Jotham Micah Standa Makanga has over 10 years of experience in media, marketing, event coordination, and leadership. He is currently the Marketing Manager at Crimson Multimedia Limited, a film distribution company, where he oversees marketing operations, distribution of promotional materials, and devising creative promotional strategies. He is also the founder of Movie Jabber, a mass media company that reviews, creates and distributes content through various platforms. Jotham has a BA in Electronic Media from Daystar University and has strong skills in areas such as digital strategy, graphic design, public speaking, and team management.

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JOTHAM MICAH STANDA MAKANGA
Address
P.O.BOX 00603-25080 • +254 726 821 899 • jothammicah@gmail.com
PERSONAL STATEMENT
Confident professional with acquired proven skills and experience in management, media, design,
marketing, event coordination, leadership, written and oral communication and presentation, and copy
writing.
I love pushing and testing the boundaries of creativity and my abilities, most importantly I am Team
player with a positive attitude and ability to prioritize and multi-task in required situations.
PROFESSIONAL TIMELINE OVERVIEW

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KEY SKILLS
 Self-driven and motivated.
 Eye for creative ideas and solutions.
 Proficiency in all areas of professional apps: Microsoft Office, including Access, Excel, Word
and PowerPoint.
 Proficiency with design software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premier Pro.
 Excellent leadership, management communication skills, both written and verbal
 Above all, a team player.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
PRESENTER AND SCRIPTER ON KENYAN RUBY SHOW: “SCRUMDOWN”
Studio: Clipframes Production
Channel (2011): Citizen TV,
Channel (2014): Zuku Sports
(Jan 2011 – Dec 2011; Jan 2014 – Sept 2014)
Achievements and responsibilities:
 Transformed a minor segment into a key weekly feature titled “Snippets”.
 Watching, analysing and reporting of key tourney matches, players and personnel.
 Created a fan-incentive segment on the show.
 Scripting show content and reviewing of key features, interviews and match highlights.
Key Competencies Acquired:
 Interview and broadcast skills.
 Script and document writing.
 Media presentation skills.
DIGITAL CREATIVE & PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: UHURU KENYATTA
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
(Nov 2011 – Aug 2013)

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Achievements and responsibilities:
 Monitoring the impact and presence of the then Client, President Uhuru Kenyatta.
 Conceptualizing and effecting communications methods digitally.
 Evaluating positive/negative feedback and developing a strategy to curtail or improve on the
types of feedback.
 Scripting and co-directing of Team Uhuru digital youth-focused Video blogs and call to
actions.
 Scripting official Above-the-Line and Below-the-Line TNA/Jubilee Campaign videos.
 Project report and analysis on digital campaigns and co-conceptualization and implementation
of further strategies.
Key Competencies Acquired:
 Digital strategy conceptualization and implementation.
 Analysis of Kenyan digital trends online on the various outlets and social media platforms.
 Graphic and visual design.
 Website design.
MARKETING MANAGER: CRIMSON MULTIMEDIA LIMITED
Film Distribution & Marketing Company
(September 2013 – Present)
Crimson Multimedia Ltd (CML) has completed 3 years in the business of Film Distribution Theatrically
i.e. supplying films to cinemas. CML is currently the sole partner and direct regional representative of
Warner Bros. Studios, 20th Century Fox, and Disney.
Website: http://www.crimsonmultimedia.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrimsonMultimediaLimited
Responsibilities:
 Sales and marketing operations
 Ordering, and distribution of marketing and promotional material
 Relaying promotional and marketing guidelines from studios to cinemas.
 Packaging and communicating the films message in a manner relevant to the region.
 Devising creative promotional guidelines and activations for the various releases.
Achievements:
 Organized the first Red Carpet premiere featuring an international lead actor in Nairobi,
Kenya.

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 Planned, and executed special screenings and promotional activations with high profile media
houses and parties.
 Engineered and implemented crucial high value media cross-promotional agreements,
partnerships and ventures with leading media houses: M-NET, NTV, KTN and KISSTV and
their respective radio stations.
 Created vibrant digital and far reaching digital and social media platforms.
 Implemented effective transition from physical transfer of content to a more effective and
measurable digital transfer process.
Key Competencies Acquired:
 People and resource management skills.
 Managing and delivering time sensitive tasks.
 Marketing plans and budgets, strategy analysis and execution.
 Negotiation skills.
 Media negotiation and deal brokering skills.
MOVIE JABBER
FOUNDER
November 2011 - Present
Movie Jabber is a mass media company that reviews, creates and distributes content through
broadcast, digital and print media platforms. Movie Jabber seeks to nurture and embody the pop-
culture, and vastly growing and changing pop-culture
Website: http://www.moviejabber.co.ke/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MovieJabber
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMovieJabber
Founding and leading Movie Jabber into the unchartered realm of experiential marketing has given
me invaluable experience in product activation and engaging with an audience that has been
empowered by modern means of communication and self-generation of content in this digital age.
Other than marketing skills, analytical and evaluation skills; project and strategy development skills,
founding Movie Jabber has equipped me with lessons on one key factor in life that experience can
only gift: leadership.
Achievements:
 Special premieres and advance screenings centred around cinematic releases.
 Early advancement into digital content production, video blogs and viral content.
 Cinema branding and imaging.
 .Digital and parallel on the ground product packaging and activation.

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Key Competencies Acquired:
 Developing online engagement strategies.
 Digital content creation and marketing.
 Digital trends and habits of Kenyans.
 Recruitment insight.
 Crisis management skills.
 Team moulding, leading and moral building.
EDUCATION
Daystar University - BA, Electronic Media: TV and Radio Production
November 2006 - 2010
HOBBIES & INTEREST
I am a fitness enthusiast, regularly playing rugby at a local club Kenya Harlequins, or working out on a
regular basis. While not turning out a sweat, comic books are my immediate go to options and
graphic designing too.
REFERENCES
References are available upon request.