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A strategic communications specialist with extensive experience in content creation, communications

p lan development and implementation, collateral design, marketing campaign development across

media platforms and multiple stakeholder engagement. Seeking to create an impact in a senior

strategic alliances role.

KEY STRENGT HS

Content creation Campaign Stakeholder management

development

Collateral layout design Event management Print & digital collateral development

Team building Leadership Developing presentations

Crisis management Multi-tasking Delivering under pressure

ACH I E VE ME N TS

Awarded grant - $0.5M (USD) by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for pilot family

p lanning models; first strategic grant in conjunction with the Punjab provincial government –

M arie Stopes Society

Designed the layout and wrote all content for the Foundations first Annual Report – Aman

Foundation

Wrote and secured grants from US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the

Government of Pakistan for Vocational Training for underprivileged and t roubled youth – Aman

Foundation

Part of the core team that developed the Educate a Child proposal: co-matched by Sheikha Mozza

of Qatar Foundation – $25M (USD) each for Asia and the Middle East and $10M (USD) for Karachi

– A man Foundation

Awarded recognition for successfully leading the planning and management of a 10 day multi-

faceted ‘Process Knowledge Workshop’ for over 400 local and international delegates – Shell

Pakistan L td.

Responsible to write and circulate - locally and globally - the Shell Pakistan daily country

performance report post project implementation – Shell Pakistan Ltd.

Part of core team responsible for the launch of the Networks first Entertainment Channel both

locally and internationally – GEO TV Networks

E XPER I E NCE:

Deputy General M anager, Communications & Grants - M arie Stopes Society, Pakistan

Nov ‘13 – Feb ‘14

Wrote grant proposals for donor organizations

Edited and finalized donor reports for submission and managed donor relations and partner

correspondence

Created systems and templates to effectively manage grant utilization and reporting

Designed the layout and created content for the intranet and collaterals: CEO messages,

newsletters, calendars and flyers

Manager, Grants & Communications - A man Foundation, Pakistan

J un ’12–Nov ‘13

Ensured brand synergy and alignment for print and electronic platforms across Foundation

i nitiatives

Developed content and designed material for annual reports, CEO letters, press releases, tours and

events

Conduit for agencies and Foundation to integrate cross-media efforts

Managed donor relations and wrote grant proposals

Developed detailed budgets for grant utilization and reporting

Created profiles for each grant ensuring availability of accurate timely data

Assistant Manager, Resource Development - K arachi Education Initiative, Pakistan

Apr ‘11–May ‘12

Created content that helped raise over USD 15 million from various organizations and sectors

Identified potential opportunities for synergy

DEVELOPED TAI LORED COMMUN ICATIONS MATERIAL – PRINT AND

E LECTRONIC - FOR DONOR ORGANIZATIONS

Communications Advisor, Global SAP I mplementation - Shell Pakistan L td., Pakistan

Apr ’08 – May ‘10

SUPPORTED THE PROGRAMMATIC CHANGE MANAGEMENT FUNCTION BY

D EVELOPING AND MA INTAIN ING THE COUNTRY STAKEHOLDER MAP,

CONDUCTING GAP ANALYSIS AND FINALLY DESIGNING CUSTOM

COMMUN ICATIONS FOR STAKEHOLDER TIERS

ESTABL ISHED AND EXECUTED COUNTRY COMMUN ICATIONS PLAN AND

M ON ITORED BUSINESS COMMUN ICATION PLANS

SERVED AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT FOR ALL COMMUN ICATIONS

C HANGE MANAGEMENT ACTIVIT IES ENSURING CONSISTENCY TO

I NTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

DEVELOPED ALL LOCAL CONTENT AND LOCALIZED GLOBAL MATERIAL TO

I MPLEMENT PROGRAMME I N IT IATIVES

CREATED NEW MOBI L IZATIONS TOOLS AND MATERIALS

OVERSAW AND ADVISED ON AD HOC COMMUN ICATION RELATED ACTIVITIES

FOR GSAP AND STREAML INE

Associate Brand Manager Content, P roduct Development - GEO TV Networks, Pakistan

A ug ’04 – Jan ‘07

CONCEPTUALIZED CONTENT; IDEA GENERATION AND EVALUATION

I NCLUDING BUDGETS

PREVIEWED PROGRAMM ING TO ASSESS PRODUCTION VALUES AND VALIDATE

M ARKET STANDARDS FOR QUALITY

DESIGNED AND MANAGED DEALS AND PROPOSALS FOR CONTENT CREATION

A ND CAPTURING

Responsible for creating promotional plans relevant to each program on GEO FPCs

Assistant Manager Risk, Emerging Local Corporate M a rkets - C itibank N.A. Pakistan,

P akistan F eb ’02 – Jul ‘04

Created a comprehensive M IS to manage credit exposure and parameters

Reviewed credit r isk exposure for existing and new customers

Analyzed financial statements prior to risk exposure

Wrote industry reports for all sectors for credit decisions pertaining to market

penetration

FREE LANCE WORK

Teaching: SATs - Princeton Review; Strategic Management & Business Communication - Hamdard

U niversity

Production: 30 episode series Hamari Yadein at Fat Cat Productions V 2.0; content and research at

ARY Digital and t ranscription for multiple documentaries

Writing and editing: The Herald; The Pakistan Press Federation

Event Management: Organized annual International Chamber of Commerce conference

WORKSHOPS / TRA I N I NG COURSES

Developing best practices - Marie Stopes In ternational, Nov 2013

Innovations Training – Marie Stopes International, Nov 2013

Building Successful Corporate Brands in Pakistan – Executive Education at KSBL, Mar 2012

Difficult Conversations – Front Line Leaders Course, Nov 2009

Project Leadership, Management & Communications, The George Washington University,

M alaysia, Nov 2008

User Friendly Marketing Research Seminar - Aftab Associates (Pvt.) L td.

“Storyboard” Pakistan’s Advertising Journey In Time – Marketing Association of Pakistan

Marketing Research Knowledge Enhancement Session – Aftab Associates (Pvt.) Ltd.

E D UCAT IO N

MBA (Bi-major), Majors Marketing and Finance, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi,

2001

BBA – Honors, Majors Marketing and Finance, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi,

2000

International Baccalaureate, Li Po Chun United World of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

1997

SK I L LS ACQU I RE D

Consumer / viewer / market t rends and behavior

Program postioning within a viewer mood spectrum

Editing on Sony Vegas and Adobe Premier

Fluent in English and Urdu

I N T ERESTS

Honorary Secretary: Pakistan National Committee for United World College

Writing and editing: t ransciption, scripts, proposals, feature stories, concepts

Sports, music, Classical dance, Salsa training, Certified Lifeguard – Hong Kong, National level

d inghy sailor

REFERENCES: On Request

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