Utibe Ukim

Utibe Ukim

JournalistWriter EditorDesigner Publications Manager

I write, edit, design, and manage print and digital publications — newsletters, magazines, books and keepsakes. I have done it for more than 25 years.

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Utibe Ukim, hand to his chin, in a black shirt and dark-framed glasses.
22+
Custom titles written and edited across banking, telecom, and energy
100K
Copies per quarter — Airtel’s Share Our World, Nigeria’s largest print run
43M
Customers reached via FirstBank’s Switch magazine
#1
Rated radio station, three consecutive years — XL106.9FM

What I do

Four ways I get a publication out of the door.

  • Editorial & Journalism

    Short and long form writing, investigative journalism, copyediting, proofreading, speechwriting, ghostwriting

  • Newsletter & Growth

    Editorial calendar management, audience engagement, content formats and hooks

  • Content Strategy

    Brand storytelling, corporate communications, contributor management

  • Production & Design

    Graphic design, publication management

About

I started out in a newsroom and never left the page.

Practising since
1993
WorkStation founded
2000
XL106.9FM founded
2019
Sectors
Financial services, telecom, energy, public sector

My experiences can help you to win customers, engage stakeholders, document your journeys and milestones, and turn complex issues into plain language for broad audiences.

I started out as a journalist, writing groundbreaking reports for Nigeria’s leading newsmagazine and in the US, during an international media exchange program. I have managed customer and stakeholder communications and edited its widely-read inflight magazine for a Nigerian airline. WorkStation, the boutique editorial agency I started in 2000, has served clients across financial services, telecom, energy, and the public sector.

In 2019, I started a radio station, XL106.9FM, and grew it into the number one in its market for three straight years.

Selected work

Magazines, books, keepsakes, and tearsheets.

  • Cover of Switch magazine, Quarter 1 2026, headline “Your dream home, the MREIF way”. Periodical · 43m customers Switch Online customer magazine of FirstBank Group
  • Cover of Oyster No. 1, 2026, an athlete at the Niger Delta Games under the headline “NDDC at 25: Eyes on Gold”. Periodical · 10,000 per quarter Oyster Stakeholder magazine of the Niger Delta Development Commission
  • Hardback copy of Financial Services In the Age of Innovation standing on a table. Editing · Book Financial Services in the Age of Innovation Thoughts and writings of Dr. Adesola Adeduntan
  • Four books from the NDDC programme stacked upright, Rethinking the Niger Delta at the front. Editing · Four books The NDDC book programme Rethinking the Niger Delta, and From Vision to Reality — thoughts and writings of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku
  • FirstBank keepsake box titled Building Lasting Legacies, The Marina Voyage, with an illustrated portrait of Dr. Adesola Adeduntan. Production & design · Keepsake Building Lasting Legacies The Marina Voyage — a keepsake for Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank
  • Typescript of the article Larson Co. CEO named top exporter, by Utibe Ukim, for Arizona Daily Star, May 1994. Writing · 19 May 1994 Larson Co. CEO named top exporter Arizona Daily Star — World Trade Week also honors Kolbe
  • The Money section of the Arizona Daily Star, Thursday May 12 1994, carrying Utibe Ukim’s byline. Writing · 12 May 1994 Visit to Hungary by 2 Tucsonans results in business partnerships Arizona Daily Star, Money — filed during an international media exchange program

Index of selected works

Twenty-two titles, on the record.

Showing all 22 works

  1. 01 Wrinkled Face of Money Newswatch · 4 October 1993 Writing
  2. 02 Babangida’s Last Days Newswatch · 20 September 1993 Writing
  3. 03 Continental to begin new Orange County service Arizona Daily Star · 17 May 1994 Writing
  4. 04 Larson Co. CEO named top exporter Arizona Daily Star · 19 May 1994 Writing
  5. 05 One year without Coca-Cola Essay · Medium Writing
  6. 06 Nyaknno Abasi Osso: The search engine before Google Essay · The Nation Writing
  7. 07 Financial Services in the Age of Innovation Thoughts and writings of Dr. Adesola Adeduntan Editing
  8. 08 Rethinking the Niger Delta Thoughts and writings of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku Editing
  9. 09 From Vision to Reality How NDDC is driving transformation in the Niger Delta Editing
  10. 10 Strategies and Imperatives for Developing the Niger Delta Samuel Ogbuku, Henry Alaphiki, and others Editing
  11. 11 Sowing For Tomorrow The autobiography of Sir G.S. Ekere Ghostwriting
  12. 12 The Path Unusual The story of Michael Bless Olomu, by Oyintonyo Michael Olomu Ghostwriting
  13. 13 Road Legacies Governor Udom Emmanuel’s roads and infrastructure record, Akwa Ibom State Corporate history
  14. 14 He Left A Legacy Corporate history
  15. 15 The eight-year road revolution of Chief (Dr) Godswill Obot Akpabio Corporate history
  16. 16 The GOAL Document The legacies of Godswill Obot Akpabio in Akwa Ibom State Corporate history
  17. 17 From Vision to Reality — Visual Edition NDDC’s transformation of the Niger Delta, in pictures Corporate history
  18. 18 Share Our World Airtel Nigeria’s quarterly lifestyle magazine Periodical · 100,000 per quarter
  19. 19 Switch Online customer magazine, FirstBank Group Periodical · 43m customers
  20. 20 The FirstBanker Staff magazine, FirstBank Group Periodical · 16,000 staff
  21. 21 Y’ello Print and online magazine, MTN Nigeria Periodical · 10,000 per run
  22. 22 Oyster Quarterly print magazine, Niger Delta Development Commission Periodical · 10,000 per quarter

Also on record

Contact

Let’s get itright.

Whatever the project — a newsletter that needs a voice, a story worth telling, a publication built from the ground up, or a multimedia campaign that needs to land — I’d love to help you get it right. I want to put my experience to work for you.