
Senior Media Consultant, ILIM TV
Pakistan

Senior Media Consultant, ILIM TV
Pakistan
Offering exceptional perception management services and media consultancy. Over 5 years of international experience in business development, technical consultancy and strategic visioning of media organizations. Proven abilities in brand development, online and offline marketing. Strengths in formulating long-term strategic partnerships, policies and technological initiatives that have supported organizational growth, improved staff productivity, and increased profit margins.
News Room Management, IPTV / Satellite Consultancy, Infrastructure, Marketing, Exploring New Opportunities
(Media Production industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Hired by a group of international investors as a Senior Media Consultant to establish a TV channel for Pakistan. Involved in the project from conception to prototype testing of the IPTV channel ILIM TV. Establishing the infrastructure (News Desk, MCR, PCR, Creative, etc.), facilitating purchase of equipment, development of brand and creation of viewers base across the globe is part of my responsibilities. Working at this position, I am managing multiple in-house and outsourced teams.
(Media Production industry)
October 2007 — December 2007 (3 months)
Basic job responsibility was to write news for hourly bulletins on the News Desk. This included monitoring the feeds from news agencies such as AFP, Reuters, AP and gathering news from reporters across the world. Editing news written by reporters and junior staff was also a part of my responsibility. Generating sequence for the news in terms of importance and placing them in rundowns for each hour was my secondary job.
(Media Production industry)
July 2005 — February 2006 (8 months)
Gathering news from various sources, writing and editing them according to the requirements of different segments and placing them into rundowns for bulletins. Production of news at the panel and two weekly programs was all I had to do in this organization. I also initiated the Technology Section, being a person with strong IT background, have deep roots in the Computer Industry.
MBA , Media Management , 2009 — 2011 (expected)
Certification , Project Management , 2008 — 2008
Trainings , News Direction, Production, Copywriting , 2008 — 2008
Trainings: Advice for the Newly Named News Director, Cleaning Your Copy, Introduction to Ethical Decision Making
Certification , SV, STM, SNS , 2008 — 2008
Strategic Visions, Strategic Time Management, Strategic Negotiation Skills
BS , 2001 — 2005
News, Analysis, Investigative Journalism, Direction, Production
IFUJ, PFJU, KUJ
• Interviewed by Jennifer Sutton, Opinion Columnist for The Lariat Online (Baylor University, Texas) on “Journalism in
Pakistan”
• Best Speaker Shield by IEEE, NUCES Chapter
• Interviewed by Geo News on Gaming Industry of Pakistan
• Appreciation from Ex-Governor Sindh (Mr. Muhammad Mian Soomro) covered in newspapers for social work in education
industry
• Interviewed by Fizza Haider for @Internet Magazine, the IT Magazine of Daily Express Karachi
• Shields for 3 consecutive years (1999-2002) by FAST-NU Karachi
• 11th Position in Karachi Intermediate Board in HSC Examination in 2000
• Interviewed by Abdul Latif Abu Shamil for Weekly Friday Special Karachi
• 2nd Prize in competition organized by Dr. A.Q. Khan Research Laboratories in 1998
• 7th Position in Karachi Secondary Board in SSC Examinations in 1998