Sara Jane Arida Issa

Consultant in Communications, Aid Worker , Global Smile Foundation, Lebanese Red Cross

Beirut, Lebanon

Bilingual (English, French), Arabic spoken fluently. Active volunteer Lebanese Red Cross. + 4 years experience in Lebanon war as a first aider 1986-1990(EMT).2010-2012: Missions with the Global Smile Foundation: West Africa. Field & patient logistics, Peri-0p, patient teaching for pre & post-operative care. Seeking field work & short term missions:3 to 9 months. Can relocate on short notice.

Contact Sara Jane Arida Issa
Area of Expertise:
  • Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
  • Disaster, Aid, Emergencies, Relief
  • Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
Professional Experience:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998-2012 Arcenciel: http://www.arcenciel.org/
Active member and consultant for strategic communication plan.
Arcenciel was founded in 1985. It is an NGO that promotes sustainable development. It is a non-profit, apolitical and non-denominational organisation. Arcenciel works with and for every person in difficulty. Mission statement: To participate in the sustainable development of society by supporting fragile communities and integrating marginalized individuals.
2000-2010 American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Teaching at the Faculty of Engineering, Graphic Design Dept.
2004-2010 Lecturer: Graphic Design V, Production in Design, Colour I Course, Design in space, Corporate Identity, Final Year Thesis / Project Advisor, Basic design, Publication Design.
2000-2003 Instructor: GD I, GD II, Computer I, co-advising for Final Year Thesis/Project
1995-2005 M&C Saatchi MENA: freelancing
Beirut Spring 05: Publication in collaboration with Eli Khoury (M&C SAATCHI: MENA CEO) and Ghassan Tueni (Editor in Chief of Dar An Nahar and former Lebanese Representative to the United Nations.) The publication is a photographic retrospective of events in 2005 in Lebanon.
UNDP NHDR: Annual Report.
Trait Portrait: A photographic publication on Roger Moukarzel’s work on the Druze and Maronite communities living in the mountains.

1992-1995 Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising, Beirut Senior Art Director
Projects such as:
Daily Star: Launching film, animation
Tele Liban: Corporate film
Ministry of Social Affairs for the Handicapped: Corporate identity.
1991-1992 Technikart, France. Quarterly art magazine. Artistic conception of the Technikart Guide & Magazine: in collaboration with Parsons School of Design.

Education:

1990-1993: The New School for Social Research, Parsons School of Design, Paris and New York: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Design.
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION: St. Mary's School, Ascot, UK
Ordinary & Advanced Level Examinations, Oxford & Cambridge Board

Affiliations and Achievements:

2012: The Lebanese Red Cross: active volunteer.First Aid training with the Educational dept.
Working on a twinning project between the Norwegian and Lebanese Red Cross.
Nov. 2011: IFRC: RDRT training Iran. Participant.
2010-2012: GSF: (Global Smile Foundation),: http://www.gsmile.org/
Sept. 2010: Cote d’Ivoire: Field coordinator.
Nov. 2011: Senegal: Field coordinator.
Sept. 2010: Cote d’Ivoire: Field coordinator: Peri-0p, coordinating patient traffic between floor and OR, patient teaching for pre and post-operative care, translating between our medical team members and our hosts, photo documentation…
2004: Women’s Prison, Verdun, Beirut. Psycho-social work.
Feb. 1997: UNICEF: Costa Rica. Volunteer photographer, Photo Documentary on deprived living areas as well as areas touched by natural disasters
1986-1990: Lebanese Red Cross First Aider in the First Aid Team Section.

Awards
UNDP NHDR: Excellence in Presentation and Design Award 1998.
Phoenix de la Pub 1995: Io fragrance, Cosmetics and Perfume Category
Phoenix de la Pub 1995: Tele Liban, Publications & Media Category
Phoenix de la Pub 1997: Daily Star, Publications & Media Category.
Parsons School of Design Scholarship Award, Work Study Award

Available for:

  • Consulting assignments
  • Job opportunities
  • Being headhunted – make me an offer

Years of Experience:

More than 20 years

Highest Qualification:

Bachelors

Languages:

English, French, Arabic

Nationality:

Lebanon , United Kingdom

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