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English Teacher Executive Assistant

Location:

Cairo, Egypt

Posted:

October 14, 2022

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NEVINE ALBERT EZZAT

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

PR & Communications professional with over 25 years of working experience. Obtain a challenging leadership position applying creative problem solving and fine management skills with a growing company to achieve optimum utilization of its resources and maximum profits.

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES OF MERIT:

-Outstanding Citizenship at the American University in Cairo (AUC)

-Outstanding Reporter at “THE CARAVAN” newspaper of the American University in Cairo (AUC)

-Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy from the President of the Republic of Italy 2014

WORK EXPERIENCE:

-From 2019 to Present: DOLCI & CAPRICCI – ABU DHABI

Job Description: Director of Business Development

-2017 to May 2019: STELLA DIMARE GRAND HOTEL - EGYPT

Job Description: Hotel Manager

Responsible for running the entire Hotel Operation on daily basis in all departments

-2004 to 2017: MILLENNIUM HOTEL ABU DHABI

Job Description: Public Relations, Marketing & Communications Director

Responsibilities:

Act as the hotel contact person for all media enquiries

Ensure media coverage in all its forms: newspapers, magazines, radio & TV

Compile Monthly Public Relations reports

Write constantly press releases and follow up coverage

Continuously update media database

Conduct on-going research and identify PR opportunities

Plan and action regular press activities, press visits and entertainment

Set an advertising plan and budget and follow up artwork, approvals & deadlines

Promote constantly the hotel and introduce and arrange new events, functions, promotions.

Be always available to assist other departments in any tasks relevant to PR duties

Use own initiative and practice multi-tasking to promote the hotel

-1998 to 2004: EMECO TRAVEL (CAIRO)

Job Description: Chairman’s Executive Assistant

This position is twice challenging. Once because of the leading role EMECO plays in the shaping of the tourism industry in Egypt and the region, an effective role that is attested for by the ratings it is achieving, and the second time because of its Chairman and CEO, Mr. Elhamy ElZayat is who is also the President of the Egyptian Tourism Federation and the Honorary Consul General of New Zealand.

With such a prominent policy maker and businessman, the term “Executive Assistant” earns a new dimension. The circle of people that are contacted and dealt with on a daily basis includes top governmental officials, businessman, embassies, and all those involved in the hospitality industry.

The duties include professional and effective support to the Chairman in all his activities. Since the Cairo office is the central and main office in the firm, and because of his critical position, it is essential to ensure that the work is run smoothly and optimally to guarantee support for the Chairman and consequently achieve the goals and targets of the Company. Apart from the daily planning and scheduling of the work, duties include trouble shooting and problem screening, answering and directing faxes/e-mails, attending meetings, conferences, congresses, events, festivals as well as preparing for them, receiving visitors and offering hospitality and attending to their needs. Planning and scheduling also includes the Chairman’s meetings and events attended during his long-term international trips such that time is spent effectively.

-1996 to 1998: GREEN COAST ENTERPRISES (DUBAI)

Job Description: Executive Secretary to the Chairman

Responsible for running the office of the Owner and Chairman of Green Coast Enterprises (a holding company that represents and operates several local and multi national firms including Jotun Paints, Hepworth Pipes, SHRM Catering, Kangaroo Plastics, and real estates). Responsibilities included setting up meetings, taking and scheduling appointments, organizing events and running the office of the mother company where all activities finally pour.

-1996-1998: PART TIME PROMOTION (DUBAI)

Promoted and marketed a wide range of products some of which were new to the market while other already existed. Products included various commodities and household items.

-1988 to 1996: ALITALIA (CAIRO)

Job Description:

a)Executive Secretary to the General Manager (1988 to 1995)

Responsibilities included running the office of the General Manager: typing, filing, scheduling meetings, handling and screening phone calls, attending to all incoming / outgoing mail, facsimiles, and their proper distribution, meeting clients and solving their problems or referring them to the right personnel which required coordination with other departments and follow up, arranging seminars, conferences, meetings and social events. Responsibilities encompassed diverse aspects including coordination with multi-discipline, multi-national, personnel ensuring total work integrity, implementation of Company’s policy and procedures to achieve objectives. Tasks also included public relations and organizing local, as well as International, events.

b) Reservations Agent (1995 to 1996)

Handling, independently, the public with all their problems including reservations of groups and individuals. The job entailed working under pressure while skillfully interacting with others and maintaining a healthy rapport with colleagues.

-1978 to 1988: BALKAN BULGARIAN AIRLINES (CAIRO)

Job Description:

Introducing VARNA, Bulgaria’s most famous seaside resort, to the Egyptian market as a superior alternative to the well established ones. The job required establishing contacts and opening new channels of advertising as well as field coverage and market invasion using various tools including designing flyers, visits to prospective clients, coordination with the media and spreading word of mouth. Duties included follow-up for the package to encompass: flight reservation, issuing tickets, booking hotels of different categories with rooming lists and meal plans in addition to optimal sight seeing tours.

-1978 to 1980: HAFKIN INSTITUTE (CAIRO) (Afternoon Job)

Job Description: English Teacher

-1982 to 1984: RADARESEARCH PUBLIC RELATIONS, ADVERTISING AND RESEARCH COMPANY (CAIRO) (Afternoon Job)

Job Description: Account Executive

This included full responsibility of client accounts such as: Lockheed, Lufthansa and Sonesta Hotel. Tasks included follow up, media coverage, testing commercials before launching them in the Egyptian market, holding study groups that were randomly selected from different walks of life and finally reporting to the clients.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education : - Masters Degree (with honors), 1986

Majors: Mass Communications

The American University in Cairo (AUC)

- Bachelor of Arts 1984

Major: Mass Communications

Minor: Anthropology

The American University in Cairo (AUC)

- Certificate of Completion of Secondary Education

Thanaweya Amma, 1980

St. Mary’s English School - Cairo

OTHER DEGREES / COURSES:

- Simultaneous Translation and Interpretation - English / Arabic and vice-versa.