Olga Habre Email & Phone Number

Dubai, AE

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

Leading on startup community programs at Microsoft UAE. Our regional and global programs enable startups from the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern & Central Europe with a variety of benefits including free Azure credits, mentorship, capacity building, and opportunities to engage with mentors, investors, corporate partners.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Leading content strategy, brand, and production management on audiovisual and editorial content across social media, website, and other platforms, including for the social impact organization’s entrepreneurship program

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

I led communications strategy and managed the production of multi-platform content, UX copywriting, internal communications and company culture, corporate and B2B communications, PR, and branding.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

I’ve produced event, editorial and multimedia content for STEP Group since 2014, including curating stage sessions and managing speakership for STEP Conference 2019 for the Entrepreneurship and FinTech tracks, and co-creating The STEP Show, a novel conference format mimicking late-night TV shows featuring international guests running for 2 consecutive years.

Beirut District, Lebanon

Leading a vertical on arts and culture at the monthly business magazine, and regularly contributing on the startup ecosystem in Lebanon and the Middle East during a time local entrepreneurs and policymakers worked to build the country’s digital economy

Beirut District, Lebanon

"Gavin Ford in the Morning" was the longest-running English language variety morning program in Lebanon, reaching 250,000+ listeners internationally. As its co-presenter and executive producer, I conceptualized, developed and refined formats, ensured show flow through managing audio producers and coordinating interviews and logistics, as well as.

Contributing writer to various publications and freelance copywriter on advertising and advertorial content for agencies and clients

Beirut, Lebanon

Content and logistics production, as part of a small team overseeing event production remotely and on the ground for StartUp Lebanon, a conference for hundreds of professionals in New York City, part of a government-led initiative to promote Lebanon as a hub for entrepreneurship and support startups

Fashion, design, and food styling for editorial photography and advertising for Plastik Magazine, Taste and Flavors Magazine, and private clients.

Beirut, Lebanon

Presenting and producing a short weekly music segment on a regional channel’s variety show

Art direction and styling for two short films, both screened at multiple international festivals: -Beirut my Heart (2011) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2043787/-Abu Rami (2012) IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2428460/

Beirut, Lebanon

After initially being hired as a writer for the university's Marketing and Communications Department, I became Associate Editor of the bi-monthly LAU Magazine and acted as Web Editor for the university's website, managing publications and supervising editorial, photography, design, production logistics and printing.

Beirut, Lebanon

I taught an undergraduate communications course as part of my graduate assistantship as an MA student.

Ba, English Language, Honors

Ma, English Language