Internal & Corporate Communications Coordinator
BP Egypt
Total years of experience :9 years, 2 Months
April 08 - Present Internal & Corporate Communications Coordinator (reporting to VP for
Communications and External Affairs)
Communications & External Affairs Department, BP Egypt
Work Scope: Internal Communications
• Draft Regional President bi-monthly communication note to all staff in cooperation with all VPs
• Regional President communications (emails, speeches, etc.) in cooperation with the executive office
• Lead and edit the BP Egypt quarterly newsletter
• Support communications planning for special projects, i.e. BP Egypt
Operating Management System, Continuous Improvement, Regional
Readiness, etc.
• Draft briefs for the Regional President and Management team on business topics
• Own Internal Communications critical processes in case of a crisis (civil or business)
• VP C&EA back-up in the Business Support Team (BST) - which is one of
BP's tiered response structure
• Promote BP's annual Pulse survey and prepare a summary for Egypt
results and come up with an action plan
• Implement and embed the new Communications policy and standards in Egypt Region and design local procedures to be aligned with the
Policy and Group-level procedures
• Manage BP Egypt intranet
• Coordinate the BP Egypt intranet for all departments
• Develop and update the BP Egypt CEA website (on intranet) on a
regular basis
• Organize townhalls meetings
• Provide backup support for other team members as needed.
• Internal Branding
Corporate Communications
• Provide inputs to Corporate Communications media such as: • Horizon magazine
• BP magazine
• BP global external website: bp.com website
• BP global intranet: OneBP
• Any other ad hoc requests for information, videos, filming
schedules, executive visits, etc.
• Coordinate the Egypt Region's annual Helios Awards programme
promotion, applications and process
Other C&EA Functions
• Assist in drafting and issuing Press Releases (including drafting,
reviewing translation, verifying with the Legal department, media
circulation, etc.)
• Assist in drafting media responses for a BP Egypt specific project
(gathering input from all relevant teams, obtaining Legal approval,
editing, etc.)
• Media monitoring
• Handle C&EA Budget
• Provide backup support for other team members as needed
May 06 - April 08 Communications Coordinator
Communications and External Affairs department, BP Egypt
Work Scope: • Handled two corporate programmes: Helios Awards programme & Employee Matching Fund Programme
• Budgeting - long term planning and forecasting, cost exercises, tracking
team's spending, etc.
• Prepared briefs for the Regional President (Economic/Political briefs,
business oriented)
• External affairs: Responsible for BP Egypt's partnership agreement with the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (events, ads, etc.) and
BP' Egypt's membership to the British Egyptian Business Association.
• organized the company's annual corporate event and companywide
townhalls
• Assisted in preparing external events and managing BP Egypt's
sponsorship including benefits (booth, banners, invitations, logistics)
• Monitored appropriate media on a daily basis (newspapers, magazines,
online) and prepare and send daily news updates
• Handled all magazine, online and newspaper subscriptions and renewals and maintain databases of all information, costs, etc.
• Developed and maintained CEA databases (contacts, guest lists,
journalists, bios, etc)
May 05 - May 2006 Assistant, Communications & External Affairs
Work Scope: • Daily media monitoring
• Handle all magazine, online and newspaper subscriptions and renewals and maintain databases of all information, costs, etc.
• Develop and maintain CEA databases (contacts, guest lists, journalists,
bios, etc.
• Assist with internal/external events logistics
August 2004 - May 2005 Assistant, HR Department, BP Egypt
Work Scope: • Assisted in the salary adjustments exercise (BP compensation/Reward
tool): for nationals and expatriates
• Contracts and finance sheets for new employees
• Employment Credentials
• Updated employees' files
• Prepared medical cards for employees
• Time sheets for contactors (manual)
• Dealt with the Labor Office Representative
2000 - 2004 BSc. Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, English Section. Cairo University Major: Economics Grade: Good Graduation Project: Excellent
2000 Armenian Catholic Sisters' School (Thanaweya Amma: 96 %)