Mahmoud Sakr, Co-Founder & Business Developer

Mahmoud Sakr

Co-Founder & Business Developer

Almakkan

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Architecture
Experience
10 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 2 Months

Co-Founder & Business Developer at Almakkan
  • Egypt
  • My current job since July 2014

Almakkan is the biggest Co-working space in the delta region, Egypt; Almakkan is a meeting point
for people and ideas. Gathering different entrepreneurs into one space and has some interact wewant everyone to interact with other. Almakkan won (Havios) grant & the (IOM) grant in 2016.

Responsibilities include:

 Develop and implement a marketing strategy as part of a wider sales strategy.
 Design and manage + 8 internships programs.
 Training personnel and helping team members develop their skills.
 Conducting research and analyzing data to identify and define the target customers.
 organize and attend events such as conferences, seminars, receptions and exhibitions.
 Pitching products and/or services and writing proposals
 evaluate and review marketing campaigns, advertising and SEO to make sure the correct mediums
are being used and campaigns are effective
 Locates or proposes potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and
exploring opportunities.

Creative director at Pixlat media production
  • Egypt
  • October 2017 to March 2018

Pixlat is a media production and marketing solutions agency
Responsibilities include:

 Developing creative guidelines and ideas for advertising campaigns.
 Revises marketing plan by analyzing campaign results; identifying expansion opportunities.
 Improving results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing the processes; implementing changes.
 Examining client objectives; planning, scheduling, and coordinating with production requirements.
Social media manger
Syndicate Of Lawyers, Menofya May 2017 - Oct 2017, Egypt
Responsibilities include:
 Design and implement social media strategy to align with the organization goals.
 Generate, edit, publish and share engaging content daily (e.g. original text, photos, videos and news)
 Communicate with followers, respond to queries in a timely manner and monitor customer reviews
 Stay up-to-date with Egypt news and trends and report members about it.

Marketing & sales trainer at Plan International (Training for Recruitment project)
  • Egypt
  • October 2016 to October 2017

Responsibilities include:

Training + 500 students.
 Design effective training programs
 Prepare educational material such as module summaries, videos etc.
 Conduct evaluations to identify areas for improvement.

Social media manger at Syndicate Of Lawyers, Menofya
  • Egypt - Menoufia
  • May 2017 to October 2017

Responsibilities include:

 Design and implement social media strategy to align with the organization goals.
 Generate, edit, publish and share engaging content daily (e.g. original text, photos, videos and news)
 Communicate with followers, respond to queries in a timely manner and monitor customer reviews
 Stay up-to-date with Egypt news and trends and report members about it.

Social media strategist &Content creator at YZT WORKS
  • Canada
  • February 2017 to September 2017

At YZT Works, our mission is to build an online presence for businesses within the targeted community by providing effective, affordable online marketing solutions in Canada, Egypt and Gulf Area. We take the pride in working closely with all of our clients to meet their online marketing needs and help them to build their brands with SMM (Social Media Marketing).

Responsibilities include:
 Developing & maintain a comprehensive social media strategies to achieve marketing targets
 Manage, create and publish original, high-quality content.
 Create, run and manage paid campaign (Ads) on the social media platform.
 Apply marketing research and development methods to learn and understand emerging trends and technologies and to communicate this knowledge clearly and concisely.
 Facilitate client-company communication (respond to queries, get reviews and organize chats and Q&A sessions).

Startup consultant at Many different startups
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2015 to September 2017

I work with many founders and providing professional insight, strategy, tools and services to help these founders grow their startups and achieve success. Focusing on what really matters to go to the market and help them to seek fund from different investors. These startups like:

• Crochial: a new Egyptian brand for s professional handmade products via website and Chabot.
• Girl Zone: a special space to empower girls throws different workshops and activities.
• Lazytopia: designing & making creative furniture make people more comfortable and effective.
• Mini Events: a startup which organizing local events for entertainment.
• Rizzmi: an online platform for training center marketing and management solutions.
• English X Studio: education center offering a creative way to learn English.
• PPI: innovative personal branding solutions agency.
• Foody Man: chatbot for order your favorite e food from nearby restaurants.
• Bookbot: chatbot for buying books from the different online stores.

Responsibilities include:
 Analyze and interpret data to unearth weaknesses and problems, and comprehend the causes.
 Help in preparing proposals and pitching ideas to investors and developing presentation skills.
 Assesses market competition by comparing the startup's product to competitors' products.
 Assist the team in developing detailed business plans to drive small or radical changes.

Digital marketing consultant at Just order "Retail & home services company
  • Egypt
  • March 2017 to May 2017

Responsibilities include:
Monitor SMM, marketing, and sales performance metrics to forecast trends.
 Build strong clients relationships through social media interaction and suggest new campaigns.
 Identify advertising needs to establish best practices in digital marketing.
 Research products, services and current strategies to identify new opportunities.
Entrepreneurship trainer

Entrepreneurship trainer at Freelancer
  • Egypt
  • May 2015 to April 2017

I work as a freelance trainer in Cairo, Menofya and Benha to help people building their startups from concept to product, giving mentees ideas about additional revenue streams, make more money and increase the retention and how they manage the potential risks.

Topics which I can cover:

 Business Model Generation.
 Market Analysis and Market Entry Strategies.
 Operations and Innovation Management.
 Marketing Strategies Development.
 Business Plan.
 Ideation, prototyping, and MVP.
 Digital Marketing tools for Startups.

Governorate Coordinator at World Bank "Recruitment project, Menofya"
  • Egypt - Menoufia
  • March 2014 to February 2015

Responsibilities include:

 Manage the M&E team to monitor the associations who received grants from the bank.
 Develop and implement reporting and monitoring mechanisms, including a comprehensive tracking system to monitor project activities;
 Maintain strong and regular liaison with Governmental and non-governmental partners at the local levels, providing responsive and professional technical assistance.
 Undertake regular field and site visits and duty travel to monitor progress of activities.
 Submit periodic narrative reports to the Program Manager

Education

Bachelor's degree, Architecture
  • at College of Engineering, Menoufia University, Egypt
  • May 2014

Specialties & Skills

Digital Marketing
Market Research
Business Analysis
Business Development
New Product Ideation
ADVERTISING
BUSINESS PLANS
MARKET PLANNING
MARKETING
PROPOSAL WRITING
RESEARCH

Social Profiles

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Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Leadership program (Training)
Training Institute:
Helwan institution
innovation in education (Training)
Training Institute:
Intel
ICDL certification, Faculty of engineering (Certificate)
SEED ,UN certified TOT "inclusive entrepreneurship development" (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Causes I care about:
     Education  E-learning  Arts and Culture  Economic Empowerment  Health technology  Social Services  Cocking