Ali Fayyaz, Editor

Ali Fayyaz

Editor

Arab news

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mass Communication Management
Experience
12 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 11 Months

Editor at Arab news
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since January 2017
sales/marketing specialist at World of Books Company for publishing and distribution
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2015 to April 2017

World of Books Company is recognized as the market leader for the books supplies covering schools, colleges, institutions & universities in Kingdom and Gulf Countries. WBCO is handling exclusive business of Harper Collins, also preferred distributor of McGraw Hill, Macmillan, Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. WBCO is also dealing with Richmond, Letterland, Carson Delloca, Sadlier, and Bookpoint among others.

• 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.

Digital Marketing and Content Development at M&M
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2014 to January 2015

• 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.

News Reporter/Writer at ARAB NEWS
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • November 2012 to April 2014

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)

News Reporting and Writing - International Experience at Arab News
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • November 2012 to April 2014

• 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)

Sub Editor at Daily Nai Baat
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2011 to October 2012

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

News Monitor and Sub Editor at Directorate General Public Relations
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • April 2011 to September 2011

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.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mass Communication Management
  • at Superior University, Lahore
  • October 2012

Gold Medalist in Mass Communication Management by securing 1st position. Majors • Marketing & PR • Reporting & Writing (print, electronic and digital) • Corporate management

Specialties & Skills

Public Relations
Business Development
Marketing Communications
Advertising
Digital Media
Proficient in all MS Office tools and the latest journalistic software
Strong interpersonal skills and team building
Writing and Reporting
Management and Leadership
Managing discipline and dealing with conflict
Planning and making decisions
Honesty, Integrity and self confidence
Problem solving skills
Flexible and Adaptable
Event, Brand and Product Management
Employee Engagement
Business Development
Public and Media relations
Social Media and Social Networking
relationship development

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

Superior University Dramatic Club
  • managment
  • May 2009

Training and Certifications

Journalistic Ethics (Training)
Training Institute:
Daily Nai Baat
Date Attended:
August 2012
Pre-Production and Post-Production (Training)
Training Institute:
The Superior Group of Colleges
Date Attended:
January 2009
Public Relations Development (Training)
Training Institute:
Superior University Club
Date Attended:
March 2010
Film Production (Training)
Training Institute:
Superior University Club
Date Attended:
January 2009
Journalistic Ethics (Training)
Training Institute:
Geo Television
Date Attended:
July 2012

Hobbies

  • Internet Surfing
  • Exercise
  • Photography
  • Reading magazines, books and newspapers
  • Attend social events
  • Movies
  • Riding
  • snooker
  • Snooker