Jan 2021 – Jul 2021 · 6 mos

• • Conceptualizing and producing multimedia stories for World Vision International's global campaign

Dec 2020 – Apr 2021 · 4 mos

• • Researched, filmed, edited videos to support IOM's multimedia campaigns

May 2019 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Worked remotely for Australia’s leading for-good communications agency while completing a full-time master's degree and studying German
• Developed bespoke strategic and multimedia communications strategies for the Australian government, humanitarian organizations and not-for-profits
• Specialized in social media campaigns and audience engagement
• Developed original campaigns and branding, including tag lines and multimedia assets
• Researched and wrote op-eds and articles, pitching and placing them in international media
• Analyzed and scheduled social media for clients; SEO and multimedia content direction

Mar 2018 – Dec 2018 · 9 mos

• Directed, edited, filmed 55-min. documentary about migrants’ experiences on the Central Mediterranean route from West Africa
• Identified and produced human interest stories from start to finish in video, print and with photos
• Developed video social media campaign for regional-UN HQ project
• Trained staff, journalists, returnees in West Africa in videography, photography, interviewing techniques, media ethics and protection
• Developed and disseminated multimedia, multilingual communications materials to communities of origin and migrants in-transit
• Supported and collaborated with journalists to cover the migration crisis with fairness and accuracy
• Ensured gender balance in content produced

Oct 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Managed IOM communications in Nigeria, based in Maiduguri, for the L3 Emergency; closely coordinated emergency communications with sector-lead, OCHA, and humanitarian partners
• Represented IOM Nigeria in media interviews, with EU donors and partners
• Researched, filmed, directed, edited short documentaries about migrants, refugees, IOM staff, putting each individual at the centre of the story
• Filmed and directed VR videos and articles for IOM's "Holding On campaign;" exhibited at UN headquarters in New York, Geneva, and Manila
• Pitched and placed stories with international media about the crisis in Nigeria and on the Central Mediterranean migration route; escorted journalists on field visits
• Travelled On Duty to IOM Libya at the request of IOM's then Director-General to support multimedia communications and communications-with-communities for the migration crisis in Libya and on the Central Mediterranean
• Produced video, photo and written human interest stories highlighting the humanitarian emergency, irregular migration in West/North Africa, and IOM’s work
• Trained regional staff in videography, photography, interviewing, media engagement, ethics and protection, and humanitarian communication
• Wrote press releases, communications strategy, talking points; designed fact sheets and other assets
• Original article and photos published in The Guardian

Apr 2016 – Sep 2016 · 5 mos

• Directed and published an 80-page study in French, titled: "Addressing the Needs of Stranded and Vulnerable Migrants in Targeted Sending, Transit and Receiving Countries," on how francophone and Arabic media cover migration in Morocco as part of a multinational EU-IOM project
• Prepared recommendations to direct IOM’s multimedia and online communications and campaigns
• Organized a training workshop on media and migration for Maghreb journalists
• Contributed training content and commissioned speakers from international media and civil society
• Interviewed migrants and refugees, government officials, journalists, and NGO staff

Feb 2015 – Nov 2015 · 9 mos · Uganda

• Filmed, edited, and produced video documentaries about human rights issues in the East and Horn of Africa, requiring regular travel to conflict and post-conflict environments
• Trained staff in video production and editing, features writing, interviewing
• Developed social media strategy
• Researched, wrote, and edited articles about rights violations in the sub-region
• Interviewed activists and stakeholders, including UN and government officials, refugees and other migrants

Dec 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 mo · Kampala, Uganda

• Hired on recommendation to interview participants of the MCF Scholars program
• Researched, wrote, and edited articles to attract new audiences and donors to the MasterCard Foundation’s $46.7 million program, including through social media marketing
• Supervised photography and videography for the project

Aug 2014 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr · Uganda

• Researched, pitched, filmed, edited, and produced multimedia stories on health, women and youth, and education issues for NTV, regional TV news, East African and Daily Monitor newspapers and KFM radio
• High-impact work: my investigation into how hydropower development is managed in Uganda was discussed in parliament and resulted in inaugural action from the World Bank
• Supported staff in editing, research, media ethics and multimedia journalism

Feb 2014 – Mar 2014 · 1 mo · Ottawa, Canada Area

• • Researched and wrote stories for ITK's magazine, Inuktitut

Nov 2013 – Nov 2013 · 0 mo · Togo

• Instructed a master’s class in French on documentary and data journalism, social media content development and marketing at the film school in Lomé

Jul 2013 – Oct 2013 · 3 mos · Mali

• Trained Malian journalists and local media trainers in radio journalism, photography, videography, interviewing, and storytelling techniques during the conflict
• Helped design, manage and produce a ‘reality radio’ series to encourage youth and women into farming as a sustainable career
• Wrote and edited French scripts and audio, working across three languages for the
• Rockefeller and Gates Foundations project
• The innovative project was selected from more than 1,000 pitches for funding by the Rockefeller Foundation. It was also funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

May 2013 – Jul 2013 · 2 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Helped produce video and radio documentaries for senior correspondents, working to tight deadlines and using innovative research techniques, like crowd-sourced information
• Researched, wrote articles, and conducted interviews for international and local news stories
• Located a rare factory in Bangladesh with owners willing to host journalists, facilitating the case study central to the CBC’s multimedia documentaries

Apr 2013 – May 2013 · 1 mo · Ottawa, Canada Area

• Pitched story ideas daily and contributed to production meetings
• Packaged and produced stories into news items for CBC Ottawa 6pm news show

Dec 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 mo · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Pitched, researched and wrote articles at Ottawa's daily newspaper
• Took photos and conducted interviews in French and English

Dec 2011 – Feb 2012 · 2 mos · Centretown News

May 2011 – Nov 2011 · 6 mos · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Developed online and social media communications strategies for a leading wireless company
• Researched and analyzed strategies used by major marketers and prepared and presented a 50-page report with recommendations

Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 · 3 yrs · Ottawa, Canada Area

Sep 2007 – Apr 2013 · 5 yrs 7 mos · School of Journalism and Communication

• Extensive training and experience in writing and editing for print, online, TV and radio
• Worked with Avid NewsCutter, iNEWS, FCPX, Adobe suite