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Lightbox Session: Management and Organization in the Entertainment Industry
Join us on Thursday as we go on a journey, learning about “Management and Organization in the Entertainment Industry.”
Jennifer Imion, the Director of Operations in arguably Nigeria’s biggest and most successful music corporation and record company in Nigeria, Mavin Global will be our guest and will be gracing us with her presence and educating us on Management and Organization in her industry.
Jennifer will be giving us first-hand information from her very own experience. She is an alumnus of the Heriot-Watt University and has been with Mavin Global since 2019, prior to which she was a Community Operations Associate at Workstation International Co-Work.
Hope to see you tonight by 8 pm.
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Quote of the Day
“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” –
Martin Luther King Jr.