Hamza Elhag
Edinburgh,Midlothian
Summary
A public relations specialist who loves to merge creative tools to drive attention to the places that matter. Wide array of skills utilising Canva, Photoshop, Instagram and Facebook to create exciting and engaging content, specifically geared to specific audiences. Has great experience in marketing face to face and tailoring a message spontaneously as well as helping build long term campaigns and narratives. Great analytical and research skills, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Head of public relations
Sneaky Pete's
Edinburgh, Scotland
2024.12 - Current
- Leads team to develop effective PR strategies, resulting in significant brand growth.
- Utilises Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Canva to create clear, engaging and fun video content.
- Utilises insight tools on these platforms to analyse what works and what doesn't in terms of the creative direction of the content
- Be a friendly face in the music venue that the team and visitors can communicate with.
- Communicates with the bar staff and marketing team to champion the venue in the real world, administering posters and flyers in the community.
- Builds strong relationships with local businesses to conduct campaigns and collaborate in their venues
- Communicating with performers in the venue to make sure they are comfortable.
- Shoots and edits original content with skill and creativity, with intention and platform in mind.
- Has a strong understanding of what is going on in youth culture in Edinburgh, specifically
Administration assistant (volunteer)
Scottish Child Law Centre
Edinburgh, Midlothian
2023.05 - 2023.08
- Oversaw and logged legal queries from families around Scotland.
- Utilised IT and information systems to code the queries so they could be dealt with by the legal team.
- Communicated with supervisors to ensure the tasks were being completed in the right timeframe.
Journalist
The Social Talks
New Delhi , (remote)
2022.06 - 2022.08
- Responsible for coordinating with a team of other journalists to write articles for a news site.
- Communicated with editors and other journalists as well as fact check articles written by myself and others.
- Utilised formatting software to make ensure the articles were written to a high standard.
Social Media Campaign Manager
EUSA (Alfie Garland)
Edinburgh, Midlothian
2021.01 - 2021.05
- Worked in student politics to promote and create content for a Presidential candidate in the EUSA student elections.
- Responsible for creating online images and videos utilising programs like Photoshop, Canva, Instagram and Facebook
- Responsible for setting up focus groups and meetings with faculty to draft policy positions for the candidate.
- The candidate resulted in coming second in the election against the incumbent president.
Education
LLB (Postgraduate Accelerated Degree) - Law
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh 2023.09 - 2024.06
Master of Arts - Sociology
The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh 2017.09 - 2022.06
Screenwriting (10 week summer course)
Glasgow Conservatoire
Edinburgh (remote) 2022.06 - 2022.09
Head Boy
Drummond Community High School
Edinburgh 2016.08 - 2017.08
Skills
- Working as part of a team
- Search engine marketing
- Influencer relations expertise
- Online reputation management
- Copywriting proficiency
- Communication
- Photography basics
- Mobile app promotion
- Message development
- Video production and editing
- Social media monitoring tools
- Digital marketing
- Content creation
- Press release writing
- Public Speaking
- Basic Legal Knowledge
- Report Writing
Affiliations
- Music Production
- Painting
- Filmmaking
Timeline
Head of public relations
Sneaky Pete's
2024.12 - Current
LLB (Postgraduate Accelerated Degree) - Law
University of Edinburgh
2023.09 - 2024.06
Administration assistant (volunteer)
Scottish Child Law Centre
2023.05 - 2023.08
Journalist
The Social Talks
2022.06 - 2022.08
Screenwriting (10 week summer course)
Glasgow Conservatoire
2022.06 - 2022.09
Social Media Campaign Manager
EUSA (Alfie Garland)
2021.01 - 2021.05
Master of Arts - Sociology
The University of Edinburgh
2017.09 - 2022.06
Head Boy
Drummond Community High School
2016.08 - 2017.08