Riyad Awais, Editor / Copywriter

Riyad Awais

Editor / Copywriter

Asd

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, MEDIA AND TV PRODUCTION
Experience
11 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 6 Months

Editor / Copywriter at Asd
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since December 2017

and edit Arabic content for organizational publications, including employee newsletters and reports.
•Translate, write and edit Arabic articles, web content, advertising copy, periodicals and publications for internal and external audiences.
•Translate and write press materials, briefing documents, talking points, key messages and presentations for high end client's like (Visa, Ford, Starzplay, Jumeirah Group, GEMS Education, GE, Emirates NBD) and more
•Covering many international events for many of the company's clients, including GITEX Global, Dubai Chamber.
•Checked translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions.
•Followed ethical codes that protected confidentiality of information.

Editor/ Copywriter at JOURNALIST
  • United Arab Emirates
  • April 2016 to November 2017

and editing Arabic scripts for magazines like, Business Voice (Abu Dhabi Chamber), Dubai Tourism Magazine (DTC), Open Skies Arabic (EMIRATES), The Zone (JAFZA), AJWAA (GCAA)
•Selecting the best Arabic articles published over the week for The Week Journal.
•Writing, proofreading and editing Arabic content for the company's special projects, including, Shurooq Annual Report, Dubai Pocket Guide (DTC), Abu Dhabi HSPC Golf Championship 2016 Report, IGCF 2017 Report, Cayan Online Newsletter.
•Writing suggested outline for the content of books to be written after doing extensive research on the topic.
•Met deadlines while maintaining high-quality deliverables.

at Al Riyadh Newspaper (Al Yamamh Press Est)
  • November 2013 to March 2016

Arranged interviews with people who provided information about story.
•Took pictures and video and process them for inclusion in story.
•Developed ideas and material for columns and commentaries by analyzing and interpreting news, current issues and personal experiences.
•Reported news stories for publication, describing background and details of events.

Journalist at Palestinian Ministry of Labor
  • July 2012 to September 2013

news on the activities held by the Ministry of Labor
•Photo shooting
•Monitoring the news on the Ministry published in local media by writing weekly and monthly reports
•Writing fact sheets and press releases for the Minister
•Managing the press conferences held by the Ministry

Education

Bachelor's degree, MEDIA AND TV PRODUCTION
  • at Al Quds University
  • February 2012

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Specialties & Skills

Photography
Writing News Releases
News Photography
News Writing
Text Editing
PRESS RELEASES
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
EDITING
NEWSLETTERS
PUBLICITY
WRITING
ADOBE PHOTODELUXE
ADVERTISING COPYWRITING
CONFERENCES
CUSTOMER RELATIONS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Reading,