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Farida Afifi

MARKETING & COMMUNICATION
cairo

Summary

Energetic, results-oriented marketer with 5+ years of management experience in providing marketing and social media campaigns to diverse clients including fast-growing organizations and reputable brands. Passionate about maximizing profit with effective marketing campaigns.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
18
18
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Languages

Work History

Senior Marketing Specialist (Dalydress, DARE & Premoda)

DTA (DALYDRESS FOR TRADING AGENCIES)
10.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: Fashion & Lifestyle Retail Company
  • Develop annual marketing and communication strategies and campaign calendars for each brand based on company goals, brand objectives, target audience and market dynamics
  • Lead a creative team that is responsible for brands image, identity and the production of all communication resources (ATL & BTL communication media and messages; Static and video Social Media and digital content, in-store material, window display directions, PR and OOH Campaigns) through directing a smooth process from concept, to execution, to delivery
  • Manage the 360 degrees media and communication tools
  • Create a comprehensive Brand guideline and ensure all departments are aligned
  • Set and administer an annual marketing budget
  • Continually review changes to the market, consumer trends and activities of competitors, adjusting the marketing plan if necessary
  • Set media buying budget & manage performance marketing specialists by communicating digital campaign objectives
  • Monitoring performance and analyzing results through various platforms; Business manager for Meta, Tiktok, HubSpot for YouTube, Google analytics …etc
  • Utilize existing digital marketing solutions/tools SEO/google AdWords, SEM, display network GDN, ASM, E-mail Newsletters
  • And adopt new ones if they are relevant to the business
  • Measure and report on the effectiveness of marketing campaigns using predetermined KPIs, and assess against goals (ROI , ROAS)
  • Setup and operate the in-house studio for shooting E-commerce catalogs, lookbooks and digital content
  • Manage & negotiate with production, services & media agencies and secure agreements to fulfill business & marketing requirements
  • Supported to build a strong e-commerce platform, focusing on the full customer journey through the channel
  • Solidify brands relationship with business partners and explore further opportunities to expand the business
  • Develop a strong CRM platform to ensure customer retention & loyalty with the operations and IT departments
  • Manage and execute the organization's brand perception, through communication strategies, PR campaigns, initiatives and collaborations with relevant partners and develop the narrative of the story around the partnerships
  • Collaborate with brands & service providers to offer extra benefits to our customers
  • Identify new business opportunities & conduct market research studies
  • Developed an internal branding project to reflect the company persona, while working closely with the HR department to initiate employee engaging activities
  • Fashion & Lifestyle Retail Company

Senior Account Manager

Know How (PROMO MEDIA)
09.2021 - 01.2022
  • Company Overview: Social media advertising
  • Managing and overseeing 11 top key accounts such as Audi, Coldwell Banker, Arabella Plaza, Mazaya, Sea cinema, and many more
  • Conduct, plan and deliver engaging content across different social media platforms using scheduling tools such as Hootsuite
  • Manage issues and resolve customer complaints in person, via email and telephone
  • Exceed client expectations, leading their digital campaigns to promote new offerings which lead to renewing their annual contracts
  • Direct and onboard a team of 2 account executives to manage diverse portfolio and delegate execution plans frequently, client communication, handling crisis management, preparing budgets and reports
  • Build various media buying strategies and contribute to growing social media followers to 20k+ driving advertisement sales by 50%
  • Monitoring competitor activity and generating qualified leads after optimizing segmentation tactics
  • Facilitate as liaison between 3 departments to accelerate and complete projects respecting client's deadline
  • Generate website traffic and an increase in social media followers, reaching 270K after launching successful promotional campaigns
  • Social media advertising

Senior Account Executive

Mint&Co
07.2018 - 07.2021
  • Handled daily management of social media platforms
  • Created concepts for the brand collection: story collection, look-book, marketing kit
  • Maintained a comprehensive, cross channel marketing communications calendar
  • Created a comprehensive project briefs across content and product marketing initiatives
  • Created giveaways for the Arab Fashion Week
  • Two Video Shoots (fashion house documentary & collection video)
  • Cooperated in collection video won an award in the Arab Fashion Week
  • Organized collaborations between brands

Marketing Specialist

Asory Fashion House
09.2017 - 06.2018
  • Owned 10 key accounts and managed their marketing plans within key objectives
  • Collaborated with in-house and outsourced designers to produce materials of visual impact ensuring brand guidelines
  • Cooperated with media, printers and publishers as required and managed the production of marketing material such as leaflets, flyers, posters and newsletters including e-newsletters
  • Built and developed efficient and structured marketing strategies
  • Launched and organized advertising/communication campaigns (Outdoors), exhibitions and promotional events
  • Conducted market research and analysis to evaluate trends, brand awareness and competition ventures
  • Led the development of visual messages from conceptualization to finalization of marketing and business development collaterals for Ovio chocolate month campaign

Education

BA - BA&International Marketing

University of Business and Economics
01.2015 - 01.2016

BA - Communication AES

University of Toulouse 1 Capitole
01.2013 - 01.2016

French Baccalaureate - undefined

Sacre-coeur
01.1998 - 01.2012

Skills

Meta business suite

Timeline

Senior Marketing Specialist (Dalydress, DARE & Premoda) - DTA (DALYDRESS FOR TRADING AGENCIES)
10.2022 - Current
Senior Account Manager - Know How (PROMO MEDIA)
09.2021 - 01.2022
Senior Account Executive - Mint&Co
07.2018 - 07.2021
Marketing Specialist - Asory Fashion House
09.2017 - 06.2018
University of Business and Economics - BA, BA&International Marketing
01.2015 - 01.2016
University of Toulouse 1 Capitole - BA, Communication AES
01.2013 - 01.2016
Sacre-coeur - French Baccalaureate,
01.1998 - 01.2012
Farida AfifiMARKETING & COMMUNICATION