Nisreen Najmaddin, Editorial Head of Style and Life and People - Editing and writing

Nisreen Najmaddin

Editorial Head of Style and Life and People - Editing and writing

Makkah Establishment for Printing & Publishing

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Economic and Administration
Experience
10 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :10 years, 3 Months

Editorial Head of Style and Life and People - Editing and writing at Makkah Establishment for Printing & Publishing
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2013 to May 2014

. creator of Hayatona section in Makkah newspaper; Hayatona discusses and Edit issues of food, fashion, health, real estate, and people.
* Discuss in phone or video conference with the management and editorial team members regarding placement of news stories
* Assign topics, events and stories, to region managers to instruct their reporters for coverage
* Read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax.
* Develop story or content ideas
* Confirm facts, dates, and statistics, using the newspaper’s standard reference sources.
* Evaluate and edit drafts or other materials submitted for publication.
* Approve and review materials submitted by composing room prior publishing..
* Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.
* Specify print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space required.
* Check with artists, typesetters, layout personnel, marketing directors, and production managers to resolve daily problems.
* Observe news-gathering operations to ensure all news sources.
* Monitor and coordinate work of editors.
* Read material to determine index items and arrange them alphabetically or topically, indicating the section’s pages or chapter location.

Editor at Alwatan News paper-Aseer press and publishing company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2010 to September 2013

Meeting with colleagues to plan the content of the issue, researching a subject and story, reporting, writing and editing news stories and features, and conducting interviews, in addition to, generating ideas for stories.

Editorial Responsible of Western Region at Sayidaty Magazine- Research and publishing Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2008 to February 2010

Discuss conference with the management and editorial team members regarding placement of news stories, assign topics, events and stories, to reporters for coverage, read copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, Develop story or content ideas, confirm facts, dates, and statistics, using Magazine standard reference sources, evaluate and edit drafts or other materials submitted for publication, approve and review materials submitted by composing room prior publishing, Plan the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.

PR and Media Manager at International Medical Center Hospital
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • April 2007 to May 2008

Organizing exhibitions and conferences.
• Organizing activities for employees.
• Development and renewal of the slogan.
• Issuance of a quarterly magazine.
• Setting project and actions plan for department
• Prepare media plan through the social media.
• Develop story concepts and writes compelling press releases, public service announcements and media advisories.
• Manage the function from article preparation and publishing to reporting, archiving and relations maintenance.
• Develop and maintain relationships with journalists and Media.
• Manage the flow of news about the organization to the media.
• Ensure the company protects and promotes its image in a proper, coordinated, and consistent manner.
• Coach and enhance team skills and knowledge sharing.
• Manage engagement teams, setting deliverables & objectives and evaluate performance

Reporter at Ro`aa Magazine -Okaz for Press and publication Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2005 to March 2008

Write feature news, breaking news, investigations, interviews, human interest stories and event coverage.

Deputy Manager of Public Relations and Media at Saudi German Hospitals Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2004 to March 2005

Organizing exhibitions and conferences.
• Organizing activities for employees.
• Development and renewal of the slogan.
• Issuance of a quarterly magazine.
• Setting project and actions plan for department
• Prepare media plan through the social media.
• Develop story concepts and writes compelling press releases, public service announcements and media advisories.
• Manage the function from article preparation and publishing to reporting, archiving and relations maintenance.
• Develop and maintain relationships with journalists and Media.
• Manage the flow of news about the organization to the media.
• Ensure the company protects and promotes its image in a proper, coordinated, and consistent manner.
• Coach and enhance team skills and knowledge sharing.
• Manage engagement teams, setting deliverables & objectives and evaluate performance

Education

Bachelor's degree, Economic and Administration
  • at KAU
  • January 1996

Specialties & Skills

Public Relations
Media 100
Strategic Communications Strategic Planning
Journalism
Publishing
Editorial
Managing Online Communications Online Journalism social media
Edit and revise contents as articles
Editorial Managing
Planning and Organizing press confere
Extensive Media Relations

Languages

English
Intermediate
Arabic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Professional Jourmalistes work (Training)
Training Institute:
Okaz Organization for Press and Publication
Date Attended:
January 2005
Duration:
200 hours
USA International Visitor Program- Media and Human rights (Training)
Training Institute:
USA- department of state
Date Attended:
January 2012
Duration:
200 hours
Professional public Relations (Training)
Training Institute:
Public Relations Forum
Date Attended:
February 2004
Duration:
8 hours