Kalkidan ******

Objectives
To build a reputable, trustworthy, and vibrant brand of projects and organizations through producing and implementing creative and practical communication strategies and creating partnerships and collaborations with the internal staff of an organization and external clients, partners, and funding agencies.

Professional Profile
Kalkidan Yishak is an all-rounded communication expert who equally values the process of tasks that he engaged with and the result of the tasks that he manages academically he is a distinction graduate who completed his BA and MBA programs with a 3.6 cumulative average.
In his 15 years of professional journey, he integrated his academic competence with his journalism background, and storytelling, photography, cinematography, and content editing with advanced software and other technical expertise to seal ideas, build brands and profile positive image of organizations.

Kalkidan effectively carried out crucial communication activities such as advising senior management concerning image building and critical decisions, managing advocacies and campaigns, handling mega-events, mobilizing digital and print media materials, crafting compelling publications, producing documents in photo, audio, and video formats for internal and external use.

Besides national responsibilities, Kalkidan was deployed to document and share ongoing humanitarian interventions in East African countries such as South Sudan and produced and shared high-quality documentaries and stories with the international community.

Kalkidan has worked and traveled extensively throughout the country: building the staff’s capacity and supporting local regional teams to conduct research, interact with communities, and provide training for USAID, ECHO, Irish Aid, and other private and public-funded projects and organizations.