Experience

One Business Centre

• United Arab Emirates
• Executive Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Manager

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  This role entails the overview and comprehensive management of one of the UAE’s most successful and well-known business centres, in the heart of the award-winning DMCC free zone. The scope of responsibilities include key commercial aspects such as billing; IT setup; Sales Admin; vendors; and human resources – as well as increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of support services, through improvements to each function (particularly in terms of coordination and communication between… Show more This role entails the overview and comprehensive management of one of the UAE’s most successful and well-known business centres, in the heart of the award-winning DMCC free zone. The scope of responsibilities include key commercial aspects such as billing; IT setup; Sales Admin; vendors; and human resources – as well as increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of support services, through improvements to each function (particularly in terms of coordination and communication between support and business activities). I contribute directly to One Business Centre’s strategic and operational objectives. More essentially, the role is vital in creating the ‘culture’ of the business centre and its perceived desirability as a place for SMEs, Enterprise businesses and large corporates to make their home. This is highly influential in helping my renewal of client contracts and upselling to new and larger business suites. Show less This role entails the overview and comprehensive management of one of the UAE’s most successful and well-known business centres, in the heart of the award-winning DMCC free zone. The scope of responsibilities include key commercial aspects such as billing; IT setup; Sales Admin; vendors; and human resources – as well as increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of support services, through improvements to each function (particularly in terms of coordination and communication between… Show more This role entails the overview and comprehensive management of one of the UAE’s most successful and well-known business centres, in the heart of the award-winning DMCC free zone. The scope of responsibilities include key commercial aspects such as billing; IT setup; Sales Admin; vendors; and human resources – as well as increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of support services, through improvements to each function (particularly in terms of coordination and communication between support and business activities). I contribute directly to One Business Centre’s strategic and operational objectives. More essentially, the role is vital in creating the ‘culture’ of the business centre and its perceived desirability as a place for SMEs, Enterprise businesses and large corporates to make their home. This is highly influential in helping my renewal of client contracts and upselling to new and larger business suites. Show less



Office Tag

• United Arab Emirates
• Facilities Services

• Account Manager

  • Jan 2020 - Aug 2020

  Enabled new business opportunities in the serviced office industry through posting on the premier OfficeTag platform. Key functions included Generating new leads and building awareness through integrated networking channels Developing new relationships for business growth and helping the expansion of OfficeTag Maintaining the entries of existing clients Following up on daily bookings Working closely with website developers to ensure full functionality of the website and… Show more Enabled new business opportunities in the serviced office industry through posting on the premier OfficeTag platform. Key functions included Generating new leads and building awareness through integrated networking channels Developing new relationships for business growth and helping the expansion of OfficeTag Maintaining the entries of existing clients Following up on daily bookings Working closely with website developers to ensure full functionality of the website and platform Managing database content and refreshing/cleaning entries Creating Company Profiles and enhancing Branding Show less Enabled new business opportunities in the serviced office industry through posting on the premier OfficeTag platform. Key functions included Generating new leads and building awareness through integrated networking channels Developing new relationships for business growth and helping the expansion of OfficeTag Maintaining the entries of existing clients Following up on daily bookings Working closely with website developers to ensure full functionality of the website and… Show more Enabled new business opportunities in the serviced office industry through posting on the premier OfficeTag platform. Key functions included Generating new leads and building awareness through integrated networking channels Developing new relationships for business growth and helping the expansion of OfficeTag Maintaining the entries of existing clients Following up on daily bookings Working closely with website developers to ensure full functionality of the website and platform Managing database content and refreshing/cleaning entries Creating Company Profiles and enhancing Branding Show less



Hake Lebnene

• Beirut, Lebanon

• Blog Founder and Creator

  • Aug 2014 - Oct 2019

  The creator and founder of Hake Lebnene .A popular, engaging and highly informative Arabic language blog. Hake Lebnene is dedicated to collecting and celebrating some of the funniest, most amazing and most tongue-twisting features of Arabic. It’s a magical maze of wonderful, hilarious sayings, proverbs, quotes and expressions. There’s really something for everyone; and that’ve never truer than how the Blog is written in the Latin text version of Arabic, so even those Arabic speakers who… Show more The creator and founder of Hake Lebnene .A popular, engaging and highly informative Arabic language blog. Hake Lebnene is dedicated to collecting and celebrating some of the funniest, most amazing and most tongue-twisting features of Arabic. It’s a magical maze of wonderful, hilarious sayings, proverbs, quotes and expressions. There’s really something for everyone; and that’ve never truer than how the Blog is written in the Latin text version of Arabic, so even those Arabic speakers who aren’t good readers of Arabic can follow the brilliant stories and examples. I’ve always been intrigued and fascinated by the many different sayings and proverbs we find in the Arabic language in general, and the Lebanese dialect specifically – and the idea here is to preserve, showcase and share this unique aspect of our language with everyone, especially the younger generation. I strongly urge everyone to tune in, turn on and discover. Show less The creator and founder of Hake Lebnene .A popular, engaging and highly informative Arabic language blog. Hake Lebnene is dedicated to collecting and celebrating some of the funniest, most amazing and most tongue-twisting features of Arabic. It’s a magical maze of wonderful, hilarious sayings, proverbs, quotes and expressions. There’s really something for everyone; and that’ve never truer than how the Blog is written in the Latin text version of Arabic, so even those Arabic speakers who… Show more The creator and founder of Hake Lebnene .A popular, engaging and highly informative Arabic language blog. Hake Lebnene is dedicated to collecting and celebrating some of the funniest, most amazing and most tongue-twisting features of Arabic. It’s a magical maze of wonderful, hilarious sayings, proverbs, quotes and expressions. There’s really something for everyone; and that’ve never truer than how the Blog is written in the Latin text version of Arabic, so even those Arabic speakers who aren’t good readers of Arabic can follow the brilliant stories and examples. I’ve always been intrigued and fascinated by the many different sayings and proverbs we find in the Arabic language in general, and the Lebanese dialect specifically – and the idea here is to preserve, showcase and share this unique aspect of our language with everyone, especially the younger generation. I strongly urge everyone to tune in, turn on and discover. Show less



Dar El Ilm Lilmalayin دار العلم للملايين

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communication and PR Manager

  • Feb 2010 - Oct 2019

  Working as a senior communications and PR manager Managed and organized events including book fairs, signings, corporate hospitality, openings and professional networking Coordinated a marketing communication plan including full description, costing and valuation of strategic goals Managed the spectrum of media inquiries and interview requests Evaluated opportunities for partnerships, sponsorships, and advertising and evaluated and ratified respective ROIs Coordinated with a… Show more Working as a senior communications and PR manager Managed and organized events including book fairs, signings, corporate hospitality, openings and professional networking Coordinated a marketing communication plan including full description, costing and valuation of strategic goals Managed the spectrum of media inquiries and interview requests Evaluated opportunities for partnerships, sponsorships, and advertising and evaluated and ratified respective ROIs Coordinated with a raft of select PR agencies for coverage across leading online and hard copy platforms Coordinated with schools - primary and secondary - and with leading book fairs in Middle East Show less Working as a senior communications and PR manager Managed and organized events including book fairs, signings, corporate hospitality, openings and professional networking Coordinated a marketing communication plan including full description, costing and valuation of strategic goals Managed the spectrum of media inquiries and interview requests Evaluated opportunities for partnerships, sponsorships, and advertising and evaluated and ratified respective ROIs Coordinated with a… Show more Working as a senior communications and PR manager Managed and organized events including book fairs, signings, corporate hospitality, openings and professional networking Coordinated a marketing communication plan including full description, costing and valuation of strategic goals Managed the spectrum of media inquiries and interview requests Evaluated opportunities for partnerships, sponsorships, and advertising and evaluated and ratified respective ROIs Coordinated with a raft of select PR agencies for coverage across leading online and hard copy platforms Coordinated with schools - primary and secondary - and with leading book fairs in Middle East Show less



MBC

• Lebanon

• Assistant Producer/ Assistant Director

  • May 2004 - Sep 2008

  For four years, worked comprehensively across roles as producer, art director, presenter and scriptwriter. Creating full programme scripting for all show participants Authored professional voiceovers Art director for documentaries and video clips Presented music TV programme (regular host) Event co-ordinator for a celebrated regional make-up artist For four years, worked comprehensively across roles as producer, art director, presenter and scriptwriter. Creating full programme scripting for all show participants Authored professional voiceovers Art director for documentaries and video clips Presented music TV programme (regular host) Event co-ordinator for a celebrated regional make-up artist