HAADIYA ISMAIL

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HAADIYA ISMAIL
Marketing
CONTACT DETAILS
Phone: 0322 2757166
Email: haadiya.ismail@gmail.com
ELECTIVES
●  Financial Modeling
●  Advertising
●  Project Management
●  Social Media Marketing
●  Digital Marketing
●  Brand Management
●  Supply Chain Management
●  Public Relations
●  Retailing
●  Business Analytics
SKILLS & INTERESTS
●  Proficient in 
 - reading Pinyin and 
 - Fluency in basic Mandarin. 
●  Proficient in 
 Microsoft Word, Excel 
 and Power Point and 
●  SPSS.  
PERSONAL STATEMENT
My experience as a Fellow at Teach For Pakistan served to change my 
perspective in life. The education sector in Pakistan is in crisis. It is 2015 and 
we are nowhere near achieving the Millennium Development Goals we so 
proudly set. However, the experience went beyond its sector and made me 
realize who I am as person; I am willing to do what it takes, moreover, my 
experience in extremely under resourced environments has made me 
resourceful and have a high sense of possibility. I thrive in challenging 
situations as they present me an uphill battle which I can learn from. The 
fellowship has been the biggest achievement of my life, so far, and is the reason 
I am the person I am today. 
To bring change we need to connect people for collective action. This is 
something I have realized since the moment I joined Teach For Pakistan as 
Fellow. I might have joined with a glorified image in my mind but the reality 
was different. Yes, I was still working towards improving other’s lives, but to 
see the extent to which our country’s social and economic structures had failed 
these people was a devastating realization. In order to change the way my 
students thought and studied I had to make them question everything around 
them, make them realize that what had happened with them was not okay, 
that it was not ‘the way of life.’ At the same time, I also had to enable them to 
dream and have ambitions so that they could motivate themselves to improve 
and take initiative. Eventually they reached a certain point where 40 of my 
eight grade students took a stand and peacefully protested against their rights 
being violated. 
My experience at Teach For Pakistan was diverse. I was recruiter (when I was 
involved in supporting the yearly recruitment cycle), a teacher, a confidante, 
an event planner (I planned an inter-school competition) even a marketer! 
Teach For Pakistan taught me that to be a good leader the key is to lead by 
example. When I connected the actions of my Fellowship with my MBA, I 
realized that making people believe in new values is actually the work of an 
excellent Marketing campaign. A 3600 campaign in which every form of 
communication and every action you take are aligned to give the same 
consistent message. However, people only change if they are   motivated to 
change, so you have to find that key motivator. Thus I was also a researcher.
Over this past few years I have worked in several roles in the development 
sector; a Fellow, a Fellow supporter and even a grants evaluator. I have also 
had the opportunity to go back and study business and see everything I have 
done with a new perspective. 
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
MBA 
2016 
Institute of Business Administration 
3.68
BBA 
2014 
Institute of Business Administration 
3.63
A levels  
2008  
Karachi Grammar School 
 
5A’s 
O levels  
2006  
St. Joseph’s Convent School   
11A’s