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Professional Summary
Fueled by passion & perseverance; formerly an engineer, I am an exceptional copywriter and social
entrepreneur at heart, with an impressive set of versatile skills gained in different multicultural
international working environments, with high flexibility and adaptation capabilities, providing
unparalleled timeless copies that influence & impress, while maintaining an excellent level of
performance and accuracy in translating client requirements into compelling content that meets
deadlines.
Area of Expertise
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Storytelling
Company Portfolios
Social media
Marketing materials
Commercial ads
Creative writing
Concept development
Blog management
Project management
Work Experience
- Founder & Storyteller, Elfokera (December 2017 – Now)
Storytelling for business
Storytelling for Startups, freelancers, small businesses
Portfolio stories
Services stories
Stories for social impact
- Copywriter, Yashry/Edfa3ly (April 2019 – June 2019)
Create content for Facebook posts
Create content for Instagram posts
Create content for Instagram stories
Create content for emails
Create content for SMS
- Copywriter, Tools (April 2017 – December 2017)
Portfolio writing
Proposal writing
Team members storytelling
Facebook content creation
- Part-time Copywriter, Cultark (July 2016 – December 2016)
Facebook content creation for multiple customers (Eastwind, LittleStark)
- Freelance Copywriter (February 2014 – July 2016)
Practiq Maas: Storytelling for technical content
Assy designs: Provide comprehensive Portfolio for Fattoush Elite restaurant
Bite me cupcakes: Provide Copywriting consultation for writing social media content,
handouts & fliers
Life-Makers: Provide social media content for promoting the organization activities
Yoom Agaza: Provide creative content writing for blog
Cairo ad School: Provide Copywriting consultation for copywriting tasks in copywriting
classroom
Other Work Experience
- Telecom engineer, (February 2009 – November 2017)
Nokia Networks: Customer support & Maintenance of Data core networks for Ooredoo &
Mobinil in Tunis & Egypt.
Huawei Technologies: One-Man show comprehensive design & deployment of Data core
networks in UK, Mexico, Romania, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, Togo, Cape Verde, Niger,
Burundi, Zambia, & Egypt.
LinkDotNet: Designing datacenter solution for enterprise customers
Raya: IT helpdesk representative
Trainings & Courses
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Cairo ad school: Certified copywriting course, mentor: Soufy (FP7)
Creative writing & content writing introduction- Artkhana
Writing a copy that sells – instructor: Len smith
IOWA University: Flash Fiction
University of Michigan:
o Storytelling for Social change
o Social work practice: Advocating social Justice and Change
o Social work practice in Community Organization, management and Policy/Evaluation
o Social work Practice with Individuals, Families, and Small Groups
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Social Entrepreneurship 101 by Acumen+
On Building Grit, by Angela Duckworth
Raya distribution: customer care & handling
Various engineering trainings in Vodafone Egypt, Alcatel-Lucent, Raya
Education- Faculty of engineering - Cairo University - Electronics & Communication department
Volunteering Experiences
- Life-Makers - INJAZ MASR - Resala
Other interests
Travelling, singing, reading, writing, and house parties.
Portfolio & work samples
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Previous employers:
o fb.me/yashryEG (Yashry, April 2019 – June 2019)
o fb.me/edfa3ly (Edfa3ly, April 2019 – June 2019)
o fb.me/toolsadvert (Tools advertising, All)
Own work:
o Fb.me/elfokera (Core business)
o Yoomagaza.wordpress.com
Part-time & freelance:
o https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwq0qSiWHdUFVGZBdjM5YUxRY2M/view