Saad Zuberi Email & Phone Number

United States

Afghanistan

Overseeing all TV, radio and online production out of BBC Media Action in Afghanistan

Currently producing & co-directing films with two-time Academy Award & Emmy winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Developed curriculum for and teach two final-year undergrad courses: Documentary Production and Media Laws & Ethics

London, United Kingdom

Researcher & translator on TBIJs Martha Gellhorn Prize winning drones project Naming the Dead.https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/namingthedead/?lang=en

Profiles and in-depth interviews, features, investigative pieces, event & fashion reviews, travelogues, humourous monologues as well as articles on a wide range of subjects, including but not limited to, topical socio-political issues for various magazines and newspaper supplements. I've also done several photo-features and written regular columns. Also served on the editorial panels of three high-end Pakistani English glossies.

London, United Kingdom

Developed several films for the network during this period including AJE's 101 East documentary Murder in God's Name that won a Human Rights Press Award. Also a regular visiting researcher on AJE's flagship program Listening Post.

A six-month stint in non-profit communications with a trust that provides free education to some 23,000 underprivileged children in Pakistan's Sindh province. As Manager PR, I was responsible for managing all communications activities and building external relationships with the trust's constituencies, including individual/corporate funders and the media. Besides giving the organisation a complete image overhaul including new logos and adverts/print material during this short period, I… Show more A six-month stint in non-profit communications with a trust that provides free education to some 23,000 underprivileged children in Pakistan's Sindh province. As Manager PR, I was responsible for managing all communications activities and building external relationships with the trust's constituencies, including individual/corporate funders and the media. Besides giving the organisation a complete image overhaul including new logos and adverts/print material during this short period, I organised events to highlight the trust's educational endeavours in rural Pakistan which were covered extensively by national media.http://www.afkarachi.com/spip.php?article586http://www.dawn.com/news/1166358/thar-photo-exhibition-captures-life-in-arid-regionhttp://tribune.com.pk/story/845869/worth-a-thousand-words-the-gnarled-hands-of-tharparkar/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/sindh/02-Mar-2015/cultural-and-photography-exhibition-held-on-tharparkarhttp://binashahblog.com/2015/02/28/tharparkar-beautiful-and-misunderstood/ Show less

Uk & Pakistan

Desk & field production of short docs and reports for ITV News.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Freelance work on three Unreported World films during the period. The work included data mining, research, story development as well as conducting extensive interviews to identify potential characters, securing international access and carrying out general production duties from development stage through to post-production. Also assisted in the final edit and translated a full length doc.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Quicksilver Media for Channel 4Production internship on series 26 of Channel 4's flagship documentary program Unreported World.Responsibilities included research, story development and conducting interviews to identify potential characters as well as securing international access.

Scope of responsibilities included content development & management, conducting interviews, writing features, articles and interviews; covering events, liaising with contributors, coordinating and assisting high fashion shoots and copy editing.

Worked as a copy-editor for the publication for a year in addition to being it's chief features contributor throughout it's three year lifespan.

Ma, International Journalism

Acca, Audit & Accounting

Masters, International Relations

Ca, Audit & Accounting

Modular Foundation Course

Bachelors, Economics & Commerce

High School

Activities and Societies: President, Arts Community; President, Creative Writing Community; Editor, school magazine and year book.