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“Associates &” is a Marketing and Strategy consultancy company featuring multiple business dimensions, professions, and industries.We provide information on practices, trends, and solutions for diverse business’ professions and industries that impact all levels of professionals including top executives and their companies.A Marketing & Strategy Consultant is an outside advisor who works with companies and individuals to create and implement marketing strategies.Create a detailed marketing plan, determine a business's marketingmessage, and identify the appropriate marketing mix to get the message out to the targetmarket.Working on uncovering your professional purpose & establishing credibility, thought leadership, and guide you in creating a credible narrative.Working on growing your network & attracting new opportunities that help you reach your business goals.Involved in implementing the marketing strategy, help monitor results, and tweak campaigns to ensure getting the best results from the marketingefforts.Develop strategies and goals.Identify and craft main media messages.Recommend comprehensive and unique personal branding strategies and tactics.Provide communication cadence, content guidance, and success measurement framework.Oversee the Execution of strategic tasks, production of the marketing materials, andmonitoring outcomes and services provided by third parties (advertisement - contentcreation - videography & photography..etc).Provide an external viewpoint to internal challenges.Explain the pros, cons, good, and bad of a marketing strategy.

Advancing the Finance Profession Worldwide Helping Corporate Financial Professionals Worldwide Achieve Their Greatest Career Potential

Building a regional Finance-Centric professional development organization; developing financial professionals and teaching non-financial professionals finance through direct operations or by teaming up with local institutions in Egypt, Bahrain, KSA, and UAE as well as expanding to all MEA Countries

At Cognitronix, our vision is to become the leading provider of AI solutions in the region, driving the transformation towards the era of cognitive computing.We aim to make state-of-the-art AI technology accessible to everyone, empowering businesses and individuals to be more productive and unlock their full potential.We believe that AI has the potential to make our lives easier and more productive.

Cairo, Egypt

Armed and shielded with vast, on-ground expertise in the trucking and trading industry, working with a team of representative logistics operators masterfully expanding into the wide-open doors of the digital world via virtual service solutions: LORRY mobile applicationDeveloped and designed with strategic optimization features, LORRY is the ideal, one-stop, online platform that saves time and effort for shippers and vehicle owners/operators. Given our experience-based knowledge of the typical consuming burdens of both parties; LORRY’s IOS and Android mobile application versions efficiently reach all smartphone users; anytime, anywhere in EgyptMain Focus: B2B - Construction - Building Materials

The Law is a mission-driven organization since its inception in 2015 we are focusing on developing, serving, and empowering lawyers, lawyering, law firms, and the entire justice system. We work on our mission through our magazines, conferences, events, and a lot of other initiatives and activities.

The 1st of its kind in the MEA region as a dedicated firm for Law Firms’ Marketing and Business Development

Egypt

Marketing, Business Development and Management Consultant

Building a sustainable future for the people of the Middle East and Africa through innovative sustainable platforms.

Delivering Marketing & Digital Marketing Courses for The Career Development Center of AmCham Egypt - UCCD Program

Egypt’s first marketplace for products & services through video displays. One of the biggest product launch campaigns at its time included integrated marketing communication, celebrity endorsement TVC, Radio OOH..etc.Exit in December 2020 through a swap shares deal (Undisclosed details)

Egypt

Collaborate with the investors and the directors committee to uncover insights and strategies to develop and implement marketing and branding strategies for new and existing products. Manage conception, development, and implementation of marketing plan and strategies, pricing, product concepts, and promotional programs. Identify short-term and long-term scheduling, budget, and resource needs, including the development and management of an annual marketing budget. Develop key marketing performance metrics and tracking tools to provide market research, forecasts, competitive analyses, campaign results, and consumer trends. Lead the development of the entire marketing department including:-Media Production Unit (Producers, Directors, and Editors)-Digital/Social Media Team-Content Creators and Creatives Team-Research, Planning and Reporting TeamMonitor and review agencies communication and reports.

Egypt

Cultural industry initiative aimed to promote cultural activities and initiative through a Virtual Cultural Hub www.HALAKAH.net

Working closely with founders as a Marketing and Business expert.

Founded in late 2016 and started operations in March 2017. Approximately 500m2 spaces in Heliopolis, Cairo for cultural activities including different programs and initiatives (Seminars, Cultural Salons, Book clubs, Art, Yoga & music classes, hosting student activities, partnering with local initiatives, and organizing Heliopolis Handmade Bazar… etc.) BEDAYAT got featured in local news several times.The project closed on March 2020 during covid-19

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

• Prepare annual programs budget and monthly monitor actual income and expenses.• Supervise outreach programs coordinators and account executives. • Design and develop training programsfor corporates, NGOs and individuals• Develop the annual marketing plan and Implements the digital marketing and social networking campaigns.• Conduct training needs assessments to corporates.• Design and Develop Case Study Competitionsfor University students • Organize and attend conventions, conferences, and tradeshows, preparing engaging displays and collateral as needed, and providing post-event reports and analysis.• Oversees the coordination and administration of the Career Development Center programsto ensure the availability of the required materials, equipment and supplies.• Liaise with university students to provide programs'support, information and guidance.• Monitors the day-to-day operations of the Career Development Center programs including class visits, handling and resolving complaints.

Doctorate Degree, Marketing

Thesis: The Impact of firms’ digital presence on customer equity. (An Empirical Study on Professional Services in Egypt)

Master'S Degree, Marketing

Thesis: Maximization of Customer Equity through social media marketing activities (An applied study on cultural industries in Egypt)

Professional Certificates, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

Activities and Societies: ASAE Member AmCham Egypt • Project Management Professional Certificate PMBOK 4th Edition • Completed Marketing.

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Accounting & Business Administration

High School