Hatim Poonawala

A highly efficient, innovative and methodical marketing & communication professional with over 11 years of experience in reviewing, developing and defining an organization’s overall marketing strategy. Comfortable working in a fast paced, hands-on, growth orientated work environment and possessing a proven ability to ensure that brand messages, standards and communications are understood and implemented effectively. Accomplishing marketing and sales objectives by planning, developing, implementing and evaluating trade promotion programs. Spearheading all on-going marketing projects, including exhibitions, outdoor and indoor media, working end-to-end with designers, contractors, and supply partners on multiple projects. Key Responsibilities: • Generating awareness through new strategies, for various events services across UAE and other countries. • Generating new corporate leads for the company through various forms of marketing- Facebook, LinkedIn, Email Marketing, Newsletters, and through cold calling. • Meeting and making sales presentations to potential clients- which involves being creative, giving new ideas, and negotiations on the rates. • Managing a good relationship with potential and existing clients as well as vendors. • Implementing the weekly marketing plan in order to increase customer base, and retain existing customers. • Managing a team for all events- training and guiding them on how to make the event successful. • Managing events, small scale and large scale, from planning to execution: o Booking all vendors well in advance, based on quality and prices. o Making a timely schedule of the whole event. o Ensuring all vendors have completed their tasks. o Being quick and proactive at taking last minute decisions. • Project management for various clients such as, Dubai Customs, Al Nabooda Group, Farm Fresh, JVC, IFFCO etc. We Listen! We Discuss! We Plan! We Execute