I have a fascination for two things – images and words.
Visual imagery gets engrained into the mind like a sketch while the
power of the written word is inked into the bowels of a reader’s heart.
Nothing beats the interplay of visual imagery
and the written word. These are my bread & butter.
JAMBO! – HELLO!
Denis GATHANJU
I am a Kenyan-born journalist, graphics designer and travel photographer. A global citizen that has traveled to 97 countries around the world; lived and worked in seven countries on four continents and now based in Toronto, Canada. I travel the world to showcase the very best of what I see and experience through features, graphics and images – a tapestry of people, cultures, cuisine et al.
Feature Writing
Graphic Design
Copy Editing
Travel Photography
regards
Summary
Highly motivated publishing professional with more than 19 years experience in journalism and publishing. A self-starter that generates editorial ideas and is not afraid to work with others and can manage simultaneous production of multiple publications. An avid traveler and reader with a passion for photography, music, the great outdoors, wildlife and scuba diving.
Education
London School of Journalism – London, United Kingdom
Njiiri School – Murang’a, Kenya
Work Experience
Creative Director - Toronto, Canada
- Manage a portfolio of design projects for clients in Toronto, New York and the Caribbean for BrandEQ, an advertising agency based in Toronto, Canada.
Freelance Journalist - Worldwide
- Freelance feature writer for trade publications, mainly in the United States focusing on environment, aviation, travel and tourism, telecommunications, agribusiness, healthcare and maritime.
Safari Communications Ltd. - Nairobi, Kenya & Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Founder and CEO at Safari Communications, publishing of a number of publications that include tourism guides for Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Zambia, Mozambique, Ghana, The Gambia and Botswana.
- Worked on a number of publications for the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Bujumbura, Burundi.
See the links to all the publications here below: https://issuu.com/safari-communications/stacks/4fdbf1f06aff44fe8a28e5360f1c9591 - Designed, produced and delivered corporate branding materials for the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Burundi.
- See some of these publications in the link: https://issuu.com/safari-communications
Great Lakes Expeditions Ltd. - Nairobi, Kenya & Kigali, Rwanda
- Co-founder and Marketing Director of a travel photography firm offering wildlife photography expeditions to East Africa.
Land & Marine Publications Ltd. - Nairobi, Kenya & Colchester, United Kingdom
- Editorial Director in charge of the editorial production of all Kenyan based publications that included: Sarova Spotlight, Swahili Coast Kenya, JacarandaPlus, Reflections, 540 Magazine, Mikutano, KAA Handbook.
- Contributing editor of other publications by the company across Africa – in Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Mozambique and Botswana. These included tourism, aviation and maritime publications.
- https://issuu.com/denisgathanju
Contact Me
TORONTO, ON,
CANADA
Journalist,
Graphic Designer &
Photographer
Let's Work
E: gathanju@gathanju.com
Have a new project in the works? I’d love to hear all about it. I am passionate about what I do. Let’s do something great together.