Sarah Rizvi, Account Manager

Sarah Rizvi

Account Manager

The Classic Partnership Advertising

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Humanities
Experience
11 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 10 Months

Account Manager at The Classic Partnership Advertising
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2017

Client Profile Includes:

Global Village
Better Life
Bidaya Home Finance (KSA)
Dubai Chamber of Commerce
National Bank of Oman
Capri-Sun (Agthia)
Al Bayan Water (Agthia)

Account Manager at The Big Idea Advertising
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2013 to November 2016

• Managing a portfolio of accounts
• Meeting and liaising with clients to discuss their advertising/marketing requirements
• Using an existing network of industry contacts to generate business
• Maintaining Work in Progress documents for organization and structures
• Managing advertising campaigns (ATL, BTL, Social Media): setting the project timetables, the deliverables' deadlines, brainstorm with the agency creative for idea and conceptualization, assisting with research and strategy
• Advise clients on the most effective route and feasible solutions
• Maintaining a great relationship with various media and production agencies across U.A.E
• Coordinating with various departments within the agency
• Attending all client meetings, tracking contact reports and status sheets
• Maintaining and expanding relationships with existing clients
• Engaged in assisting the Activation, Promotions, Production (including Branding and TVC), and Events team in planning and execution of campaigns

Client Portfolio:
3M Consumer Brands - (Scotch-Brite™, Scotch™, Post-it®, Nexcare & Command)
Dabur Consumer Brands - (FEM, Dermoviva & Vatika)
Zee Entertainment
United Arab Bank
Dubai Autism Center
Prescott Developers
Credo Investments

Account Executive at Shuttle Advertising
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2011 to November 2012

• Trafficked and scheduling creative meetings with interactive agencies.
• Collaborated with the ad server to book, track, optimize and report on all media campaigns.
• Facilitated in booking of insertions and insertion order creation.
• Followed up on all the artwork, pricing, client feedback, suppliers and deliveries as per the specific job.
• Served as the central resource for Shuttle Advertising ad policies and compliance.
• Worked closely with the design team, accounts/finance department to ensure media, production and design plans were being executed flawlessly.
• Managed multiple projects with strict deadlines including restaurant & store launches independently.
• Provided quality assurance, logging traffic, pulled campaign placement reports and reviewed the status of the campaigns in order to optimize their performance.
• Maintained and developed great company relationship with various media agencies and suppliers in U.A.E

Client Portfolio:
Debonairs Pizza
i Pinco Pallino
Le Paris Diamonds
Sugaholic

Education

Bachelor's degree, Humanities
  • at York University
  • April 2011

Completed three years

High school or equivalent,
  • at The City School PAF Chapter
  • August 2006

G.C.E A levels - The City School PAF Chapter, Karachi, Pakistan Aug 2004 - Aug 2006

Specialties & Skills

Branding
Activations
Key Account Management
Social Media
Media Buying
Media Planning
Blogging
Media Buying
Events and Activation
Account Management
Social Media

Languages

Hindi
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Pending Meal Initiative
  • Founder
  • May 2015

Hobbies

  • Blogging
    A Slice of Life (Blog) - www.sarahrizvi.com In May 2016, I started my very own food and lifestyle blog. Starting from identifying the place, tasting, documenting, photography and then writing the review is all done by me.
  • Charity/Social Work
    Pending Meal - www.facebook.com/pendingmeal In April 2015, I started the Pending Meal initiative in Dubai. It was covered by Leading Media across U.A.E. and I was also nominated for the Masala! Unsung Heroes award. Currently, Pending Meal Facebook page has over 4800 followers and the numbers are growing every day.