Syed Saad, Marketing Professional/Executive

Syed Saad

Marketing Professional/Executive

F Technologies LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
17 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 0 Months

Marketing Professional/Executive at F Technologies LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2014

Managing entire on-line marketing activities for mobile application
business unit including PPC, CPM channels, SEO, and social media.
Responsible for both developing and producing creative brand designs.
Managing all on-line marketing activities to ensure that messages
appropriately contribute to brand identity.

Marketing Manager at FBS Business Services
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2014 to October 2014

Identify, develop and evaluate marketing strategy of company’s services, research on potential market for company’s services in the UAE region.

Provide sales forecast based on the planned marketing activities.

Develop Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the department associates and ensuring the compliance.

Through research, introduced company’s new brand image and its management

Brand Manager at Infamous Studios
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2013 to February 2014

Brand, advertising or marketing consultancy, communication and supporting different clients during projects.

Researching consumer markets, monitoring market trends and identifying potential areas in which to invest, based upon consumer patterns, needs and Trends.

Generating names for new and existing services, coming up with ideas for new packaging designs, including shape, size, colours, fonts and overall imagery outlook.

Supervising the sign-off of marketing literature and campaigns, liaising with legal and compliance personnel, ensuring the designs and messages meet the company's branding guidelines.

Co-ordinating the launch program to external customers as well as employees.

Overseeing the BTL advertising, direct mail, email campaigns, websites, exhibition stands, collateral and liaising with art designers, copywriters and printers.

Marketing Manager at IT Sec Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • November 2009 to April 2013

- Working as a departmental head, reporting to CEO on relationship marketing, team management, new brand development, creative marketing and IMC assurance.

- Managing reseller/franchise programs, E-mail marketing, advertising campaigns, social media, SEO and Content Writing.

- Handled a team of 10 subordinates.

- Launched 2 portable affiliate programs and achieved six fi gures of revenue through marketing efforts in 2011.

- Initiated 3 major SBUs and initiated 13 brand development campaigns.

Administrator - Marketing & Relations at Spades Studio & Model Management
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • April 2009 to November 2009

Campaign creation, market planning and development, research on competitive analysis, relationship management among multinational companies, media personnel, entertainment directors, fashion/interior designers etc. Providing them industry’s best talent and design services and ensured quality management. Successfully closed deals with 4 companies during the tenure

Sr. Executive Marketing and Affiliates at tradekey (pvt) ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 2007 to March 2009

I worked for affiliate and partnership department and lunched three brands of affiliate, partnership and online sole-distributor programs. Designed strategy for franchising and maintained corporate relationships with clients. I was head of campaign creation and forecasting revenue generation activities.

Marketing Executive at Pelikan GMBH
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 2006 to March 2007

I worked for world famous stationery brand ‘Pelikan’ and managed campaign “World of Schools” successfully. My responsibilities were website development also handled an exhibition in Lahore city, during my job tenure I focused on below-the-line marketing activities such as point-of-sale, sales promotion and telemarketing.

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at Newports Institute of Communications & Economics
  • November 2007

Majors: - Brand Management - Advertising - Consumer Behavior - International Marketing

Bachelor's degree, Marketing & HR
  • at Newports Institute of Communications & Economics
  • September 2005

Majors - Total Quality Management - Sales Management - HRM - Export Marketing

Bayt Tests

Internet Marketing Test
Score 80%

Specialties & Skills

Product Strategy
Affiliate Management
Marketing Mix
Brand Management
Marketing Management
Research & Analysis
Leadership
Graphic Design
MS Office
E-Marketing

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

Parwaaz Society (NAZ Male health Alliance NGO)
  • BOD (Management Finance)
  • February 2013

Training and Certifications

Certificate in Multimedia (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2009
Valid Until:
September 2009

Hobbies

  • Reading
  • Philanthropy
  • Swimming
  • Adventure expeditions
  • Horse Ridding