Freelance English Copywriter
Almost Apricot Sarl
Total des années d'expérience :20 années, 9 mois
Creative copywriting services performed for real estate holding and development companies, and others from various business sectors.
Creative copywriting and conceptualization of integrated campaigns for a variety of global and regional clients, including Kempinski Hotels, Al Hilal Bank, Subway and Nivea.
Portfolio details can be located at www.blackink.me
- Production and admin work (procuring supplier services, cost estimate creation, administrative and financial management), in addition to client servicing. Overseeing the build up, setup and day-to-day operation of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi’s Bu Tinah Dome Experience, promoting and driving the bid to nominate the Bu Tinah Island as one of the New7Wonders of Nature.
- Assistance to Senior Production Manager in fabrication and installation of branding, interactive exhibition build-up and supervision of project managers at the international Eye On Earth Summit (Abu Dhabi, December 12-15).
Creative conception, research, presentation and copywriting of content for various visual formats, storyboards (including TVCs) and pitch documents, and numerous forms of correspondence. Also responsible for the company’s social media presence and website content. Parallel role of Production Assistant, supporting Executive Producer in liaison with suppliers, cost estimate creation, and formulation of strategy in response to RFP’s procured from clients. Notable events handled: Exhibition and inauguration of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KSA (2009); Inauguration of Janadriyah Ministry of Education building, KSA (2010); Grand Opening of Ferrari World Abu Dhabi (2010), Dubai Shopping Festival Opening Ceremony (2011), International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Launch (2011).
Creative copywriting of majority of written content, as well as complete set of SEO terms, for Always Diamonds promotional product website. Access at
http://myalwaysdiamond.com/en/index.php
Contribution of articles pertaining to the current economic situation in the Balkans, and other related topics.
Contribution of live standup reports and analysis, as well as telephone interviews on Lebanon’s breaking news and notable events.
Conducting interviews, contributing written pieces to various publications, including newspapers, magazines and websites, and copywriting a vast array of written material from all business sectors.
Daily composition of articles and editing for an entertainment website (www.wikeez.com/en) covering subjects such as music, television and cinema, sports, and celebrity news. Average monthly volume produced exceeded 30, 000 words.
Contribution of several articles on nightlife and the arts scene to the Beirut issue of Timeout magazine.
Assistance to several Political Studies professors and performance of tasks of both a clerical as well as academic nature. Duties included research, surveying and summarizing material from academic journals and books; exam proctoring. I have also, on several occasions, given lectures to undergraduate students in intermediate Political Theory and introductory Political Science classes.
Contribution of written pieces to The Daily Star’s ‘Arts and Culture’, ‘Lebanon News’, and ‘Business Star’ sections.
Supervision of 6 student writers, and editing, as well as authoring, of features, news articles and concert/album reviews for the university’s Music Club website.
Administrative and clerical tasks, including report writing, performed to accommodate the day-to-day needs of the members of the UN IIIC, laying the logistical groundwork for the investigation into former Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri’s February 2005 assassination.
Administrative and financial duties in a steel trading establishment: securing marine transportation for goods and vessel tracking from point of cargo loading to delivery port; drafting Letters of Credit for pre-financing production of European steel mills and export of steel products to companies in the Lebanese and Syrian steel trade market.
Preparation of ESCWA’s “How to do Business with the UN” Seminar, 8-9 September 2003. Training and direct involvement in all aspects of the procurement process and procedures. Market research and details of technical specifications, drafting all sorts of correspondence, preparation of solicitation documents (RFQ, RFP, ITB) for goods and services, and personal handling of case files and conduction of individual procurement cases, vendor site visits and meetings, contribution to meetings of Bid Opening Committee, Local Committee on Contracts, update of organization’s vendor roster. Study of UN rules and regulations, Financial Rules, the Procurement Manual, etc.
I was graduate assistant to several Political Studies professors and performed tasks of both a clerical as well as academic nature. Duties included research, surveying and summarizing material from academic journals and books; exam proctoring. I have also, on several occasions, given lectures to undergraduate students in intermediate Political Theory and introductory Political Science classes.