Ahmed Abdelaal, Content Writer/Translator Cum Media Relations

Ahmed Abdelaal

Content Writer/Translator Cum Media Relations

The Community College of Qatar

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Linguistics &Translation
Experience
11 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :11 years, 4 Months

Content Writer/Translator Cum Media Relations at The Community College of Qatar
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since December 2022

**Translation|Content Writing|Editing Roles**

• Serve as the primary English into Arabic translator/editor.

• Creating content for ceremonial welcome addresses, class remarks, and presidential speeches.

• Writing content for announcements, screen texts, backdrops, website articles, social media posts, etc.

• Serve as a member of the editorial board of the Community Pulse Newsletter.

• Write high-engagement Arabic content (ATL, BTL, and TTL) that reflects our CCQ brand’s voice.

• Produce error-free content that adheres to the CCQ’s style guidelines (strong attention to detail).

• Aid the creative team in developing outstanding creative concepts and content.

• Create the structure of storytelling and writing in different styles (videos).

• Simultaneously manage multiple assignments with reasonably short deadlines.

**Media Relations Roles**

• Establish/maintain excellent relations with all media channels and personnel.

• Communicating the press releases and events photos with mass media channels (TV, Radio, and Newspapers) for proper coverage.

• Work collaboratively with the Public Relations & Communications team members to deliver joined-up objectives and tactical requirements.

Chairman's Office Manager Cum Board Secretary at NAAAS HOLDING GROUP
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2022 to November 2022

• Following up, briefing, and replying to all income email correspondences related to the daily business flow of the CEO.

• Orally present feedback on all correspondences, job assignments, and daily work follow-ups with top management.

• Taking MOMs (Only BOD or any meetings presided over by the chairman).

• Preparing workflow tasks schedule and updating it from time to time.

• Accompanying the CEO at all internal & external meetings.

• Organized the CEO Office and managed to equip it with a new archiving system, connected to all departments.

• Initiated tailoring a new customized office management software that aims to monitor and better control the workflow and optimize/improve intercommunication.

Chairman's Executive Assistant cum Translator at NAAAS HOLDING GROUP
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2020 to September 2022

• Providing support services to the Internal Auditor in typing, formatting, and translating the internal audit reports.

• Providing support services to the CEO Office`s Legal Consultant in the completion of the governance process in NHG.

• Providing support services to CEO Office`s Economic Expert in translation, formatting, or typing the business analysis reports risk assessment reports, progressive evaluation of financial reports, business plans, and feasibility studies.

• Escorting CEO to all internal & external meetings.

• Organized the CEO Office and managed to equip it with a new archiving system, connected to all departments.

• Working, currently, on creating a new customized office management software that aims to monitor and better control the workflow and optimize/improve intercommunication.

Translator & Communication Executive at NAAAS HOLDING GROUP
  • Qatar - Doha
  • February 2018 to December 2019

•Proven work experience as a Linguist, Content Writer, translator, and consecutive interpreter.

•Simultaneous, consecutive, and escorting interpretation to the CEO (zoom meetings - agreement ceremonial signing events).

•Translating, editing, and reviewing all company profiles, feasibility studies, project proposals, action plans, operation manuals, moms, agreements, circulars/memos, and correspondences from English.

•Contributing to the localization of products to be displayed on the sister group`s website “Dakkaken”.

•Reviewing all initial drafts of Ads and Designs to highlight any nuances, aiming to come up with flawless content.

•Translation and reviewing any content.

• Contributing to the content writing of any newly established company`s profile/platform.

•Translating key points of tender documents and any other documents.

•Summing up academic progress reports of the chairman`s kids for his feedback

Senior Translator at Al Rowad Typing & Translation Co.
  • Qatar - Doha
  • June 2014 to January 2018

 Proven work experience as a Senior Translator.
 Translated consecutively in bilingual meetings and for overseas comers to Doha.
 Translated variety of texts in academic, medical, legal, construction, IT and media translation.
 Proofread contracts, quotations and official letters.
 Composed all types of official letters and correspondences.
 Administrated the translation section.
 Composed and edited press contents.
 Data entry.
 Any other roles aroused in relation to my job responsibilities.

Translator at Lingua Translation
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2013 to May 2014

 Translated Legal, Media texts and construction contracts.
 Training in how to proofread a text and unite terminologies.
 Training to take notes for handling consecutive translation tasks.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Linguistics &Translation
  • at Faculty of Languages & Translation
  • July 2013

Specialties & Skills

Event Planning
Data Research
Communications
Translation
Secretarial
Translation
Proofreading
Localization
administration
interpretation
editing
Interpersonal communication
Content writing
Consecutive Interpretation
Presentational communication

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
Beginner
Chinese
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Post-editing in a CAT Tool Environment Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
I, Hamad Bin Khalifa University`s College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Doha-Qatar.
Date Attended:
March 2023
Duration:
6 hours
Creative Sports Writing & Editing Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
TII, Hamad Bin Khalifa University`s College of Humanities and Social Sciences- Doha-Qatar.
Date Attended:
March 2023
Duration:
6 hours
Effective Negotiation & Communication Skills Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Al-Azhar University, Egypt.
Date Attended:
April 2009
Duration:
6 hours
Interpersonal Communication Skills Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Al-Azhar University, Egypt.
Date Attended:
April 2009
Duration:
6 hours
Job Hunting Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Al-Azhar University, Egypt.
Date Attended:
April 2010
Duration:
6 hours
Soft Skills Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
U.S Embassy in Cairo, Egypt.
Date Attended:
November 2012
Duration:
6 hours
Language & Cultural Exchange Program “Internship” (LCEP) (Training)
Training Institute:
AMIDEAST Organization
Date Attended:
May 2013
Duration:
6 hours
Facilitation Guidance Workshop (TOT) Give It Back Seminar (Training)
Training Institute:
U.S Embassy in Cairo
Date Attended:
March 2013
Duration:
6 hours
English Business Diploma (Training)
Training Institute:
Shaw Academy
Date Attended:
December 2016
Duration:
8 hours
Practices and Benefits of Translation in Legal, Health Care and Community Areas Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Hamad Bin Khalifa University`s College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Date Attended:
March 2017
Duration:
6 hours
Audio-Tactile Trans-adaptation Workshop from Translation and Training Center (Training)
Training Institute:
Hamad Bin Khalifa University`s College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Date Attended:
March 2017
Duration:
6 hours
Master Consecutive Interpretation? Master Note-taking Workshop from Translation and Training Center (Training)
Training Institute:
Hamad Bin Khalifa University`s College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Date Attended:
March 2019
Duration:
6 hours
Executive Secretary & Office Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
Community Service and Continuing Education Center
Date Attended:
March 2021
Duration:
12 hours
Translation of Contracts and Agreements Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Arab Translators Association
Date Attended:
August 2021
Duration:
2 hours
UN Simultaneous Interpretation Training Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Lingua Translation Co.
Date Attended:
January 2022
Duration:
60 hours
Basic First Aid with CPR Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Q SAFE For Technical & Professional Training
Date Attended:
September 2022
Duration:
4 hours
Microsoft Power BI Training Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Leaders Mgmt. Training Centre
Date Attended:
October 2022
Duration:
22 hours
Chinese Language Course -Pre-elementary Level (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2019

Hobbies

  • communication with other cultures-learning new languages