عبد الله سمارة, Coordinator & Assistant Professor

عبد الله سمارة

Coordinator & Assistant Professor

Arab Open University

البلد
المملكة العربية السعودية
التعليم
دكتوراة, Communications and Data/Discourse Analysis
الخبرات
29 years, 6 أشهر

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مجموع سنوات الخبرة :29 years, 6 أشهر

Coordinator & Assistant Professor في Arab Open University
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - جدة
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ فبراير 2019

Part-time job:

- Coordinating

- Training and Development e.g., IT Engineering, Business, Economy, English etc.

Assistant Professor and Coordinator (Part Timer) في Arab Open University
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - جدة
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ يناير 2019

Academic:

Teaching English skills in preparations program i.e., reading & writing, speaking & listening

Training Coordinator في Institute of Public Administration/IPA
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - جدة
  • مايو 2018 إلى مارس 2020

Academic:

- Coordinating (students and staff with the
heads of department) and train special courses
e.g., business, economy, etc.
- Translation

Administrative:

- Training and preparation of business terminology
- Technical translation
- Coordinating agreements with private and public sectors for training and preparation projects
- Training and preparation of English language Skills

Guidance Counselor في Jeddah International School
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - جدة
  • يناير 2018 إلى نوفمبر 2018

Guiding and Counselling students in all grades: elementary, middle and high.

Sometimes I am teaching subjects e.g., job planning, etc.

Assistant Professor & Communication Expert في Jeddah College of Advertising at the University of Business and Technology
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - جدة
  • يونيو 2014 إلى فبراير 2018

Academic:

- Teaching: Research methodologies, English skills,
- Technical Terminologies e.g., Business English.
- Coordinator of Student Affairs i.e., Recruiting: recruit students inside and outside the UBT.
- Marketing and Communication: providing necessary facilities, contacting companies, and establishments, and preparing for school visits.
- Translation: translate some materials and yearly
reports.
- Finally, Curriculum Building.

Administrative:

- Make monthly calls for open orders
- Develop fruitful relationships with key account holders
- Dealing with inquiries related to stakeholders and external bodies
- Review and update key contacts
- Arranging communication procedure
- Issuing weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on communication operations

Communications Manager, Marketing and Instructor في Saudi Arabian Airlines
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - جدة
  • أبريل 2006 إلى ديسمبر 2014

Academic:
- Teaching: English Language Instructor, and
- Aviation terminologies.
- Coordinating student affairs.


Administrative:

- Supervising communications for clients
- Create regular communication teams
- Develop fruitful relationships with key account holders
- Dealing with inquiries related to stakeholders and external bodies
- Improving relationship policies to increase the number of customers
- Maintaining beneficial relationships with vendors

Communication Management في Batterjee medical College/BMC
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - جدة
  • فبراير 2013 إلى فبراير 2014

Academic:

- Teaching: Academic English skills for foundations,
Medical terminologies, Ethics, and Arabic for non-Arab speakers
- HoD of the Languages Center: Managing the center,
Coordinating staff affairs, Recruiting new staff,
- Curriculum building, and Establishing a language lab.

Administrative:

- Change the communication policy
- Arranging and facilitating communication with clients
- Work on negotiations and finalizing contracts
- Organizing and updating records
- Issuing weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on communication operations

Assistant Professor في U'm-AlQura University
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - مكة المكرمة
  • أكتوبر 2010 إلى ديسمبر 2012

Academic:

- Teaching English language and linguistics for majors i.e., Vocabulary building, Sociolinguistics, Syntax, Advance grammar, Academic writing, and English main skills.
- Supervising: Supervise and guide major students,
-Test committee, and Provide language and linguistics material

HoD Academic and Communication Director في Al Farabi Medical College for Nursing and Dentistry
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - جدة
  • يناير 2010 إلى ديسمبر 2012

Academic:

- Head Academic of College: Recruiting,
Communication and Curriculum Building.
- Head of the English Dept: managing, recommending for recruiting, and curriculum design

Administrative:

- Issuing weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on communications and public relations operations
- Improving communication policies and creating a database
- Dealing with inquiries related to procurement and external bodies
- Helping with sales orders
- Dealing with inquiries related to stakeholders and external bodies

Assistant Professor and Coordinator في Effat University
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - جدة
  • سبتمبر 2009 إلى مارس 2010

Academic:

- Teaching: Research methodologies,
- Academic advanced writing, and
- Arabic grammar
- Students Coordinator: Guidance,
- Research recommending, and
- Curriculum builder.

Training and Supervising في King Abdulaziz University
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - جدة
  • أكتوبر 2004 إلى سبتمبر 2009

Academic:

- Teaching: English skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) for foundations for all faculties i.e.,
economy, science, humanities, and engineering. EAP teaching.
- Lab instructor, and Language evaluation for
placements.
- Coordinating and Supervising: Guide students, Test committee, and
- Curriculum builder.

Administrative:

- Work to change the communications policy
- Facilitate communication with clients
- Work on negotiations and finalizing contracts
- Maintaining and updating records
- Issuing weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on communication operations.

Administration Communications and Marketing في Volvo Cars
  • السويد - Goeteborg
  • فبراير 1994 إلى نوفمبر 2003

Administrative:

- Evaluate the impact of existing communications and address weaknesses
- Create innovative advertising and marketing programs to improve brand awareness
- Changes to communication processes that led to improved communication metrics
- Develop communication strategies to support the direction of the business
- Negotiate advertising prices to reduce campaign costs on budget
- Establishing contacts and relations with the media

الخلفية التعليمية

دكتوراة, Communications and Data/Discourse Analysis
  • في Exeter University
  • مايو 2008

- Full-time studies - 60 Ph.D. credit points were gained - Thesis written and defended on

ماجستير, Spoken Language Communication and Discourse Analysis
  • في Gothenburg University
  • يونيو 2002

- Full-time studies - 40 credit points were gained - Thesis written and defended on

ماجستير, Arabic Language
  • في Gothenburg University
  • ديسمبر 2001

Its an equal to the BA degree, I received from Saudi Arabia, in the Swedish system from the National Agency for Higher Education.

بكالوريوس, Linguistics and Literature
  • في King Abdulaziz University
  • يوليو 1988

- Full-time studies - 124 credit hours were gained

Specialties & Skills

Teaching English
Communication Analysis
Linguistics
Supervising Employees
Teaching Skills
Problem Solving
Typewriting English, Arabic and Swedish
Problem/People Analyst
Management
Leadership
Punctuality
Critical Thinking

حسابات مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي

اللغات

العربية
متمرّس
السويدية
متوسط
الفارسية
مبتدئ
الانجليزية
متمرّس

العضويات

PADI Organization
  • Scuba Diving
  • April 1989
Green Peace
  • Volunteer
  • April 1996

التدريب و الشهادات

Typewriting Arabic + English (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
FAX Institute
تاريخ الدورة:
October 1984
المدة:
80 ساعة
Secretariate (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
Manchester Center
تاريخ الدورة:
November 1984
المدة:
40 ساعة
Ticketing Programming (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
C.M.I Institute
تاريخ الدورة:
September 1984
المدة:
60 ساعة
British English (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
British Council
تاريخ الدورة:
September 1984
المدة:
80 ساعة
American English (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
Lansa for Skills
تاريخ الدورة:
March 1991
المدة:
60 ساعة

الهوايات

  • Several Interests such as:
    • Traveling • Driving cars • Swimming • Football watcher, and player • Stamps collector • TV programs e.g. action, nature, children, sport, inventions, & scientific facts • Readings • Disputation in academic subjects other than my main field