Senior Editor and Copywriter
Qatar Musuems
Total years of experience :22 years, 9 Months
• Editing/Joint curating exhibitions from abroad
• Editing labels/catalogues/brochures
• Writing/editing exhibition wall panels
• Providing written content for all exhibition-related marketing material
• Writing high-level correspondence
• Creating content for website, blog and social media in Arabic and English
• Writing press releases
• Liaising with media outlets including press, radio, television
• Writing speeches in English/Arabic
• Master of Ceremonies for major events
• Supervising film production
• Developing site map, wireframe, navigation models and content for our website
• Managing and maintaining current Year of Culture website
• Working closely with designers and developers to ensure that designs for marketing and digital collateral are properly built and implemented.
• Building and monitoring social media channels and preparing reports
• Writing, copywriting, translating and editing organizational literature for publication
• Developing a variety of communications materials, including writing speeches, fact sheets, news articles, internal communications, web content and press releases.
• Liaising with higher management in an administrative capacity.
• Improving processes by writing policies and procedures.
• Managing projects and media events.
• Promoting the organization through creative ideas and expressions.
• Providing general linguistic support to MIA and QMA executive offices; translating, editing, proof-reading, copywriting, revising publications; and protecting the confidentiality of translated documents.
• Reading and analysing historical manuscripts; researching museum artefacts and providing historical and cross-cultural analyses; liaising with publishers and specialists regarding content and readability.
• Linguistic analysis and editing of MIA audio guides.
• Translation of children’s educational material and employee training seminars.
Medical Interpreter/Translator:
Provide interpretation during examinations, tests, treatments, in obtaining informed consent and in providing patient teaching in an effective and courteous manner.
Assist health care workers in telephone contact with family members and follow-up contact with patients after treatment.
Write clear and precise patient instruction in the patient's language under the direction of the health care worker.
Act as a cultural broker for patients and providers.
Legal Interpreter/Translator:
Coordinate with the court clerk on the schedules of arraignment and appearances required.
Translate into English affidavits, prepared statements and testimonies of witnesses written in the other language.
Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.
Translate in real-time during court testimonial depositions and trials.
Appear in court hearings and trials to assist migrant witness or experts in delivering testimonies by translating their language for the court and vice verse in English.
Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.
Proofread, edit, and correct or revise translated materials.
Listen to speakers’ statements to determine contextual meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic audio systems as necessary.
Prepare and process legal documents and papers, such as summonses, subpoenas, complaints, appeals, motions, and pretrial agreements.
Mail, fax, or arrange for delivery of legal correspondence to clients, witnesses, and court officials.
Receive and place telephone calls.
Schedule and make appointments.
Make photocopies of correspondence, documents, and other printed matter.
Organize and maintain law libraries, documents, and case files.
Assist in collecting information such as employment, medical, and other records.
Attend legal meetings, such as client interviews, hearings, or depositions, and take notes.
Draft and type office memos.
Review legal publications and perform database searches to identify laws and court decisions relevant to pending cases.
Submit articles and information from searches to attorneys for review and approval for use.
Complete various forms, such as accident reports, trial and courtroom requests, and applications for clients.
Dealing with incoming and outgoing mail
Answering phone calls
Using a computer to write letters or record medical notes
Making sure medical samples are properly labelled
Keeping on top of filing and making appointments.
Scheduling meetings
Keeping track of a doctor's busy diary
Organising travel
Dealing with patients and visitors.
Modules included: E-commerce Information Systems E-Business and Security Object-oriented analysis and Design People Centred Information Systems Development Information Systems Strategy Database Design and Management Object-oriented programming Network Computing Technology for Knowledge Management Marketing Strategic Management Operations Management Organisational Behaviour Financial and Management Accounting Economics