Ostane Kpadonou
Accra
Summary
Meticulous Webmaster with understanding of modern coding languages and digital design. Adept at marketing and media creation with a talent for multitasking and working quickly. Extensive success at troubleshooting website functionality and critical problem solving.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Webmaster
Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea
07.2010 - 03.2025
- Manage the WordPress website
- Coordinate with the development team to migrate the Joomla website to WordPress
- Design, prepare, and distribute newsletters via Mailchimp
- Translate short articles between French and English
- Proofread articles before publication
- Train staff in office productivity tools
- Redesign the Joomla 1.5 website
- Perform regular updates and backups of the website
- Manage website users and articles
- Research and publish relevant articles from the web
- Install new modules to meet FCWC’s needs
- Conduct regular MySQL database maintenance
- Migrate the website from Joomla 1.5 to 2.5 and later from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3.x
- Collaborate with the hosting company to ensure website uptime and performance
- Work with the communication officer to manage social media pages (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)
- Manage Dropbox and Zoom accounts, including handling subscriptions and renewals
- Participate in procurement evaluation processes
Personal Assistant to the Secretary General
Fisheries committee for the west central gulf of guinea
02.2024 - 12.2024
- Interpret between French and English (both directions)
- Assist colleagues in communicating with the Secretary General in English
- Schedule meetings and manage calendars
- Answer emails and take messages
- Translate documents between French and English
- Take accurate and comprehensive meeting notes
- Assist with daily time management
- Run errands as needed
- Plan and coordinate travel arrangements
- Draft correspondence, including emails, speech and letters
- Review and summarize incoming documents
- Represent the Secretary General in meetings
Virtual Assistant
The Troy Agency
04.2020 - 10.2022
- Monitored and reported campaigns messages on Google sheets
- Report on campaigns' performances
- Replied clients' linkedin Messages upon client's request
- Trained new Virtual assistant in using our reports sheets
- Trained new Virtual assistant to report the Return Client way
- Assisted other VA's when they have issues or need clarification on what to do when they are stuck
- Monitored CRM servers activities and performances via remote desktop
- Advised on how to improve a linkedin campaign whenever necessary
- Updated existing websites with content
- Updated Themes and plugins for Clients websites
- Data Entry
Web Developer & Software Tester( Manual Testing )
Pilgrim Consulting Group
05.2021 - 09.2021
- Fix websites using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, languages.
- Executing tests on software/website Functionality
Executing tests on software/website usability - Analyzing test results on database impacts, errors or bugs, and usability
- Preparing reports on all aspects related to the software testing carried out and reporting to the development team
- Develop Client's websites using wordpress
- Fix wordpress website bugs and errors reported by other testers
- Help other web developers fix bugs whenever necessary
Virtual Assistant
Stillwaters Technologies, Inc.
05.2019 - 04.2021
- Internet research
- Linkedin Prospecting
- Replied linkedin Messages
- Linkedin leads nurturing
- Assisted in linkedin Campaign
- Matched information searched on the internet with Linkedin profiles
- Read emails and alerted on coming meeting or potential lead
- Alert on potential customer for action to be taken
- Replied emails whenever necessary
- Data Entry
Marketing & Research Specialist
The Norris Associates
04.2019 - 01.2021
- Internet research
- Linkedin Prospecting
- Replied to linkedin Messages
- Linkedin leads nurturing
- Assisted in linkedin Campaign
- Matched information searched on the internet with Linkedin profiles
- Read emails and alerted on coming meeting or potential lead
- Alert on potential customer for the action to be taken
- Replied emails whenever necessary
- Data Entry
Web Developer
StillWaters Technologies, Inc.
06.2018 - 03.2019
- Supported the company need in Joomla and Wordpress website development
- Updated Existing websites with new features
- Updated existing websites with content
- Updated Themes and plugins for Clients’ websites
- Collaborated with team mates in Upgrading websites
- Participated in the training of website users whenever necessary
- Data Entry
Education
No Degree - Accounting And Management of Organisation
Université Protestante De L’Afrique De L’Ouest (UPAO)
Porto-Novo, Benin06.2007
Computer Management programming Certificate - Computer Programming
ATI-Formation
Porto-Novo, Benin09.2004
Testimonial - Microsoft Office Suite
ATI-Formation
Porto-Novo, Benin09.2004
Baccalaureate - Accounting
School of Technical Training "Le CREDO"
Porto-Novo, Benin06.2004
Certificate of aptitude professional - Accounting assistant
Cet "La verveine"
01.2002
Skills
- Marketing
- Lead Generation
- Email Marketing
- CMS management
- Leads nurturing
- Online Data Entry
- Internet Research
- Responsive web design
- Keyword research
- Website maintenance
Languages
French
Advanced (C1)
English
Advanced (C1)
Timeline
Personal Assistant to the Secretary General
Fisheries committee for the west central gulf of guinea
02.2024 - 12.2024
Web Developer & Software Tester( Manual Testing )
Pilgrim Consulting Group
05.2021 - 09.2021
Virtual Assistant
The Troy Agency
04.2020 - 10.2022
Virtual Assistant
Stillwaters Technologies, Inc.
05.2019 - 04.2021
Marketing & Research Specialist
The Norris Associates
04.2019 - 01.2021
Web Developer
StillWaters Technologies, Inc.
06.2018 - 03.2019
Webmaster
Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea
07.2010 - 03.2025
Certificate of aptitude professional - Accounting assistant
Cet "La verveine"
No Degree - Accounting And Management of Organisation
Université Protestante De L’Afrique De L’Ouest (UPAO)
Computer Management programming Certificate - Computer Programming
ATI-Formation
Testimonial - Microsoft Office Suite
ATI-Formation
Baccalaureate - Accounting
School of Technical Training "Le CREDO"
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