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Canada

At Canada’s No.1 sponsorship agency, I assist clients in a variety of sectors with evaluation of their sponsorship strategies, by means of leading, cross-source data and insights.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Manage high-value alcoholic beverage clients in the USA and Canada, supporting their strategic-oriented consumer questions with actionable, data-driven insights. I work in the syndicated team that specialises in diary-level tracking of food, beverage and alcohol consumption.

Toronto, Canada Area

Manage quantitative projects such as attitude and usage and concept evaluation studies from start to finish. Responsible for developing questionnaires, tabulation plans and research reports. Liaise with fieldwork agencies to check fieldwork and quota progress, and check preliminary and final data.

Toronto, Canada Area

Supported strategy and media teams with insights based on a combination of proprietary and external tools, supplemented with ad-hoc research. Worked primarily in the automotive sector, but also focused on luxury, entertainment, real-estate and FMCG sectors.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Drove the business development activities for Focus 360 Arabia, a research-based brand consultancy that specialises in the healthcare, travel and aviation, hospitality and government sectors. Supported the consultancy, management and marketing activities that revolve around multiple project types that are mostly centered around strategic planning, branding.

United Arab Emirates

Use a combination of proprietary and third-party data to produce comprehensive audience insights, which are then fed into media strategies for clients in the automotive, financial and other sectors. Also collaborate on thought leadership initiatives, knowledge sharing, and conduct agency-wide trainings on the role of data and insights.

Primarily responsible for day-to-day operations of Radius’ Middle East operations in Dubai, inclusive of:- Development of new business from new clients through client contacts and writing proposals and tenders.-Development of new business from existing clients through new business proposals.-Management of existing client projects, including qualitative.

Undertook a general MBA with courses ranging from Strategic Management to Financial Economics, to Supply Chain Management and Marketing. A total of 20 courses taken over the course of 3 trimesters. The MBA culminated with a group-run business plan.

Dubai, UAE

Worked with Regional Communications Planning Director and various account teams in agency, lending consumer insights to planning strategies for all regional new business pitches and existing account efforts. Cross-functional responsibilites that also involve developing UM’s syndicated and proprietary tools and research, and acting as the research lead on.

Involved in managing the full spectrum of a typical project, from proposal writing straight through to preparation of detailed analytical reports. Extensive experience with client interfacing.Have worked on projects for products and industries ranging from FMCG, retail, alcoholic beverages, banking, charity organisations, telecommunication and automotive..

Worked on both qualitative and quantitative research projects, with a strong emphasis on syndicated studies and media monitoring. Actively involved in business development around the GCC region, particularly Bahrain.

First exposure to market research. Primary focus of my job was data analysis and reporting of strategic insights. Later honed my skills with proposal writing and study design.

Acted as promotion representative for software and IT Fortune 500 companies. Approached corporate customers to promote products through usage demonstrations.Target market was five boroughs of New York City. Managed own sales team. Responsibilities included training and retraining team members, personal motivation and handing out financial bonuses.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Student Representative of MBA Academic CommitteeGeneral Master's of Business Administration, with courses.

Bba, Marketing

Activities and Societies: President of South Asian Student's Association. worked for UMass Annual Fund (collecting donors)Majored in.

Degree: 'A' Levels, Business Management, English Literature And History

Degree: Associate Of Science, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Peer Tutor (i.e. taught fellow students in numerous subjects. Selected because of my perfect Grade Point Average