mario kanaan, Project Manager - Business Development Officer

mario kanaan

Project Manager - Business Development Officer

Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Marketing
Experience
14 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months

Project Manager - Business Development Officer at Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since September 2011

Achievements:
• Identifying latest trends related to specific industries via conducting continuous market research
• Gaining new sponsors aboard numerous events and projects via Identifying and building relations with potential stakeholders
• Increasing client portfolio through devising marketing strategies (including tele sales, research and questionnaires..)
• Achieving specific goals directly connected to client needs & competitive environments through Long-term plan marketing /brand development
• Ensuring high quality marketing tools of projects, campaigns, and events
• Coordinating with creative team to produce best end results for ads, web banners, and promotional kits
• Ensuring strong social media presence and following up with associated posting teams
• Ensuring full client satisfaction via immaculately meeting requirements of sponsors and speakers
• Managing and executing more than 25 conferences held in Beirut, Sultanate of Oman, Turkey, Geneva, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mauritania and United Arab Emirates.
• Ensuring prominent media presence in press conferences, creating media kits
• Representing the company in key countries including Geneva, Switzerland.

Accomplished Projects:
Project Director of the Swiss-Arab Wealth Management Forum (held in Geneva, 2013)
Second Swiss-Arab Financial Forum (held in Geneva, 2014)
The 21st Arab Economic Forum (held in Beirut, 2012)
The 22nd Arab Economic Forum (held in Beirut, 2013)
The First Iraqi- Lebanese Banking Conference (held in Beirut, 2014).
Project Management of DGTL#U 2012, 2013-2014
Event Manager of the 6th ArabSat Broadcasters Forum (held in Dubai, 2012)

Strategic Planner at M&C SAATCHI
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • April 2011 to July 2011

- Changing and rejuvenating the corporate image of existing clients.
- Market segmentation and customer profiling.
- Brainstorming sessions within the creative department.
- Preparation of presentations for the client servicing team.
- Developing, managing and analyzing research projects.
- Identifying and evaluating new business opportunities.
- Providing the client servicing team with clearly defined and inspired projects that contains relevant information on the brands, the target audience, and the strategies to enable them to develop creative ideas.

Cashier & Operation controller at Music Hall
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2009 to November 2010

- Handle the financials.
- Control the inventory.
- helping the back office manager with the financial duties: Payroll, end of day and updating the system.

Sales & marketing representative at Sanita
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • June 2009 to September 2009

- Selling and Distributing different products of SANITA to selected outlets.
- Visiting & attracting new clients.
- Collecting money from clients.
- Create repeated business with existing clients.
- Implementing marketing researches and surveys under the supervision of the marketing manager.
-Product knowledge trainings.

Indoor sales representative at Arope insurance (Blom bank group)
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • June 2007 to September 2007

- Handle Arope Insurance clients at Blom Bank: (Sin el Fil Branch)
- Sell ready made insurance products such as Life insurance, Medical insurance and Personal accidents.
- Follow up of clients’ needs and policies renewal.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Marketing
  • at Universite Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (USEK)
  • June 2009

I have obtained a GPA of 80/100 during my university education. I also developed the best final marketing project. I also organized two marketing annual forums. Awarded for implementing a university project by the dean of the faculty.

Diploma, Baccalaureate degree in economics
  • at College de la Sagesse Brasilia
  • June 2004

Specialties & Skills

CRM software
Event Sales
Marketing
Project Management
Business Development
MS office
Photoshop
Social media

Languages

Arabic
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French
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English
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