Summary
Overview
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Education
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USIDAME KINGDAVID

Abuja

Summary

A skilled professional with expertise in content creation and strategy, brand development, and media production. Adept at using tools such as Lightroom, Capcut, Canva, and Microsoft Office to enhance media and communication efforts. Known for excellent written and oral skills, attention to detail, time management, and organisational skills. Committed to leveraging these competencies to drive impactful brand narratives and innovative media solutions.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Brand Communications Officer

Foundation for Sustainable Smallholder Solutions
Mabushi, Abuja
10.2024 - Current

• Designing visually compelling graphics for social media, websites, banners, flyers, and cards across platforms.

  • Capturing impactful, story-driven photographs for social media and media purposes, worthy of global humanitarian storytelling.
  • Managing communications across social media, email, and phone, maintaining relationships, responding to inquiries, and scheduling meetings for key stakeholders as needed.
  • Production of high-quality, story-driven videos and documentaries, showcasing impactful narratives for social media content.
  • Generating innovative ideas and crafting
  • Crafted compelling content to raise brand profile among key audiences and drive engagement.
  • Scheduling and optimizing content for social media using tools like Meta, Metricool, and Buffer to maximize engagement during peak hours.
  • Partnered with leadership team to develop and implement company vision, mission and strategic direction.
  • Planned, developed and implemented robust PR strategies to manage brand reputation.
  • Composed content, engaged with followers in comments and monitored activities to manage social media accounts with cohesive strategy.
  • Wrote and edited articles for internal newsletter contributing towards a well-informed workforce.

Technical Communications Officer

Greyoaks Realty
Wuse 2, Abuja
10.2023 - 02.2025
  • Managed a media team consisting of a digital marketer and graphic designer, ensuring consistent brand identity and keeping projects on track to align with company objectives
  • Developing high-quality, compelling content for various platforms including websites, social media and print materials
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure content aligns with brand messaging, tone, and style
  • Conducting keyword research and implement on-page SEO strategies to improve content discoverability and search engine ranking
  • Creating clear, concise, and user-friendly technical documentation, including manuals, guides, and FAQs for products and services
  • Developing and editing multimedia content such as videos, infographics, and interactive presentations to enhance user engagement
  • Contributing to the development of a comprehensive content strategy, including content calendar, distribution plan, and audience targeting

Communications Assistant

Ecowas Parliament
Garki, Abuja
01.2022 - 01.2023
  • Increased organizational productivity by providing timely administrative support duties
  • Managed photography coverage for ECOWAS Parliamentary sessions
  • Spearheaded documentation services in the organization including data collection, data entry, and tracking
  • Stimulated social media visibility for the parliament
  • Curated content that was utilized for newsletters
  • Improved mutually beneficial relationships with Domestic and International press journalists
  • Maintained PR with other divisions of the parliament
  • Lifted dissemination of daily news within the organization
  • Prepared contracts for sessions, for the approved AD-HOC staff of the division
  • Created memos vital for the department

Communication Intern

Ecowas Commission
Asokoro, Abuja
06.2019 - 08.2019
  • Writing of Press Releases
  • Occasional documentation of minutes of meetings
  • Outperformed supervisor's expectations by producing high-quality pictorial coverage of meetings in the commission
  • Ensured all hall screens were always on for the display of important information

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - MASS COMMUNICATION

COVENANT UNIVERSITY
OTA, OGUN
09.2017 - 09.2021

Skills

  • Content Creation and Strategy
  • Brand development
  • Technical Documentation
  • Media Production
  • Media and Communication
  • Creative thinking
  • Content editing
  • Brand awareness
  • Video editing
  • Photography
  • Social media proficiency
  • Photojournalism
  • Lightroom
  • Capcut
  • Canva
  • Microsoft Office
  • Time Management
  • Organizational Skills
  • Excellent Written and Oral Skills
  • Attention to Detail

CERTIFICATIONS

  • COVENANT UNIVERSITY, Diploma in Leadership Development, 2021
  • MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY, Analysing Complexity, 2020
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY, Think Again I, II, III, IV, 2020
  • PEFTI FLIM INSTITUTE, Executive Diploma Certificate in Film Making and Broadcasting, 2018
  • NIKON, Certificate of Professional Photography, 2018
  • NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, Certificate of Student Membership, 2018

Timeline

Brand Communications Officer

Foundation for Sustainable Smallholder Solutions
10.2024 - Current

Technical Communications Officer

Greyoaks Realty
10.2023 - 02.2025

Communications Assistant

Ecowas Parliament
01.2022 - 01.2023

Communication Intern

Ecowas Commission
06.2019 - 08.2019

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - MASS COMMUNICATION

COVENANT UNIVERSITY
09.2017 - 09.2021
USIDAME KINGDAVID