Bakhtawar Mahmood is the next generation leader, who has been responsible for organizational transformation at the Digital Broadcast Television as the General Manager. She isamong the top 10 media management professionals in the country, who are changing the industry landscape with innovation and foresight in line with the fourth industrial revolution.
Bakhtawar has an essential role in building teams, establishing new departments, designing operational plans and organizational structure on a horizontal-based growth enterprise with creativity as a core value. She has been involved extensively in developing Corporate Academia Linkages and automation of alumni knowledge-platforms for academic and research institutions in Islamabad. Her part of the job included career counseling, professional development and mentoring of students and future leaders.
Shes a professional moderator and a public speaker, while she has delivered lectures across Pakistan, she has also represented Pakistan at multiple international platforms. She haskeenly implicated a number of projects effectively and helped deliver Project Management Trainings professionally.
Her latest research has been lauded for the Moderating Role of a Qualified Project Manager in Conducting Projects Successfully internationally.
Mehmood lives in Rawalpindi and has keen interest in writing, especially on social issues impacting the society.
Educational Background
BS Nano Sciences- Outstanding Academic Performance (Honorary Gold Medalist)
MS Project Management- Gold Medalist
Alumni Relations:
• Support in establishment of Alumni database & Alumni Council
• Successful arrangements of Alumni Networking Events
• Alumni Benefits Program formation
• Database development of alumni
• Arranging events on Alumni successes
• Need based interaction with Preston Alumni & handling queries effectively
• Reporting al issues on urgent basis and keep a strong follow up until resolution
• Creative writing for all purposes
Corporate relations
• Support establishment of CAC
• Managing the progress on meeting minutes of CAC meetings
• Ensuring corporate linkages benefits of possible job placements/Internships/Scholarship and grants etc.
• Need based interaction with corporate partners and handling queries effectively
• Reporting all issues on urgent basis and keep a strong follow up until resolution
Internal and External Placements (Recruitment):
• Appropriate short listing and recruitment of Students and Alumni for any relevant opportunity
• Career guidance and counseling of students
• Conducting and assisting interviews
• Assisting appropriate drafting of CVs
Organizing events at both formal and informal level.
On & off Facebook monitoring ( Social Media Marketing & Monitoring)
Any other task assigned by the management during admission season.
On-Line Admission Counselor Major Responsibilities: Outbound Calls to the applicants Queries Resolution Documents gathering & forwarding to the concerned departments Handling inbound calls from the applicants Monitoring of Preston Facebook Page Helping with Alumni related activities Creative Writing for advertisements, proposals & letters
Developing marketing strategies and writing content for publication.