Shehryar E. Qureshi

Islamabad

+1 year 0 month 5 days

Educative

• Copyedited and proofread a wide range of technical and non-technical content, including educational development courses, website articles, marketing and technical blog posts, social media content, and product landing pages; ensured compliance of content with organizational style guides and conventions; also ensured that content was impactful and effective and prompted readers to engage

• Conducted employee training on editorial processes and mentored editorial team on copyediting and editorial compliance

• Served as the DRI for accessibility, ensuring content is accessible by people with disabilities (hearing/sight impaired)

Islamabad

+5 year 9 month 21 days

Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability

• Developed and designed creative and effective branding and messages (online, print, etc.) for multiple donor-funded (USAID, GAC, US State Dept., etc.) projects, e.g., on women’s apprenticeship, and digital media campaigns for thematic areas such as COVID-19 awareness, gender-based violence, etc., to raise awareness, educate, and expand beneficiary outreach; monitored user engagement and feedback on content and posts for progress, analysis, and course-correction

• Compiled (through partner and department coordination), drafted, and edited progress reports for multiple donors including USAID, GAC, FCDO, US State Dept., UNDP, etc. (since joining the organization)

• Engaged and liaised with stakeholders, e.g., federal government departments (working on women's rights and human rights), for mutual cooperation and capacitation, including drafting progress reports and developing social media and website content (which entailed collaboration to identify key themes and topics and their innovative and effective implementation)

• Engaged with universities to recruit 210 future women leaders for apprenticeship program to help them attain positions of leadership; designed and supervised the apprentices’ print, electronic, and social media monitoring campaigns

• Conducted media monitoring of print, electronic, and social media for research and analysis, and development of critical content for the communication and social media strategy

• Assisted in implementing the media and communication strategy of a CAD 5 million WE’RE Leaders project funded by GAC aimed at enhancing women's political participation and leadership; also collaborated with cross-functional teams (in-house and external) to shape strategic content as per project requirements

• Provided 10+ sensitization training sessions to NADRA officials across 3 provinces on effective facilitation of individuals from marginalized groups, i.e., women, transgender persons and persons with disabilities

• Trained agents of 20 partner organizations implementing project activities in the field, e.g., on communication protocols and election observation

• Fulfilled the reporting requirements of a USD 45 million Citizens’ Voice Project funded by the USAID to promote citizens’ oversight of governance for improved transparency and accountability

• Supervised the remote monitoring and verification of field activities that facilitated over 900,000 women to register for their National Identity Cards and become registered voters

• Monitored the observation of the 2018 General Elections through a team of over 16,000 trained election observers

• Developed creative and effective communication and research products including project success stories, policy briefs, press releases, research papers, meeting minutes, report templates, manuals, stakeholder correspondence, presentations, speaker’s notes, etc.

• Conducted photography/videography for organizational events

• Joined as a Reporting Officer; was promoted to Senior Program Officer in May 2019

Islamabad

+0 year 12 month 4 days

Federal Public Service Commission

• Prepared an analytical report on functions and improvements in 8 departments including Logistics, HR, Psychology, etc. intended to reduce hire-processing time from 2 years to 1
• Prepared draft proposal for organizational efficiency upgrade; introduced Gantt charts in the report to improve monitoring and evaluation of ongoing performance
• Wrote analytical paper on government’s Good Governance report which served as quick reference guide for said report
• Recommended measures to strengthen organization’s presence on social media for improved public image and to attract a higher caliber of candidates

Islamabad

+0 year 2 month 15 days

Free and Fair Election Network

• Edited case studies and official reports for ILM-Ideas’ Education for All – Making it Possible project and assembled it into comprehensive report that documented 11 Voice and Accountability (V&A) models implemented across Pakistan

• Organized a stakeholder panel discussion among civil society members, policy-makers, and the media to showcase the 11 case studies; also developed PowerPoint presentation of the V&A models to highlight their key messages

• Developed and enhanced the quality of the organization’s website content

Islamabad

+0 year 8 month 1 days

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

• Assisted in the management of corporate relationships, including meetings with major corporate clients such as FFBL, Zong, etc.

• Assisted in document compilation, research, report making, account opening, and light financial analysis

Islamabad

+0 year 12 month 4 days

Gasco Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

• Reviewed, edited organizational literature including company reports, website content, etc.
• Scouted website developers for revamping company website

Islamabad

+0 year 3 month 29 days

GIZ

• Assisted in the communication department: compiling, writing, and editing organizational reports; drafting meeting minutes/reports; devising and maintaining an information/news report database; and assisting in logistics

Islamabad

+0 year 5 month 1 days

Children's Complaint Office - Federal Ombudsman Secretariat

• Assisted in organizing the launch ceremony of the CCO and UNICEF-backed report The State of Children in Pakistan
• Wrote speeches for CCO Head and guest speakers to be delivered at launch

Karachi

+2 year 2 month 9 days

ARY Digital Network (Television)

• Developed and researched content for entertainment/talk shows for multiple channels within the ARY Digital Network:
  • E-Masala on ARY News What Women Want on ARY Digital • Haute Debate; Me, Myself, and Meesha, etc. for FTV Pakistan

• Wrote promos, radio spots, press releases, etc.

Karachi

+17 year 7 month 3 days

Diva Magazine

• Wrote, edited, and proofread articles (approx. 10-12 cover/leading features every year)

• Conducted celebrity interviews, reviewed fashion shows, and composed write-ups; sample article:
  • Generation Next: http://iqra-collection.blogspot.com/2010/12/pakistan-fashion-news-2009-2010.html

Karachi

+5 year 0 month 25 days

Dawn Newspaper

• Conducted (periodically) celebrity interviews, reviewed fashion shows, and composed write-ups; sample articles:
  • Kamiar Rokni: https://web.archive.org/web/20080123154856/http://www.dawn.com:80/weekly/images/archive/080113/images1.htm
  • Match Made in Heaven: https://web.archive.org/web/20060513172940/http://www.dawn.com/weekly/images/archive/060129/images5.htm
  • Mehmood Bhatti: http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/Mehmood_Bhatti

Islamabad

+0 year 0 month 29 days

Accountability Lab

• Proofread and edited final report of its Youth Peace Incubation Program

Development Studies

2015

This was a multidisciplinary degree with courses such as Women and Development, Development Economics, Forced Migration, Diaster Management, Political Science, International Relations, etc.

Social Sciences

2005

This was a multidisciplinary degree with subject such as Political Science, International Relations, History, Sociology, etc.