Ali Raza Tariq, Marketing Manager

Ali Raza Tariq

Marketing Manager

Queen Mary University of London, Regional Office

Location
Pakistan - Lahore
Education
Master's degree, MBA (Marketing)
Experience
13 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 3 Months

Marketing Manager at Queen Mary University of London, Regional Office
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since July 2013

• Attracts potential students by answering course and programmes related questions; suggesting information about offered courses
• Start student applications by receiving application documents
• Maintains student records by updating application information.
• Resolves student problems by providing one contact poitn to the student concerns; determining the pending issues for admission; following up with relevant departments at university to ensure resolution.
• Maintain physical applications by processing student applications.
• Prepares application/course reports by collecting and analyzing student interest information.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Represent University at Educational Exhibitions
• Advise and counsel students on university programs, course selection, entry requirements, application process and fees
• Respond to student queries via emails, phone calls and provide required details
• Facilitate and support student admissions at the university
• Receive applications, cross-check for completeness and make applications online
• Chase required documents for application with students and maintain physical records of applications
• Follow up with university admissions department on students applications
• Keep students informed about their application, offer status (conditional, unconditional, reject)
• Share academic calendars with students and organize events for student support prior to joining the university
• Make all necessary arrangements for fee deposits and CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance of Studies)
• Manage all aspects of marketing for regional office
• Develop marketing strategies in wake of market dynamics and regional office objectives
• Coordinate marketing campaigns and promotions (including postal, social media, email and calling)
• Manage the allocated marketing budget for maximization
• Responsible for brand and corporate identity of Queen Mary regional office
• Monitor and control marketing and internal communications
• Work with designing team to create a wide range of marketing material (Brochures, flyers, leaflets, Social media posts etc)
• Keep all relevant teams on same page for achieving marketing goals
• Coordinate and manage events organized by regional office

Assistant Marketing Manager at Abisol
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • March 2012 to June 2013

• Content preparation for Abisol website including: (a) Text (b) Images (c) Screen casts
• Keep track of competitors’ and offers being made at their end
• Preparations of user manuals of our products
• Designing and preparation of Marketing material
• Liaising with resellers
• Product Pricing and reviewing
• Keep track of user behavior and user experience on our website and about our products
• Preparation and Management of product based FAQs
• Prepare Marketing plan and strategies. (a) For Website (b) For Social Media
• Manage Blogs and Facebook pages
• Prepare and Manage Marketing Campaigns
• Support marketing operations from planning till feedback
• Information collection and reporting
• Update competitors data base; offerings and promotions
• Prepare emails and flyers from content till dispatching
• Maintain marketing library for the records
• Track market and research for opportunities
• Raise customer voice
• Digital media management (social media, website, blog)
• Customer service and support
• Collect feedback for product development

Customer Service Executive at Greenwich Bell
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • January 2011 to February 2012

• Answer phones and respond to customer requests
• Sell product and place customer orders in system
• Provide customers with product and service information
• Upsell products and services
• Transfer customer calls to appropriate staff
• Identify, research, and resolve customer issues using the system
• Follow-up on customer inquires not immediately resolved
• Complete call logs and reports
• Research billing issues
• Research misapplied payments
• Recognize, document and alert the supervisor of trends in customer calls
• Recommend process improvements

Education

Master's degree, MBA (Marketing)
  • at Institute of Management Sciences
  • February 2015

I completed my MBA (1.5) years in February 2015. Among top 1 % of my batch. Placed on Dean's Roll of Honor for all semesters. secured on Merit scholarship

Bachelor's degree, BBA (Hons) Marketing
  • at Institute of Management Sciences
  • February 2012

I have been on Dean's Roll of Honor for 9 times. I have been best presenter thrice during term projects. I have been on merit scholarship during my BBA. I have been an active member of COSIMS and LITSIMS - societies. I have volunteered during floods of 2008 and subsequents.

High school or equivalent, Sciences
  • at Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore
  • July 2007

I completed my high school with major in sciences. I have been always among top 5% of my class. Took part in many school activities including curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.

Specialties & Skills

Business Development
Brand Management
Marketing
Advertising
Marketing
Advertising
Social Media Management
Customer Service
Public Relations
Business Development
Networking and Contact Building

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Punjabi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Student Counselor Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Queen Mary University of London
Date Attended:
July 2013
Duration:
20 hours
Search Engine Optimization (Training)
Training Institute:
Brains College
Date Attended:
September 2012
Duration:
40 hours

Hobbies

  • Cricket
    I play locally.
  • Business Idea Planning
    I took part in several Business Idea Competitions. Have been 1st in a competition and runner-up in other one.
  • Book Reading
  • Mountaineering
    I have visited some famous tracks of Northern Area of Pakistan including Murree, Naran, Kaghan, Lake Saif-ul-Muluk, KKH, Swat, Hunza, Sost, Khunjerab Pass