Project management, social media, administration

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Passant Ibrahim Ali

Fifth settlement, Fourth district, Third zone, Villa 111

New Cairo, Egypt

Cell: 20-115*******

Tel: 202-********

Email: *******.***@*****.***

OBJECTIVES:

A challenging position in an international or regional organization where my educational

background and extensive work and training will be of use.

EDUCATION:

• Thanawya Amma, Al Nozha Language School, Cairo, Egypt, 2009, Score: 94.8%

• University: Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science, Major of Political Science,

Rank: 2nd

Future University in Egypt (2009-2013). Grade: A- GPA: 3.86 / 4

ACADEMIC RESEARCH:

• Graduation Project, Grade: A . Researched the Iranian nuclear program and how it affected

the US-Iranian relations. Also, it tackled the US policy towards the program and how it

differed before and after the Iranian Islamic revolution 1979.

• Conducting researches in the field of international relations, e.g.:

- The Impact of Turkish-Arab Relations on Turkish-Israeli Relations (1997-2012) and how the

rise of AKP in Turkey affected these relations.

- The Negotiation Process during the Iran-Contra Affair in the 1980s which is a secret arms

arrangement between Iran, and the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

• Conducting critical reviews for scholarly articles in the field of foreign policy, e.g.:

- Brent E. Sasley, Affective Attachments and Foreign Policy: Israel and the 1993 Oslo Accords

-Toby Dodge, The Ideological Roots of Failure: The Application of Kinetic Neo Liberalism to

Iraq.

EXPERIENCE DURING UNIVERSITY STUDY:

• Internship at Al Ahram Weekly News Paper. From June, 2012 till July, 2012

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Monitoring political, economic, social and sports news in Al Ahram Weeklsy Newspaper.

Learning how to write good reports and edit news articles.

• Solyia Connecting Program. (online cultural exchange program. It is a proud lead

implementing partner of the United Nations’ Alliance of Civilization Initiative). From March,

2012 till May, 2012

- Developing important skills, knowledge and relationships to play an active role in bridging the

divide between Predominantly Muslim and Western societies by online meetings and cultural

exchanges with students from different cultures and backgrounds.

• Trainee at the United Nations Information Centre. From July 11, 2011 till July 21, 2011

- Monitoring UN news in the Egyptian media.

-Translating news articles from Arabic to English and vice versa.

- Assisting the preparation of press clippings from Cairo dailies.

- Assisting with preparations of press conferences.

- Arranging UN documents and publications in the UNIC reference library.

- Assisting library visitors with their search of UN documents.

- Photocopying materials for the press conferences.

• Human Resources Workshop. From March 20, 2010 till May 15, 2010

- Learning how to process payroll and maintain payroll information.

- Learning how to process employee enrollments and terminations.

- Learning how to compose and write detailed job descriptions.

POST GRADUATION WORK EXPERIENCE:

Current work: project coordinator at EAST Localize starting from July, 2014

-Managing localization projects from beginning to end and setting project schedules, assign

work to the localization team members (translators, proofreaders, software engineers, desktop

publishers...etc), and track actual work against estimates based on the client’s requirements and

resources (humans & tools) availability.

-Controlling and reporting work flow and closely monitorings the work of each member of the

localiziation team to make sure expectations for quality, budget and turnaround time are met and

also making Xbench (Quality Assurance-QA) reports.

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-Creating the appropriate channels of communication with clients.

- Identifing causes beyond the issues and disagreements, solving them, whether with clients or

localization team members and performing preventative actions.

-Ensuring timely issuance of purchase orders (POs) and confirming invoices.

- Daily updating the production status sheet of the company where the daily projects and work

are recorded.

-Documenting all phases of the projects and archiving them for lesson learning purposes and

writing handbooks for the projects.

• Office manager at Agri Marketing International – US Meat Export Federation. From August

18, 2013 till June 26, 2014

Public relations related tasks:

- Communicating directly with the United States Department of Agriculture at the US embassy

and coordinating in inviting guests for VIP events like the Reception Dinner of the new Minister

Counsler Mr. Ron Verdonk.

- Attending events and respond to the inquiries.

- Responding and communicating through E-mails, facebook messages, posts, telephone calls to

the visitors of the facebook page of the company.

-Conducting surveys through telephone calls.

-Sending and replying to E-mails.

Writing and editing related tasks:

- Writing short reports, summaries and write-ups.

- Reporting the results of the surveys conducted.

- Regularly updating websites content with the cooperation of web developer.

- Monitoring economy daily news of Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.

- Translating news articles and invoices from Arabic to English.

Human resources related tasks:

- Following up employees to report their work and discipline.

- Provides advice and assistance to the manager on staff recruitment.

- Prepares notices and advertisements for vacant staff positions.

- Schedules and organizes interviews and informs unsuccessful applicants.

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Administrative and management related tasks:

- Assisting in putting agenda for business trips.

- Assisting in the preparation for local and regional events. (HACE Hotel Expo & Gulfood

Show)

- Shipping materials through different couriers and tracking them to safely being cleared from

the customs.

- Controlling documents and inventory for printed materials.

- Making flight bookings and hotel reservations, answering phone calls, photocopying and

scanning materials, and other related secretarial and administrative duties.

• Conducting academic survey on two slums in Egypt, analyzing the results and reporting them

in order to measure the culture of poverty in such areas. (Al Dweiqa & Kalaet Al Kabsh).

4/2009

• Making interview with Khawla Matar, the director of the United Nations Information Centre,

about the effect of 25th revolution of Egypt on UN vision and policies towards Egypt. 4/

2011.

• Making interview with the South African ambassador to discuss the policies adapted by the

South Africans to fight the Apartheid system and gain their independence. 5/2012

• Welcoming a student’s delegation from the University of South California at Future

University in Egypt to discuss the events raised on the political arena and then ending the

meeting with discussing our graduation projects. 5/2013.

ACTIVITIES:

• Volunteering at the Egyptian Food Bank.

• Joining volunteerism campaigns that aimed at providing the poor areas with their basic needs

( food, clothes…etc)

• Visiting many orphans’shelters in Egypt.

SKILLS:

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• Language: - Arabic: Fluent - English: Excellent - German: Fair

International English Langauge Testing System (IELTS) Band score : 6.5

Speaking: 7.5 Writing: 6.5 Reading: 6 Lisetening: 6

• Computer: - Proficient user of internet and MS Office (Word, Power Point, Excel,

Outlook). - Fair knowledge of Computer Aided Translation tools - CAT tools – (SDL

Trados, Translation workspace, Xbench, Tageditor) and several FTP systems.

COMPETENCIES:

• Diplomatically handle sensitive situations.

• Cultivate productive relationships and ability to be an influential part in a team and to work

individually with a minium supervision.

• Prioritizing work, ability to work to tight deadlines and achieving results.

• Eager to learn new things and ability of learning quickly.

• Managing others efficiently in high pressure environments, flexible and adaptable.

• Excellent organizational and administrative skills.

INTERESTS:

Reading, writing, travelling and horseback riding.

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

• Date of Birth: 24.4.1992

• Marital Status: Single

- References Furnished Upon Request.

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