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Charity Chiutsi

A dynamic & innovative communicator

Harare, Zimbabwe

Work Experience

  • Communications & Marketing ManagerFull Time

    Zimselector.com

    Sep 2016 - Present -8 yrs, 10 months

    Zimbabwe

    • Job Details:• Monitoring digital platform to increase customer experience • Developing a marketing strategy to increase brand awareness with a view to increasing utilization of the site and revenue. • Building a social media strategy through competitive research, platform determination, benchmarking, messaging and audience identification • Generating, editing, publishing and sharing daily content • Setting up and optimizing company pages within each platform to increase the visibility of company’s social content • Moderating all user-generated content in line with the moderation policy for each community • Creating editorial calendars and syndication schedules • Creating content for Advertorials, press releases and email campaigns • Leading and supporting the team with presentations to clients, conferences etc. • Capturing and analyzing the appropriate social data/metrics, insights and best practices, and then acting on the information • Collaborating with other departments and marketing partners to optimize brand awareness, identify key players and coordinate actions
  • Communications SpecialistFull Time

    Swedish Development Partner

    Jan 2012 - Mar 2016 -4 yrs, 2 months

    Zimbabwe

    • Job Details:• Developing and implementing fundraising and communication strategies • Marketing and management of donors • Media relations in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa • Sponsor letter writing • Fundraising campaigns • Budget development and tracking • Planning, designing, implementing and monitoring a comprehensive communication & engagement strategy • Producing advocacy material for local and international audiences • Stakeholder engagement including senior government officials • Policy brief development • Producing radio/television advocacy content • Documenting organisation’s success stories through pictures, stories and film. • Build organizations’ profile through print media articles, organisational facebook page and documentation. • Writing news releases, speeches and articles for print and web. • Producing and editing publications • Writing and implementing communication or promotional plans. • Internal communication • Media research and Monitoring
  • Education

    • MSc in Development

      National University of Science and Technology

      Jan 2015 - Jan 2017 - 2 yr

    • Technical Diploma in Digital Marketing

      Brand School South Africa

      Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 - 1 Year

    • BSc in Journalism and Media

      National University of Science and Technology

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2011 - 4 yr

    • BSc in Journalism and Media

      National University of Science and Technology

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2011 - 4 yr

    Activities

    • Communications Volunteer at Swedish Development Partner

      Volunteering

      Sep 2009 - Dec 2011 -2 yrs, 3 months

    Skills

    Languages

    • English

      Fluent
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