Alya Ibrahim Faraj, Marketing Manager

Alya Ibrahim Faraj

Marketing Manager

Emirates Company for Camel milk

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Business Marketing
Experience
12 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 11 Months

Marketing Manager at Emirates Company for Camel milk
  • United Arab Emirates
  • September 2016 to May 2017
Marketing Manager at Caracal International
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2016 to July 2016

• Responsible for the accuracy and consistence of brand image representation by creating and maintaining the communication strategy internally and externally.
• Acts as project manager between customer’s commercial projects, company personnel, and agents in handling questions and problems dealing with deliveries and ensure the precise rules for each.
• Establish relations with external defense contractors in government and military decision-makers.
• Create and maintain a strong advertising and promotion strategies for the upcoming year; working internally and with third parties to deliver the required message.
• Efficiently communication projects and campaign expectations and goals to internal departments and third parties according to company’s goals.
• Develop media plan to promote products and all activities, social and conventional vehicles and ensure the communicating to the right audience.
• Develop a strong customer, competitor, and market understanding for assigned market sub-segment
• Manage and plan events and exhibitions, locally and internationally and ensure their success.
• Conduct primary and secondary research to determine customer needs and generate business leads by building relationships and identifying and qualifying new opportunities
• Conduct and implement marketing strategies and actions that create, identify, develop and qualify profitable new business opportunities that grows Caracal’s revenues.
• Develop and oversee the production of marketing activities and materials and maintain updates are necessary.

Marketing Manager at Atkins and Al Ain Municipality
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • November 2011 to December 2015

• Communicate with both internal and external parties to create an open and effective company that delivers against the needs of the business, client expectations with regards to project deliverables, operations and finance
• Ensure brand management of company image and reputation is upheld according to standards
• Create and update all communication aspects in regards to all social media vehicles, website and interactions with stakeholders
• Develop, update and review promotional, marketing material from publications to promotional gifts.
• Organize and plan all events both externally and internally and ensure their relevance to the company’s goals.
• Manage all aspects of communication with the media in regards to press releases and conferences.
• Managing all advertising campaigns, and awareness workshops for employees of the company
• Developing and reviewing promotional and non-promotional marketing materials.
• Providing coordination with external marketing and public relations companies, the municipality
and corporate communication to all stakeholders.
• Updating Brand management and alignment along with third party developing and maintain contact with media team, creative teams, account team and intelligence department.
• Keeping the Public relations strategy and development updated at all times.
• Liaise with Municipality and other Stakeholders to ensure alignment of activities
• Reviewing statistical date from the department to ensure marketing is aimed at the specific areas of priority for the stakeholders and public.

Marketing Specialist at Ajman University For Science And Technology
  • United Arab Emirates - Ajman
  • October 2010 to November 2011

• Implementing short and long range marketing goals, objectives, policies, and procedures for the university.
• Planning and coordinating events such as open days, outreach and community events, tours, press conferences, exhibits and educational fairs; both in UAE and outside the country.
• Social media: responsible for updating the Facebook contents. Replying to students and users inquiries, and announcements. Updating the YouTube with latest events.
• Initiating and impalement direct outreach marketing efforts to potential external customers on behalf of the university’s programs and services.
• Managing all branding related matters of the university. 

• Serving public information contact and present information to internal and external sources. Representing the organization at various community events, exhibits and business meetings.
• Preparing the annual budget for the department and make amends when needed. 

• In charge of all promotional informational materials such as flyers, catalogues and brochures.
• Responsible for implementing marketing programs and advertising campaigns, as well as participating in the resolution of related obstacles. 

• Participate in conducting market research activities to identify targeted populations and to identify the appropriate media for distribution of promotional information.

Intern at BBC America
  • United States - New York
  • August 2008 to December 2008

• Assist in the promotional campaigns for the channel. 

• Maintain the branding image of the channel. 

• Responsible of keeping news logs for future use of commercial and promotions. 

• Review talents for potential future projects. 

• Assist the creative talents in their daily task such creating advertising campaigns and trailers.
• Overlook general tasks in the department. 

• Update information in the social media channels.

Cheif Technician at Etisalat
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • July 1998 to May 2004

• Plan and follow the progress of projects in coordination with other sectors.
• Monitor live data traffic for anticipation of failures. 

• Develop software programs to standardize the sections log. 

• Daily tasks of producing reports to different sections.
• Develop database for the section to facilitate the daily need of information. 

• Troubleshoot daily faults in the systems and configure new work orders using specific software.
• Study the traffic details for any planned work and carry the tasks 

• Working as liaison between sections in order to complete projects. 

• Planning, managing, and advancing all the meetings between different parties to find better solutions. Working as the head of the quality cycle group to find methods to enhance the efficiency of work.

Education

Master's degree, Business Marketing
  • at University of Wollongong Dubai
  • December 2020

Business Marketing

Bachelor's degree, Marketing
  • at St. John’s University
  • January 2009

. BS in Marketing

Diploma, Information Technology
  • at Dubai Women’s College Dubai
  • August 1998

Specialties & Skills

Management
Education
Media Planning
Advertising
Event Planning

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert