Throughout my career, I have led the development, management, monitoring, and evaluation of internal and external communications strategies across a range of platforms and channels, targeting diverse stakeholders. The strategies I have implemented have successfully inspired, informed, engaged, and mobilized audiences as well as enhanced the impact of initiatives, projects, programs, and organizations.
My work has enhanced the positioning and visibility of programs, enhanced thought leadership across diverse sectors, boosted employee and stakeholder engagement, driven organizational change, transformed advocacy, increased media coverage, mobilized funding and new business, and established new partnerships.
These results have been achieved by collaborating with internal and external partners across the globe and diverse professional fields, and advising colleagues at all levels, including senior leaders and executives.
At Confluence Philanthropy, I led the development and delivery of internal and external communications strategies that enhanced the positioning and visibility of impact investing programs, boosted thought leadership, drove member engagement, championed organizational change, and enhanced staff collaboration, content production, and communications impact.
At the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), I led the development and delivery of communications strategies that enhanced the positioning, visibility, and impact of people, culture, employer branding, and organizational transformation priorities and programs. Read more
At the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), I developed and implemented communications strategies that enhanced visibility, resource mobilization, and partnerships for project management, procurement, and infrastructure programs, boosted media relations, laid the groundwork for effective advocacy initiatives, events, and campaigns, and drove impactful internal communications. Read more
With the Global Sanitation Fund, I led strategies that transformed evidence-based advocacy for 13 country programs as well as engaged implementing partners and a global membership base of over 3,600 champions. Read more
At GOPA Com., an international communications agency, I developed and implemented editorial, distribution, web, content, and marketing strategies for The Courier magazine, which enhanced production, outreach, partnerships, reader engagement, and reporting. Read more
Okechukwu Umelo 