Mayada Samy Mohamed, Country Manager – trivago MENA

Mayada Samy Mohamed

Country Manager – trivago MENA

trivago GmbH

Location
Germany
Education
Bachelor's degree, in Management with double core majors in Marketing and International Business
Experience
11 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 2 Months

Country Manager – trivago MENA at trivago GmbH
  • Germany
  • My current job since September 2014

• Carrying out projects to assist decision-making and strategy development for trivago’s expansion into the Middle East and North Africa region
• Continuously researching and managing local and regional partners
• Conducting in-depth market research in order to spot untapped opportunities and help shape trivago’s marketing strategy for the region
• Analyzing the performance of online and offline marketing activities
• Assisting with press materials and participating in projects that will help drive trivago forward in the market

Strategic Support – Arabic Markets at trivago GmbH
  • Germany
  • January 2014 to September 2014

• Launching the platform and analyzing the website content, adapting it to the relevant market and carrying out projects to optimize it
• Carrying out extensive, in-depth market research to assist decision-making and strategy development
• Communicating with potential local and regional partners
• Analyzing the media market to plan TV and Video campaigns
• Improving trivago’s visibility in Google rankings through SEM, SEO and Display Marketing activities
• Working closely with the Quality Assurance team, to strategically test the website and optimize the functionality, layout and wording

Relationship Manager at Bayt.com
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • May 2013 to August 2013

• Driving the continuous growth of Bayt.com by acquiring new clients
• Identifying, segmenting and prioritizing prospects
• Meeting prospects and managing on-going relationships
• Managing and closing sales processes efficiently and rapidly

Sales & CRM Associate at Wild Guanabana - Life Changing Journeys
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2012 to October 2012

• Managing client inquiries, converting sales, and encouraging repeat business
• Managing partial contents of the website
• Assisting with social media content design and generation

Marketing Division Trainee at Arab Consultants-Architects Engineers
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2011 to March 2011

• Organizing company orders and customer data
• Analyzing sales and company marketing efforts
• Analyzing the company’s external image and its CSR duties

Intern in the Marketing Department at Germanischer Lloyd (GL)
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2010 to September 2010

• Modeling excel sheets for marketing data collection
• Analyzing marketing plans and client market characteristics
• Aiding in the development of a pseudo marketing plan for the company

Education

Bachelor's degree, in Management with double core majors in Marketing and International Business
  • at The German University in Cairo (GUC)
  • October 2011

B.Sc. in Management with High Honors, With double core majors in Marketing and International Business GPA = 1.0 (Excellent). German system, where 1.0 = excellent, 2.0 = very good, 3.0 = good, 4.0 = satisfactory Bachelor thesis: The Effect of Electronic Word-of-Mouth (eWOM) on Consumer Buying Behavior and Emerging Different Consumer Profiles. Awards: Academic Scholarship (35% for four years) For superior academic achievement (category A); it is offered to the top 100 students in each major.

High school or equivalent, Literature-Based
  • at The International School of Choueifat (ISC) in Abu Dhabi
  • June 2007

American High School Diploma SAT I score = 1800/2400 In addition to the standard Literature-focused concentration, The American High School Diploma under the SABIS system provides the education equivalence to advanced placement (AP) courses in Math, Economics, English Literature, History and Biology.

Specialties & Skills

Marketing
Internet Tools
New Markets
Digital Marketing
Online Travel
Microsoft Office Software and The Internet
Communication and Presentation Skills
SPSS Software Applications
Academic Research Exprience and Research Paper Writing

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
German
Intermediate
French
Beginner

Hobbies

  • Travelling, Kickboxing, Interior Design, Social Media