Farouk Achoui, Digital Communication Manager / Web Coordinator

Farouk Achoui

Digital Communication Manager / Web Coordinator

American University of Sharjah

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Digital Marketing Diploma
Experience
20 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 6 Months

Digital Communication Manager / Web Coordinator at American University of Sharjah
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • My current job since January 2008

* Manage the Digital Communication division.
* Responsible for the strategic planning, analyzing and implementing of all university digital media projects.
* Project Leader for implementing and building the new AUS website, using the Jadu CMS.
* Member of AUS Strategic Planning Committee and Member of AUS Branding Committee.
* Establish and safe guard university policies and procedures related to Digital Media.
* Manage the University website and portal; ensure the accuracy, consistency, and appropriateness of the website’s content and design.
* Manage the official AUS Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Pinterest), and monitor the Social Media buzz using Meltwater.
* Manage the Online Marketing campaigns: Google AdWords, Facebook Ads, and SEO.
* Manage the Cisco Digital Signage system, and oversee the video filming and editing projects.
* Develop competitive intelligence & insights, and align them with the university strategic planning.
* Provide leadership and oversee the Multimedia Developer, Social Media Specialist, and Web Contributors.

Pre-Media Lead at Quad Graphics
  • United States
  • October 2006 to January 2008

* Member of the implementation team that established Quad Graphics’ office at McGraw Hill.
* Relationship building and management with the editorial team, for the Business Week, Aviation Week, and Architectural Record magazines.
* Supervised the prepress team and insured projects delivery within time and budget.
* Created PDF automations using Enfocus PitStop, and configured Prinergy Evo workflows.

Graphic Designer & Pre-Media Specialist at Quad Graphics
  • United States
  • October 2004 to October 2006

* Handled various publications from top publishing houses, for example: Condé Nast, and Meredith and Chadwicks.
* Color Correction, and Photo retouching, editing and intensive cloning using Photoshop.
* Magazines, Catalogs and Direct Mail, design and layouts using InDesign, Acrobat and Quark.
* Designing logos, HTML and Flash websites, using Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Flash.

Graphic and Web Designer at C Tech Solutions
  • United States
  • October 2003 to October 2004

* Designed original artworks for Web and Print.
* Designing logos, HTML and Flash websites, using Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Flash.

Education

Diploma, Digital Marketing Diploma
  • at Digital Marketing Institute
  • November 2012

Online Marketing Social Media Marketing PPC Pay Per Click SEO Search Engine Optimization Google Analytics Email Marketing Digital Display

Master's degree, Service Leadership and Innovation
  • at Rochester Institute of Technology
  • February 2012
Diploma, Cisco Academy of Digital Signage
  • at Cisco, Inc
  • June 2011
Diploma, Adobe certified Expert Photoshop
  • at Adobe
  • September 2007
Diploma, Adobe certified Expert Indesign
  • at Adobe
  • September 2007
Diploma, Adobe certified Expert Acrobat
  • at Adobe
  • September 2007
Diploma, Adobe certified Expert Print Specialist
  • at Adobe
  • September 2007
Diploma, Adobe certified Expert Program
  • at Career Ceneter
  • October 2004

Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Illustarator, Premier, Quark

Specialties & Skills

Digital Media
Digital Signage
Customer Focus
Social Media Marketing
Digital Marketing
Adobe Indesign Certified Expert
Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and FrontPage
Adobe Acrobat certified Expert
Adobe Photshop Certified Expert
Adobe Illustrator, Dreamwaever, Flash
Email Marketing
Google Analytics
PPC Pay Per Click Google Adwords, Facebook Ads, LinkedIn Ads
SEO Search Engine Optimization
Social Media Strategy and Marketing
Digital Marketing

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Intermediate

Memberships

Adobe Inc
  • Adobe Certified Expert
  • June 2007

Training and Certifications

Digital Marketing Diploma (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2012
Valid Until:
December 2012
Adobe Certified Expert (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2007
Valid Until:
August 2007
Cisco Academy of Digital Signage (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2011
Valid Until:
June 2011