Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
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Olisa Tasie-Amadi

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

PR & Community Manager

Oroko Radio
09.2024 - Current
  • Launched the radio’s Substack newsletter, to expand content and conversation across arts and the wider African culture, growing its subscribers to over 1200+ in 8 months.
  • Conceptualized and co-led with collaborative programming partnerships on projects such as DWYS Benin: From Coast to Coast, Surf Ghana, and Asafo Flags.
  • Developed programming for a new radio poetry residency to expand broadcasting freedom, successfully receiving donor funding to culminate the project in a published poetry book later this year.
  • Leading research and zine publication of Oroko Radio’s creative exchange, in collaboration with Kaanal 40, set to be released this May, in print.

Agency Intern

ICNCLST
05.2023 - 08.2023
  • Conceptualized and assisted in the production of communication marketing strategies for brands and projects such as MoMA, Timberland, CDG, Nina Chanel, and Don Julio x Devin OJAS.
  • Worked on developing Electronic Press Kits for artists in the agency's network, both internal and external-facing.
  • Co-led the creation and copywriting of quarterly agency newsletters, brand pitch decks, SEO, and social media content across Instagram and LinkedIn.
  • Conducted ongoing agency research on brands and artists for potential collaborations, as well as reports on market trends and conversations.

Head of Creative Strategy

Take More Photos
09.2020 - Current
  • Managed and co-led global creative strategy through research, graphic design, and brand collaborations with clients such as V&A East Museum, Black Googler Network, Adidas (serving as curator for British Black History Month Exhibition), Budweiser, Spotify, and Outernet’s Culture Vanguards.
  • Developed graphic design and storytelling content creation for social media platforms, primarily focused on the Black visual canon and film/photographic culture.
  • Supported data-driven solutions through platforms such as Hootsuite, OSINT, and trend analysis on compelling new content formats for 30K+ followers on Instagram and X, averaging just over 20K unique impressions each month.

Founder

Seiikiebe
08.2020 - Current

Seiikiebe is a community arts incubator for orphaned and low-income community children across Nigeria, through a research-driven study between arts and neuroscience. Morphing over two years from a gallery project, into upcycling shipping containers for sustainable architecture, and now rooted in the notion that artistically enriched environments and greater access to culturally thoughtful and creatively rich programs can radically change lives.


  • Developed a short-format creative campaign with artists such as Cameron Ugbodu and Ameh Egwuh to raise awareness for program funding.
  • Collaborated with the DBI Orphanage in Rivers State to organize a 3-week art workshop with 20 children.
  • Conducting research with the Rivers State Tourism Development Agency, on new communication models to raise greater partnership opportunities and donor networks for 2 additional orphanages.

Arts & Culture Writer

Freelance
06.2020 - Current
  • Published writing on arts and culture for 032c, Document Journal, Office Mag, Good Black Art, Clash Mag, PAUSE, Guap Mag, New Wave Magazine, tmrw Mag, and more.
  • Profiles including Allison Glenn, Jamel Shabazz, Emanuel Admassu, Anthony Akinbola, Bafic, Cinthia Mulanga, among many others.
  • Served as Arts Editor at Mission Statement Magazine UK, leading editorial brand collaborations with Converse.

Education

Master of Science - Communications

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
05.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Project Mangement

Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
08.2020 - Current

Skills

  • Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Audition), OSINT, HootSuite, Canva, MS Office, Slack Management, and Google Analytics.

Timeline

PR & Community Manager

Oroko Radio
09.2024 - Current

Agency Intern

ICNCLST
05.2023 - 08.2023

Head of Creative Strategy

Take More Photos
09.2020 - Current

Founder

Seiikiebe
08.2020 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Project Mangement

Syracuse University
08.2020 - Current

Arts & Culture Writer

Freelance
06.2020 - Current

Master of Science - Communications

Northwestern University
05.2001 -
Olisa Tasie-Amadi