Nur Thoufeeq

Experience

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  Regent's University London

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2014

  Co-President of the International Students Bureau (ISB)

  The aim of this committee is to support the International Partnerships office with its activities, to facilitate integration of Incoming study abroad students with regent’s college students but also to encourage learning about each others cultures, countries and languages through social and cultural events.• To help Incoming Study Abroad students adapt to the culture and academic life in the UK• To facilitate the exchange of information between students who are preparing for or returning from their Study Period Abroad• To encourage students to participate in the activities and sessions organised by the ISB and IPO• To contribute to the organisation and execution of IPO led events such as International Week, Pre-departure sessions and Induction Week. Show less

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  Sea Gear

  Dec 2013 - Jan 2014

  Sales and Marketing Intern

  Sea Gear (Silver Sands Pvt. Ltd., Male’, Maldives)Sea Gear is a retail business that sells Marine Supplies. They offer everything from Boat Accessories to Water Sports and Diving equipment. • Joined at the very start of the venture and helped set up and intermittently run all the social channels (Twitter, Instagram and Facebook) • Drafted the first set of Internal Standard Operation Procedures (SOP’s)• Designed and created brochures and leaflets as the first set of promotional material that was used at a local fair• General administrative work Show less

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  Silver Sands Pvt Ltd

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Accounting Intern

  Silver Sands Pvt Ltd is the largest diving and water sports operator and the leading tour operator of the Maldives. They also graciously offer the best island experience staying in any of their very exquisite high-end, yet reasonably priced resorts. Every resort in their collection is unique and offers different perspective of the Maldives.• Prepared daily sales reports from different sectors of the business which were inclusive of 7 different water sports and diving operations on different resorts in the Maldives• Recorded incoming cash, debit/credit card collections of the day-to-day activities of the company• Received and verified creditors invoices that were a part of the core business• Entered sales and creditor bills to QuickBooks software• Prepared and summarised existing entries from QuickBooks to SUN software Show less

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  Wistla

  Feb 2015 - Jan 2018

  • Produced wireframes to be shared with the UX/UI designer and product engineers• Worked with the UX/UI designer in defining, iterating, solving problems and closely managing scope to get designs ready efficiently • Responsible for writing documentation for all components of the product, which was then shared with the product engineers and the Head of QA• Worked with the Head of QA to go over test scripts and assist in preparation for test rounds • Maintained an up-to-date product roadmap for the upcoming releases of the app• Worked with the wider business to collect and assimilate product development feedback from key third-party app users, especially through product council sessions • Worked with the wider team as an interface for product bugs, e.g. collecting feedback on errors and insufficiencies to try and resolve these with the engineering team• Worked on user acquisition and app store/play store optimisation strategies• Worked with head of brand and content to come up with user stories• Constantly carried out market research on competitor and complementary apps in order to identify popular and trending app features, current and future, that could be included in the productAdditional job roles:• Growth hacking strategy and implementation • Constantly monitoring analytics (to measure KPIs and metrics) - familiar with Google Analytics, FB Analytics, Firebase, Amplitude, iTunes Connect and Google Play Store• Research and funnel building to meet KPIs Show less Wistla is the world’s first sociable network that is set to disrupt the social (discovery) space as it shifts focus from personal profiles sharing in online silos to the groupings and communities that come together to share offline moments.• Worked closely with the Head of QA running test scripts for the test phase of the beta app• Carried out in-situ testing of the beta app during the test phase • Worked with the wider team to collect bugs and report them into the system, and tested ready for test defects once they were fixed • Carried out product feedback sessions from existing beta users and worked with the wider team in order to create a better product Show less Wistla is the world’s first sociable network that is set to disrupt the social (discovery) space as it shifts focus from personal profiles sharing in online silos to the groupings and communities that come together to share offline moments.• Carried out Market research for existing competitors• Assisted in the Quality Assurance process before the iOS launch, which included; running test cases, amending test scripts and carrying out in-situ testing through the beta phase• Contributed in brainstorming towards the Social Media Strategy• Involved in leading a few campaigns for London launch of wistla• Community monitoring and management of user trends and behaviours Show less

  • Product Manager

    May 2016 - Jan 2018

  • QA and Product Co-ordinator

    Aug 2015 - Apr 2016

  • Community Management and Marketing Intern

    Feb 2015 - Aug 2015
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  PeaceTech Lab

  Mar 2017 - May 2017

  Wistla Representative

  The PeaceTech Accelerator is the first major international PeaceTech program powered by cloud innovation and dedicated it scaling start-ups around the world. The Accelerator is supported by C5 Capital Limited, Amazon Web Services and PeaceTech Labs.• Received mentorship and training required to scale the company from end-to-end• Assisted CEO and COO in preparation for the launch of the product on the tech side and on the pitch deck for the pitch day at the end of 8 weeks.

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  Self-Employed Contractor

  Feb 2018 - Oct 2022

  Product Development Specialist

  Ongoing projects:• Digital marketing and online presence strategy for a retail business, Sea Gear - http://www.seagear.com.mv/• Maldives Flower Festival - http://www.maldivesflowerfestival.com (built and designed website + managing digital presence)• Image Village Studio - http://www.imagevillagestudio.com (built and designed website + managing digital presence)Completed projects:• Project managing website build for already established company - http://www.silversandstravel.com/• Closer2Asia - https://www.closer2asia.com/ Show less

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  SOCAR Malaysia

  May 2018 - Jan 2020

  Product Manager

  SOCAR Malaysia is a car-sharing startup led by experts in the mobility space and former members of the SOCAR Korea team (no. 1 car-sharing platform in Korea with 10K cars and over 3M registered users). SOCAR is a car-sharing platform that allows you to book a car that suits your needs by the hour, day or week all through using our mobile application.Worked closely on 2 verticals at SOCAR:1. SOCAR APP:• Enhanced an existing product that was already in the market• Worked from changing the MVP - while changing the flows and some logic for V2• Team of 5 developers and 1 UI/UX designer that worked closely together • Involved in creating roadmaps, documentation, extensive UX process2. P2P APP:• Was involved with the ideation process and building an entirely new product from scratch together with the lead engineer• Ideation, processes, flows and extensive roadmap were created and managed • Aggressive timeline of 6 months for MVP• https://trevo.my/3. Additional websites worked on: https://boss.socar.my/This was the B2B platform for SOCAR.Platforms used: Google Analytics, Firebase, Braze, JIRA, Sketch, Invision Show less

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  Collective studio

  Sept 2022 - now

  Managing Director

  Collective studio is a client first agency that offers a range of multi-disciplinary solutions including website development, brand development, digital marketing strategies and general consultancy. We provide customised brand building journeys that are designed via a deep-rooted strategic approach.