Akinyemi Akinrujomu
Sustainable Development at nexford
Nigeria
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News Editor at BBC World Service
A professionally trained journalist with over 19 years’ experience. Work history includes BBC News, Legit.ng (formerly NAIJ.com), Greennews.ng and Daily Independent newspaper. Has led news teams, managed online media platforms with millions of users and coordinated production of high-impact digital content across multiple platforms and regions. Has excellent communications, team leadership skills with the ability to work at the highest level under minimum supervision while maintaining global best practices of jounalism and communication.
Experience
BBC World Service
News Editor
January 2021 - December 2023
Managing BBC Yoruba Service’s digital platforms
Creating, managing execution of team’s daily plans to meet editorial goals
Using analytics to develop strategies to reach underserved audiences
Managing resources and overseeing the Yoruba Service’s budget
Managing projects with teams across countries, regions and continents
Organized one of the most impactful governorship election debates in BBC Nigeria’s history
Legit.ng (formerly NAIJ.com)
Editor-in-chief, HoD, Monitoring Editor, Content Editor
January 2016 - December 2021
Created daily and long-term editorial direction for various teams
Assigned team members to cover events and upload reports to website
Managed the quality of contents uploaded to the website in line with company’s house style and web analytics
Greennews.ng
Executive Editor
January 2014 - December 2016
Managed a team of 15 to lay foundations of the online news platform
Oversaw content editing, publishing on the website while raising revenue
Raised readership of the website; took it from 900th position in Nigeria to 124 on Alexa.com ranking in 6 months
Education
Certificates & Badges
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Projects
BBC Yoruba governorship election debate in Oyo state
•https://www.linkedin.com/in/akinyemi-akinrujomu-95b24358/overlay/1635538507060/single-media-viewer?type=LINK&profileId=ACoAAAwjNZcBojlYKCD0QjpUY4dAXYGaY7vn62o&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base%3Bin1FCHcrTgiWLn530wKFLw%3D%3DProject lead
This is a political debate among candidates in Oyo state, Nigeria for the region's governorship election in January 2023. It was organised by myself and my BBC Yoruba team.
Languages
Arabic
Beginner
English
Professional
French
Intermediate
Yoruba
Native
Skills
Editing
Recruitment
Budget Management
Team Management
Journalist
News Analysis
Multimedia
News Editing
Management by Objectives
Print Journalism
Business Management