Oluwaseun Aleshinloye

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

Oluwaseun Aleshinloye S_aleshinloye Oluwaseun Aleshinloye

EDUCATION
Master of Science in Mass Communication 2020 – present
University of Lagos Lagos, Nigeria
Dissertation: Social Networking Sites Misinformation and the Efficacy of Fact-Checking:
A Study of Fact-Checked Tweets in 2021
Expected date of completion is December 2022
Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication 2014 – 2018
University of Lagos Lagos, Nigeria
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
Teaching Assistant 06/2019 – 05/2020
Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa (AOCE) Oyo, Nigeria
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.
Subject/Course Facilitator (Voluntary) 03/2015 – 05/2018
Planen-Tekad Lagos, Nigeria
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
Graduate Programme Assistant 11/2021 – present
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.
Strategic Planning, Research and Analytics Assistant 01/2021 – 10/2021
C & F Porter Novelli Lagos, Nigeria
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.
Research and Communication Officer 07/2020 – 12/2020
Consumertrics Lagos, Nigeria
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.
News Editor 06/2016 – 03/2018
UnilagSun Newspaper (University of Lagos Students' Publication) Lagos, Nigeria
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
Excel, SQL, SPSS and (Learning R and Python)

Qualitative Method
NVivo and Microsoft Word (Thematic Coding)

Visualization
Tableau and PowerBI

Design
Canva

Presentation
Powerpoint and Canva

Research
Problem Solving, Data Analysis, Interpretation, Prediction and Communication
CONFERENCE
2022 International Conference in Oyo State, Nigeria 08/2022
Presented a co-authored paper on "Use of New Media for Social Connection During COVID-19
pandemic"
2019 International Conference in Oyo State, Nigeria 11/2019
Presented a co-authored paper on "Newspaper Coverage of Consumerism in Nigeria: A Study of
BusinessDay Newspaper" DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.30474.93123

WORKSHOP
Early-Career Researcher Workshop on Grant Writing Skills 09/2022
3-day Online Early-Career Researcher Workshop on Grant Writing Skills organised by the University
of Calabar and sponsored by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (21st-23rd of September
2022)
Online Health Misinformation Workshop for Nigerian Students 09/2020
An Online Africa Check Tri-Fact Workshop for Communication and Journalism Students
Conducting Research in the Age of the Pandemic 07/2020
2-day Workshop by Communication Research Network hosted online Nigeria

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
(SGN7) crisis

AWARDS
Dean List of Faculty of Social Sciences 2019
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos
Best Graduating Student in Mass Communication 2019
Channels Television
Saka Fagbo Prize for Best Graduating Student 2019
Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos

VOLUNTEERING AND LEADERSHIP

Contributor 2019 – 2020
Saturday Guardian Newspaper ( Cover page pull-out) Nigeria
General Secretary 2017 – 2018
Drug Free Club, University of Lagos
Head of Organising Committee 2016 – 2018
MCSA Symposium
General Secretary 2016 – 2017
Mass Communication Student Association, University of Lagos Chapter Nigeria
Vice President 2016 – 2017
Press Club Nigeria

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