RAISED IN
LAGOS
IN HAMBURG
CRRNTLY
COPYWRITER
In the words of ancient African Philosopher Mauricius Kaballinus, "I am human and I love to breathe".
I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember - as a child, I wrote a short love story for my crush about two sentient floppy disks playing Hercules on Windows 98 in 1999. She loved it, until another boy won her over with ice cream. Smh.
I almost became a Professional Dancer, but I don't think all one's hobbies and passions should be monetized - at least not fully. I still dance though. . . a LOT!
In real life, I’m a regular guy who has an unhealthy obsession for Dance, Music and Football - I’ve been a Liverpool Fan for 18 years now, so if you’re a fan of a rival club, I can’t work with you (I kid, I kid…it’s really not THAT deep. Hire me, please. You'll Never Work Alone.)
I previously worked in the Banking/Financial Industry (2 years of my life I’ll never get back), before making the switch to my first and true love, working with words. I worked as a Copywriter for 2 years at Insight Publicis Nigeria, where I was privileged to work on a wide range of brands, from Alcohol brands (Heineken, Tiger Beer) to Pharmaceuticals (Novartis) to Financial Institutions (FCMB) and more.
Internationally, I have worked at DDB Berlin, INGO Hamburg and Scholz & Friends on 3 month internships.
I was privileged to work on a wide range of brands and was part of pitch winning teams. I’m much more than your regular Copywriter though - besides over a dozen TV Commercials and Radio spots I’ve written and had produced, I’ve also done rap demos , been a voice-over artiste and a freelance writer for actual TV.
I’m currently rounding up my studies at Miami Ad School, Hamburg, where I’m learning and improving my skills for the global Ad stage, while learning, working and writing to fulfil my singular life-goal to create or die trying..
PROFESSIONAL
BRANDS I
WORKED ON
Heineken
Tiger Beer
FCMB
HealthPlus
Strongbow
Domino's Pizza
9Mobile
Novartis
McDonald's
Foodpanda
Volkswagen
Cathedral City
NUK
Audi
STUDENT
Nike
Adidas
Martini
HSBC
The New York Times
Barclays
EA Sports
FIFA
Spotify
Nespresso
Fanta
Penguin
Burberry
AWARDS
AWARDS AND
PUBLICATIONS
Andys Gold 2021
Summit Awards 2021
Communication Arts Awards 2021
New York Festival Advertising Awards (Finalist) 2021
Ad Stars Awards (Finalist) 2021
WARC Awards, Silver, Effective Social Strategy, 2019
Heineken Chairman #192Countries. Insight Publicis
PUBLICATIONS
Ads Of The World
White Label Comedy
WARC
Packaging Of The World
Guide Freak
WeLoveAd
Nairametrics
Brand Crunch
The Difference
The Guardian
Medium
PLACE I
WORKED AT
Scholz & Friends, Hamburg
COPYWRITER (Intern)
July 2021 - September 2021
At Scholz & Friends Hamburg, I was privileged to work on concepts for McDonald’s, Vodafone, NUK, AOK etc.
I was part of the team that won the pitch for the Cathedral City Cheddar business.
INGO Hamburg
COPYWRITER (Intern)
April 2021 - June 2021
I was part of the inaugural INGO Hamburg team, working on and pitching ideas for a wide variety of brands - Burger King, Audi, Milka, Persil, Aral, Curtice Brothers etc. We won the pitch for the Foodpanda Deutschland during this period.
DDB Berlin
COPYWRITER (Intern)
January 2021 - March 2021
As part of the fulfilment of my 2nd year in Miami Ad School, I had a 3 month internship at DDB Berlin, working as part of the Volkswagen creative team, pitching for global campaigns and learning more about the inner workings of the global ad scene.
Insight Publicis, Nigeria
COPYWRITER
October 2017 - September 2019
I was part of a team that created some of the biggest campaigns in Nigeria and Sub-saharan Africa. I wrote several TV Commercials, Radio Spots, and came up with concepts for major brands like Heineken, Tiger Beer, Strongbow, FCMB etc.
United Bank for Africa (UBA)
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP OFFICER
April 2016 - July 2017
I handled day to day interactions with customers, as well as handling of Funds Transfers, Account Opening and Management, Card Issuance etc. while recruiting new customers for the bank every day. I was able to secure
over 400 Million Naira in new business to the bank.
CONTACT
INFORMATION
Let's work! Hit me up.