Experience

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  MC Group

  • Kuwait

  • Business Development / Digital Marketing / Business Strategy / Owner

    • Feb 2019 - Present
    • Kuwait

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  ENSPIRE

  • Kuwait

  • Founder & Host

    • Jan 2020 - Present
    • Kuwait

    Enspire is a podcast I started out of the passion to give people relevant advice and stories that could impact their lives forever.

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  Kuwait TV (Channel 2)

  • Kuwait

  • Television Presenter

    • Feb 2023 - Present
    • Kuwait

    Hosting a show on TV

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  INJAZ-Kuwait

  • Kuwait

  • Student Mentor

    • Nov 2019 - Jul 2020
    • Kuwait

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  Mediaquest Corp.

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Business Development Executive

    • Sep 2018 - Jan 2019
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    - Handling a variety of sites (AMEinfo, Trends, Saneou al hadath) and ensuring that agencies are informed about our latest services.- Pitching to more than 14+ agencies across the UAE in an attempt to capture more sales.- Approaching and pitching to clients directly.

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  MMP World Wide

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Programmatic advertising Trainee

    • Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    - Thoroughly and critically studied the programmatic marketing industry and its key partners and networks.- Shadowed the sales team in meetings with agencies across the region thus providing me with a close-up experience to communicating and conversing professionally with ad agencies.- Worked closely with the account management team and the product management team in formulating spreadsheets, presentations and proposals to support in client/publisher acquisition.

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  Glasgow University Students' Representative Council

  • Glasgow, United Kingdom

  • International students officer

    • Sep 2017 - Jun 2018
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom

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  TEDxUniversityofGlasgow

  • Speaker

    • Mar 2018 - Mar 2018

    In this talk, Hussein stresses the importance of stepping away from social media and taking a deep breath and pausing. The talk also emphasises the importance of controlling social media before it controls you and finding what makes you, you. It is the small things in life that could make all the difference in the future, which is why it is important to be aware and in control.

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  Hulvo

  • Glasgow, United Kingdom

  • Founder

    • Mar 2016 - Oct 2017
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom

    A platform aimed at connecting students across campus through an e-commerce trading system and social connections. In a world of convenience, Hulvo aims to streamline the student's life by putting all of his/her product exchange under one platform. Contact us today for more information [email protected] or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hulvoweb

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  MC Group (Marcom)

  • Kuwait

  • Digital media executive

    • Jul 2017 - Sep 2017
    • Kuwait

    - Brainstormed and formulated a sales pitch briefing the company’s digital media offerings leading to 3successful new clients at later stage.- Gathered intensive informative data regarding digital media and formulated a starter pack for thedepartment to use for future reference as a template or as an educational tool.- Communicated effectively with the marketing and art department to ensure consistency in campaignplanning across briefs.

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  Kommando

  • Glasgow, United Kingdom

  • Marketing Business Development Assistant

    • May 2017 - Jul 2017
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Kommando is also a partnering agency with Nomadix Media and PixAngels all under one roof. I got to work on all three brands. Tasks and achievements: - Researched and formulated an in-depth article justifying changes in technology, advertising and consumer behavior and how the 3 could come together and why. Result was an added value to the overall offering of the organization through improving sales pitch at business development department.- Maintained and updated social media content through writing, editing and posting blogs/articles on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. This led to an enhancement in the consistency of the overall image of the brand.

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  Middle Eastern & North African society

  • University of Glasgow

  • Vice President (Social)

    • Mar 2016 - Apr 2017
    • University of Glasgow

    - Planned, organized and executed social events across campus, increasing student turnout from 10 people to 50 people after 2 weeks after launch.- Organized a buffet from A to Z for the students that achieved 13.5K Facebook reach and a turnout of about100 people.- Communicated and worked with team closely throughout the year to strategize and achieve our goals for the year.

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  MC Group (Marcom)

  • Kuwait

  • Management Trainee

    • May 2016 - Sep 2016
    • Kuwait

    Training in different departments with different tasks and responsibilities: Media: - Talking to Newspaper agents - Booking AD spaces - Reaching a compromise with clients on media plan Marketing:- How to build a marketing plan - Why and How to decide on specific marketing strategies - How to judge targets and department budgets - How to format a formal presentation to be submitted to a new/existing client

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  Nom Yap

  • University of Glasgow

  • Marketing Executive

    • Oct 2015 - Feb 2016
    • University of Glasgow

    A startup based upon a mobile application aimed at connecting students across campus.- Approached 35 businesses around the city to discuss and negotiate partnership as well as sponsorship. I was responsible for building an informative database representing this information for lead generation.- Managed the planning and execution of the marketing strategy leading to 200+ downloads in the first 3 months.- Monitored daily social media activity to assess student interaction and feedback, and maintained quick replies to queries too.

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  Ogury Ltd

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Publishing executive

    • Jun 2015 - Jul 2015
    • London, United Kingdom

    Digital marketing agency specialized in mobile advertising.- Researched and gathered data leads on mobile app developers in Africa and the Middle East, which led to business development expansions and an extension of the database.- Successfully pitched and persuaded 7 new clients to take on board the agency’s offering of $15 CPM.