FOUAD A. KHAN

**** ******* *******, ****** ***** Chicago,IL 60053

adnylg@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Passed Elementary School from Kilmer Grammar, Chicago IL

High School Diploma from Roger C. Sullivan High School with (Honors), Chicago IL

Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA) from University of Karachi

Masters in Psychology with Emphasis on Investigative/Criminal Psychology from University of Karachi

An Advanced Placement course in Business and Playwriting from Loyola University, Chicago IL

Have had publishing byline for two years with business publications in New York

Work Experience

BERKLEY FINANCE (1 year -- Summers during High School) [2002]

Worked with Berkley Finance as a Sales Representative

Identify and handle customer inquiries thoroughly and efficiently

Perform Business Retention activities

Adhere to work schedule as planned

Resolve customer issues & complaints to their satisfaction

Complete necessary documentation to manage complaints, issues and subsequent solutions

Compiling the daily reports and escalating to Managers

CHICAGO SCHOOL OF ARTS (6 months) [2003]

Worked as Teacher's Assistant for Instrumental Music

iSKY (2 year 4 months) [2005-2007]

Editor for numerous iSKY contracted publications in US

Text editor for VWOA and BMW North America

THE RESOURCE GROUP (TRG) (1 year 5 months) [2007-2008]

Worked as an Editor for BMW North America and VWOA Publications

Proofread and Edited reports to ensure quality and accuracy of a publishing magazine’s articles

Certified all content prior to submission to the Client – to eliminate errors and provide only actionable/quality information to clients

Trained the BMW and VW editing team in production on respective accounts

Gave feedbacks to fellow editors for better quality and accuracy

AXACT PVT LTD ( 2.5 years) [2011-2013]

Lead Trainer & Head of ACRP Program (New Employee Activation)

Served as a Team Coordinator of the writing team UK/US. Was responsible for ensuring productivity & quality of 8 team members

Working as a Team Lead for Quality Assurance & Revision Experts’ team. Responsible for managing a team of 10; and ensuring quality in production for the whole domain. Developed and conducted product and subject specific trainings on Compliance & Product Quality. The domain housed over 150 users.

Worked as a Trainer for Research & Development. Responsible for Recruitment, Training and Activation of New Joinees.

QINEQT PVT LTD (March 2014-- Present)

Senior Editor & Trainer

Working as a Senior Editor & Trainer for numerous publications i.e. Bidness Etc, Business Finance News, Game Mafia

Responsible for the final round of vetting before the news gets published. Part of the job involves developing catchy headlines and intriguing content.

Work side by side with research, primary research analysts, and sub-editors to improve the company’s publications

Proofread published work on numerous websites to ensure error-free news pieces and high-quality content on the company’s websites

Helped design SOPs for analysts and editors for a smooth flow of news pieces and improvement of quality

All said publications are meant for American audience, requiring American connotations and trends. Most publications have over 100,000 daily visitors

Coaching and training junior editors. Monitoring their work and assessing performance

Recruiting potential editors and honing their skills to edit on their own

FORBES & YAHOO FINANCE — CONTRIBUTING EDITOR (August 2014 – March 2017)

Working on Content-Sharing Agreements with Forbes Business Magazine and Yahoo Finance as a Contributing Editor

Published Articles focus on Macroeconomic Issues, Energy, Pharma and Consumer Discretionary stocks

PAC & COPY — HEAD Of CONTENT (January 21 – May 9, 2019)

Led the Digital Marketing and SEO teams for Content and Linkbuilding Initiatives

Oversaw day-to-day operations of the department and assigned tasks to the editorial and writers to streamline department's production while ensuring the highest quality

Managed and trained the in-house team of editors and over 50+ home-based writers on different content forms, effective and SEO-based writing

Devised content strategy for different clients and developed the in-house style guide for blogposts, on-site blogs, Client's Web Copy, Press Release etc

Conducted regular trainings with the editors on Topic ideas, tone of write ups and other editorial guidelines as and when needed

Hired sub-editors, editors and a variety or Industry-specific writers and designers to cater to the company's linkbuilding initiatives

Devised and implemented content strategy for DA 60+ websites to ensure publication on credible renowned publications

Devised Job Descriptions for the different posts in the department and guided the SEO Outreach teams for high-priority Clientele

Skills

Excellent Communication Skills

Good Business Writing, Organizational (internal/external) Correspondence Skills

Ms- Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Fluent in English and Urdu

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