Saima Akhtar, Content Developer

Saima Akhtar

Content Developer

Society for International Education

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
14 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 11 Months

Content Developer at Society for International Education
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since June 2019

To draft and edit content for official newsletter of a government body.

Content Writer - HR Officer at GEO TV Network
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • November 2008 to November 2018

1. Developed corporate communications/branding material for employee engagement and motivation
2. Managed content traffic on Organization’s internal web portal, TeamGEO Raabta
3. Worked as custodian of internal corporate brand of TeamGEO
4. Assisted in Training Need Analysis (TNA) and implementation of Training and Development Plan at regional level
5. Drafted policies and procedures, job descriptions, corporate correspondences
6. Developed and executed various internal and external employer branding initiatives and employee communication strategies
7. Managed corporate newsletter content
8. Conceptualized and generated new ideas for strategic corporate events
9. Transcribed interviews for production teams
10. Took part in talent hunt campaigns such as ‘Work with Us’
11. Wrote short stories, articles, descriptive for organizational needs
12. Worked as an organizer along with Organizational Development team for internal corporate events such as ‘Take your Daughter to work Day’, ‘Women’s day’, ‘Mother’s day’, ‘Father’s day’, ‘Ice cream Day’, ‘Intra Organizational Cricket Tournament’ and ‘Creativity and Innovation Week’ etc.

Company Secretary/Executive Officer at Pakistan German Business Forum
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • April 2016 to November 2018

Work comprises of:

1. Administration
2. Secretarial
3. Legal compliance management
4. HR
5. Management
6. Corporate Communications
7. Publication of Newsletter

Assistant Creative Manager at Interflow Communications
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • April 2013 to February 2015

Press Releases - development and translation
Leading campaigns such as United Mobile and some NGOs Initiative with content
and conceptualisation, visualisation idea sharing
Writing of Jingles
Transcription and titling of Dettol Campaign
Designing Taglines for various clients’ profiles, products, press releases, launches,
success stories.
Idea Cracking and vigorous brainstorming to select the best one working

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at KASB Institute of Technology
  • November 2015

Following electives were taken: * Brand Management * Advertisement Management * Consumer Behaviour Research work: Measuring Impact of Copywriting on Brand Identification. The paper has also been published in International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications

Master's degree, English Literature
  • at University of Karachi
  • December 2004
Bachelor's degree, Microbiology
  • at University of Karachi
  • July 2000

Specialties & Skills

Presentation Writing
Content Writing
Copywriting
Proofreading
Legal Translation
Research
Ms. Office

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Punjabi
Expert

Hobbies

  • Blogging, poetry
    on various websites e.g. www.thenews.com.pk, ezine.com and poetry is on fanstory.com (the dervish's dance)