Information Specialist
Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
Total years of experience :16 years, 3 Months
Liaise with the international publishers and distributors for the distribution of the organization’s publications which number around 1000.
Coordinating, planning and promoting Center’s participation in local and international book fairs and large scale events. Liaise and negotiate with suppliers and build good client and sponsor relationship.
Coordinate with the researchers who intend to write and publish books in collaboration with the Center.
Follow up and communicate with interested parties (researchers, academics, readers, subscribers, and research institutions) in promoting the Center’s activities and establish PR ties with targeted audience.
Liaise with local and international media for press releases and coordinate coverage by the TV Channels and Newspapers, for the annual conferences and weekly events.
Review local English daily newspapers and present weekly reports based on the review.
Monitor 20 different international newspapers (American, British, Israeli and local English newspapers) with a daily deadline. Identify and report local, regional and internationally significant stories.
Report news about UAE from international sources like New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Times, and Financial Times etc.
The News monitoring and summarizing later contributes to the daily Bulletin that Center publishes exclusively for the VIPs and the decision makers of the country.
While working on the final dissertation, I worked with Lawyers Without Borders as an intern for 6 months.