Aimen Khan
Communication, Project Management, Research & Media Specialist
Dubai
Summary of Career
1. I am an accomplished and experienced professional with 11 plus years of experience in media, media management, social media, communications, public relations and project management.
2. With a long-standing professional record of initiative and successfully leading and completing projects, I have developed and executed strategies which I believe would bring value to your company. I offer a combination of skills and expertise that I have developed through a rewarding career. I am well versed in writing reports, articles for the newspapers and online, writing, press releases, joint statements, introductory booklets, proposals, progress reports etc.
3. have command on communications, collaboration, stakeholder mapping and engagement, public relations, business development. I always had a keen interest in social media therefore I contribute my time on social media and consider it a necessary element as part of the professional growth e.g. website content management, handling content and visuals on twitter, Facebook, Instagram and producing videos for YouTube channels, blogging and creating e training and e learning manuals etc.
4. I have a combination of media and development sector (NGOs/INGOs) background and therefore would be able to share my knowledge and expertise with the colleagues and the organization as a whole, while simultaneously developing my skills by further exposure.
5. My experience in media can contribute to steps relevant to achieve PR and communication related objectives such as media coverage, building liaison with journalists, writing effective press releases and releasing it respecting the timeline.
6. While my working with INGOs and the international donor agencies will bring together various steps that would lead to building of successful PR and communication strategies such as project management- implementation and execution, monitoring the effects and the evaluation, measuring how successful a particular project was or what are the gaps that are needed to fulfill the objectives and goals, budget management, risk identification beforehand and mitigation strategies, stakeholder mapping and e
7. my focus on building professional relationships and networking has been a valuable asset throughout my career.
8. Managing multiple projects simultaneously- a multi tasker
9. Excellent English Writing & Research Skills
10. Mentored and Trained people in Countering Violent Extremism, Gender Sensitivity & peace building, women rights, rights of minorities in South Asia, public policy, democratic sustainability and economic integration between states
I was selected twice for an international study visit to the UK and Denmark to understand their political setup and bring practices home. It was facilitated by Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. I was also selected for a month long training in America under US Legislative Fellowship Program 2018. In addition to these, I have done various trainings in Communication and Strategic Communication, Google Digital learning courses and I write for the leading English dailies as Columnist and Blogger
Master 01 January 2005
Defence & Strategic Studies with thesis on Iraq war- local, regional and international implications (Social Sciences)Bachelor 01 January 2001
English Literature & Modern HistoryOther 01 March 1997
Junior Cambridge (Convent of Jesus and Mary, Murree)