Bilal Alam is an online marketing assistant at theEword. In this capacity he is responsible for link building and general marketing tasks, as well as reporting back to clients on the success of our campaigns on a daily basis. Bilal is also key to our client communication ethos, pushing for excellent customer service and monitoring the team's performance.
What Bilal most enjoys about his role at theEword is the quantity and variety of clients. Every day is different, and he thrives in the busy, fast-paced environment.
Before joining theEword, Bilal worked for a hospitality recruitment firm in the Middle East. This role involved sourcing and interviewing prospective candidates, as well as marketing work through social media platforms.
Bilal obtained a BA in Business from Manchester Metropolitan University. As soon as he began learning about marketing, he was determined to make it his career, and so he specialised in marketing-related modules in his final year. However, his enthusiasm first came to the fore during a Young Enterprise scheme in sixth form. His role as Marketing Director on the project and his online marketing work earned him an award for best use of IT.
Aside from digital marketing, Bilal's main passions are cookery and television. He had the opportunity to combine the two recently, appearing on This Morning cooking alongside Gino D'Campo.
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