Aref Atia, Deputy Publishing Manager

Aref Atia

Deputy Publishing Manager

Obeikan Education Ltd

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Sociology
Experience
4 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :4 years, 6 Months

Deputy Publishing Manager at Obeikan Education Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2010 to September 2014

Since April 2010 till present, I'm working with Obeikan Education Ltd. (OE)
OE in brief: OE is a leading company in the education services, syllabus
development and interactive applications in the gulf region and Arab world.
OE is the main company in the GCC taking charge of pre-school, K 12 and higher education development
OE has the capabilities, expertise, products and services which can meet the customers' needs in the education sector.
OE is one of Obeikan Investment Group (OIG) in Saudi Arabia; the OIG has 14 other companies under its umbrella.

My current Position is Deputy Publishing Manager
Job Responsibilities:
• Set the publishing plan
• Supervise the publishing project manager
• Set and monitor the annual budget & the quarterly sales & cost forecast
• Set the annual sales plan in cooperation with the sales manager
• Planning to attract new Authors and customers
• Negotiate with international publishers and copyright agencies to buy the Arabic copyrights
• Working closely with the Publishing Manager to achieve the department and whole OE strategic objectives as well.
• Following-up both sales and marketing plans
• Responsibility of the Digital publishing objectives
• A member of Quality Management System & Obeikan Education internal auditing team
• Following up the order fulfillment processes
• Preparing business cases for the new opportunities
• Setting KPIs for the department's team and monitor the overall performance.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Sociology
  • at Cairo University
  • January 2008

Specialties & Skills

Strategic Planning
Budget Management
Publishing Management
Client Communication
Business Development
Internal Auditor
Budget setting and monitoring
Customer Relations Management
Effective Communicator
Managing Change Effectively
Driving for result
Process Planning and implementation
Negotiation Skills

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

Retail Salesman Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Obeikan Bookstore
Date Attended:
June 2007
Duration:
15 hours
Executive Secretary & office manager Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Obeikan Bookstore
Date Attended:
September 2007
Duration:
24 hours
Customer first workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Obeikan Knowledge Academy
Date Attended:
November 2013
Duration:
32 hours
Intensive Leadership Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Obeikan Knowledge Academy
Date Attended:
June 2014
Duration:
180 hours
PMP exam preparatory Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Obeikan Knowledge Academy
Date Attended:
May 2013
Duration:
20 hours
Project Management Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
Obeikan Knowledge Academy
Date Attended:
April 2013
Duration:
20 hours
ISO 9001-2008 training program (Training)
Training Institute:
Obeikan Knowledge Academy
Date Attended:
November 2013
Duration:
32 hours
Publishers Professional Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Kitab, UAE
Date Attended:
March 2010
Duration:
40 hours
Critical Skills for Profitable Negotiations (Training)
Training Institute:
Obeikan Knowledge Academy
Date Attended:
February 2013
Duration:
16 hours