Professional Experience

4 years · 12 organizations · 5 countries — digital communications, education, and social impact across Africa

John Ngor Deng Garang — Communications Professional

Communications Professional

John Ngor Deng Garang

Professional Profile

Communicator. Strategist. Storyteller.

I build brands, craft narratives, and drive engagement across Africa and beyond. With 4 years spanning corporate, non-profit, and education sectors, I bring strategic thinking and creative execution to every organization I work with.

Core Skills

Strategic Communications Content Creation Social Media Management Brand Storytelling Graphic Design Stakeholder Engagement SEO & Digital Strategy Copywriting Partnership Development Multimedia Production

Open To

Communications Manager / Lead
Content Strategist
Social Media Manager
Brand & Marketing Consultant
Graphic Designer
Programme / Learning Facilitator
Silicon High School Africa Careers Network Education Bridge Nalafem Collective African Leadership Academy Creative Connect ALU Learning Assistant ALU Global Learning Africa Inventor Alliance Ashinaga Foundation Surplus People Project Uganics
Silicon High School

Silicon High School

Board Member (Governance and Ethics Committee)
Remote / Governance Hub June 2026 – Present

My Journey & Scope

Appointed to the Board of Directors to serve on the Governance and Ethics Committee, providing strategic oversight, policy evaluation, and ethical compliance frameworks for institutional advancement.

Key Deliverables & Achievements

  • Advise on institutional governance, policy adjustments, and ethical standard enforcement across school operations.
  • Evaluate institutional compliance risks and streamline accountability pipelines for board-level decision-making.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional committee members to safeguard the organization's cultural and legal integrity.
Africa Careers Network

Africa Careers Network × Jetstream Global

GTM Strategy Consultant | 2026 Unity Challenge
Remote / Regional January 2026 – March 2026 (8-Week High-Stakes Sprint)

My Journey & Scope

Selected into an elite group of 50 young professionals to solve a live enterprise trade-finance challenge for Jetstream Global. Co-steered Team Nomad to the Grand Finale Showcase, presenting a fintech distribution model directly to executive industry judges.

Key Deliverables & Achievements

  • Anchored marketing and narrative strategy for a multidisciplinary team of engineers and software developers to make fintech concepts highly pitchable.
  • Formulated a "Low-CAC" bank-led embedded strategy to integrate Jetstream's "Jetvision" product directly into major banking workflows (e.g., Ecobank Omni Lite) to unlock access to 1 Million+ African SMEs.
  • Co-designed a 9-month execution framework targeted at onboarding 500+ SMEs and 50+ warehouses to address Africa's $100B+ trade finance gap and reach $2M Y1 revenue.
  • Refined investor messaging allowing tier-1 pan-African banks to monitor vetted deal flows via automated fraud detection and 24/7 inventory visibility.
Education Bridge

Education Bridge

Communications Lead (Promoted from Student Researcher)
Kampala, Uganda & South Sudan (Remote/Hybrid) May 2025 – Present

My Journey & Scope

Joined as a Student Researcher under the "AI for Education" initiative, investigating technology integration in youth learning models. Promoted to Communications Lead to spearhead regional brand visibility and strategic storytelling.

Key Deliverables & Achievements

  • Lead strategic storytelling, stakeholder engagement, and brand positioning for a non-profit dedicated to providing South Sudanese youth with quality education and leadership development.
  • Create compelling narratives showcasing student journeys and milestones to drive donor engagement.
  • Manage digital communications, strategic content creation, and collaborate with the Chief of Staff and "Partners for Equity" on communications capacity building.
  • Maintain strict adherence to international Child Protection Policies across all regional communication touchpoints.
Nalafem Collective

Nalafem Collective

Graphic Designer
Remote May 2025 – August 2025

My Journey & Scope

Retained to provide end-to-end design and comprehensive visual assets for the flagship 4th Nalafem Summit, supporting a Pan-African feminist movement.

Key Deliverables & Achievements

  • Designed a full visual package for the Summit, covering pre-launch, real-time event, and post-summit documentation phases.
  • Engineered professional presentation slide decks for webinars and high-level panels reflecting Pan-African identity elements.
  • Maintained absolute brand consistency and visual continuity across all external digital communication touchpoints.
African Leadership Academy

African Leadership Academy

ALforEducation Apprentice
Johannesburg, South Africa (Remote) April 2025 – August 2025

My Journey & Scope

Participated in a selective pan-African cohort focused on analyzing and designing equitable education systems through intensive online immersion.

Key Deliverables & Achievements

  • Completed intensive immersion analyzing systemic educational challenges and design flaws across Africa.
  • Engaged in rigorous community dialogues and collaborative problem solving regarding socio-economic learning gaps.
  • Designed an innovative field project framework with a partner organization to address localized academic distribution barriers.
Creative Connect

Creative Connect

Social Media Manager
Johannesburg, South Africa (Remote) February 2025 – May 2025

My Journey & Scope

Curated and produced digital content spotlighting contemporary African art for a non-profit accelerating career development of independent creators across the Global South.

Key Deliverables & Achievements

  • Curated high-aesthetic digital content showcasing contemporary African artists and visual narrative shifts.
  • Drafted all professional contextual captions, educational copy, and ecosystem resource maps for Instagram and LinkedIn.
  • Maintained brand voice integrity to connect independent creators with international exhibition frameworks.
African Leadership University

African Leadership University

Learning Assistant (BEL Programme)
Remote January 2025 – April 2025

My Journey & Scope

Managed operational pipelines for the Business, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership (BEL) program, providing academic and administrative support to enrolled students remotely.

Key Deliverables & Achievements

  • Managed 200+ students across the BEL programme, resolving 437 individual student engagement cases with a 97.5% verified resolution rate.
  • Provided academic support and guidance to 200+ enrolled students.
  • Coordinated remote learning logistics across multiple student cohorts.
ALU Global Learning Experiences

ALU Global Learning Experiences

Hub Ambassador
Accra, Ghana January 2025 – April 2025

My Journey & Scope

Selected as Hub Ambassador for the first-ever Signature Immersive Experience (SIE) rollout in Ghana, serving as the on-the-ground liaison between students, host organizations, and the ALU GLE department.

Key Deliverables & Achievements

  • Selected as Hub Ambassador for the inaugural Ghana SIE rollout.
  • Secured high-value professional externship placements with 8 prominent organizations across Accra for traveling student cohorts.
  • Bridged student experience on the ground with ALU's global programming team.
Africa Inventor Alliance

Africa Inventor Alliance (AIA)

Social Media Manager (Promoted from Social Media Intern)
Kigali, Rwanda (Camp Kigali - KCEV) October 2024 – Present

My Journey & Scope

Selected based on high-performance technical assignments to design foundational online engagement frameworks. Promoted to part-time manager to design long-term strategic plans and advise executive leadership on digital footprint scaling.

Key Deliverables & Achievements

  • Direct comprehensive marketing portfolio for a strategic ecosystem developer empowering continental talent to build impactful technology.
  • Engineered targeted SEO optimizations and distribution strategies that yielded a 90% net increase in organic brand search visibility.
  • Built the deep-tech startup's entire digital architecture, audience tracking, and footprint from the ground up within the first six months.
  • Spearheaded and coordinated marketing-focused capacity-building workshops across physical and digital innovation hubs.
Ashinaga Foundation

Ashinaga Foundation

University Preparatory Instructor (Internship)
Kampala, Uganda July 2024 – Present

My Journey & Scope

Selected to support the Ashinaga Africa Initiative (AAI) Preparation Year, directly mentoring high-potential orphaned students and expanding institutional capacities through curriculum development and ecosystem research.

Key Deliverables & Achievements

  • Designed and executed over 60 active-learning lesson plans spanning English, Academic Writing, Critical Thinking, and Leadership Development.
  • Achieved a verified 100% student pass rate on SAT examinations through customized testing schedules and targeted academic intervention.
  • Facilitated 13 targeted leadership workshops, yielding an 80% self-reported confidence and presentation capability growth among 25+ scholars.
  • Conducted strategic landscape research on ministries, embassies, and peer NGOs to build mutual cooperation pipelines, while streamlining student university and visa application collection tracking.
Surplus People Project

Surplus People Project

Multimedia Manager
Cape Town, South Africa March 2024 – June 2024

My Journey & Scope

Directed multimedia operations and launched the first-ever institutional LinkedIn presence for a historic South African non-profit combatting apartheid-era forced land removals.

Key Deliverables & Achievements

  • Produced 50+ custom multimedia assets, generating a 170% increase in digital engagement from human-interest and social justice content.
  • Built and scaled the organization's LinkedIn presence from zero to 700+ professional followers within 4 months.
  • Coordinated 8 community outreach events, driving a 15% net increase in local community attendee growth.
Uganics Repellents Ltd

Uganics Repellents Ltd

Social Media Manager & Executive Assistant (Promoted from Intern)
Kabasanda & Kampala, Uganda September 2023 – April 2024

My Journey & Scope

Joined the administrative team as a Communications & Social Media Intern to execute on-ground regional campaigns. Promoted to a Part-Time Manager and Personal Assistant to the CEO to handle corporate operations, grant pipelines, and executive scheduling.

Key Deliverables & Achievements

  • Managed comprehensive PR and digital communications for a social enterprise manufacturing organic mosquito-repellent soap to combat malaria across East Africa.
  • Engineered an aggressive data-driven digital content strategy that yielded a 68% net surge in brand community followers within months.
  • Designed over 100+ bespoke educational graphics and product infographics to boost on-ground public health campaign efficacy.
  • Researched 20+ global grant opportunities and co-authored technical proposal drafts to scale the business footprint.