huda hadba, Event Sales and Marketing Manager

huda hadba

Event Sales and Marketing Manager

Warwick Pangea Beach Resort & Spa

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
20 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 6 Months

Event Sales and Marketing Manager at Warwick Pangea Beach Resort & Spa
  • Lebanon
  • My current job since July 2013

Manage Social Media Content (visual and copy writing)
Prospect for sales leads and going for sales calls
Plan and follow up on advertising (visual and copy writing) and promotional activities such as events, brochures, and website
Write press releases
Answer banqueting inquiries and meet with wedding clients to present menus
Prepare Banquet Event Order
Coordinate with F&B department on menu designs

Placement and Internship Program Coordinator at Hariri Canadian University
  • Lebanon
  • January 2007 to July 2013

Assist students in their job search and assign internship commensurate with their specialization (business, engineering, and graphic design; for three campuses)
Prospect for potential employers and follow up on existing accounts (industrial, design firms, sales, NGOs, hospitality, consulatncies, IT)
Place and manage 300 students having internship per year
Career guidance: Conduct debriefings with students before and after their internship to ensure right choice of major, internship, job, and career
Interview the internship candidates before assigning internship
Communicate job descriptions with candidates and follow up on employers’ committing to job descriptions
Design promotional events: Job Fair and other internship-related seminars and exhibitions
Design career preparatory workshops for students (cv writing and preparing for job interview)
Liason with local and regional recruiters and employers
Do the first screening process for the employers and assess student profiles Train and manage student assistants on telephone techniques, email writing, follow up on employers and negotiating and closing with the employers
Development: Public Relations( wrirting press releases, Website and brochure material development, media relations, student clubs events)
Performance appraisal: of Financial Aid students

Previously held position: Assistant to the Deans of Business and Information Systems

PR instructor at AEI
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • May 2009 to July 2009

PR course based on London Chamber of Commerece

Account Executive at PromoI
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • November 2003 to December 2006

Screen potential customers and arrange sales meetings
Present to clients below the line advertising products
Customer service and follow up (managing portfolio of more than 350 accounts)
Achieve sales according to monthly targets (closing quarterly deals valued at 40, 000 Euro)
Experience in several industries: pharma, F&B, hospitality, industrial
Coordinate with creative department
Increase total sales of company and broaden its network


Position 1: Sales Coordinator
Duties: Prepare email advertisements
Develop the company’s identity literature
Internal and external communication
Seek potential clients and maintain a customer database
Operations follow up

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at Hariri Canadian University
  • August 2011
Diploma, Public Relations
  • at London Chamber of Commerce
  • June 2007
Bachelor's degree, Marketing
  • at Hariri Canadian University
  • May 2003

Specialties & Skills

Public Relations
Training Course Development
Coaching
Presentation Development
Writing skills
Interpersonal skills

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Hobbies

  • sports, csr