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Early-career creative strategist, trained through a Beats by Dre externship

I translate audience insight into clear advertising concepts and strategic briefs developed during a Beats by Dre externship.

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Work shown includes strategic briefs, campaign concepts, and advertising research produced during the Beats by Dre externship and related practice pieces.

  • Creative Strategy Extern (Beats by Dre) | Extern
    Creative Strategy Extern (Beats by Dre) | Extern

    Selected for Extern’s 6-week Creative Strategy Externship with Beats by Dre, building a data-informed creative strategy framework for the brand’s Global Consumer Insights team through competitive ad analysis and pattern research. • Catalogued and scored a 28-ad competitive repository across TikTok, Meta Ads, and YouTube spanning across Beats, Apple Air Pods, Sony, Bose, and five secondary competitors against a structured taxonomy (hook type, talent strategy, CTA placement, sound design, effectiveness 1–5) • Uncovered Beats’ talent-first creative model and a 2024–2026 shift toward comedy-driven content, mapping three parallel agency tracks (Mirimar, Uncommon Creative Studio, Homeground) and a distinct mascot-led talent strategy • Identified actionable creative gaps with a documentary-style storytelling, non-celebrity testimonials, and audio-technology feature marketing in order to inform upcoming strategic recommendations • Built a multi-tab Excel repository (Ad Repository, Summary Dashboard, Pattern Analysis) and a companion Word document, “Beats by Dre — Competitive Landscape Map,” benchmarking competitor positioning • Currently developing a consumer survey, social listening synthesis, and an original creative concept for final presentation to Beats’ Global Consumer Insights team

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About me

I translate audience insight into clear advertising concepts and strategic briefs developed during a Beats by Dre externship.

I am a Digital Marketing professional with a BBA in International Business from EUBS and a BA (Hons) in Business Management from the University of Derby. I have certifications in Digital Marketing from Unilever, Meta, and the London School of Economics. My expertise lies in developing and implementing multi-channel marketing campaigns, social media strategies, and influencer marketing. I applied these skills in a Business Consulting Project for Double Tap, proposing growth strategies that emphas

Externships

Beats by Dre Creative Advertising Strategy Externship

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Experience

Digital Marketing Strategist (BCP Project) | Double Tap Agency

Double Tap Agency · Sep 2024 – June 2025 • Barcelona, Spain

Marketing & Sales Intern

Coca-Cola Bottling Company · Jun 2019 – Aug 2019 • Nairobi, Kenya

Education

University of Derby

BA (Hons) Business Management

European Union Business School (EUBS)

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) — International Business

Skills

Digital Marketing Strategy & Campaign ManagementMarket Research & Competitive AnalysisInfluencer & Talent MarketingSEO / Email Marketing FundamentalsSocial Media ManagementStakeholder Communication & PresentationData Analytics & KPI ReportingAI Tools for Marketing AutomationContent Creation & Brand StorytellingCross-Cultural & International MarketingGoogle AnalyticsMeta Business SuiteHootsuiteMailchimpCanvaMicrosoft Office SuiteSEO fundamentalspaid socialinfluencer outreachemail marketingKPI dashboardscontent calendarsData-driven campaign optimizationaudience segmentationperformance reportingSWOT/TOWSSAF model

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Overview

The work mapped short-form video advertising across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube and produced three concrete deliverables: a searchable, coded repository of 25+ video ads, a Consumer Feedback Report based on survey and social listening, and a one-page Strategic Recommendations summary. Analysis compared hook and talent patterns and reported that UGC-style ads scored higher than celebrity spots.

Beats by Dre Creative Advertising Strategy Externship

What I've accomplished

I created a searchable repository of 25+ coded video ads, ran social listening (79 captures) and a 37-question pilot survey (15 responses), analyzed hook and talent patterns, and produced a Consumer Feedback Report plus a one-page Strategic Recommendations summary with five creative principles and implementation steps.

Project breakdown

I collected and coded 25+ video ads into a repository, ran survey and social-listening checks, analysed hook and talent patterns, and wrote an executive summary that reported findings (eg. UGC-style ads scored higher than celebrity spots).

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I ran a 37-question survey and social listening across Reddit and YouTube, analyzed 15 survey responses and 79 social captures, and produced a Consumer Feedback Report that reported findings, ranked ad performance, and gave three prioritized recommendations.

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I synthesized platform research, brand standards, the rubric, and competitor analysis into a one-page Strategic Recommendations summary. I listed five evidence-backed creative principles, platform priorities, talent approach, and implementation steps for video ads.

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Creative Strategy Extern (Beats by Dre) | Extern

Selected for Extern’s 6-week Creative Strategy Externship with Beats by Dre, building a data-informed creative strategy framework for the brand’s Global Consumer Insights team through competitive ad analysis and pattern research. • Catalogued and scored a 28-ad competitive repository across TikTok, Meta Ads, and YouTube spanning across Beats, Apple Air Pods, Sony, Bose, and five secondary competitors against a structured taxonomy (hook type, talent strategy, CTA placement, sound design, effectiveness 1–5) • Uncovered Beats’ talent-first creative model and a 2024–2026 shift toward comedy-driven content, mapping three parallel agency tracks (Mirimar, Uncommon Creative Studio, Homeground) and a distinct mascot-led talent strategy • Identified actionable creative gaps with a documentary-style storytelling, non-celebrity testimonials, and audio-technology feature marketing in order to inform upcoming strategic recommendations • Built a multi-tab Excel repository (Ad Repository, Summary Dashboard, Pattern Analysis) and a companion Word document, “Beats by Dre — Competitive Landscape Map,” benchmarking competitor positioning • Currently developing a consumer survey, social listening synthesis, and an original creative concept for final presentation to Beats’ Global Consumer Insights team

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