CURRICULUM
VITAE
ABDUR RAHMAN BASSA
Bassa
Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DETAILS
Business Alias/Preferred name: Ally Bassa
Name :
Abdur Rahman
Surname:
Bassa
Date of Birth :
12 December 1990
Identity Number :
Nationality :
South African
Gender :
Male
Marital Status :
Married
Home Language :
English
CONTACT DETAILS
Residential Address:
17 Somme Road
Musgrave
Durban
South Africa (KZN)
4001
Postal Address:
17 Somme Road
Musgrave
Durban
South Africa
4001
Home Telephone: +27-31-208-****
Cell phone: +27-72-950-****
Work: +27-81-768-****
Email Address:
****@***********.**.**
Alternate Email Address:
****@*******.**.**
****@****.**.**
SKYPE Name
allybassaatmd
EDUCATION:
SECONDARY EDUCATION
School attended: Clifton Boys High School
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Highest Grade Passed: Matric (2009)
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Subjects Passed: -English
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-Afrikaans
-Mathematics (std grade)
-Dramatic Arts
-Geography
-Business Studies
-Life Orientation
ACADEMICS and ACHIEVEMENTS:
Primary School
Grade R to Grade 3 THE PHOENIX SCHOOL (Morningside)
Grade 4 to Grade 7 COLLEGEVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
Grade 8 to 12 CLIFTON BOYS HIGH SCHOOL
FURTHER EDUCATION VARSITY COLLEGE WESTVILLE
SKILLS:
I am a good listener.
I am a fast learner.
I am passionate about what I do.
I can apply theory to practice.
I am technologically inclined.
I have good leadership qualities.
I am creative and able to think out of the box.
I can communicate well with others.
Troubleshooting.
I am able to bring unique and creative ideas into action.
INTEREST/HOBBIES:
I believe that with the correct marketing strategies and creative ideas, both advertiser and
marketer can prosper affluently. I also believe success is in the hand of the beholder.
I like watching sports and movies that require great intellect.
I enjoy exercising and I am also an active member of Virgin Active gym.
I enjoy the outdoors and adventure.
I enjoy meaningful art.
I love working with people and interacting with them.
CHARACTERISTICS:
I regard myself as a people’s person and can communicate easily with people from different
backgrounds and diverse cultures. I am an engaging, optimistic, passionate individual who
strives to exceed and succeed by doing my best. I am also an extremely reliable, trustworthy
and dependable person. I strive for quality and apply discipline towards optimizing my
performances. I gain much satisfaction from helping others and it is my dream to be able to
take companies to new heights on a marketing level in our modern society.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
CURRENT, 2014:
I am currently working for two companies, as a Marketing /Advertising and Sales executive
for approximately 2 and half years.
4uMedia - South African Muslim Directory.
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Media Block CC - Anglers Talk Magazine
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June 2012- Worked for Media block cc & 4umedia as a marketing, sales, and advertising
executive.
DUTIES:
Handling of sales and sales targets
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Marketing of publications
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Editing layout of publications
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Planning and handling of events and promotions
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Project management
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Creative ideas for improvement of publications
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Marketing and promoting Company brand.
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Public relations
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Handling of corporate clientele.
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Handling of Social media Platforms for Publications
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4umedia/South African Muslim directory:
Contact : Cassim Ismail – Director and CEO
Telephone: +27-31-207-****
Mobile :
Email : *******@****.**.** / ******@*******.**.**
Web : www.4umedia.co.za / www.samd.co.za
Media Block CC / Anglers Talk Magazine :
Contact : Marlon Sukhnunan – Editor and CEO
Telephone : +27-31-208-****
Mobile : +27-72-419-****
Email : **********@*****.*** / ******@***********.**.**
Web : www.anglerstalk.co.za / www.gametalkmag.co.za
Previous Job experience
January 2011 – May 2012: Manager for a retail franchise at GAME4U (Musgrave)
DUTIES:
Managing of Staff.
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In charge of recruitment for new staff.
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Handling of marketing and advertising.
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Training of new staff.
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In charge of ordering of new stock and stock taking.
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Marketing of store through various marketing strategies and ideas.
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Admin and Public relations
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Contact: Waheed Mohammed – Director and CEO
Telephone: +27-31-201-****
Mobile: +27-72-495-****
Email: ******@******.**.**
Web: www.game4u.co.za
January 2010 – December 2010: Warehouse & sales consultant at Stuttafords Clothing store
(Musgrave).
DUTIES:
Handling of sales to customers ensuring customer satisfaction.
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Reaching sales targets.
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Introducing new brands.
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Advising customers on fashion and new brands.
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Packing of new stock.
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Stock control.
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Monthly stock takes.
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Contact: Lyle Erasmus – Managing and branch director
Telephone: +27-11-879-****
Fax: +27-11-616-****
Web: www.stuttafords.co.za
CONCLUSION
I am highly self-motivated, passionate, honest and a hardworking person. I always give 110%
in everything that I do. I dedicate myself to my job and try to improve in all areas possible
using unique and creative ideas/strategies.
I am efficiently qualified to work with Microsoft Programmes.
I have good technical skills, fax, scan, email, and fax to email, configuring, installing,
monitoring, security and mobile platforms. I am also well organized.
I intend to pursue my dreams, ambitions and goals through hard work, dedication, integrity,
and creative marketing ingenuity by persevering to achieve them.