Zakiya Ansley

• Spearheaded strategic brand launch to include operations, branding, and corporate social responsibility.
• Established foundational processes for business operations, as well as cultivated company-wide culture of innovation,sustainability and collaboration.
• Established, initiated and optimized business development strategies based on company targets, product specifications, market data, and budget factors.
• Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow.
• Applied excellent problem-solving, process development, and strategic implementation skills to lead and support all areas of operations.
• Implemented strong hiring and training techniques to offer best-in-class patient care, promote team cohesiveness as well as streamline overall workflow.
• Engaged positively with staff and leadership colleagues, soliciting and encouraging feedback and collaborative spirit.
• Designed innovative creative strategies to raise brand awareness and engagement for organization.
• Collaborated with designers, copywriters and developers, to deliver on-brand content in alignment with brand vision.
• Directed photo shoots for website, print and digital media, reviewing each element against client standards and expectations.
• Wrote engaging and successful marketing content, advertising, and website copy.
• Crafted and implemented strategies to increase search visibility and website traffic.

• Established the Adopt a School flagship project, positioning Oando as a leader in emerging market corporate social responsibility and example of scalable solutions for equitable education access.
• Set strategic partnerships including early analysis, project scope, proposal program development, budget and cost benefit analysis.
• Grew fundraising networks and opportunities through enhanced advocacy networks and introducing KPIs measuring the outputs and impacts of the program.
• Strategized communications and third party marketing agencies that increased the foundation’s visibility globally.

Acted as the Gatekeeper and first point of contact for Mrs. Karan, liaised with high profile contacts.
• Handled the daily personal and business activities of Mrs. Karan, including managing an extremely active Schedule of engagements,
agendas.
• Arranged extensive private, domestic and international travel itineraries.
• Communicated directly on behalf of Mrs. Karan with executive, administrative, and management personnel on matters related to Mrs. Karan’s initiatives.
• Exercised confidentiality in researching, following up on, handling incoming issues and concerns, and in determining appropriate
course of action and response.
• Managed an active schedule of engagements, composed and prepared confidential correspondences arranged complex travel plans, itineraries, and agendas.