Bassem  Abdou , BDM ACT AS Business Consultant

Bassem Abdou

BDM ACT AS Business Consultant

Endless Group for Exhibitions

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's Degree in Social Work
Experience
10 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 7 Months

BDM ACT AS Business Consultant at Endless Group for Exhibitions
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since December 2023

• Create road map for Exhibitions strategy and how to generate leads.
• Oversees all production setup and logistics and venue selection.
• Provided recruiting, payroll, production, budgeting, promotional campaigns, etc.
• Negotiation and closing deals to ensure clients satisfactions and company profit.
• Enhanced profit using cross sales, meetings, surveys, public relations, etc.
• Strong understanding vendor mentality and negotiations prices and manage payments.
• Developed detailed business plans and build strong relationships with clients
• Prepare and deliver compelling proposals and presentations to prospective clients.
• Work closely with the PM and Operation team to ensure smooth handover, Logistics and execution of projects.

Event and Exhibition BD manager at Brand and Beyond
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2021 to October 2023

• Help production team and designing studio to create more amazing ideas for the client
• Developed a growth strategy focused both on financial gain and customer satisfaction
• Conducted research to identify new markets and customer needs
• Arranged business meetings with prospective clients
• Promoted the companys products/services addressing or predicting clients objectives
• Prepared sales contracts ensuring adherence to law-established rules and guidelines
• Collaborate with the sales team to develop compelling proposals and presentations for clients.
• Attend all important trade show in UAE and Egypt to meet the client
• Be in touch with all client to make strong relationship for more deals

Event and Exhibition BD Manager at Infinity Marketing
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2019 to September 2021

• Planning and Coordination: Responsible for planning, organizing, and executing successful events and exhibitions.
• Budget Management: Prepare and manage event budgets, ensuring financial adherence.
• Vendor Relations: Source and negotiate with vendors for services such as catering, logistics, and entertainment.
• Operational Oversight: Coordinate event logistics, supervise staff, and troubleshoot issues.
• Post-Event Analysis: Analyze event success and prepare detailed reports

Event and Exhibition BD Manager at Expand Expo
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2017 to March 2019

Handel all accounts through the team to expand the market in UAE, Egypt, KSA and physical supervision in UAE all project also all responsibility about Egypt project.

Senior Account Manager at Expand Expo
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2016 to November 2017

• Managed multiple accounts; developed positive working relationships with all customers
• Driven client retention, renewals, upsells and client satisfaction
• Worked closely with Associate Account Managers and Ad Operations on day-to-day operational processes including campaign set-up, receipt of creative or tags, trafficking, optimization, troubleshooting and QA
• Worked closely with Analytics and Ad Operations to determine root causes for customer success or failure and drive requirements for product or process enhancement and development as needed

Senior Event Specialist at Gold’s
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2015 to January 2016

• Act as assistant marketing manager to handle and create all sports event and engagement events and report to CEO and Marketing manager
• Supervision about events logistics and production
• PR and sponsorships with companies and celebrities
• Budget control to make sure the events and the marketing activities merroir the budget

Marketing Specialist at CUT COMMUNICATION
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2014 to December 2015

• Conducted market research to find answers about consumer requirements, habits and trends
• Brainstormed and developed ideas for creative marketing campaigns
• Assisted in outbound or inbound marketing activities by demonstrating expertise in various areas (content development and optimization, advertising, events planning etc.)
• Liaised with external vendors to execute promotional events and campaigns
• Planned and executed initiatives to reach the target audience through appropriate channels (social media, e-mail, TV etc.)
• Assisted in analyzing marketing data (campaign results, conversion rates, traffic etc.) to help shape future marketing strategies

Sales Representative at B.TECH
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2012 to October 2013

• Achieve the target and corporate with the to achieve branch target
• Act as supervisor for storage to make sure the customer receives the order
• Corporate in the installment order which is mean selling point in this company
• Responsibility about area display handle new offers and price and create promotion

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's Degree in Social Work
  • at higher institution of social work
  • June 2024
Master's degree, Master of Business Administration-Marketing,
  • at European Global School
  • March 2024
Master's degree, marketing
  • at European global school , Paris
  • February 2024

Marketing passionate

Master's degree, Master of Business Administration-Marketing,
  • at European Global school
  • February 2023
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's Degree in Social Work
  • at Higher Institute Of Social Work - Cairo
  • June 2012

Specialties & Skills

Exhibition Management
Marketing Communications Planning
Event Management
Marketing
Business Development Manager
Marketing Management
Marketing Strategy
Marketing Research
Market Research
Negotiation
Exhibitions production
Business Development
Live Events
Planning
Microsoft PowerPoint
Research
Marketing Communications
Operation
SOURCE (GAME ENGINE)
RESEARCH
marketing plan
event management
Problem Solving
Social Media Marketing
REGISTRATION EVALUATION AUTHORISATION AND RESTRICTION OF CHEMICALS (REACH) REGULATIONS
MARKET RESEARCH
time management
Marketing
Digital Marketing
Key Account Management
Marketing Mix
Operations Management

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

AUC Survival English (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2017
MBA ( European Global School)Cairo (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2023

Hobbies

  • Chess
  • GYM
  • business analyst
  • Digital Marketing