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Femi Peter-Chakson

Communications Advisor

Femi Peter-Chakson
31 years old
Wellington New Zealand
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
I am a goal-oriented, driven, and enthusiastic individual who is comfortable working with people and on my own. I am able to multi-task well and work well under pressure.

I am currently employed as a Communications Advisor at the Ministry of Social Development.

I'm always open to opportunities that offer new challenges, encourage growth and upskilling, and provide opportunities for mentorship.

References available on request.
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Communications Advisor

Ministry of Social Development
Since September 2022
Full-time
Wellington
New Zealand
  • Develop social media content as part of MSD’s proactive storytelling and helping people understand MSD’s services and less visible work in the communities
  • Respond to media queries, provide advice on managing media risk, and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Moderation experience as part of the Social Media team in responding to comments and private messages for MSD’s social media channels
  • Led internal communications for a customer-experience focused programme with multiple major workstreams within NZQA
  • Created comms artefacts and other materials to share the programme's work with the wider business
  • Provided guidance on internal stakeholder engagement for the programme with an evolving engagement process and stakeholder mapping
  • Worked with stakeholders to identify and support relevant business units for different areas of the programme
  • Worked collaboratively with communications team to effectively plan, create, and deliver content on schedule.
  • Created written content for company website, external publications, and internal use including articles, interviews, news, and team profiles.
  • Supported wider team with proofreading, editing, and other tasks as needed.
  • Managed web content with CMS Silverstripe and provided feedback to CEO on issues and suggestions to create a better viewer experience.
  • Provided guidance to wider communications team on website related issues.
  • Supported with content for company newsletter and co-ordinated content for various external newsletters.
  • Co-ordinated process for online events such as webinars and discussion panels.

Part Time Team Member

Divine Cakes & Desserts
Since May 2018
  • Communicated with students to identify areas of improvement and adopted appropriate teaching strategies.
  • Facilitated discussions, group tutorial activities and interactive lecture content
  • Provided one on one tutorial assistance as needed.
  • Re-purposed graduate student profiles of former or current UC students into a Q&A format for updating Careers Kit brochures.
  • Focused the content on graduate employability, career options and related activities.
  • Interviewed sponsors and parents, and wrote some of the key articles.
  • Helped make decisions related to magazine content and perspective.
Company Description
A local dance school/company in Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Interviewed and photographed students, staff and other UC personnel.
  • Worked with university organizations and collaborated with the university student magazine Canta.
  • Recruited a team of motivated volunteers, and delegated duties.
  • Moderated the Facebook page and analyzed activity patterns to optimize audience reach.
Detailed Description
  • UC Humans is an online community I created in my second year of university as I wanted to channel my media training through a creative outlet and it ended up being a successful and popular part of university culture.