Dennis Murimi Njiru
Contacts
Telephone:-
E-Mail:-Address: P.O Box-, Nairobi, Kenya
Career objective
To bring on board my academic knowledge and skills, as well as talent, towards the
realization of the organization’s goals and objectives.
Personal profile
● Possesses strong analytical, writing, and editing skills.
● Good communication skills. Eloquent in English and Swahili; both written and
spoken.
● Team player and team leader.
● Fast learner who is always ready to learn new skills.
● Initiative and works under minimal or no supervision at all to meet strict deadlines.
● Proficient in design desktop publishing software - In-design, Photoshop.
● Critical decision maker
Work experience
● Sports Writer, May 2021 - to date: Mozzart Sport
● Data Manager, December 2020 -November 2022: FKFPL Digital Communication
Team
● Content Specialist, November 2020 - May 2021: Verizontal Technology (Phoenix
Browser)
❖ Content curation and management
❖ Sending daily push
❖ Analyzing daily performance
● Content Editor, May 2018- May 2020: Opera News Kenya.
CMS Team Leader
❖ Leading the CMS editors and planning day-to-day operations
including sending PUSH notifications, creating PUSH schedules,
and analyzing PUSH performance.
❖ Analyzing daily metrics and reviews
❖ Editing content on Opera News CMS
❖ Content Creator
NLP Team Leader
❖ Leading NLP editors in creating data sets for use in building
machine models.
● Match data Collector, Sep 2017-Nov 2017: Kenya Premier League Limited
● Sports Writer, May-: The Star Newspaper
Responsible for;
❖ Writing publishable sports articles.
❖ Editing sports articles submitted by correspondents for grammar and
facts.
❖ Creating and maintaining a detailed contact database for the sports
desk, focusing on football and newsmakers in football.
Achievements
Part of the Opera News pioneer team in the Kenyan market. Successful coverage of the 2018
World Cup that served as the entry point for the News App in Kenya.
Managed to increase online readership of The Star Newspaper sports page and attract
feedback.
Education
●- : Bachelor of Journalism
Multimedia University of Kenya
●-: Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
Nguviu Boys’ High School
●-: Kenya Certificate of Primary Education
Kubukubu Boarding Primary School
Professional development
● May 2021: Investigative Reporting
The Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications
● November 2021: Foundation Skills for Data Journalism
The Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications
Referees
1. Geoffrey Kinyanjui
Lead Editor, Mozzart Sport Kenya-
2. Obed Simiyu
Sports Editor, Opera News Kenya-. Chris Mbaisi
Sports Editor, The Star Newspaper-
