Samah alkaff, Researcher

Samah alkaff

Researcher

Sharjah Museums Department

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Arts & Sciences, Social & Behavioral sciences
Experience
5 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :5 years, 5 Months

Researcher at Sharjah Museums Department
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2011 to May 2014

Sharjah Museums Department: Sharjah (2011- current)
• Researcher
Areas of responsibility: Research development
Interviewing and recommending people for vacancies
• Project management
Developing content for museums
Recommending companies when outsourcing.
Ensuring excellent performance.
Evaluating companies & writing reports



• Excellent interpersonal skills: gained through working in a team, & in a media firm

• Computer literate, knowledgeable in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Power Point, SPSS (Statistics Program), Indesign, illustrator, Internet Research and touch typing Arabic/English.

• Excellent Research skills: gained by studying and applying research methods.

• Writing skills: gained through studying and practicing journalism.

• Leadership and Teamwork skills: gained by attending an extensive program in Al Maktoum Institute, UK, where both concepts were studied, developed, and applied. These concepts were also vastly developed when running my own company and having the responsibility of managing a whole team and being a team member myself.

• Hard Working, Social, Team Player, Creative, Like to try new things, Flexible, Fast Learner


• Horse riding and horse care.


Interests/ Hobbies: • Reading
• Writing
• Traveling
• Horse Riding


COMMUNICATION SKILLS: • Arabic native speaker
• Fluent in English

Al Fursan Equestrian Activities at Sharjah
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2010 to January 2011

Al Fursan Equestrian Activities: Sharjah (2010- 2011)
Established my own private company 'Al Fursan'.

Areas of responsibility: Managerial offices
Hiring staff.
Developing programs and training employees.
Marketing.
Research and development.

3Months internship as a Community Journalist at Gulf News
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2008 to December 2008

Gulf News: Dubai (2008)
3Months internship as a Community Journalist.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Arts & Sciences, Social & Behavioral sciences
  • at Zayed University
  • June 2009

Dean's List. This major focused a lot on research..

Bachelor's degree, Magazine Journalism
  • at Zayed University
  • January 2009

Zayed University (2004- 2009) Bachelor of 'Communication and Media Sciences', Majoring in 'Magazine Journalism'. Bachelor of 'Arts and Sciences', Majoring in 'Social and Behavioral Sciences' focusing on 'International Studies'. (3.5/4.0 GPA) RELATED COURSES: COM: Mass Communication, feature & news writing, Video production, Newsletter making, photography, web designing, organizational communication. SBS: Research Methods, UAE's history and development, psychology, anthropology, comparative politics.

Specialties & Skills

Writing
Project Management
Graphic Design
Research
FAST LEARNER
ILLUSTRATOR
INDESIGN
INTERVIEWING
MICROSOFT EXCEL
MICROSOFT WORD
STATISTICS
TEAM PLAYER

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Reading, Writting, Horse Riding, Table tennis
    Won awwards for creative writing, Won a competition for public speaking finiched horse riding endurance qualifiers