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Kiran Javaid

Rockingham,WA

Summary

Committed and engaging Academician and a Commonwealth Alumnus bringing exceptional lecturing skills and expertise to the field of Communications and Media. Gifted in engagement and guidance of students with over six years of experience in academia and industry.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lecturer

Edith Cowan College
03.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for teaching courses related to Critical thinking and Effective Communications (Stage 1 and 2) to postgraduate pathway students.

Lecturer

National university of Science and Technology
01.2019 - 01.2023
  • Preparing and delivering lectures including but not limited to Digital storytelling, Contemporary issues in digital journalism, News writing and reporting, Broadcast journalism, Radio production etc.
  • Conducting and supervising research projects at undergraduate and postgraduate level
  • Playing a key role in design and development of planning modules and programs
  • Developing innovative approaches to learning and teaching and providing timely feedback and assessment of coursework and examinations
  • Organizing guidance webinars, seminars and acting as student advisor for academic queries
  • Worked on consultancy project of training female journalists under the banner of Aghai Awards.

Scholarships Counsellor

National university of Science and Technology
10.2020 - 01.2023
  • Arranged scholarship guidance webinars, seminars
  • Responsible for coordinating with multiple scholarship organisations like British council, Chevening scholarships Pakistan office, Association of Commonwealth universities etc
  • Involved in mentoring of students in one-on-one session to resolve any queries they had pertaining to specific scholarships
  • Preparing the students for scholarship interviews and reviewing their documentation.

Postgraduate Coordinator

National university of Science and Technology
04.2019 - 09.2021
  • Scheduling and coordinating different aspects of the postgraduate projects
  • Checking the specifications and prerequisites of postgraduate projects for approval
  • Coordinating with graduation evaluation committee and arranging dissertation meetings
  • Recordkeeping of graduating and enrolled students.

Copywriter

Liverpool John Moores University
04.2017 - 08.2017
  • Updating and writing the copy of the university's website
  • Interviewing the faculty, updating and editing course content of all the modules across the university
  • Copywriting the brochure content for the postgraduate office.

Manpower services Graduate officer

Descon Engineering Limited
10.2015 - 12.2015
  • Screened resumes and determine the eligibility of candidates for overseas projects
  • Performed in-person and phone interview with candidates
  • Serialised and maintained the record of candidates and employees
  • Updated and edited manpower database and considered candidates for shut down and overseas projects
  • Assisted Customer relation officer in responding to visa related queries of candidates.

Visiting Lecturer

University of Gujrat
10.2012 - 03.2013
  • Improved the aptitude of students in the course “Broadcast Journalism”
  • Enhanced the skills of learners to be a Broadcast Professional
  • Taught technical editing skills and helped them to grow as media professionals.

Educator

Pakistan International Public School
10.2011 - 07.2012
  • Planned, prepared and delivered lessons to the students as a Class teacher
  • Taught according to the educational and personal needs of individual students as my job required me to interact with pre-K students
  • Adopted and worked towards school's developmental projects specifically teacher's training
  • Worked as an event coordinator and organised Sports Gala, Annual Prize distribution and Annual Parents Day
  • Encouraged creativity of students as an Arts teacher and assisted them to adopt basic art and crafts techniques

Radio Jockey

Awaz Group Of Radios
09.2010 - 09.2011
  • Generated ideas for entertainment shows
  • Hosted evening time show as a radio jockey
  • Prepared and researched show content and collaborated with Station Manager to change the program's genre to a meaningful one i.e. infotainment
  • Highlighted community issues while working as an Anchor person
  • Prepared and presented News “On Air”, for both recorded and live shows
  • Exercised editorial judgment on the best angle to approach the story.

Education

Master of International Journalism -

Liverpool John Moores University
United Kingdom
2017

Mphil - Business Administration

Kinnaird College For Women University
Pakistan
2015

BS (Hons) - Mass Communication And Media

University of Gujrat
Pakistan
2011

Skills

  • Communication Media, Social Media Campaigns, Journalism, Journalistic writing, Researching Media, Podcasting, Lecturing, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Scholarship Coordination, Project Coordination, Customer Resolution, Youth Mentoring, Editing, Radio Production, Microsoft Office, Spss Data Analysis, Adobe InDesign, Canva, Team Work, Multitasking, Multilingual, Multimedia, Public speaking, Educational Leadership, Painting, Photography

Certification

360 and VR video production

Issued by Google daydream impact (Coursera)


Transmedia storytelling, Narrative worlds, Emerging technologies and global audience

Issued by University of New South Wales, Sydney (Coursera)

Languages

English
Full Professional
Urdu
Native or Bilingual
Punjabi
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Lecturer

Edith Cowan College
03.2023 - Current

Scholarships Counsellor

National university of Science and Technology
10.2020 - 01.2023

Postgraduate Coordinator

National university of Science and Technology
04.2019 - 09.2021

Lecturer

National university of Science and Technology
01.2019 - 01.2023

Copywriter

Liverpool John Moores University
04.2017 - 08.2017

Manpower services Graduate officer

Descon Engineering Limited
10.2015 - 12.2015

Visiting Lecturer

University of Gujrat
10.2012 - 03.2013

Educator

Pakistan International Public School
10.2011 - 07.2012

Radio Jockey

Awaz Group Of Radios
09.2010 - 09.2011

Master of International Journalism -

Liverpool John Moores University

Mphil - Business Administration

Kinnaird College For Women University

BS (Hons) - Mass Communication And Media

University of Gujrat
Kiran Javaid