Editor
Arab news
Total years of experience :12 years, 11 Months
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• Marketing promotions of educational programs of US/UK Curriculum for local and international educational institutes in Saudi Arabia.
• Academic Advisory Services to up-date the standardized educational system in KSA.
• Managing and organizing educational seminars, workshops with professional trainers to enhance the advanced methodology of new applications/ curriculums in KSA.
• Business Development preposition/feasibility reports.
• Sales & marketing reports and up-coming targets achievements/analysis.
• Strong customer service orientation with a solution based approach.
• Administrative Skills to apply for smooth and easy work flow.
• Sales consultation to select real curriculum for educational improvement in KSA.
• After sales services to keep strong relations with customers towards development.
• Order handling and dues/payment discussion with the customers independently.
• Press releases, corporate news and personality interviews for print, social and digital media.
• Build and execute social media strategy through platform determination, benchmarking, and messaging and audience identification.
• Building strong association with media organization such as newspapers and magazines in KSA market.
• Handling all social media and web content: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google etc.
• Writing proposals, creative heads, tag lines and body content for clients like Riyad Bank, MG Motors, FunXtreme, Avis Cars and MedGulf etc.
I have been involved in handling national and international news stories with impressive coverage of corporate events, conferences, trade shows, educational mega occasions and also giving a personal insight as well. The following roles and responsibilities were managed by me:
• Covered foreign embassies and consulates in Saudi Arab. I also covered education, construction, sports, art, culture and technology news’s with hundreds of by lines.
• Socializing with public and the government sector to enhanced exposure of work and generate strong business through advertisements space.
• More than 400 bylines including interviews published in Arab News and available at www.arabnews.com
Leading Interviews
• Saudi Arabian Gen. of Ground Forces Eid bin Awad Al-Shalawi: ‘Security of Kingdom, Pakistan interlinked’(http://www.arabnews.com/news/464130)
• Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, richest businessmen in Arab World: OIC honors Prince Alwaleed for humanitarian efforts(http://www.arabnews.com/news/467531)
• Gabriel Calderon, FIFA ambassador and former Argentinian footballer and international coach: Kingdom celebrates FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour (http://www.arabnews.com/news/490006)
• Anders Lindblad, president of Ericsson in the Middle East region: Ericsson set for Networked Society Forum (http://www.arabnews.com/news/464331)
• Light + Building Trade Show, March 2014, Frankfurt, Germany
As Media Representative of Arab News, (Reporting and Interviewing to the CEO of Philips)
• Saudi Foreign Ministry Delegation for international and regional peace, January 2014, Islamabad, Pakistan
As Media Representative of Arab News, (Reporting the whole meeting of Saudi Foreign Minister with Prime Minister of Pakistan)
• Ericson Networked Society Forum, September 2013, United Arab Emirates
As Media Representative of Arab News, (Reporting and interviewing to the CEO of Ericsson in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
I worked with Daily Nai Baat newspaper for more than 11 months as a sub editor.
The great exposure has enriched me professionally and equipped me with the traits needed to deal with a variety of situations in an innovative, effective and efficient manner.
• Monitor all channels, newspapers, radio and internet for news items.
• Editing copy, written by reporters or features writers, to remove mistakes.
• Editing and proofreading of all news items and articles.
• Writing articles, features and short columns
I worked as a News Monitoring and Sub-Editing (Internee), in Electronic Media Department at Directorate General Public Relations “DGPR”, Gov. of Punjab, Pakistan.
• Monitor all channels, newspapers, radio and internet for news latest updates around the world.
• Writing, editing and proofreading of all latest reports and news on daily basis.
Gold Medalist in Mass Communication Management by securing 1st position. Majors • Marketing & PR • Reporting & Writing (print, electronic and digital) • Corporate management