Hasan Zuberi, Country Consultant - PR & Communications

Hasan Zuberi

Country Consultant - PR & Communications

Momentum PR & Corporate Communications

Location
Pakistan - Lahore
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
18 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 2 Months

Country Consultant - PR & Communications at Momentum PR & Corporate Communications
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since December 2016

Resumed my position at MPR as the Consulting partner and looking after its operations in Lahore and Islamabad.

Managing multiple clients and providing consultancy to METRO Cash & Carry Pakistan, UnionPay International, Transfast ~ a product of TransPay, Truecaller, MeatOne ~ a brand of Al-Shaheer Foods among others.

Executive Account Director at Latitude - Grayling Affiliate
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 2013 to November 2016

LATITUDE, is a full-service independent PR consultancy; serving clients in Information Technology, e-business, Telecom, Lifestyle, Fashion, and FMCG.

As Executive Account Director, I am responsible for day-to-day operations that includes, but not limited to; From client liaison and communication, to media relations and Business Development.

Lead the team and helped increase the business x5 times in terms of revenues and almost x4 times employee strength within 2 years. Latitude is ranked among the top PR agencies and is Pakistan affiliate of Grayling Global.

Head Publicist at Momentum PR & Corporate Communications
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2009 to June 2013

Co-founded Momentum and led it to be one of Pakistan's leading public relations and communications consultants. Based in Karachi with representation in Lahore & Islamabad, it serves clients from Information Technology, Electronics, Education, Retail, to FMCG.

Momentum is the first agency in Pakistan to provide PR 2.0 or Digital PR and the youngest agency to earn an honourable mention in the PRWeek Global Think-tank’s Pakistan analysis based on feedback from its clients.

Momentum has represented and served many of its partner agencies and Media outlet in Pakistan; namely:
- SAHARA Communications (UAE)
- Brunswick (UAE)
- The Idea Agency (UAE)
- Sakshi Advertising & PR (UAE & India)
- TV One (Indonesia)

Senior Account Manager at SAHARA Communications
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2008 to June 2009

Successfully managed top clients in Property, Oil & Gas & Financial sectors for UAE based world's largest Property PR Company.

Developed and maintained excellent working relationships with English, Urdu/Hindi, and French speaking journalists.

Marketing Manager (Pakistan & Emerging Economies) at Imation Singapore Pte. Ltd
  • Singapore
  • October 2005 to January 2008

Served the Singapore based ASEAN office, as Marketing Manager Pakistan. I was given additional charge of Emerging Economies (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal) for Data Storage products & Integrated Management Solutions.

Managed overall marketing & communications for Imation Data Storage products and its affiliate brands Memorex and TDK. I was also responsible for Channel-Sales, from Distributors to Vendors, for Af-Pak region.

Initiated and successfully launched the USB Flash (pen-drives) business and software solution K2.Net in Pakistan and achieved Annual Sales Target within 8 months.

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at Muhamnmad Ali Jinnah University
  • May 2003

Masters in Business Administration (MBA) with specialisation in Marketing. + President's honour roll recipient & 100% Academic Scholarship in 4.0 GPA in Year-1 + Deans honour roll recipient & 75% Academic Scholarship in <3.5 GPA in Year-2

Specialties & Skills

Public Relations
Corporate Communications
Media Communications
Account Management
Event Management
Public Relations
Communications
Digital PR (2.0)
Events Management
Team Building

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
English
Expert
French
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert
Indonesian
Intermediate

Memberships

Middle East Publc Relations Association (MEPRA)
  • Associate
  • April 2012
Council of Public Relation Pakistan (CPR-PK)
  • Founder / President
  • January 2010
Mensa Pakistan
  • Chairman
  • February 1996
Karachi Press Club
  • Associate Member # A260
  • July 2015

Training and Certifications

Certified Emergency First-Responder (Training)
Training Institute:
INTERBurns - International Network for Training Education and Research in Burns
Date Attended:
January 2009
Duration:
8 hours
Diplôme d'Etudes en Langue Française, premier degré (A1 & A4) (Training)
Training Institute:
Alliance Française de Karachi
Date Attended:
December 1996
Duration:
100 hours
National Media Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
National Defense University, Islamabad
Date Attended:
April 2017
Duration:
100 hours