Marcelle E. Najem Saikaly, Senior Journalist/Reporter/Editor

Marcelle E. Najem Saikaly

Senior Journalist/Reporter/Editor

Trace Media

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, Enlgish Literature and Language/Drama and Film Adaptations
Experience
15 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 8 Months

Senior Journalist/Reporter/Editor at Trace Media
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since November 2011

• Write articles and features (English)
• Edit all types of English content
• Conduct and write interviews
• Report news and events
• Attend conferences worldwide
• Manage web content for both magazines

ELT Product Manager at Samir Editeur
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • March 2010 to November 2011

Manage ELT Books Department on behalf of Oxford University Press ELT Division.

•Sole representative of Oxford University Press (OUP) ELT’s division in Lebanon
•Monitor the distribution of Oxford ELT books to schools and universities
•Supervise a sales team and monitor the feedback they receive from clients regarding all Oxford ELT books
•Prepare and provide presentations concerning the latest methods and techniques for teaching ELT
•Train teachers
•Organize events and workshops for clients in collaboration with OUP
•Maintain contact with clients and provide their orders
•Placing and dispatching book orders (local and foreign)
•Study and evaluate the latest OUP ELT books that might be a potential success in Lebanon/determine the market for these books
•Create promotional material for the latest OUP publications
•Attend training sessions provided by OUP (educational and sales workshops)
•Proofread and edit all English texts

English Subject Analyst at SABIS Educational Services
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • September 2008 to March 2010

• Proofreading and editing
• Writing lessons for EFL students
• Developing material for EFL books
• Developing tests and all types of assessments for EFL students
• Developing and planning teacher-trainer material for training local teachers in the Gulf
• Developing and creating presentations that will aid the process of teaching and training
• Reworking, rewriting and revising already written books to suit EFL levels
• Monitoring the application of these material
• Developing and preparing visual aids associated with the written material
• Training teacher-trainers and teachers in the Gulf

Education

Master's degree, Enlgish Literature and Language/Drama and Film Adaptations
  • at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (Usek)
  • June 2006

Specialties & Skills

English
Live Reporting
Creating Proposals
Editing
Creative Writing