Basil Alaya, Executive Producer

Basil Alaya

Executive Producer

Iceberg Production

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Visual Communications
Experience
19 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 6 Months

Executive Producer at Iceberg Production
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since June 2011

- Provide solutions for leading government, semi-gov. and commercial clients in printed media, broadcast, and social media communication for marketing, PR & media departments, B2B & B2C.
- Produce photography, Film & motion graphic content, specialized in large photo libraries (avg. 11-15K layouts).
- Plan and design in-house media and creative departments, team training & development.
- Media and communication training for professionals in the advertising, PR, and media industry, in UAE, KSA, Oman & Bahrain.

Senior Producer at Barcode Productions
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2010 to May 2011

- Create creative and production briefs, creative direction, and scriptwriting.
- Plan productions, budgets, managing photography and film production operation, and supplier negotiation.
- Oversee productions, monitor deadlines, and quality control.

TV Producer at jwt
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2007 to August 2008

Handling TVC Production, Radio commercial Production:
 Saudi Telecommunications Company.
 Unilever (LUX, Sunsilk).
 Nokia, Kraft Cheese.

Creative Director at Freelance Creative Director
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2006 to May 2007

Full-service advertising, and marketing international agencies (DDB - Y&R)

Working with creative team to build branding strategies, tactical campaigns, and launch campaigns for international and local brands, both BTL and ATL. (Conceptualizing, Copy-writing, Art directing)

Marketing Communications Manager at general motors (gm)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • May 2003 to April 2006

Set up in-house creative devision, build a business plan, projection and recruitment.
Manage marketing communications functions, overseeing 9-member team. Direct brand management, PR, media relations, corporate positioning, product launches, advertising, sales collateral and tradeshow marketing.
Selected Accomplishments:
 Developed and launched integrated, multi-channel print, catalog, web and direct marketing campaigns that propelled parts sales, and after-sale service (as a main focus for the agency strategy).
 Led market launch of 3 new products for sales and 1 new product for after-sale and boost performance for existing products and services. Identified opportunities, researched new product possibilities, collaborated with marketing, sales, after sales and engineering teams to create campaigns supporting the growth in sales, and developed client loyalty.
 Created web portal to transform previously archaic intranet into a dynamic website improving communication flow and adding an effective sales tool for field reps.
 Wrote catalogs, course guides and training brochures that enhanced the sales reps’ understanding of complex product features and helped them sell more effectively.
 Performed ongoing customer/market research and demographic profiling to identify and capitalize on unmet market needs ahead of the curve.
 Leveraged strengths in cost-effective marketing management and established and in-house creative division to work in parallel with the advertising agency, on certain assignment in which had a great impact on marketing budget spending’s.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Visual Communications
  • at University of Damascus
  • November 2002

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Executive Media Training
Marketing Communications
Film Production
Media & Creative
Product Development.
Brand Management
Adobe Premiere Pro
Project Management.
Local & Global Operations.
Creative Direction
Strategy Planning
Adobe Speed Grade
Marketing Communications Planning
Adobe Illustrator CC
Film Production
Adobe Photoshop CC
Final Cut Pro
Team Building & Training
iZotope RX6
Adobe After Effects CC

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Media & Journalism Trainers (Training)
Training Institute:
AFP Foundation
Date Attended:
July 2014
Duration:
40 hours