Kyrellos Nyawallow, Digital Media Consultant

Kyrellos Nyawallow

Digital Media Consultant

Freelance

Location
Kenya
Education
Bachelor's degree, BSc Biotechnology (Bioinformatics)
Experience
18 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 11 Months

Digital Media Consultant at Freelance
  • Kenya
  • My current job since August 2015

Development of digital technology strategy.
Development of digital marketing strategy.
Design & Development of Augmented Reality applications.
Design & Development of Virtual Reality applications.
Design & Development of Mobile Applications.
Design & Development of Websites.
Design & Development of web applications.

Digital Strategy Consultant at The Star Publications
  • Kenya
  • October 2014 to July 2015

Designed and developed a new responsive web portal for The Star online publication (Front and Back end development).
Built Search Engine Optimization to optimize traffic, which resulted in the publication overtaking the regional leaders in Alexa ranking.
Development of the digital marketing strategy

Lead Creative Developer at Standard Media Group
  • Kenya
  • June 2013 to September 2014

In charge of development of digital strategy, digital marketing concept design, digital content development and digital trend analysis.

Project Manager, Elections Portal at Nation Media Group
  • Kenya
  • November 2011 to March 2013

To design and develop a web portal to cover the 2013 General Elections. This includes both web and mobile versions of the portal as well as multimedia applications which enables users to view customized realtime data from election campaigns as well as interactive results of the elections themselves.

Principal at Artfield Institute of Technology
  • Uganda
  • July 2011 to October 2011

I was brought in to revive the Animation and Graphics Design department, which had failed to take off. I built new syllabi for the courses and recruited new staff to teach the courses. I also taught the subjects which were difficult to staff due to lack of adequately trained professionals in Uganda at that time.

eLearning Support Coordinator at Kenyatta University
  • Kenya
  • June 2010 to July 2011

Led a team of developers in developing an eLearning portal as well as e-learning materials for off-campus students in the e-Learning Directorate of the University. I also provided support and training to teaching staff and students in using the e-learning resources

Coordinator, Animation Department at Nairobi Institute of Technology
  • Kenya
  • April 2007 to May 2010

I was co-founder and manager of the Animation department of the College, providing training in Media and Animation technology as one of the premier Animation colleges in Kenya. I both managed and taught subjects within the department, specializing in web and multimedia application development.

Tutor at Nairobi Institute of Technology
  • Kenya
  • April 2005 to May 2007

I am a co-founder of the Animation department which was aimed at training multimedia and graphics professionals for the new markets in kenya. I taught web and multimedia application development.

Education

Bachelor's degree, BSc Biotechnology (Bioinformatics)
  • at Kenyatta University
  • July 2006

Specialties & Skills

PHP Applications
Materials
Multimedia
Web Design
Graphics Design
Adobe Flash
Web Design & Development
Administration
PHP Development
Front End Development
Augmented Reality
Virtual Reality
Angular
Laravel

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Languages

English
Expert
French
Intermediate
Swahili
Native Speaker

Memberships

Kenya Scouts Association
  • Eagle Scout
  • January 1988