Funke Omole

Funke Omole Block4, Flat 4, New Estate, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria • Phone - • email:-Professional Profile Skillful corporate communication expert with 12 years’ experience in building and maintaining clients, media and community relations in both practice and teaching. Productive relationship builder; excellent at listening to customer needs and creating solutions that provide value to the customer. Highly professional, reliable and able to perform duties with minimal supervision. Expertise Highlights -Corporate communication ­-Excellent interpersonal communication skills - Community/Media relations -Speech/citation writing -Project planning and implementation -Academic writing and editing services. Education and Credentials Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communication, in view (2021) Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state, nigeria Masters of Social Sciences, Mass Communication (2013) Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state, nigeria Bachelor of Socal Sciences, Mass Communication (2007) Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state, nigeria Professional Experience Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria Lecturer and Researcher (September 2011 till date): Teach and regularly assess students in assigned courses in Mass Communication and Corporate Communication. Mentor students in academic and practical life endeavors. Supervise undergraduate students’ dissertations. Serve as rapporteur at university conferences. Write citations and communiques. Writes academic papers for conference and journal publications. Landmark University, Omu Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria Corporate Affairs Officer (April – August 2011): Established and maintained harmonious relationships between the University and its internal and external publics. Ensured a cordial relationship with the news media to give the University positive publicity in the media. Responsible for news writing and editing of stories of events in the University, for the media, University website and other corporate publications. Promoted the Landmark University brand through press adverts, radio jingles, television commercials and other below-the-line media.Production of monthly newsletter and information bulletins for the University. Secretary: Took minutes of the first meeting of the Board of Regents of Landmark University and prepared the report accordingly. Centre for Human Development (NGO), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria Programme officer (October 2009 – April 2011): Provided support in research, programme planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Facilitation at training programmes and workshops. Production of newsletters on projects handled by the centre. Preparation of communiqué at the end of major conferences organized by the centre. UBA Metropolitan Life Insurance Limited, Lagos, Nigeria Financial Planner (August - September, 2009): Enlightened clients on the company’s insurance policies and assisting them to plan their finances in order to accommodate short and long term investments for them and their families for future benefits. Book Editor (March to July, 2009): Proofread and content edited the books: Dreaming Your Way Up, Making Champions of Challenges and Battles of Life are Real. About Me I am a skillful corporate communications expert with 12 years’ experience in building and maintaining clients, media and community relations in both practice and teaching. I am a productive relationship builder; excellent at listening to clients needs and creating solutions that provide value to the clients and other stakeholders of the organization. Highly professional, reliable and able to perform duties with minimal supervision. As a corporate communications specialist, I possess excellent interpersonal communication skills, which enable to create, build and maintaining mutual relationships between organizations and their stakeholders. I do community and media relations activities. I am also skillful at speech and citation writing; Project planning and implementation; academic writing and editing services. In my experience as Corporate Affairs Officer at a university, I established and maintained harmonious relationships between the University and its internal as well as external publics. I ensured a cordial relationship with the news media in order to give the university positive publicity in the media at all times. I was responsible for news writing and editing of stories of events in the university, for the media, university website and other corporate publications. I promoted the university’s brand through press adverts, radio jingles, television commercials and other below-the-line media. I also produced monthly newsletter and information bulletins. I served as secretary, taking minutes of the first meeting of the Board of Regents of the university and prepared the report accordingly. As a lecturer and researcher, I teach and regularly assess students in assigned courses in Mass Communication and Corporate Communication. Mentor students in academic and practical life endeavors. Supervise undergraduate students’ dissertations. Serve as rapporteur at university conferences; write citations and communique; write academic papers for conference and journal publications. In my experience as a programme officer in a non-governmental organization, I provided support in research, programme planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. I facilitated training programmes and workshops. I produced of newsletters on projects handled by the centre and prepared communiqué at the end of major conferences organized by the centre. As a financial planner in an insurance company, I enlightened clients on the company’s insurance policies and assisting them to plan their finances in order to accommodate short and long term investments for them and their families for future benefits. As a book editor, I proofread and content edited the books: Dreaming Your Way Up, Making Champions of Challenges and Battles of Life are Real.