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HAMAYUN AKRAM

Digital Marketing Pro/Digital Designer/Consultant
with the passion of creativity

ABOUT ME

HAMAYUN AKRAM - Digital Marketing Pro/Digital Designer/Consultant

More than 15 years of extensive experience in graphic/web design, UI/Ux Design, B2B and B2C eCommerence, CMS, SEO and digital marketing. I have worked with people, organizations and suppliers for a number of years and have developed excellent communication, negotiation and problem-solving skills. Highly skilled in vendor relations and negotiations; accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments with an emphasis on working within budget requirements.

Well experienced in building website architecture based on customers personals, Ui/Ux design, onsite/offsite SEO, digital marketing and goolge webmaster and analytics.

SKILLS

I AM REALLY GOOD AT THE FOLLOWING TECHNICAL SKILLS

Adobe CS CC
90
eCommerce
85
Web Marketing
70
CMS
75
SEO
65
UI/UX Design
70
Video Editing
75
Photosgraphy
60
HTML/CSS
65

EXPERIENCE

PREVIOUS ASSOCIATIONS THAT HELPED TO GATHER EXPERIENCE

NewMediaCity.com

Running own Digital Agency.

May 2017
September 2016 - April 2017

AFtrade.com

Ecommerce & Digital Marketing Manager

  • Implementing a strategic, integrated international digital brand marketing programme with focus on growth in revenue and ROI across all channels
  • Developing contents for sales and marketing team to help them to understand and learn themselves and educate the customers about our portal and services to increase online subscription as well as promote offline trading services
  • Developing KPIs for E-commerce channels; review and analyze portal’ performance including online transactional KPIs as well as the customer service metrics, and take actions accordingly
  • Lead, shape, manage and optimise the full range of e-commerce and digital marketing activity
  • Taking ownership of the e-commerce roadmap, highlighting opportunities and averting risks
  • Creating and managing multi-email campaigns with landing pages for lead generation
  • Planning and executing digital marketing activities including SEM, SEO, Social media, affiliate, display Ad and etc. to eventually generate quality traffic and inquiries
  • Segmentation of vast customer base around multi-channel behaviours
  • Analyse site performance and visitor behavior and make changes to improve UX and conversion rates
  • Managing a large digital budget and report back on all channels individually
  • Reporting and analysing of onsite customer behavior using Google Analytics, other analytics tools, and onsite customer survey metrics. Using these insights, as well as feedback from the business, to develop and optimize the digital roadmap

Allsopp & Allsopp Real Estate

Digital Marketing Manager

Role and responsibilities…

  • Plan, design and execute all web, SEO/SEM, marketing database, email, social media and display advertising campaigns;
  • Creation and management of email campaigns and landing pages;
  • Design and develop lead generation life cycle and A/B experimental;
  • Design digital material such as; web graphics, banners, ads, emails shots, infographics and videos;
  • Measure and report performance of all digital marketing campaigns, and assess against goals (ROI and KPIs)
  • Identify trends and insights, and optimize spend and performance based on the insights;
  • Plan, execute and measure experiments and conversion tests;
  • Utilize strong analytical ability to evaluate end-to-end customer experience across multiple channels and customer touch points;

Key Achievements:

  • Increased quality web traffic by 25% and 28% in lead generation
  • Reduced bounce rate from 55% to 40%
  • Increased conversion rates 7% for email marketing with landing pages
  • 25% increase engagement on social channels, top of the competition on Social Media
JAN 2016 - JUN 2016
MAR 2011 - DEC 2015

Meirc Training & Consulting, Dubai

Senior Web & Graphics Designer – Digital Marketing Specialist

Role and responsibilities…

  • Brand development & graphic design of marketing material;
  • Create visual content including text layout and formatting;
  • Website design and management;
  • Web site traffic growth and SEO;
  • Google AdWords, Display Ads and Remarketing;
  • Google Analytics and Webmaster tool;
  • Keywords optimizations and analyses;
  • Creation and management of email campaigns and landing pages;
  • Managing live webinars: editing and posting on YouTube Channel;

Key Achievements:

  • Increased web traffic by 30% and grew sales 40%
  • Reduced bounce rate 10% and increased time spend from 2.5 to 4.2minutes
  • 50% improvement in lead generation by Email Direct Marketing
  • 35% increase engagement on social channels

Hyder Consulting – Middle East, Dubai

Senior Graphic Designer

Hyder Consulting is a multi-national advisory and design consultancy. They have been in operation for over 150 years, working on some of the world's most iconic landmarks and infrastructure including Burj Khalifa, the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Worked as in-house Senior Graphic Designer with team of joiner designers in marketing department reporting to Marketing Director and was handling...

  • Design and development of marketing material such as brochures, flyers, presentations, posters, advertisement, display graphics exhibition, e-newsletters, etc.
  • Responsible for the design of pre-qualifications documents, bid proposal submissions and competition documents/reports.
  • Dealing with digital printers and suppliers.
  • Implementation various design and branding strategies as per the Middle East market.
  • Managing and coordinating with various suppliers for the digital & offset printing. Communicate with the Web Department based in UK and supply them the latest Middle East project details (Rendering, Photos & Text) through FTP to update the Website.
  • Creating design guide lines and templates to standardise Corporate Identity.
JUN 2010 - NOV 2010
APR 2008 - JUN 2010

RMJM Middle East, Dubai

Senior Graphic Designer

RMJM is leading international architectural firm with more than 1000 staff in 15 offices through the world. Worked as a Senior Graphic Designer in the Marketing & Business Development Department, reporting to the Marketing Manager, Design Director and the Graphic Design Studio in New York.

  • Responsible for the design of pre-qualifications documents, bid proposal submissions and competition documents/reports.
  • Attending monthly video conference meetings with other branch offices to resolve and impliment various design and branding stateges.
  • Design and development of marketing material such as brochures, flyers, presentations, posters, advertisement, display graphics exhibition, e-newsletters, etc.
  • Managing and coordinating with various suppliers for the digital & offset printing. Communicate with the Web Department based in UK and supply them the latest Middle East project details (Rendering, Photos & Text) through FTP to update the Website.
  • Creating design guide lines and templates to standardise Corporate Identity.

Bin Ghalib Group of Companies - Dubai

Media Manager

Bin Ghalib is a group of 13 companies dealing in various fields- Electrical Engineering, Trading, Automation, Cargo and Logistics, to name a few. I worked in the Corporate Office, and was responsible for coordinating and producing of a variety of layouts, graphic designs and providing art direction to graphic designers for a variety of graphics products including brochures, flyers, ads, newsletters, exhibit displays, slide shows and desktop publishing.

  • Managing entire process from design to print and out sourcing different vendors/suppliers. Setting up yearly advertising & promotion budget coordination with the Sales and Marketing Team for each company and selecting well-known directories, magazines, exhibitions, newspaper ads and corporate gifts.
  • Preparing the annual advertising budget for the group (online, offline, seminars, exhibitions etc).
  • Coordinating with event management and design firms to design and buildup the exhibition stand. Proposed and implemented improvements to systems / procedures in areas such as marketing, human resources and communications.
JUN 2002 - APR 2008
MAY 2001 - MAY 2002

Arab Circle ISP - Jeddah, KSA

Design Manager

Recruited to lead design team for this start-up web design, internet marketing and internet servicing diverse client base.

  • Managed team of 5 design professionals, set creative direction and vision, managed client interface and coordinated with project managers to ensure design projects were delivered on time and budget.
  • Designed all aspects of Liquid Reel corporate identity, including logo, stationary, print advertisements, promotional displays and web site.
  • Determining medium best suited to produce desired visual effect and method of reproduction.
  • Estimating cost of materials and time to complete graphic design and illustration.
  • Preparing specifications for design. Producing final designs or illustrations, or supervise the production of design by other graphic designers or graphic arts technicians.

Arabian Leopard L.L.C - Dubai

Senior Web/Graphic Designer

Worked as senior designer with the team of 4 design professionals.

  • Designed complete print and web campaign for B2C website and designed promotional display graphics for official launching.
  • Created number of projects for our clients; corporate identity, catalogues, posters, advertisement, web design, presentation etc.
MAR 2000 - MAY 2001
OCT 1996 - MAY 2000 (EVENING)

Jang Group of Newspapers - Lahore, PAK

Senior Graphic Designer

Responsible for the graphic design; newspaper ads, supplements, magazine ads, events campaign etc. Worked as a team leader, sharing ideas and directions with other designers.

EDUCATION

THE ROOTS OF EDUCATION ARE BITTER, BUT THE FRUIT IS SWEET

Lead Generation Digital Training

DM3 Institute, Dubai

2015 / June

A+

Online lead generation idea from website, social media, email marketing and online ads. Who to convert visitors into customers and close the deal.

Social Media Marketing - Strategy

SEO International, Dubai

2014 / MAR

A+

Developing a Social Media Strategy for your Business, Listen, Engage and Measure,  Listening and Monitoring – Tips and Tools, Implement the Social Media Engagement plan!

Film Short Course

SAE Institute, Dubai

2013 / JUN

A+

working with various cameras, indoor and outdoor shots, video editing and capturing techniques, basic and advanced lighting techniques, understanding time codes, screen writing and audio recording, Adobe After Effects & Premiere pro

Motion Graphics and Compositing

twofour54, Abu Dhabi

2012 / APR

A+

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Video Editing and Rending in different formats.

Internet Advertising & Social Media Marketing 101 Course

SEO International, Dubai

2011 / OCT

A+

SEO – Search Engine Optimization, Google AdWords – Search Advertising | Display Advertising, Blogs | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Google+, Video Marketing – YouTube, Facebook Advertising, Google Analytics

Certificate of Web Designing

Next Vision (Pvt) Ltd. - Lahore, PAK

2000 / NOV

A+

Image slicing, HTML, JavaScript and Web Server handling

Professional Diploma in Computer Graphics

University of the Punjab - Lahore, PAK

1999 / SEPT

A+

Won best design and display award, Freeland, Photoshop & Illustration

Certificate of Graphic Designing

Emeye College of Computer Grafiks-Lahore, PAK

1993 / APR

A+

CorelDraw and Output Formats

Diploma in Computer Science

Friends College of Computer Science - Lahore, PAK

1992 / MAR

A+

DOS, WordStar, Lotus and Troubleshooting

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  • Imperium Stationary
  • Imperium Logo2
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  • Ai Stationary
  • Ai Cards
  • Ai Logo
  • 100 Oil
  • Front Signs
  • Mat
  • Menu
  • Delta Mag Ads
  • Meirc Branding
  • Meirc Support
  • Meirc Eng-Arb
  • Meirc Logo
  • Interview
  • Logo Reveal
  • Home Gift Box Ui/Ux Design
  • StepUp Nursery Branding
  • YallaAd Registration Page Ui/Ux
  • YallaAd Login Page Ui/Ux
  • YallaAd Detail Page Ui/Ux
  • YallaAd Category Page
  • YallaAd Ui/Ux Design
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