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VALENTINE OJI

Experienced Nonfiction Book Ghostwriter & Brand Storyteller
Experienced Nonfiction Book Ghostwriter & Brand Storyteller
  • ABUJA, Nigeria
  • August 18, 2023

I am a Master’s degree-level educated reputation management thought leader, critical thinker, and remote nonfiction book ghostwriter with over 25 years of unbroken and uninterrupted expertise and hands-on experience in strategic marketing communications. Other core competence areas where I have expert knowledge include business writing, editing and proofreading, brand management, copywriting, public relations, strategy development, crisis and issues communication, and management.

I delivered six complex nonfiction books remotely in the last four years for clients in the United States of America, Switzerland, Nigeria, and The Gambia. Topics covered include an account of the six-year tenure of a University President, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), and the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Currently working on the second volume of a two-volume biography of a successful mini-city developer.

I possess expert knowledge and experience in technical writing & editing. I wrote voraciously, proofread, and edited widely, including thousands of pages of advertising copy, communication strategies, media kits, concept notes, operational plans, and editorial publicity. I also published articles in national and international publications in traditional media in Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and South Africa.

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Education

Doctor of Business Administration degree (DBA) @ University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Sep 2019 — Current

An apex and elite professional degree in business administration recognized globally for the theoretical doctoral practice of business administration.

Master of Communication Arts degree (MCA) @ University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Aug 1989 — Sep 1991

A professional 18 months Masters degree which provides best-in-class, in-depth, hands-on and theoretical knowledge for the practice of Communication in the various disciplines.

Higher National Diploma (HND) Graphic Arts @ Institute of Management & Technology (IMT), Enugu, Nigeria
Sep 1979 — Jun 1982

An equivalent of the Bachelor of Arts degree in Graphic Arts but with more emphasis on the technical and practical aspects of the discipline.

Experience

Chief Consultant @ Purple Canvas Communications
May 2019 — Current

Provide strategy guidance, lead relationship development strategy and guidelines, quality gatekeeping and day-to-day management of the firm. Advise on, and develop compelling new business development techniques and lead high-level business relationship networking.

Communication & Capacity Development Consultant @ African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
Jul 2018 — Jan 2019

Delivered communication strategies and operational plans to manage the strategies by leading communications, public relations and events management processes at the African Development Institute of AfDB. Directed implementation; and supported Bank in designing, developing, reviewing, editing, and translating of communication materials.

• Drafted complex big-event speeches for President of African Development Bank, Vice President/Chief Economist, and developed communication materials: media kits, press releases, web stories, feature articles, policy papers, etc. for Bank's high-profile, international events, like the, “Nelson Mandela Centenary Celebrations Public Lecture,” and many others.

• Went beyond agreed deliverables and introduced Conceptualizing Policy Papers (Knowledge Creation & Management) from international events organized by African Development Bank to top management for policy formulation.

• Anchored as Master of Ceremonies at high-level, high-profile international event, the Nelson Mandela Centenary Lecture Series in Sept 2018 at AfDB which attracted over 600 dignitaries, on behalf of Director of Communication and External Relations.

Group Chief Communication Officer @ Chrome Group
May 2006 — Oct 2013

Delivered over 25 critical strategy documents and communication plans in 6 years and implemented most of them, achieving 82% spontaneous name-recall in 4 years while supporting internal and external communications strategy, writing, and disseminating publicity material; responding to inquiries from the public and coordinating promotional events.

• Pioneered exceptional creative way to get Press Releases of the company to be read globally even in local newspapers worldwide by using PR Newswire, a reputable global news distribution firm achieving global reach and huge mileage.

• Led the Group’s Community Relations and reduced youth restiveness and downtime in host communities from 22% in 2008 to less than 1% in 2012 by deploying innovative crisis management strategies like appointing respected chiefs in host communities to act as brand ambassadors – a first of its kind in the oil & gas subsector in Nigeria. This initiative was hugely successful.

• Provided support system for effective and efficient community mobilization for over 6 years towards waging the peace in the Group’s host communities in Sapele and Warri in Delta State, and Odukpani in Cross River State.

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