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Bassam Nohra

Multilingual Project Manager | Innovation Consultant | AI & Digital Strategy Specialist | Chemistry & R&D Expertise
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🎯 Freelance Project Manager, Writer, and Innovation Consultant πŸ”Ή Creating value through innovation, content, and digital strategy. With over a decade of experience spanning project management, scientific research, and digital content creation, I specialize in delivering impactful solutions tailored to client needs. My expertise includes: πŸ“š Content Development: Crafting clear, engaging, and SEO-optimized content for various platforms, including blogs, white papers, and AI training materials. Translating complex technical concepts into accessible language for diverse audiences. πŸ€– AI Training & Multilingual Projects: Collaborating on multilingual AI systems, ensuring cultural relevance, linguistic precision, and high-quality training datasets. Evaluating and refining AI chatbot interactions to enhance user engagement. πŸ’Ό Project Management: Driving innovation and product development projects using methodologies like Stage-Gate, ensuring timely delivery and measurable results. Coordinating cross-functional and international teams, fostering collaboration to meet strategic goals. 🌿 Sustainability & Specialty Chemicals: Extensive experience in polymer chemistry, biopolymers, and environmentally friendly product development. I thrive in remote and dynamic environments, offering tailored solutions to meet the unique challenges of each client. Let's collaborate to bring your vision to life!

Previous Brands
Project C Foundation
Givaudan
Chemistry
SCION
Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-industrielle, department
Aliaxis
L'OrΓ©al
Institut Charles Sadron (ICS)
outlier AI
Bentham Science
Ipsos
Work Experience
Technical Editor
Nov β€˜23 - Now
Bentham Science

πŸ“š Thematic Issue Development: Created impactful thematic issue titles and scopes that align with journal objectives, enhancing the relevance of research topics. πŸ–‹οΈ Contributor Coordination: Invited diverse researchers and coordinated manuscript submissions, fostering a collaborative environment for high-quality content. πŸ” Peer Review Management: Led the peer review process, providing constructive feedback to authors and ensuring the quality and rigor of published work. 🌐 Community Engagement: Worked closely with the team to promote thematic issues, increasing visibility and participation within the research community.

Contributor/consultant
Jun β€˜23 - Now
outlier AI

Contributing for some small missions πŸ“ Writing: Crafting detailed, high-quality content for AI training, ensuring clarity and precision. πŸ” Evaluating: Reviewing AI-generated responses, assessing their relevance and accuracy, and providing feedback for improvement. 🌐 Multilingual Projects: Collaborating on AI systems to train multilingual models, ensuring they work effectively across different languages. πŸ€– Prompt Ranking: Ranking AI chatbot prompts to help refine and optimize the models for better user interaction.

Content & Research Marketing
Jan β€˜23 - Jan β€˜24
Project C Foundation

β€’ Creating concise, eye-catching, and innovative headlines and body copy β€’ Brainstorming and collaborating with the team for new ideas and strategies β€’ Building brand awareness through content on social media channels using Canva β€’ Research markets and industries to compare and create innovative and original content β€’ Collaborating with campaign managers, creative team, and designers β€’ Write on a wide variety of topics for multiple platforms (websites, blogs, articles, social updates, banners & case studies etc …)

Platform Leader
Mar β€˜22 - Jan β€˜22
Aliaxis

β€’ Leading the Adhesion and Jointings Platform: Solvent Cement Adhesives, Solvent Free adhesives, Hotmelt & Mechanical Jointings β€’ Project leading of the Solvent Free Adhesives project from product selection to project transfer β€’ Direct interaction with the suppliers, clients, marketing, pricing, and development centers in India and Australia β€’ Working with designers and engineers on the design of the adhesives new packaging exclusive to Aliaxis β€’ Continuous work with regulatory team for necessary action plan (solvent assessment and for positive list certification) β€’ Project management using the stage-gate process (Atlas software)

Research Scientist
Jan β€˜17 - Jan β€˜21
Givaudan

β€’ Microencapsulation project management: design and development of Fragrance delivery systems (Polysaccharide, Melamine, Hybrid, and bio-based microcapsules) - Surface chemical modification for enhanced deposition on fabric β€’ Direct interaction with several perfumers, evaluators, and technologists to evaluate the benefits of a microcapsule for a specific application β€’ Interaction with departments for the formulation of microcapsules in pods, powders, liquids, tablets and gels. β€’ Perfume rules studies for microencapsulation purposes β€’ Project management using the stage-gate process (Galaxy software) β€’ Project Management of the liquid detergent application platform

Chemist
Jan β€˜15 - Jan β€˜17
Chemistry

β€’ Synthesis and characterization of acrylic polymers by radical polymerization, Polyhydroxyurethanes, Polyurethanes, and fluorocarbon polymers soluble in water β€’ Chemical modification of a large variety of bio-based polymers β€’ Development of polymers for detergent application β€’ Project leader of the polymer synthesis for the microencapsulation

Polymer Chemist
Jan β€˜14 - Jan β€˜15
SCION

β€’ Research and development of new processes to produce bio-based (renewable) polymers and materials such as plastics, composites, adhesives, and coatings from biomass or bio-derived components β€’ Development of Polyurethanes from Tannin and Lignin β€’ Development of bio-based polyurethane adhesives for commercial use β€’ Assisting in commercial materials testing and developments across a wide range of material types including plastics, composites, adhesives, coatings, fiberboards, foams β€’ Chemical modification of bio-based polymers: Tannin, Lignin and polylactic acid (PLA) β€’ Reactive extrusion: Lignin-g-PLA, PBSi with twin screw extruder

Research Scientist
Jan β€˜13 - Dec β€˜13
L'OrΓ©al

innovation, department of polymers and ingredients, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France Post-doc program: Synthesis, characterization, and formulation of new polyurethanes from cyclic carbonates β€’ Applications: Foundation cream and varnishes

Organic/Polymer Chemist
Jan β€˜09 - Jan β€˜12
Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-industrielle, department

of Lipochemistry, reactivity of Agromolecules, Toulouse, France Ph.D. program: Synthesis and characterization of high-molecular weight glycerilic Polyhydroxyurethanes without isocyanates In Collaboration with: ONIDOL (Prolea) and Condat (lubricants) β€’ Polymerization: synthesis of new polyurethanes from cyclic carbonates and properties comparison to previous petrochemical polyurethanes β€’ Organic synthesis: Aminolysis, Transesterification, esterification, acylation, Michael addition, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis β€’ Molecular Modeling (structure-property relationship, Scigress software) β€’ Application tests for lubricant industry (CONDAT company) β€’ Formulation of new Lubricants based on Polyhydroxyurethanes β€’ Teaching in materials science at IUT Mechanical and industrial engineering β€’ Supervising students (IUT: 2, engineers ENSIACET: 4, master's: 1)

Research technician
Jan β€˜08 - Dec β€˜08
Institut Charles Sadron (ICS)

(8 months) Auto-Assembled systems based on ramified blocks of copolymers having Silsesquioxanes cores Polymerization: Anionic, radical and coordination catalysis homopolymerization and copolymerization; Synthesis of gels (PS and PEO) by hydrosilylation; Synthesis under vacuum and inert atmosphere

Consumer insights Analyst & Market Research Consultant
Jan β€˜99 - Dec β€˜06
Ipsos

πŸ“Š Consumer Research & Statistics: Conducted large-scale consumer surveys, including managing over 2000 customer calls to gather suggestions for naming an Arabic cartoon. Conducted home and street statistics on consumer habits related to Procter & Gamble (P&G) products (Pantene, Ariel, Fairy, etc.). πŸ“ˆ Market Analysis: Performed market studies for new product launches, monitored market trends, and assessed consumer satisfaction. Provided critical insights to improve product development and marketing strategies. πŸ›οΈ Sales & Demonstrations: Delivered product presentations and demonstrations to home users, effectively communicating value propositions. Promoted and sold products in targeted campaigns, achieving sales objectives. 🀝 Customer Engagement: Engaged directly with customers to provide tailored advice and solutions. Responded to consumer inquiries, offering high-quality support and enhancing customer satisfaction. πŸ€β€πŸ€ Collaboration & Strategy: Partnered with sales and marketing teams to align on strategies, identify target markets, and drive campaign success. Gathered and relayed consumer feedback to refine product offerings.

Languages
French - Native
Spanish - Basic
English - Fluent
Arabic - Native
Education & Training
EDC Paris Business School
β€˜20 - β€˜21
International MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
Chemistry
β€˜09 - β€˜12
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Strasbourg
Unknown - β€˜08
Master of Science
Faculty of Science
Unknown - β€˜05
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
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