than 35% within two years while meeting targeted hiring objectives.
- Sourced 39%+ of total hires during the final two recruitment cycles against an expected contribution of 25%; coordinated recruiting events for 30–1,000 attendees and reported biweekly metrics to senior leadership.
Content Writer
1 Year 1 Month- Supported human resources and corporate communications activities, developing written materials and gaining early experience in a corporate environment.
Research Assistant
4 Months- Supported research activities within the Evolution and Human Behavior Psychology Laboratory.
Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) - Psychology
Skills
Executive Brand Strategy
Leadership Positioning
Executive Value Propositions
Professional Brand Development
Career Narrative & Achievement Storytelling
Executive Résumé & LinkedIn Branding
Talent Acquisition
Corporate Recruitment
Workforce Planning
Career Strategy
Market Differentiation
Interview Positioning
University Recruitment
PROFESSIONAL BRAND POSITIONING
Brings together recruitment insight, strategic positioning, and professional storytelling to help leaders communicate their value with clarity and credibility. Builds cohesive career brands that connect leadership experience, measurable impact, distinctive capabilities, and future career direction. The work goes beyond document production: it begins with defining the individual's value and target-market position, then carries that narrative consistently across career documents, LinkedIn, and professional communications.
BRAND PHILOSOPHY
A résumé is one component of a professional brand. Effective executive branding begins with understanding the individual's value, defining the right market position, and communicating a consistent, credible narrative.
Timeline
Manager
SELF-EMPLOYED
08.2026 - 08.2026Read More
Founder & Executive Career Branding Specialist
GET-ME-HIRED RESUMES
07.2011 - CurrentRead More
Professional Writer
GREATER HEIGHT RESUMES, LLC
01.2007 - 12.2024Read More
Career Branding & Strategy Specialist
CAREER COMPANION
08.2003 - 12.2006Read More
Senior Corporate Recruiter
AMAZON
05.1999 - 06.2003Read More
Content Writer
IBM
02.1997 - 03.1998Read More
Research Assistant
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
08.1993 - 12.1993Read More
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Psychology
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