Adnan Syed, Copywriter Translator

Adnan Syed

Copywriter Translator

Al-Wadi Holding

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
High school or equivalent, Writing and Communication
Experience
20 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 3 Months

Copywriter Translator at Al-Wadi Holding
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since June 2015

Writing
Editing
Proofreading
Copy-writing
Translation
Summarizing
Heading and Captions
New Editing
News Writing
Blogging
Press Releases

Web Content Writer at Jaag Broadcasting
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since April 2011

Creative Writing
Blogging
Editing
Proofreading
Editing
Translation
News Reporting
Web Publishing
Social Media Handling
News Writing

Reporter/Copy Editor/Translator at Everett Herald Daily
  • United States
  • April 2013 to June 2013

It was the internship part of scholarship program for me to get to know day-to-day activities of the people living in
the United States so I chose to play part of reporter who has the capacity to question cultural and community
activities, and values in order to figure out the unique qualities of each community. I used to publish my stories on
that newspaper.
 Worked closely with executive producers to research ideas, set up interviews, and produce compelling government
related news stories

Reporter/Photographer/Editor at The Clipper newspaper
  • United States
  • April 2013 to June 2013

Possess the knowledge of curricular and extracurricular habits of international as well as local students at EvCC.
 Managed to reflect on all the existing differences and commonness between the cultures and communities from the
West and East.
 Published my blogs on that blog-post web portal.
Online Editor/Translator Mar 2011 - Aug 2012
Jaag Broadcasting (SAMAA) TV
 Helped me improve my communication skills in English medium as I got to translate tons of stuff from internet to
post regular updates on the leading news web portals in Pakistan.
 Experienced PowerPoint presentations to my peers, supervisors and my subordinates on how to ensure the research
and development in that sector.
 Work as a blogger.

Online English Sub-Editor at Jang Group of Companies
  • Pakistan
  • May 2008 to March 2011

Polished my communication and authoritative skills among my peers.
 Monitored all the current affair updates on the group’s web portals which followed detailed briefing on my part in
form of presentations to improve online performance of the Jang group.
 Worked as a translator at their online news web portals.

Reporter/ News Producer at Pakistan Television Corporation
  • Pakistan
  • February 2008 to August 2008

Conducted interviews of the leading personalities in Pakistan working in that capacity.
 Set up plenty of video reports on social and health issues including Smoking and Its Hazards, Thalassemia Day, HIV
Aids Day, Hemophilia Day and etc.
 Created awareness in our community, besides counseling them on how to follow standard operating procedure in
case of any such diseases.

Editor-In-Charge
  • January 2006 to December 2007

Adnan Ali Syed
SU Shaoor Campus Magazine
 Managed to learn the editorial writing, proofreading, editing of text, assigning topics to my peers, understanding the
strength of each peer and assigning the tasks accordingly.
 Interacted with the teachers and students to bridge the gap, and writing official drafts to take up students’ viewpoint
with management.

Reporter/Proofreader
  • January 2004 to December 2005

SU Roshni campus newspaper
 Underwent all the practical aspects of newspaper production.
 Provided compelling coverage of both anticipated and spontaneous news for print and online media.
 Earned commendations for excellence in writing, reporting, photojournalism and infographics.

Intern Reporter/Copy-Editor
  • January 2006 to

Roshni TV (Pakistan)
 Learned all the aspects of video and audio production of programs as well as video editing of news amid internship
tenure.
Intern Program Producer/ Interviewer 60 days in 2007
Interned at ARY TV
 Learned and practiced pre-production, production and post-production of programs including graphics designing,
scripting, drama writing, lining up guests and recording the final product.

at Community College
  • to

Arranged conferences and seminars at Everett

Education

High school or equivalent, Writing and Communication
  • at Everett Community College
  • January 2013
Master's degree, Mass Communication
  • at University of Sindh
  • December 2007
High school or equivalent, English Grammar
  • at Complement Institute of English
  • January 2007
Bachelor's degree, Media and Communication
  • at University of Sindh
  • January 2006
Bachelor's degree, Web Development/Content
  • at SZABIST Institute of IT Pakistan
  • January 2003
High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Board of Secondary Education
  • January 2001
High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Board of Secondary Education
  • January 1999

Specialties & Skills

English grammar
Creative Writing
Social Media Marketing
Web Editing
Microsoft Office
AUDIO PRODUCTION
COUNSELING
EDITING
NEWSPAPER
PRESENTATION SKILLS
PROOFREADING
REPORTS
TELEVISION
TRANSLATION

Languages

English
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