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Clara Jack

London

Summary

Clara is a creative at heart with nearly a decade of experience across a diverse range of projects. She is a writer first and an academic next, as she is committed to pursuing knowledge and creating good impact in her chosen fields.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience
4046
4046
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Creative Director

Lightwork Consultancy Limited
Self Employed, London
05.2025 - Current
  • Established brand guidelines to ensure uniformity across all platforms.
  • Built the business model and handled research and development of the brand
  • Developing comprehensive creative briefs clearly outlining project objectives and deliverables.
  • Managing staff and outsourced projects, ensuring alignment with internal creative vision.
  • Leading digital collections and campaigns, resulting in increased brand awareness.
  • Streamlined workflow processes, enhancing overall productivity levels.
  • Achieved brand consistency by implementing creative strategies across all marketing channels.

Founder & Editor in Chief

Pencilmarks Publishing house and Scribbles Magazine
Self employed
10 2017 - 12 2024
  • Built an archive of African literature with undiscovered and indie writers, with an emphasis on female writers.
  • Project management of literary initiatives from start to finish
  • Ran weekly publishing cycles from accepting pieces to editing them and publishing.
  • We practiced an interactive system with our writers where we gave feedback even if pieces were rejected.
  • Successfully pitched numerous times to like-minded organisations and bodies to collaborate on projects.
  • Published five full-length works electronically from select writers
  • Edited and curated four anthologies from open call submissions.
  • Collaborated with Iko Africa to run a Residency program that trained eleven writers.
  • Facilitated said residency and curated an anthology from the works of the writers.
  • Managed a full-house team with more than 5 members at every point in time.
  • Human Resource Management, including payroll, absences, and team-building exercises.
  • Supervised social media content creation and engagement.
  • Hosted and taught educative sessions on copyright law and related creative topics.

Communication and Relations Associate

UN Women and Dinidari Africa
Abuja , Nigeria
10 2022 - 12 2022
  • Enhanced project visibility by creating and implementing strategic communications plans.
  • Developed compelling content for the project's website, increasing social media engagement.
  • Facilitated trainings for project participants.
  • Project Management.
  • Recruited data handlers.

Customer Experience Advisor

The Nigerian Companies Registry
Abuja , Nigeria
01 2022 - 09 2022
  • Developed a cataloguing system for post-incorporation company filings to make file search easier.
  • Displayed Microsoft Office and IT proficiency.
  • Managed over a hundred company files daily.
  • Curated customer experience with a ticketing pattern to efficiently handle complaints. This system was very effective and eased operations in the department.

Education

LLM - Law

University of Buckingham
January 2023 - 09.2023

LLB - Law

Afe Babalola University
September 2016 - 06.2021

Skills

  • Creative writing
  • Teaching
  • Editing, proofreading, and curating
  • Resourcefulness and initiative
  • Problem solving and conflict resolution
  • Creativity and Management
  • Corporate Governance
  • Research and Compilation
  • Presentation
  • Proficient technology awareness
  • Attention to detail
  • Critical Analysis
  • Leadership
  • Creative Strategy
  • Project planning and management

Affiliations

  • Volunteer member of the IOPC Youth Panel
  • Volunteer member of the Alpha & Omega WPS Foundation

Certification

  • Writing stories about ourselves, Wesleyan University, 2023
  • Transmedia storytelling, University of New South Wales, 2023
  • Project Management, Howard University, 2025
  • Compliance and Risk Management, HRCI, 2025
  • The Science of Wellbeing, Yale 2025
  • Principles of Intellectual Property, WIPO 2019.
  • Marketing & Communications, IBMI 2019.
  • Human Resources, IBMI 2018.
  • Principles of Economics, IBMI 2019
  • Chartered Arbitrator, NICArb, 2020
  • Legal Leadership & Communication, FALAS 2021



Languages

English
Native
French
Intermediate
Italian
Elementary

Accomplishments

  • McKinsey Forward Learning Program, July 2025
  • Member of the School News Crewe, 2015
  • Leadership and Management, DIL 2016
  • Patent Law & The Global Pharma Industry, Harvard Law 2024

Publications

  • Creative Non Fiction: My substack, which has been running since April 2022, link above
  • Researchgate: Five peer-reviewed academic papers.
  • The ipaper print and electronic "Admit it, finding love is a stroke of luck"
    February 2024. "Working at a call center cured my anxiety," September 2024.
  • Brittle paper "The hunt for romance during the Holidays," December 2023.
  • Isele Magazine, "The woman is no messiah": Four poems, pages 76 and 77, August
    2023
  • Journal of African Youth Literature, "Millennium children" A short story, January
    2021
  • Sistah Sistah Magazine: "Sisterhood" Non-fiction, October 2021

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Creative Director

Lightwork Consultancy Limited
05.2025 - Current

Founder & Editor in Chief

Pencilmarks Publishing house and Scribbles Magazine
10 2017 - 12 2024

Communication and Relations Associate

UN Women and Dinidari Africa
10 2022 - 12 2022

Customer Experience Advisor

The Nigerian Companies Registry
01 2022 - 09 2022

LLM - Law

University of Buckingham
January 2023 - 09.2023

LLB - Law

Afe Babalola University
September 2016 - 06.2021

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