UME-FARWAH JALAL e-mail:********@*******.***, ********@*****.***
**** ***** ***** *** ****** Mills MD 21117 tel: 240-***-****
EDUCATION: PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA
Master of Business Administration, Summer 2011
Coursework emphasis: Marketing, GPA: 3.89
COMMECS INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS AND EMERGING SCIENCES, KARACHI,
PAKISTAN
Bachelor of Business Administration May 2008
Concentration: Marketing.
ACTIVITIES &
ASSOCIATIONS: Orientation Leader for International Students Orientation at PhilaU.
Member of International Student Association (ISA) at PhilaU
Received a Certificate of Participation for attending Training Workshop on Interviewing Skills.
May 2010 – June 30th, 2011
EXPERIENCE: PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA
Graduate Assistant, Disability Services and International Student Programs
Coordinate, manage and communicate with students to ensure their concerns are met.
Schedule and conduct exams for the disability students.
Work with the Director of International Student Programs to help international students get
settled in the United States.
OPTIMAL SPORT HEALTH CLUBS, Philadelphia, PA January 2011- May 2011
Intern- Marketing
Initiated the launch of Optimal’s new Functional Training workout series by:
Creating brochures and banners to be distributed to members and posted around the
gyms.
Using iContact as an e-mail Marketing tool to spread the word and get members and
prospects to try Functional Training.
Developing press releases for major media outlets in Philadelphia and convincing
them to cover Optimal’s Functional Training Programs.
Getting members excited about the workout through pictures, videos and relevant
information about the training posted on Optimal’s web-site.
WAVETEC: The Technology Company, Karachi- Pakistan. August 2008-July 2009
Sales Coordinator, Marketing and Sales Department
Sold annual maintenance contracts to existing corporate clients for manufacturing of Queue
Management and Information Display Solutions.
Marketed benefits of annual maintenance contract, conducted frequent client call to maintain
customer satisfaction which generated stronger client relationships and increased revenues.
Conducted a customer feedback survey for all existing customers, prepared and presented a
detailed presentation on the initial and final results generated from the survey to the executive
team.
PAKISTAN STATE OIL (PSO), Karachi- Pakistan. June 2007-August 2007
Intern- Human Resource Department.
Created job descriptions for 3 different positions in the organization and designed two
advertisements (blind & normal) for two-job vacancies and a dummy database of the
applicants.
SKILLS & LANGUAGES:
Microsoft applications: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Publisher and Windows Live Movie
Maker.
Urdu/Hindi – fluent.