Delivering insights and creative authority in shaping the magazine's vision, ensuring each issue vividly captures and authentically represents African traditions, trends, and perspectives while shaping an inspiring and uplifting space that celebrates Black culture.
· Championing Afropolitain’s mission of promoting African excellence globally by forging strategic partnerships towards business development growth and collaborating with artists, designers, and influencers
· Delivering creative direction in photoshoot productions from concept to execution, coordinating with teams of creatives, including photographers, stylists, and models, to bring our visual concepts to life, adhering to timelines and brand integrity.
· Engaged with the 250K readers/followers and stakeholders through social media, events, and community outreach initiatives, leveraging emerging tech platforms to create immersive storytelling experiences for our audience.
· Cultivating strong client relationships, identifying new business opportunities, and driving growth for future partnerships.
· Guiding teams to execute 5-figure project budgets, ensuring cost-effective yet cutting-edge creative output across all platforms, from print publications to digital media and events.
· Imagined, designed, and brought to life editorial features and visual concepts, capturing the multifaceted African lifestyle, including fashion, cuisine, music, and travel, and featuring celebrities such as Boris Kodjoe, Maxwell, Bonang, and Masego.
· Gathering insights and data through social media to strategically shape our creative direction, ensuring it resonates with our diverse audience's interests and concerns.