Walid Ahmed Ismail

Senior Interior Designer and Business Development Manager Full Time

• Job Details:- Plans, designs, and furnishes interior environments of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings: Confers with client to determine architectural preferences, purpose and function of environment, budget, types of construction, equipment to be installed, and other factors which affect planning interior environments. - Advises client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and utilization of furnishings and equipment, color schemes, and color coordination. - Renders design ideas in form of paste ups, drawings, or illustrations, estimates material requirements and costs, and presents design to client for approval. Selects or designs and purchases furnishings, art works, and accessories. - Subcontracts fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, kitchens, bath suits, and related items. Executed jobs: -Villa - EL Sheikh Zaiyed-6 Oct City. -Villa-Golf city-El Obour City -Villa-motamayez -6 OctCity. -Tourism attaché of Lebanese Embassy in Mohandeseen. -C.E.O of Samsung Plasma and LCD in Heliopolis -Singer in Sheraton Heliopolis. -Many other Apartments

Sales & Marketing Director Full Time

• Job Details:-Marketing Duties: -Direct Marketing Activities: in charge of planning weekly visits to the magazine key accounts carried out by the marketing team to update the market summary and the competition environment to reinforce the sales efforts. -Participating in developing Marketing Strategy by coordinating with the Management team, Managing Editor, Finance and Administration Manager, to win in the marketplace by segmentation, magazine positioning, pricing strategy, and branding strategy. -Preparing the annual and the quarter annual marketing plan based on a SWOT analysis to be discussed, and approved to be carried out, and followed up with a periodical reporting system. -Building brand name & awareness for the magazine. -Supervising legal articles used in general in forming concessions and agreements. -Following up of concessions terminations and renewals. -In charge of organizing the company’s participation in exhibitions and fairs: -La Casa Exhibition and Trade Show (Cairo 2008) -Le Marché Exhibition and Trade fair (Cairo 2008 – 2009) -Index Interior Design Show (Dubai Nov 2008) -Next Move real estate investment Exhibition (April 2009) -Partner with the Publisher and editorial team to develop creative solutions for clients and their agencies. -Took part in the planning and the establishment process of the other HQ of the company in Dubai. -Sales Duties: -Planning the sales plan for selling advertising to a mix of new customers and existing key accounts, working towards revenue targets and generating advertising sales revenues. -Coaching and training the sales team on the sales action plan. -Monitoring the sales team on daily basis to report the sales department achievements on weekly and monthly basis to the top management. -Ensure that the magazine is well positioned in carefully selected venues, in a manner that allows for maximum visibility. -Developing and managing advertiser relationships for maximum retention and share.