Media and Communications Adviser, Middle East
Norwegian Refugee Council Regional Office
Total des années d'expérience :11 years, 6 Mois
Countries covered: Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia
Countries covered: Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine, Georgia, Kosovo, Albania, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Was promoted from interim manager role after proving ambition and vision to transform the media and advocacy strategy of the office.
•Built a skilled team producing any type of media or communications work, from designing a graphic to delivering a communications strategy.
•Transformed a strategy to adapt to pandemic restrictions; creating tools that ensured a constant flow of content.
•Was recognised by regional and global colleagues as one of the most active teams when it comes to proactive content and media products during the pandemic lockdown.
•Worked as part of the Senior Management Team to move into remote operations and maintain a high staff morale.
Co-led campaign work on child labour, education, violence and non-refoulement to raise awareness and change attitudes among decision-makers and the public.
•Helped realise Save the Children's advocacy strategy through driving forward policies related to child rights in Lebanon.
•Produced proactive and reactive media statements, policy briefs and talking points based on contextual developments.
•Planned and implement the Communications strategy to amplify the organisation and donors' visibility, mainly through social channels and comms products.
Carried out field missions to develop case studies and stories of human interest.
•Developed communications products, situation reports, newsletters, and annual reports.
•Developed press releases and pitched stories to the media.
•Helped raise multi-thousand donations for Save the Children through promoting the organisation's work in the media. Organised a high-profile visit by British MP delegation to support UK Aid. Led on the launch of the #TheirEducation_OurFuture education campaign under the Line Manager's supervision.
Created and implemented a media and communications strategy for the Iraq office.
•Led on media trips to internally displaced people camps during the Mosul offensive.
•Contributed to the development of a visibility plan in line with the organisational brand.
•Oversaw the production of monthly communications dashboards and situation reports.
Led a team of 40 English writers, translators and editors working round-the-clock to deliver top-quality news reports for dozens of clients.
•Created the first Style Guide for the company, setting clear language standards.
•Introduced a system that looks at capacity gaps and relies on a talent-based recruitment strategy, as opposed to direct qualifications.
Proofread, edited and published news articles on the Carma subscriber website.
•Performed quality checks on daily reports.
•Monitored coverage to divide writing and reporting tasks among team members.
•Followed up on reports delivery time in coordination with the Dubai office.
Reported stories for the news bulletin based on daily assignments and deadlines.
•Wrote news stories using in-house Content Management System.
•Prepared analysis and investigation features on regional and global events.
•Reported about live events as Beirut correspondent. FREELANCE EXPERIENCE:
