Events and Office Assistant
International Peace Institute MENA
Total years of experience :15 years, 9 Months
Working with the IPI, MENA Director to manage programs, external relations, office events, PR, & office administration
Most Influential Projects:
• The launch of the new Exotics Cars Showroom in Sanad - Event & PR Management
• The launch of the new Montreal Cars Showroom in Sitra - Event Management
• The Orphans Birthday for 300 Orphans in Seef Mall (Farhte Fe April) - Event, PR, Marketing, & Brand Management
• Ghabga Events Management for Bahrain Credit - Event Consultancy, Brand Management
Working on Project Advisory, Client Account Management, Proposal Development, Campaign Planning, Market Research and Analysis. Responsibilities & achievements include creating detailed work plans for projects, controlling, evaluating and executing projects.
Most Influential Projects
• The United Nations & Bahrain Documentary Project Manager, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• IKEA Ground Break Event in Bahrain Consultancy & On-day Event Management, IKEA Furniture Store
• Bahrain Television New Brand Campaign Project Manager, The Ministry of Information Affairs
• Rethink Campaign Event Manager, The Ministry of Interior
• Presentation Development, The Ministry of Housing
• Event Management, The Southern Governorate
• Untangle Autism Consultation & Management, The Alia School of Autism
Initial planning included building and executing the social media strategy through competitive research, platform determination, benchmarking, messaging and audience identification. I also generated, edited, published and shared daily content to create audience engagement as well as monitoring content on being published on Social Media & engaging the audience. Liaising with Tedx stakeholders to publish content on multiple social media accounts.
Have the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of projects.
Roles and Responsibilities Include planning and defining scope, activity planning and sequencing, resource planning, developing schedules, time estimating, cost estimating, developing a budget, documentation, creating charts and schedules, risk analysis, managing risks and issues, monitoring and reporting progress, team leadership, business partnering, working with vendors, and controlling quality of projects.
Most Influential Projects
• Special Needs Support Exhibition 2014 Project Manager- www.snse-expo.com, Ministry of Education & Unicef
• Zedny Elman Mall Activation Project Manager, Ministry of Education
• PR Manager, Seef Properties
Social Media speakers and advocates sharing professional social media stories. Participated as a speaker
Topic: "The effects of social media on events"
Previously the Project Manager of Bahrain Business Expo. Was in charge of all event management aspects as well as the online social media marketing for the event - which included Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter. Sponsored by Bahrain Development Bank - Strategic Partner: Tamkeen
Project Manager of the Amwaj Shopping Festival - carried out excellent research and established a unique social media marketing base on Instagram with over 1500 followers in under a month for the event. Over 60 Participants in the first Bazaar - Sponsored by Al Zayani Motors
Helped in the ArabNet Digital Summit 2012, the largest web and mobile event for professionals.
Helped with coming up with comprehensive marketing strategy for the event, worked closely with social media and media departments to maximize effectiveness of marketing strategy, drafting promotional e-shots, organizing promotional campaigns and events, monitoring results of campaigns, and using findings to improve future campaigns. Also helped with Research and growing the target group and expanding the reach of the ArabNet Digital Summit 2012 and announcements and participated in telesales campaigns for the event. Also worked on-site on the event and helped organise the registration process and the event.
Helped organize an event for Diabetes with The Blue Camels in September 2011.
Managed many successful Events which built up my leadership and event planning skills. Was a spokesperson of the entire student body. Planned and oversaw all student activity events, budget allocation, fiscal planning, recognition of developing issues pertaining to students, and communication between faculty/staff and the student body.
Duties include working with students/administration to resolve problems. Informing school administration of ideas that came up from the student body. Managing the student government in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer.
Events planned:
Talent Show: all universities participated. Over 30 talents competing. Expert Judges such as Imran Al Aradi - DJ in Radio Bahrain + Famous Comedian and Aseel Al Shafei - EDB - Manager
Student Ghabga: held in the Diplomat hotel, a bazaar at the same time - Over 500 people attended - Hosted by DJ and Comedian Imran Al Aradi - Sponsored by Bahrain Specialist Hospital and Bahrain Air Ghaza Reliefe Bake Sale: to spread awareness and raise money for Ghaza
Student Campout Day: camped in the desert - Over 150 people attended
Secret Valentine: Gave out secret flowers for students - Over 200 flowers sold - All sold out.
Athari Day Out: Cooperated with Athari Theme Park to get the BIBF students exclusive access to the park.
Work for Senior Lecturer Dr. Subhadra Ganguli as a research assistant for several courses including CFA, PRM, and BSDP.
Identified and analysed the areas of potential risk threatening the assets, earning capacity or success of organisations in the industrial, commercial or public sector, and was able to determine whether the bank should lend to certain companies using Moody. Was responsible for forecasting cost and the level of risk to the bank and predicting change and future trends.
Helped in maintaining order and discipline
Assisted in executing daily tasks
Managed student records
Did consultancy work for Cardiff International Arena (concert and events hall) to improve hospitality for the events. Cardiff International Arena Hospitality Plan January 2011 to May 2011 Members: Sama Alshawi, Shelly Hui, Flora Wong, Nikita Parikh, Martin Packer The main aim of the project was to redevelop the hospitality packages "Show Plus and Arena Club" to increase awareness and eventually increase the number of customers. Dissertation: Exploration and Evaluation of the role of Mega-events in destination development: A case study of Bahrain. UWIC September 17, 2012 Authors: Sama Alshawi This report explores and evaluates the role of Mega Events and in specific the Grand Prix Formula One in a destination development focusing on Bahrain. It discusses the effects of mega events around the world. Interviews were conducted to gather qualitative information. A survey gathered from the Modern Age Events was taken to analyze the results and compared with a report made about Bahrain. This concluded that the Formula One has made a positive impact on Bahrain as a destination development.
Activities and Societies: President of Student Council, Managed many events, Joined Model United Nations for three executive years, AIESEC student leadership organisation.
