Prempeh Akontoh
Multimedia Specialist
Experience
2018 - Present
Positive Change
For My Jukebox
Responsible for the website UX design & development, the writing of weekly reviews, and the growth of social media following through networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as well as the generation of sponsorship for the company brand. Tasks also include music curating for Spotify playlists and the growing of followers on those playlists. From month to month articles are placed in blogs of creative musical talent within the market place from around the world.
2018 - Present
Freelance
Providing web design work and creative work for clients within the advertising and marketing space. These include clients such as Ogilvy, Shell, Hospice Wits and Village Exhibitions & Events to name a few.
2016 - 2018
Ogilvy Public Relations
Successfully manage and coordinate graphic design projects from concept through completion. Work closely with production teams to create vision, conceive designs, and consistently meet deadlines and requirements. Effectively build, motivate and direct video edits and graphic designs within the production team both locally and on site. Create and design social media collateral in order to achieve clients’ objectives. Design highly persuasive visual sales and marketing presentations. Expertly convert features to benefits through the use of video.
2015 - 2016
Finistry Productions
Successfully translated subject matter into concrete design for video edits, promos, and motion graphics layout, created design themes for marketing and promotional videos. Successfully coordinated Video shoots to influence the sales and marketing objectives for various clients. Create influential social media videos, which significantly raised awareness for various client brands.
2013 - 2015
CNBC Africa
Develop high impact promotional and marketing videos for television shows and commercial products, which aired on CNBC Africa’s television network. Was key in the editing of high level documentary videos and company profiles, which included high profile political, business individuals and corporations such as Cyril Ramaphosa, Pravin Gordhan, Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari, Oracle and the HRDC. The successful designing and promotion of all print marketing collateral for the business.
2010 - 2013
Gordon Institute Of
Business Science
Create strategic video products on the GIBS media portal, which successfully helped to coordinate the interactive networking and communication of business related topics among MBA graduates and corporate individuals within the institution. This further helped to grow the institutions market awareness both locally and internationally through the successful use of internet based video streaming.
2008 - 2009
Village Exhibitions & Events
Produce and design all marketing collateral for events including pull up banners, media walls, video edits, brochures, invites and mailers. Offer strategic and innovative solutions towards clients marketing collateral while overseeing the creative process.
About Me
Prempeh Akontoh is a highly creative and talented multimedia specialist with skills ranging in web design, video editing and production, motion graphics, photography and print design, He has exceptional collaborative and interpersonal skills and is a dynamic team player with well-developed written and verbal communication abilities. As an individual he is passionate at what he does whether working directly with clients or on collaborative projects with other creatives. He is a dynamic team player when providing innovative marketing strategies for campaigns and other related tasks within deadline-driven environments.
Education
2015
Shell Livewire Pre-Prosperator Certificate Programme
Raizcorp
2006
Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Arts
University of the Witwatersrand
2005
BADA Honors Degree in
Dramatic Arts
University of the Witwatersrand
2000
Matriculation
Lowveld High Scool
Skills
Contact
- www.prempehakontoh.com
- prempeh@prempehakontoh.com
- +27 71 483 9733
- Prempeh Akontoh