Faisal Faruqui, Corporate Relationship Manager

Faisal Faruqui

Corporate Relationship Manager

Westford Education Group

البلد
الإمارات العربية المتحدة - الشارقة
التعليم
بكالوريوس, Computer Science and Engineering
الخبرات
14 years, 6 أشهر

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مجموع سنوات الخبرة :14 years, 6 أشهر

Corporate Relationship Manager في Westford Education Group
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - الشارقة
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ سبتمبر 2016

At WEG, I am handling a wide portfolio of programs in management, technology, leadership, information technology and liberal arts. As a manager, my major responsibilities are program design, program management, marketing management, admissions management, outreach, student development and corporate relationships. At Westford Education Group, I am handling a strategic business unit with a team size of seven admission officers, two corporate sales staff and twenty trainers and a marketing budget of 30, 000 AED.

Leading the entire marketing activities including digital marketing, content strategy, events, print, corporate roadshows and corporate enrollments besides working with lead generation companies, admission agents and recruiters
Managing the academic and program success of MBA, Bachelor and MSc Programs including program scheduling, faculty, management, student support, faculty recruitment, partnership development, industry visits and career support besides the day to day affair of the organization like staff management
Leading the team in recruiting students from Middle East, South Asia, Europe and Africa for classroom and online programs besides setting up a robust system for delivering online MBA and short courses program
Conducting outreach activities and marketing activities for professional qualification programs like PMP, ACCA, CSCP, SHRM
Participating in Public and Closed Tenders in India and GCC region for executing training requirement
Working along with training managers in Project Scoping, Training Needs Analysis, Skill Gap Analysis for conducting bespoke programs
Working along with the awarding bodies like athe, Pearson and CMI to design programs in Digital Marketing, Engineering Management, Supply Chain, Finance, Accounts, HR, Marketing, Information Technology for corporates
Leading the corporate communications activities including PR management, announcement strategies, branding activities, social media plans, press plans, student news releases, alumni news releases and online reputation management
Managing open enrollment programs on Blue Ocean Strategy, Artificial Intelligence and Future Tech, Big Data Analytic and Internet of Things in partnership UCLA, USA, UCSI University (Blue Ocean Strategy Center), Malaysia and Jig Saw Academy

Marketing Manager في Al Shabaka Technical Institute
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - الشارقة
  • مايو 2015 إلى يونيو 2016

At ASTI, I was handling programs in Engineering, Management and Finance. At ASTI, my major responsibilities were marketing, student recruitment, counselling, team management and student development. At ASTI, I was managing a five program coordinators and two marketing staff and was managing a marketing budget of over 10, 000 AED

Managing the entire program, marketing and admissions of the institute
Managing custom program requirements of companies as per ASME, ASCE, ASEM, ASFE, ASW and ASHRAE standards
Performing digital marketing activities like Web Content writing, SEO and Adwords management for lead generation
Partnering with vocational institutions for delivering technical programs in other countries
Entering into strategic alliances with companies for certifying the staff as per Government norms
Entering into strategic alliances with engineering colleges for offering bespoke technical programs to students and further helping the engineering colleges in improving the program
Helped engineering colleges in recruiting students for dual certification programs
Facilitating public and in house batches on Engineering topics, Softskills, Teachers training, CMA and ACCA
Managing the general affairs including staff training, KHDA inspection and vendor management

Operations Manager في Sapient Consultants Pvt Ltd
  • الهند - حيدر اباد
  • أغسطس 2010 إلى يناير 2015

Reporting to the CEO with a core responsibility of improving the business and overall operations besides new accounts development and leading the team of 15 consultants in managing key accounts and three marketing staff for generating new accounts. I was instrumental in bringing in and delivering more than 30 accounts. I was responsible for:

Managing the P&L, marketing and operations for the business unit of education and training
Consulting a portfolio of business schools and technology colleges in student recruitment and branding
Performing the entire digital marketing activities for the business unit
Facilitating public and in house batches on Engineering topics, Microsoft certifications, SAP, Cisco, Oracle, VMWare, Huawei, ZTE, Hadoop, SAS, CMA and Certified Financial Planner
Facilitating Skill Development programs in partnership with the Government of India (NSDC India)
Managing the student recruitment of universities in India, UK and USA
Conducting workshops and training programs on IELTS, GMAT, GRE, TOEFL and SAT

Product Management and Marketing في Pact Software Solutions
  • الهند - حيدر اباد
  • يوليو 2009 إلى أغسطس 2010

Helping organizations in realizing their IT investments on CRM, LMS, POS, BI and ERP through effective consulting. Performing product demos, project scoping, technical mapping and business mapping for the customers . Managing the digital assets of the company and performing SEO activities, Social Media Management, Google Adwords Management and Local Listings

الخلفية التعليمية

بكالوريوس, Computer Science and Engineering
  • في Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
  • مايو 2008

A bachelors degree with core concentration in computer science and engineering with minors in management science, electrical engineering and electronics engineering

Specialties & Skills

Admissions
Education Management
Higher Education Management
Higher Education Marketing
Training
Search Engine Marketing
Marketing Communications
Brand Management
Business Development
Media Management
Pay Per Click Marketing
Corporate Communications
Key Accounts Management
Go to Market Strategy
PR Management
Facebook Advertising and Management
Copywriting and Advertising
Online Repuation Management/Brand Crisis Management
LinkedIn Advertising and Management
Strategy (Online, Web, E Commerce, Out of Door)
Marketing Plan Development and Marketing Budget Management
Twitter Advertising
Content Writing
Google Adwords Management
Learning and Development
Organization Development
Program Management
Training Management
Education Management

اللغات

العربية
متوسط
الانجليزية
متمرّس
الأوردو
متمرّس
الهندية
متوسط

العضويات

Student Development Association(NGO)
  • Volunteer/Core Member
  • May 2009

التدريب و الشهادات

Project Management (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
Hyderabad University
المدة:
24 ساعة
Marketing Communications and Strategic Marketing Measurement (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
MIT (Open Courseware)
المدة:
60 ساعة
Product Management (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
Virtue Insight
المدة:
8 ساعات
Pay Per Click Management (Search) (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
Google
المدة:
16 ساعة
Pay Per Click Management (Display Advertising) (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
Google
المدة:
16 ساعة