Oluwaseun Aleshinloye

seunaleshinloye@gmail.com +2348162290063
Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria Oluwaseun Aleshinloye

Oluwaseun Aleshinloye S_aleshinloye

Oluwaseun Aleshinloye

Education
2014 – 2018 Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication
Lagos, Nigeria University of Lagos
Dissertation: Customers' Perceptions of the Consumer Relations Activities of Guaranty
Trust Bank.
Final CGPA: 4.67 (Best Graduating Student)
Clubs and Societies: Press Club, DrugFree Club and Rotary Club

Research Interest

Communicating Health, Environment, Risk and Science

Science and Health Communications (Non-Communicable Diseases)

Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management and Resilience

Media Narrative for Social Change and Development among Minority-population and Low-communities

Fact-Checking Models to Counter Misinformation and Disinformation in Conventional and New Media

Teaching Experience
2019/06 – 2020/05 Teaching Assistant
Oyo, Nigeria Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa (AOCE)
My duties were to lecture Ordinary National Diploma I and II degree-seeking candidate: I;
Delivered a bi-weekly lecture series on Media Writing, Planning and Campaign to 113
Second-year students.
Delivered a bi-weekly lecture series, including an Introduction to Mass Communication to
237 first-year students.
Designed and marked assignments, assessments and examinations.

2015/03 – 2018/05 Subject/Course Facilitator (Voluntary)

Lagos, Nigeria Planen-Tekad
My duties, as assigned as the director of Programme for Planen-Tekad, a non-governmental
organisation teaching out of school children in low income communities in Lagos, include:
Taught more than 200 students Government, Literature-in-English and Civic Education
subjects in 3 centres in Lagos Mainland weekly.
Mentored 13 students interested in studying Mass Communication to gain
admission into tertiary institutions, including a bi-semester review of their performances.
Sponsored three (3) best students by paying for qualifying examination fees (WAEC and
Post-JAMB) for post-secondary education at the tertiary institution of their choice.
Professional Experience
2021/11 – present Graduate Programme Assistant
School of Post-Graduate Studies, University of Lagos
My duties were assigned by the graduate coordinator for the Department of Mass
Communication and included:
Provided valuable assistance to the accreditation administrator when creating student
profile sheets for incoming applicants with Microsoft Excel.
Ensured that graduate applications were processed in a timely and fluid manner by
reviewing transcripts for pre-requisite courses and creating student files for the graduate
admissions committee.
Assisted faculty by performing mail runs and producing copies of various documents for
them to fulfil other academic commitments.

2021/01 – 2021/10 Strategic Planning, Research and Analytics Assistant

Lagos, Nigeria C & F Porter Novelli
My duties at C & F Porter Novelli involve an in-depth dive into clients' programmes and
torch lighting possible strategies to solutions and this include to:
Developed tentative pitch deck for In-house brainstorming session.
Created a deck that contained actionable strategies that provided solutions to clients'
problems.
Managed and created communication plans for PwC, Seplat and NGx.

2020/07 – 2020/12 Research and Communication Officer

Lagos, Nigeria Consumertrics
My duties in Consumertrics as assigned by the Executive Director include:
Produced press packets and distribute them among local news organizations.
Established media contacts across a variety of channels.
Increased the awareness of Consumetrics among target businesses to 67% based on mail
enquiries we received.
Maintained the company’s website and update social media pages regularly.
Designed and Executed the brand remodelling of Consumetrics, including logo, digital
assets and workspace.

2016/06 – 2018/03 News Editor

Lagos, Nigeria UnilagSun Newspaper (University of Lagos Students' Publication)
I worked as the news editor for six editions of the annual publication including an edition
for the Masscope Magazine . I performed the following duties:
Reported to the Editor-In-Chief about news articles for print, and daily staff happenings.
Interviewed sources and developed relationships with informants to obtain stories.
Designed layouts and collaborated with production professionals to produce six editions
of the UnilagSun Newspaper.

Skills
Quantitative Method Qualitative Method
Excel, SQL, SPSS and (Learning R and Python) NVivo and Microsoft Word (Thematic Coding)

Visualization Design
Tableau and PowerBI Canva

Presentation Research
Powerpoint and Canva Problem Solving, Data Analysis, Interpretation,
Prediction and Communication
Conference
2022/08 2022 International Conference in Oyo State, Nigeria
Presented a co-authored paper on "Use of New Media for Social Connection During COVID-
pandemic"

2019/11 2019 International Conference in Oyo State, Nigeria

Presented a co-authored paper on "Newspaper Coverage of Consumerism in Nigeria: A Study of
BusinessDay Newspaper" DOI: . /RG. . . .

Workshop
2022/09 Early-Career Researcher Workshop on Grant Writing Skills
-day Online Early-Career Researcher Workshop on Grant Writing Skills organised by the
University of Calabar and sponsored by the Association of Commonwealth Universities ( st- rd
of September 2022)

2020/09 Online Health Misinformation Workshop for Nigerian Students

An Online Africa Check Tri-Fact Workshop for Communication and Journalism Students

2020/07 Conducting Research in the Age of the Pandemic

Nigeria -day Workshop by Communication Research Network hosted online

Unpublished Articles
Aleshinloye, S. & Orolade, M. (n.d.). Government Use of Public Relations for Conflict Resolution in Nigeria: Analysis
of Historical and Contemporary Scenarios

Aleshinloye, S. & Orolade, M. (n.d.). Crisis Communication and Management: Lessons from the 2016 Samsung Galaxy
Note 7 (SGN ) crisis

Awards

2019 Dean List of Faculty of Social Sciences

Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos

2019 Best Graduating Student in Mass Communication

Channels Television

2019 Saka Fagbo Prize for Best Graduating Student

Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos

Volunteering and Leadership

2019 – 2020 Contributor
Nigeria Saturday Guardian Newspaper ( Cover page pull-out)

2017 – 2018 General Secretary

Drug Free Club, University of Lagos

2016 – 2018 Head of Organising Committee

MCSA Symposium

2016 – 2017 General Secretary

Nigeria Mass Communication Student Association, University of Lagos Chapter

2016 – 2017 Vice President

Nigeria Press Club
References
Professor Oloruntola Sunday, Graduate Programme Coordinator, University of Lagos
asunday@unilag.edu.ng
Professor Adepoju Tejumaiye, Head of Department, Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos
jtejumaiye@unilag.edu.ng
Dr Olunifesi Suraj, Senior Lecturer, University of Lagos
osuraj@unilag.edu.ng