KENNY KESHY
1 Rocky Place, Corlett Gardens, Johannesburg. 2090 ·
Date of Birth: February 28th 1979--
EXPERIENCE
June 2021 – October 2021
RED PEPPER PICTURES CONTENT DIRECTOR BIG BROTHER NIGERIA (Linear and
ShowMax)
With the launch of the bi-weekly talk show ‘BBN S6 The Buzz', and due to its delicate
requirements to produce, the direction of the show was entrusted to myself and another
content director to deliver.
I was also part of a team of 13 directors charged with guiding and delivering a stellar season of
the reality TV show.
- Functions as a Content Director on ‘The Buzz' on Showmax:
Following and identifying relevant breaking and trending stories on the Linear 24/7
show as well as never before seen stories that develop in the House to create a
30minute talk show for the ShowMax platform.
Directing the studio recording of the bi-weekly talk show and guiding the host as well
as studio guests on the show direction.
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Functions as a Senior Content Director on Linear:
Assisting with the training of the new content directors on MCR etiquette and the CD
desk usage.
Assisting with the training of the new content directors on how to use Media Composer
and Avid, in lieu to meeting parts of their daily deliverables.
MCR duties. Directing the technical directors and guiding the narrative of the story
telling of the 24/7 show
June 2020 - September 2020
RED PEPPER PICTURES CONTENT DIRECTOR BIG BROTHER NIGERIA (LINEAR)
Part of a team of 11 content directors charged as custodians of the property, as well as
marshalling the MCR and guiding the daily content for the entire season.
- Responsible for guiding the video editors with respect to the daily highlights that made
it online (digital space) as well as daily episodes that went to Channel (South Africa) for
broadcast.
Creating the VOs that accompanied the daily highlight episodes for linear broadcast
Jan 2020 - April 2020
RED PEPPER PICTURES CONTENT DIRECTOR ULTIMATE LOVE NIGERIA S1
Part of a team of 10 content directors marshalling the MCR and guiding the daily content for the
entire season.
- Responsible for guiding the video editors with respect to the daily highlights that made it
online (digital space) as well as daily episodes that went to Channel (South Africa).
- Scripting the VOs that accompanied the weekly highlight episodes
MAY 2019 – OCTOBER 2019
RED PEPPER PICTURES CONTENT DIRECTOR BIG BROTHER NIGERIA (SHOW MAX)
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Roles included vetting the exclusive contents curated for the online Channel.
Supervising the video editors to ensure deadlines are met timeously.
Presenting the final edit to management daily.
Ensuring daily episodes go out timeously, for broadcast on the Channel’s online platform
(ShowMax).
DECEMBER 2016 – MAY 2019
DON’T LOOK DOWN ENTERTAINMENT ONLINE CONTENT WRITER AND
DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR
Roles included creating and managing digital content for shows on the DSTV platform. Some
of the Shows worked on include;
- Big Brother Nigeria Season 2 (2017)
- Big Brother Nigeria Season 3 (2018)
- KFC Taste Kitchen (2018)
- Idols SA (2017/2018)
Took on the role of Content Creator for Zambezi Magic TV (a DSTV channel like Mzansi
Magic; which caters to 6 Southern African countries).
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The Channel catered to countries like Namibia, Botswana, Zambia,
Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland.
Without limitations, my daily roles included community management on all social
media platforms for the ZM Channel (Facebook, Twitter YouTube and Instagram).
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I was also responsible for creating, vetting, and uploading relevant content to
the ZM website daily.
I also sat in strategy meetings and was relied upon to determine and create strategy for
content roll out into the regions covered by the Channel
JANUARY 2013 – AUGUST 2013
ENDEMOL SA (BIG BROTHER AFRICA 8 ‘THE CHASE’) ASSISTANT HOUSE
MANAGER
Part of a 3-man team responsible for 208 production crew members, and 36 final
BBA Housemates
Responsible for organizing crew functions for the entirety of the show (about 6 months)
Responsible for the day to day running of both Big Brother Africa Houses, as well as the main
production offices; which include (but not limited to Groceries, All luxury goods and toiletries,
Saturday Night Channel O parties (For the Housemates), Rendezvous rooms (for all the house
dates), Weekly House raids, Weekly House Maintenance)
OCTOBER 2012 – DECEMBER 2012
ENDEMOL SA (MONEY DROP NIGERIA), CONTESTANT AND WRITER
RESEARCHER/ FIXER
Organizing contestants to audition for the show, Running the accreditation desk at the audition
venues, Part of a 3-man panel responsible for writing questions for the show, Verification of
questions and answers, Organizing weekly Questions testing sessions with the production
team, Facilitating visa approval for all the West African based contestants
APRIL 2010 – AUGUST 2010
EVENTS AND ARTISTE MANAGER, FUSION ENTERTAINMENT SOLUTIONS
Key roles include organizing and managing all the events on the events calendar monthly;
managing the relationships between the artistes we worked with, as well as the
management of the company; sourcing and brokering new business for the company.
OCTOBER 2009 – MARCH 2010
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, PULSATE MEDIA PTY
Key roles include buying and selling content to media houses all over the African diaspora;
forging formidable relationships with media houses in major countries all over the
continent
NOVEMBER 2006 – JULY 2009
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (DIRECTOR), SHREWD MEDIA
MANAGEMENT
Garnering all my experiences in the TV and music industry, I started my own artiste
management and record label consultancy company in 2006.
I got contracted with D & I Entertainment, a Lagos based (Nigeria) record label created in
2006 which had artistes like Adaz, Fragrance and B-Clean; 3 new faces in the industry. The
label had also just signed established dancehall and pop duo DANFO DRIVERS; and it was
my job to provide organizational structure for the Record label as well as manage
everything regarding the artistes on the label.
FEBRUARY 2004 – OCTOBER 2006
Label Manager/A&R Manager (Interim General Manager), QUESTIONMARK
ENTERTAINMENT LTD
QuestionMark Entertainment was the first recording label to own a state-of-the-art
ProTools HD ready studio in Western Africa.
Some notable acts signed to the label during my time were ASA, Cobhams, ModeNine (who
under my guidance became the first African rapper to win 3 Channel O awards on the same
night), The StreetMonks, Silver Saddih, to name a few.
Key roles included, managing the day to day running of the office and liaising with all our
external media partners to ensure we stayed on top of all trends and happenings in the
music industry.
Managing the recording schedule for the studio to ensure all our artistes get adequate time
in the studio, as well as ensuring that external artistes also get their studio bookings done
correctly.
Managing all performance schedules of our artistes, ensuring all gigs are booked
expediently and performances are prioritized, with proper preparations protocols followed.
EDUCATION
1999 - 2003
B.A PHILOSOPHY, LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY
1991 - 1996
G.C.E CERTIFICATE, HOPE BAY COLLEGE
SKILLS
Fast Learner
Excels under pressure
Problem Solver
Digital Media savvy
Ability to monitor and predict user online consumption trends.
REFERENCES
Ms Andiswa Biyela
-Don’t Look Down Entertainment
Digital Manager
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Dr Sulaiman Kassim
-Red Pepper Nigeria
HOD Content
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Ms Dineo Phantshang
-Red Pepper Pictures
Series Producer
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