Hicham Souilmi

Corporate Webmaster/Social Media Editor/ Interactive communication, Astral

H4M1S7MontréalQuebec - Canada

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I'm :
> A Web consultant (CMS ..) and Social Media Strategist
> An Occasional Speaker

I have :
> 10 years experience in interactive communication,
> Worked for various companies and international organisations in Paris, Cairo, Montreal ...
> Strong computer skills and an extensive knowledge of web production.

I :
> Hold a MSc Computer Science (Advanced Internet Applications) and two Bachelors Degrees (Audiovisual Communication and History)
> Was born in Casablanca (Morocco) and grew up in France and lived in different countries.
> Had the opportunity to work in Europe, Middle East and today in Canada in multi-cultural environment with multi-national colleagues.

I specialize in :
> Web and social media strategy
> CMS Integration : WordPress, Drupal
> Social software applications include communication tools and interactive tools : Wikis, Intranet and Productivity tools

Need Help?
> Send me an email to : hsouilmi@webmedias.net
> Add me on Skype : hsouilmi for virtual social media consulting or other projects.
> I use also GoToMeeting, WebEx or Adobe Connect.

Computer skills :
Computer skills :
+Wikis/Intranet : MediaWiki, ProjectPier
+ Social Media Tools : HootSuite, Batchbook
+ CMS : Wordpress, Drupal, Ez Publish, Os Commerce, Spip
+ PHP, XML/XSLT, DTD, XHTML/CSS, JavaScript , jQuery
+ Eclipse, Subversion
+ Linux (Ubuntu, Debian), Mac OS
+ Uml 2, Visio, MS-Project,Gant
+ Premiere 2, Photoshop, Final Cut

Hicham Souilmi
311 contacts
Since 2011

+Corporate Intranet
2800 users across Canada : Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver ...
-Users access rights, training sessions
-Manage and update content : visual aspects, bilingual Weekly Newsletter ...

+Corporate Website, Content Management (CMS) platforms
-Add content (press release, pictures...) and ensure quality control of the site

+Interactive and Social Media platforms
-Manage social media accounts and Following conversations/feedback/comments in real time.
-Contribute to the development of social media strategy
-Update and manage the social media calendar, ROI
and Astral events : Astral Media's Radiothon
-Corporate events : Financial Results, Annual report ...

Audiovisual and Radio
Professional experience

+ Social Media Strategist : personal branding, micro-blogging, Podcast
+ Integration : Open Source CMS (Drupal, Wordpress)
+ Management : Wiki, mind-mapping

+ Conference Speaker : speaking topics :
o Build Your Personal Brand
o Monitor online conversations with your tribes
o How to start in Social Media area
o Adjusting Your Marketing Spend and Tactics for Social Media

+ Participate in professional networking by interacting with peers and influencers & attending events.

I will be helping clients with their social media strategies and advising them on how to best engage with their customers using Web 2.0 methods.

Multimedia - Internet
2009 - 2010

IdentityCampQuébec is a monthly event dedicated to helping people understand how to manage their online identity/identities to improve their personal brand/reputation, both on the Web and offline.

The first IdentityCampMontréal happened in October 2009 and we are already seeing interest from people willing to bring IdentityCamp to their region, both in the Province of Québec and elsewhere in Canada

+ Community Manager : interaction with the tribes of the Internet
+ Monitor online conversations and participate in them to build brand visibility and thought leadership
+ Identify & engage advocates
+ Author podcasts, posts, podcasts and videos to creatively communicate product uses.

Microblogging platforms (Twitter, Identica), social media web-site (Facebook, Linkedin), media (Youtube, Vimeo, Blip tv ...)

2008 - 2010

+ Clients : CMS Workflow Customization
+ Proactively escalate issues, observations, opportunities, and insights to the executive team.
+ Create and update weekly and monthly reports

Clients in Ontario(Canada) and United States

· Softwares/Tools : XML, DTD, XPath, Eclipse, Xmetal, Oxygen

DITA CMS Framework is a documentation solution that combines
the mechanics of an extensible environment, a powerful Content
Management System (CMS) and the elegant modularity of DITA. The
application was developed in an Eclipse framework and is delivered
as a plug-in that connects IXIASOFT’s TEXTML Server with users
working with XML files built on DITA.

Software publishers
2008 - 2008

Development of web-site version 1

· Softwares/Tools : CMS Drupal Wordpress. Linux Ubuntu, Eclipse, Apache 2.2,
Canadian Trip Spirit.inc is a canadian company working on sport and adventure tourism .
You will enjoy to discover local places and have some extraordinary trips in Québec and Ontario areas in 2009.

http://www.canadiantripspirit.com

Travel Agency
2008 - 2008

Canadian Trip Spirit.inc is a canadian company working on sport and adventure tourism .
Company was founded in Verdun (Quebec)
You will enjoy to discover local places and have some extraordinary trips in Québec and Ontario areas in 2009.

Travel Agency
2008 - 2008

· Bilingual support in Internet, Phone Ip and Cable for Videotron customers
· Softwares/Tools : Ticketing Tool (Remedy), NMS, Lotus Notes, Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista, DOS

Telecom Operators
2006 - 2007

+ Maintained existing applications programs CMS by making modifications as required : national, e-commerce and locals web-site
+ Created, tested, debugged, documented and implemented
+ Users support : mail and phone
+ Create workflow and formation on the CMS
+ Interface with the e-commerce, redaction and accounting services

· Softwares/Tools : Subversion, Eclipse, Php, MySQL, CMS Ez Publish, OsCommerce, CMS Spip, Windows Server 2003, Lotus Notes

Foreign Affairs - International Affairs
2005 - 2006

•Lectures to graduate students, including course content and final exam
•Linux, algorithmic, web protocols, databases, windows …
. Softwares/Tools : Linux Suse, Windows Xp

Universities
2003 - 2005

•Formédia Egypte :
Development of the back-office and front-office: 27 governorships, 5200 documents, 667 people
Ensured : monthly videoconferences and national seminars
. Softwares/Tools : PhpEdit, Gasesha, Php 4, MySQL

•Developed Adodoc.net educational web-site with media contents (France 3/TV5/Radio Junior)
Weekly update : editing, dubbing and audio-visual integration
Encoded and streamed files received from partners in Damas/Beirut/Amman
Successfully improved the number of visitors to the site by more than 45% in one year
. Softwares/Tools :: Mac Os 12, Peak DV, Final Cut, I-movie, QuickTime Pro

Administration and Public Services
2002 - 2003

Multimedia - Internet
2002 - 2002

• Webmaster Php/MySQL/Intranet : Developed back-office and front-office
Created support in conformity with the project working processes
. Softwares/Tools : Php/MySQL

Public Services - Administration
2001 - 2001

• Web-writtng, web-site : festival Whodunnits and Samourais
• Wrote all documents for this site. Scheduleed film screening

Communication and Media
2001 - 2001

On-line Journalist : wrote articles and put then on line : coding HTML, collaboration with graphic designers…

Audiovisual and Radio
1997 - 2001

. Pulp Productions / Co-founder and president Akaba Films association (France)
. Production, directing…15 products and participed European training course

Not for profit associations
Education
Hobbies
Cinema of 70 , Italian , U.s , Japanese , Broadcasting(audiovisual) , editing , press , historic reading , movies music , history (XVI > , XXéme european century) , heuristics map , GTD (getting thing done method) Athletics (6 years club / competition) Blogs , rss , podcast
Services provided by Hicham Souilmi
ServicesPR/Communication/Media
ExpertiseWeb and social media strategy (SEO, SEM, Social Media consulting)
Web and CMS Integration : WordPress, Drupal
Social software implementation include communication/interactive tools : Wikis, Intranet and Productivity tools (GTD)

Web
Web and CMS Integration
Web and social media strategy

Medias :
Video Production, Video Editing, Video Blogging,
Region/StateQuebec

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