Sir/Madam,
Capitalizing on a career that encompasses broad-based experience in journalism, I am seeking an opportunity to apply my skills in a position that will offer the potential for advancement based on performance.
Some key points of my professional experience include: news reporting, sub-editing and proofreading articles, producing features and producing live reports and beepers for various local and international publications such as The Express Tribune, The Financial Daily, Xinhua News Agency, The Sports Encounter etc.
My recent accomplishments include but are not limited to:
• Worked for over five years with The Financial Daily International as Senior Sub-Editor/Reporter
• Associated with China's state news agency “Xinhua News Agency” as Correspondent based in Karachi for reporting stock exchange-related stories as well as sports, showbiz, and business news since March 2008.
• Led a sports news website The Sports Encounter (http://www.sportsencounter.com) as Editor-In-Chief for over three years.
• Hosted live events such as The Technical Analysts Conference for Pakistan Society of Technical Analysts (STAP) at the Karachi Stock Exchange Auditorium.
• Wrote press releases for different sports federations and brokerage houses including Pakistan Boxing Federation, SMH Financial Solutions, Association for Investors’ Awareness, Pakistan Society of Technical Analysts and more...
Please find my resume enclosed for your review. I would be glad to discuss my qualifications in the light of your specific needs and requirements. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Jawad Hussain
• Produced Blogs, Brochures, Emails, Social Media Posts, etc.
• Assisted Public Relations Department in daily tasks
• Quality-checked the digital marketing content
• Wrote business news related to United Arab Emirates/MENA Region
• Produced Press Releases for top UAE-based companies
• Role included taking care of the Public Relations-associated tasks at the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority
• Also revamped the company’s website and its content besides making it SEO friendly
• Produced the company’s official PRO Manual
• Head of Sports, Showbiz, Arts & Culture, and Environment sections
• I have also covered different events, such as, Expo Exhibitions, ACCA Seminars, Live Matches, as well as Trading Activities at Karachi Stock Exchange, etc.
• I have covered Karachi Stock Exchange on daily and weekly basis, in order to get the reports and views of investors and brokers for an Urdu magazine published under the banner of The Financial Daily.
• I have written articles both in Urdu and English languages on different sectors of Pakistan economy.
I led as many as 7 blogs related to crimes of various categories including human smuggling, terrorism, theft, fake degrees etc. I was responsible to select content for the blogs and distribute the information among my team of sub-editors.
• Worked as a Call Center Supervisor for a year
• Responsible for assigning tasks/targets to each agent of my team on daily basis.
• Follow up on the tasks/targets assigned to the agents.
• Prepared daily reports of each agent.
• Prepared training plans for new agents.
• Trained new agents for the call center as well as new data entry projects.
• Planned weekly meeting with superiors.
• Provided feedback to the US clients.
• Worked as Lecturer for a year
• Worked in administration for two and a half years
• Managed & organized college annual functions & exhibitions