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Available · Q1 2026 EST. 2023

Creative Strategist · Agency Founder

Kriseen
Adaugo.

Driven by Purpose. Defined by Craft.

Kriseen Adaugo — creative strategist

Lagos, Nigeria · 2026

Social Media Strategy Brand Consulting Creative Direction Project Management PR & Media Campaign Architecture
Social Media Strategy Brand Consulting Creative Direction Project Management PR & Media Campaign Architecture

01 — About

A strategy-led
creative from
Lagos.

Born 21 Jan, 2001 · Aba, Abia State

I'm Kriseen Adaugo — a strategy-led creative. Growing up as the eldest child in a close-knit family taught me responsibility before it was a career requirement. Curiosity came naturally. Communication came from learning to listen before leading.

Those early lessons built the foundation for the professional I am today — someone who leads with empathy, creates with intention, and manages projects with both structure and heart.

My fascination with storytelling led me to Theatre and Media Studies at the University of Calabar, where I discovered how performance, emotion, and narrative shape audience behaviour. That understanding evolved into something bigger: using storytelling as strategy.

Today I operate on two tracks — Founder and Strategy Lead of MediaMagicGirl (MMG), and in-house Social Media Manager at Home Options. Three years. Lifestyle, beauty, fashion, food, interiors, gifting, politics, events.

I don't just make things look good. I make them work.

3+

Years of professional experience

8+

Industries served

3

Countries · TayoCuts Take Africa

1

Proprietary framework · KULTURE

Creative direction — Lagos

A practice

Where theatre meets strategy, and culture becomes a marketing tool.

02 — Approach

I think like a founder — even when I'm an employee.

Every brand I work with gets more than good content. They get a strategist who maps the full picture: the funnel, the framework, the operations behind the output. I embed structure into creative work so that what we build today doesn't collapse tomorrow.

I ask why before I ask how. I connect dots across departments, platforms, and partnerships. And I never confuse activity with impact.

This approach is shaped by three things: a background in Theatre and Media Studies that taught me how stories move people; hands-on experience managing campaigns across multiple industries simultaneously; and a founder's mindset that refuses to separate creativity from accountability.

When I'm in the room — strategist, manager, or executor — I show up as someone who owns the outcome.

01

Theatre & Narrative

Performance, emotion, and structure — the architecture of moving people.

02

Multi-Industry Range

Beauty, lifestyle, fashion, food, interiors, politics, events — fluency across categories.

03

Founder's Mindset

Creativity and accountability in the same breath. Systems that scale.

03 — Capabilities

What I do best.

Strategy · Project · Creative · Operations

  1. 01

    Lead creative and marketing projects from concept to delivery

  2. 02

    Build digital and campaign strategies that grow engagement and brand presence

  3. 03

    Design and manage content — Reels, carousels, campaign visuals, copywriting

  4. 04

    Develop brand frameworks, campaign bibles, and strategic documents

  5. 05

    Build multi-brand digital ecosystems that create cross-brand visibility and compounding growth

  6. 06

    Manage PR campaigns, media relations, sponsorship strategy, and event marketing

  7. 07

    Automate workflows and coordinate creative operations using Airtable and Zapier

  8. 08

    Provide executive and creative support to business owners and leaders

04 — Experience

Work, across industries.

From agency founder to in-house brand manager — building campaigns that move across categories.

2023 – Present

Lagos, Nigeria

Founder & Strategy Lead

MediaMagicGirl (MMG)

Strategy-led media, PR, and brand consulting agency built on the belief that culture is the most powerful marketing tool. Developed the proprietary KULTURE Framework and the multi-brand digital ecosystem model deployed across multiple Lagos brands.

Beauty Lifestyle Fashion F&B Politics Events Real Estate

2024 – Present

Lagos, Nigeria

PR & Media Executive

NICOS — Society of Cosmetic Scientists Nigeria

Lead communications, media presence, and event marketing. Managed NICOS' PR at Beauty West Africa 2025 and built the full campaign ecosystem for Cosmetics Connect 2026 — Campaign Bible, 50-post calendar, sponsorship decks, and speaker assets.

Beauty West Africa 2025 Cosmetics Connect 2026

2024 – Present

Lagos, Nigeria

Social Media Manager

Home Options

Premium home furnishings and bathroom solutions brand with showrooms in Lagos and Port Harcourt. Led seasonal campaigns (Eid El Kabir, Eid El Mubarak), built a plumber referral dashboard in Airtable, and managed platform recovery after an account suspension.

Seasonal Campaigns Airtable Systems Crisis Comms

2022 – 2024

Lagos, Nigeria

Social Media Manager & Content Coordinator

TayoCuts

Led social and content for TayoCuts Take Africa 1.0 — a multi-city pop-up tour across Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana. Built the full content pipeline from hype to post-event storytelling across three markets.

Pan-African Tour Experiential

2022 – 2023

Lagos, Nigeria

Project Manager

May22 Designs

Interior and gifting brand. Led campaign strategy, creative direction, and partnerships — including the cross-brand 'Shop to Save' activation with GoBistro and the 50% Off Influencer Campaign.

Partnerships Influencer

Lagos, Nigeria

Creative Director

GoBistro

Directed creative strategy, product launches, and digital marketing — building a visual identity that strengthened brand storytelling and drove audience engagement.

F&B Brand Identity

United States

Social Media Strategist

Timmy Ajulo

Developed content strategies and visual campaigns for a US-based fashion brand — growing digital audience and deepening community interaction.

Fashion US Market

05 — Stack

Tools &
systems.

The instruments behind the work — from strategy frameworks to no-code web, ads, and creative operations.

Strategy & Project Management

Airtable Trello Notion AI

Content & Creative

Canva CapCut ChatGPT OpenAI

Marketing & Ads

Meta Ads Manager Google Ads Zapier

Web

Framer AI Wix ADI WordPress Durable

E-commerce & Social

Shopify Pinterest

06 — AI

AI, as a strategic partner.

Not a shortcut.

I leverage AI not as a shortcut — but as a strategic partner. I embed AI across project management, content strategy, no-code web development, and social media marketing to deliver work that is not only well-executed but future-ready.

From Airtable automations that streamline operations, to AI-assisted content development that keeps campaigns moving at speed — every tool I use is in service of one goal:

smarter outcomes for the brands I work with.

Airtable Automations

Operational backbones that scale.

AI-Assisted Content

Speed without losing craft.

No-Code Web

Ship faster, iterate smarter.

Strategic Systems

Frameworks, not guesswork.

07 — Contact

Let's work together.

If you're looking for someone who brings structure to creativity and energy to strategy — I'd love to collaborate.

Loc Lagos, Nigeria

Inquiries

Strategy · Brand · PR · Direction

Project brief

Tell me about your brand.

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