Rowan El Shimi

* Writing content for website, social media, press releases, newsletters & internal documents
* Commissioning & overseeing photography & video production from shorts to documentary work in Lebanon, Syria, Europe & North America
* Commissioning & overseeing graphic design
* Managing visual content library and archive
* Leading website Arabic translation & launch

Worked as Content Writer at Jusoor.

* Publishing articles, photos, audio and video stories relating to social development, arts & culture, travel and society. Published in Mada Masr, Khatt30, Kinfolk, Brownbook, The National UAE, Ahram Online, Ahram Weekly, Egypt Today Magazine, Cairobserver, Taz.de
* Writing organisational text, documentation texts and press releases for artistic organisations and events such as Goethe Institute, D

- Developing and implementing DEDI's communication strategy
- Managing communications of DEDI (including managing freelancers, coordination communication components with project managers, managing interns, press relations, social media management, website management)
- Producing text, images and videos about DEDI's activities for DEDI's website and social media

- Founder of Mada Masr's audio-visual unit
- Designing and Managing Mada Masr's video production
- Editing video stories from Mada staff & freelancers
- Producing own video stories

Published features, news, reviews, photo and video stories on art and culture in Egypt: https://www.madamasr.com/en/contributor/rowan-el-shimi/

Started as a freelancer with the Arts & Culture Section at Ahram Online and then a staff member.
- Reporting on Arts & Culture Events.
- Writing in-depth features relating to culture.
- Making short video pieces on Egypt's culture scene.

Medrar is a space for young artists to host conversations on the state of contemporary art, initiate and carry out collaborative projects and engage in a process of collective learning. My role is to write in English and Arabic press releases, website content and grant applications for the organisation.

Part of Goethe Institute’s ‘Culture Journalism in the Arab World' programme, I spent one month in an internship with German leftist newspaper Taz where I published several articles on Berlin's culture scene.

* Managing the editorial content of Cilantro Cafe's magazine discussing social development work, political awareness, whats happening in the city as well as other various topics each issue.
* Responsible in putting together the content of Cilantro's Gig Guide with a calendar of recommended Cairo events each month.
* Initiating and maintaining Cilantro Central's Social Media (Facebook and Twit

Along with several other curators from Cairo, led by curators from Germany, we put together the constantly changing photography exhibition 'Cairo, Open City: Testimonies from an ongoing revolution' which explored photojournalism, citizen produced photographs, and visual artworks on Egypt's ongoing revolution. My section focused on citizen produced photographs. The exhibition has been hosted in Br

- Previous experience with: AlJazeera English, The Times of London, The National, Wall Street Journal, HUMO Magazine, Paris Match
- Assisting Coverage of political, cultural, socioeconomic issues
- Translation from Arabic to English & viceversa
- Photography if needed

• Researching and writing articles relating to Egypt regarding travel, culture, arts and history
• Managing a team of two writers, a social media developer and translator
• Planning and executing all content and e-commerce related material for www.touregypt.net
• Promoted from being a full-time writer to Communications Department Manager

• Planned & ran lessons for students learning English in the center
• Received training on English Language Instruction for adults

Feb 2017

Oct 2013

Dec 2011