BukiHQ Media | Institutional Communications Advisory
BukiHQ Media

Institutional communications advisory, Lagos

We build the systems through which organisations communicate.

We help institutions establish communications capability, strengthen governance, align stakeholders and deliver complex communications mandates.

Backed by more than two decades of experience across corporate institutions, complex programmes and international reputation mandates, we bring strategic thinking and operational discipline to communications challenges.

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Our view

Effective communications requires more than good messaging.

Organisations rarely struggle because they lack content, channels or agencies. They struggle because it is unclear who owns the narrative, who has authority to say what, how decisions are made and what happens when something goes wrong.

We work on those questions first, then make sure execution follows. The measure of our work is simple: the organisation communicates better because we were there, and keeps doing so after we leave.

Build the function. Fix the system. Deliver the mission.

Three kinds of mandate, for three different institutional problems. They often connect, and we design each engagement around the organisation in front of us.

Build the function

Institutional Communications Office

For organisations that need strategic communications leadership before, or instead of, building a full internal department. We design the communications function, run it while it takes root, and hand a working office to your team.

The handover is part of the work, not an afterthought.

Typically three to twelve months.

What it covers

  • Communications strategy and institutional narrative
  • Governance, approvals and decision rights
  • Media, digital and stakeholder architecture
  • Structure, roles and operating procedures
  • Measurement and reporting
  • Transition to an internal head of communications

Fix the system

Communications Governance & Architecture

For organisations that already have communications people, agencies and activity, but not a system that works as one. Messages compete, approvals stall, agencies overlap and too much depends on a few individuals.

We map how communications actually operates across the organisation, then redesign the architecture your teams and agencies work within.

What it covers

  • Operating model and decision rights
  • Approval and escalation architecture
  • Narrative and message hierarchy
  • Agency governance and stakeholder ownership
  • Issues and crisis governance
  • Documentation, reporting and measurement

Deliver the mission

Mission-Critical Communications Command

For defined, high-stakes objectives where a communications failure carries strategic, financial, regulatory or reputational cost. We build a command structure around the mission and run it until the objective is delivered.

Typical missions

  • Capital-market transactions
  • Mergers, acquisitions and restructurings
  • Market entries and landmark launches
  • Major developments and national programmes
  • Leadership transitions and transformations

What it covers

  • Mission strategy and campaign architecture
  • Command structure and decision rights
  • Agency coordination and legal or regulatory review
  • Media command and rapid response
  • Issues, crisis and misinformation response
  • Situation reporting and post-mission handover
Specialist advisory

Focused counsel, as a standalone engagement.

Often where a wider relationship begins.

Executive and leadership communications

Counsel, positioning and communications support for chief executives, boards and principals.

Reputation and issues management

Risk assessment, issues response and crisis preparedness, before and when it matters.

Strategic communications and media relations

Narrative development, media strategy and press office leadership.

Campaigns and launches

Architecture, governance and oversight for campaigns and launches that have to land.

Media and presentation training

Preparing leaders and spokespeople for interviews, panels and public platforms.

Creative, content, digital and production capabilities are delivered through our Group ecosystem, including Edge Solutions Company, our specialist teams and trusted partners, operating within the strategic direction and governance established by BukiHQ Media.

How we work

One method, tailored to each institution.

  1. DiagnoseUnderstand the organisation, its stakeholders, its reputation and how communications really works today.
  2. ArchitectDesign the strategy, narrative, governance and operating structure.
  3. GovernPut decision rights, approvals and escalation in place, so communications moves faster and more safely.
  4. OperateRun or oversee the system while it is tested under real conditions.
  5. MeasureGive leadership a clear view of whether communications is working.
  6. InstitutionaliseDocument, transfer and embed, so the capability outlives the engagement.
Selected mandates

Trusted with the work that matters.

We do not name clients without their consent. These mandates are described by sector, scope and duration.

  • Pan-African industrial conglomerate

    2024 to present

    Group-level communications mandate, contracted at holding-company level and reporting to the Group Executive Director. Strategic counsel, governance, reputation, digital and investor platforms, investor and stakeholder communications, executive positioning and special projects across the group and its operating companies.

  • National cultural institution

    Current

    Establishing and operating the institution's Communications Office, including its institutional narrative, governance and communications function.

  • Power sector company

    2025 to 2026

    Built the company's communications and brand infrastructure from inception, supported it through a major acquisition, and transferred the function to its internal team.

  • Professional services firm

    2022 to 2023

    Designed and ran a twelve-month corporate communications programme.

  • Internationally recognised African artist

    More than twelve years

    Long-term strategic communications and reputation stewardship through a global career.

Leadership

Olubukunola Sawyerr-Izeogu, Founder and Chief Strategist of BukiHQ Media

Olubukunola Sawyerr-Izeogu

Founder and Chief Strategist

Buki has spent more than twenty years advising organisations, leaders and public figures across corporate communications, institutional advisory, reputation management and the creative industries. She founded BukiHQ Media in 2015. Her work centres on the governance, architecture and capability that allow institutions to communicate well when trust and execution matter.

She leads a delivery team across creative, media relations and operations, supported by communications, digital, content and production staff and a network of specialist partners.

  • Obase OforCreative DirectorBrand development, creative systems, campaign direction and visual quality.
  • Grace OgbonnayaPR and Media Relations LeadPublic relations, media engagement, publicity planning and delivery.
  • Kenneth AdewumiOperations and Client AccountsClient servicing, programme coordination and operational execution.
  • James AdoyiJunior Account Officer (PR)Media monitoring, PR account support, campaign coordination and client communications.
  • Jolajesu AkinkuotuPR InternMedia research, publicity support, content coordination and communications administration.
Contact

Start a conversation.

We take on a limited number of mandates at a time. Tell us about your organisation, the situation and what is at stake, and we will come back to you.

Email reps@bukihq.com Call 0906 464 5702

Ikoyi, Lagos. Follow us at @bukihqdotcom.