Ops & comms strategist — Abuja, NG · Open to projects

Good ideas fail in bad systems. I build the ones that hold.

I'm Ojima Gabriella Ob'Lama , and I turn scattered content, chaotic workflows and half-finished processes into systems that run, and stories that land.

Gamael Tarts
357%

increase in lead generation

Same system
225%+

growth in sales performance

Portrait of Ojima Gabriella Ob'Lama in an olive dress
Experience
6+ yrs

across founder, creative and operations roles

At once
3

disciplines: ops, content, community

GO Lifestyle HouseGO Talent HuntGeorge Okoro StudiosGamael TartsFunbrariansGO Lifestyle HouseGO Talent HuntGeorge Okoro StudiosGamael TartsFunbrarians
On camera · 03 films

Hi, I'm OJ.

Three short films, in my own words: on being hard to fit in a job description, on learning versus being useful, and on finally betting on myself. Tap one to watch with sound.

Catalogue · 05 entries

Selected work

Five projects, one instinct: pair the story with a system strong enough to carry it. The first three open as full case studies.

How I work

The Index Method

A library-science habit turned working method: catalogue before you organize, and organize before you speak.

01 /

Catalogue

Understand the real situation first: the audience, the existing assets, the gaps in the current system. No strategy before the inventory is honest.

02 /

Structure

Design the system underneath the message: workflows, content architecture, roles, calendars, and the operational plumbing most strategies skip.

03 /

Tell

Build the communications layer on top: content, voice and community an audience can actually follow and trust.

04 /

Refine

Track what's working and adjust the system, not just the message. Most strategies fail quietly here. I keep watching after launch.

(A)

Systems thinking, translated into story

Every piece of content I write sits on top of a workflow I've usually built myself, so the strategy holds up after launch day.

(B)

Fluent in spreadsheets and scroll-stopping content

I run operations for one organization and community for another, at the same time. Structure and story are one job for me.

(C)

Built something from zero, more than once

I've founded a business and a community. I bring that ownership to every project.

(D)

Trained to organize information, not just produce it

Library and information science taught me how people search for, structure and use information, before I ever wrote a caption.

Services

Ways we can work together

Each engagement starts the same way: understanding the system before touching the message.

About

I've always liked knowing where things go.

As a child I loved writing, dancing and starting small businesses out of whatever I had. Then I studied Library & Information Science at the University of Abuja, and learned how to make information usable for someone else.

A love of baking became Gamael Tarts . When demand outgrew how I ran it, I learned the lesson I still build on: creativity without structure just creates more chaos, faster.

Ojima Gabriella Ob'Lama

The path

I've moved between creative and operational roles on purpose: Creative Lead and Content Strategist at George Okoro Studios & Content House, Social Media & Community Manager for GO Talent Hunt, and now Head of Operations at GO Lifestyle House. Six years across creative, technology, nonprofit and small-business settings, and in July 2026 I completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology to add technical skills to the operations side.

How I think

I'm drawn to both art and science, and I've stopped trying to pick one. I think in systems, but I write in story, so I ask “what's the structure here?” before “what's the message?”

What I value

ClaritySay the true thing plainly, then make it easy to act on.
CraftSmall details compound, in a caption, a process doc or a client experience.
OwnershipI treat every project like it's mine, because I know what that costs.
CuriosityLibrary science, IT, baking, community. I follow what's genuinely interesting.
Current focus

Putting my new IT diploma to work, growing Funbrarians PlayStation (a community I founded for young library professionals moving into tech, with mentorship, resources and peer learning), and building an international career where operations, digital communication and technology meet.

Experience

Impact, not just job titles

Founder, creative and operational roles, each one adding a discipline the last one didn't have.

JUL 2025 — NOW

Head of Operations

GO Lifestyle House, Abuja

Running day-to-day operations of an upscale content creation and lifestyle space, from client onboarding and bookings to delivery. I designed the workflows, reporting structures and service standards, coordinate clients, creatives, photographers and vendors, and train the operations team.

JUN 2024 — NOW

Social Media & Community Manager

GO Talent Hunt, Abuja

Leading social strategy and community for Nigeria's first photography talent hunt: participants, partners, sponsors and stakeholders. I plan the content calendars, brief designers on campaign assets, and use performance data to grow reach and participation.

AUG 2023 — JUN 2025

Creative Lead, Content Strategist & CX Coordinator

George Okoro Studios & Content House

Led content strategy and production across platforms and client projects, coordinated photographers and creators to deadline, and built the accountability frameworks behind client communication.

AUG 2022 — AUG 2023

Customer Representative

AfriEmergencies, Abuja

Served customers of a Nigerian ground and air ambulance and medical emergency logistics company.

FEB 2020 — AUG 2023

Founder

Gamael Tarts

Built a baking business from a passion project into one with a real content and operations system: 357% lead growth, 225%+ sales growth.

ONGOING

Founder

Funbrarians PlayStation

A community supporting young library professionals moving into technology careers.

Recognition

Certificates & fellowships

Programmes I was selected for, completed, and showed up to.

Certifications

Introduction to Project ManagementGoogle
Time Management for Remote WorkersCoursera
Canva for WorkCanva Academy

Fellowships, internships & volunteering

SDG Mentorship FellowAIIDEV Africa · 2023
Leadership Forum for Young Female LeadersThe Amazon Leadership Initiative · 2023
MemberAIESEC · 2022
InternLibrary Aid Africa
Writer & InternCampus Focus Magazine · 2018
VolunteerGirl Power Foundation · 2018
Notes

Behind the work

Essays on communications, systems and the space between them. Being written now.

Content strategy

Why most content problems are actually organization problems

What a library-science habit of cataloguing can teach a content calendar.

In progress
Community

Building an audience for something with no local precedent

Lessons from running community for a genuinely first-of-its-kind format.

In progress
Project management

Where strategy actually breaks: the handoff, not the idea

Why documentation is a communications discipline, not an admin task.

In progress
Contact

Let's build something that holds.

Open to operations, communications, content strategy and community management work, and to conversations about international opportunities.

Emailtheoblamagabriella@gmail.com→ LinkedInGabriella Ob'Lama↗ Instagram@oblama.ojay↗ YouTube@ojimagabriellaoblama↗
Currently open to new projects

Based in Abuja, Nigeria, working with organizations locally and remotely. I usually reply within two business days.

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