Editorial Manager
Solarabic
Total years of experience :10 years, 7 Months
Manage the editorial team day to day business
Reduce cost & increase efficiency
Create editorial policy & style book.
Enhance Productivity
Follow SEO best practices.
Lead a team of Editors, copywriters, Editorial Research Specialist, Rich Media editors and Quality Control Editors. set the day to day priorities, provide directions and new ideas to improve the overall quality & efficiency of data manufacturing.
Allocate & manage the daily delivery targets with the team members, drive optimization of work allocation & ensure team collaboration.
Drive cohesiveness in the team, conflict resolution and collaborate with Mumbai and all offices around the world leadership and Support team where required.
Track record of people-orientation & collaboration.
Help to problem-solve when it comes to client escalations
Direct the development, planning, implementation and maintenance of systems & tools used
by the Editorial team.
Ensure compliance with regulations and standards.
Understand Data and Database architecture, taxonomy and ontology.
Six months after joining my role got expanded due to the great results I have delivered in increasing the productivity by 60% and reducing the staff and indirect cost by 40% to manage the Rich Media and Quality Control teams.
I have joined Roya TV in May 2017, as a team leader for Roya News English. I have helped the editor in chief to establish the department and find the right editors, I have also helped creating a writing style guide customized for the channels writing policy, after which I became in charge of the following:
1- Managing the English Team at Roya TV:
A)Do the recruitment process for any new/ potential editor such as verbal and written interviews.
B)Provide training for the new editors and make them aware of our style guide and the channels policy.
C)Provide training for existing editors on writing, SEO, social media and all related fields of their work.
D)Manage the team shifts and working hours to ensure a coverage of 16 hours per day.
E)Manage the team leaves and holidays.
F)Ensure a low staff turn-around rate and create a staff retention policy.
G)Provide monthly reports for the company CEO projecting all achievements and setting goals for the next month.
2- Senior translator for the channel
A)Translated various types of documents such as legal contracts, marketing portfolio and other documents.
B)Provided live interpretation on air for various programs such as Hilwa ya Donya and other TV shows.
3- English editor for the English website
A)Write features for the English/ Arabic website.
4- Producing videos for the English website
Translator and interpreter for the USAID - CEP.
Translation of Data Collection Sheet.
Translation of commitment letters & other documents.
Interpretation for the project officials.
Short Term Contract (3 months)
Bridge Editor
At Al Bawaba Middle East/ Syndigate, Location: Amman, Jordan Company Industry: Digital Media, Content provider Job Role: Support Services 2014 - Present Translator/ Interpreter, English/ Arabic Editor for Business Channel, Content writer, Researcher, Social Media Editor.
I worked as the bridge editor for Albawaba/ Syndigate Middle East, my duties were as follows:
Translator/ Interpreter: To translate articles and media materials for the various channel editors.
English/ Arabic Editor for Business Channel: Write and post articles to both business channels (Arabic and English).
Content writer: Provide original context material for the Arabic channel.
Researcher: Provide both Arabic and English channels editors’ latest news on the spot.
Social Media Editor: Post and manage the social media pages which contained 300K/+ fans with the latest news from the website.
I have fulfilled plenty of positions at Emirates NBD Group:
1- Translator and interpreter: I worked closely with Emirates NBD Group Board Members as the Board Translator. My assignment was to translate the board minutes and its Sub-Committees for all the group companies.
I was also responsible for translating all Emirates NBD Company Secretary Department correspondences with Regulators, internal and external Parties.
2- Project Manager: I managed and assisted in several projects at our Group including liaising between the Vendor and the Group, responding to Risk concerns and remedy them if required, setting roles and responsibilities for the staff that will be working with the application after going live in-light of the management directions and assisting Procurement and Reality Service Dept. in negotiating the contract with the vendor.
Mentioning of these projects for example and not limited to:
A) Englobe: Corporate Governance application (Project Manager)
B) V-Board: Electronic Portal for Board Members allowing them to manage all matters regarding Board meetings. (Project Manager)
C) Synergy: Data Base Management Application: I was responsible for specifying the Dept. requirements and functions which the application must have.
3- Trade Mark and Patent Agent
I was responsible for registering all the group TMs, Maintain and follow up the records for renewal.
4- Shareholders Relationship Officer:
I worked as a shareholder relationship officer to fulfill the following duties:
A) Send and receive correspondences from shareholder, Dubai Financial Market and other parties, and act upon them accordingly.
B) send disclosures to DFM and NASDAK regarding closed periods and other info.
C) Participate in fixing Annual General Meeting (Ordinary & Extra-Ordinary).
D) distribute dividends cheques on shareholders as per their standing instructions (by mail, deposit to accounts and hand delivery)