Marianne Makdisi

Head of Production at MEED

MEED | Middle East Economic Digest · University of Wales, Cardiff

About

Dubai-based editor with well-established reputation in the UK and US; accurate, reliable and experienced writer and sub-editor, with InDesign skills. I am also the writer behind the popular Dubai blog, Circles in the Sand (dubaiunveiled.com), and run all the social media accounts attached to the blog (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram).

Experience

  • MEED | Middle East Economic Digest (16 yrs 11 mos)
    • Chief sub-editor & head of production
      Feb 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 10 mos

    • Freelance sub-editor
      2010 – Feb 2018

  • Contributing travel writer at The Source Magazine
    2012 – 2014

  • Tiger Oak Media (4 yrs 1 mo)
    • Freelance writer
      2005 – 2008

      Editor of the US’s Arizona Bride; managing editor of five Annual Resource Directories for the US meetings and events industry; features writer for Minnesota Bride and Wisconsin Bride.

    • Copy editor
      2004 – 2005

      Responsible for the style and accuracy of all copy published in the company’s meetings and events titles.

  • Freelance writer at London-based magazines and newspapers
    1999 – 2004

  • Editor at Communications International Group
    1997 – 1999

    Launch editor of Training Matters, a trade title for pharmacy staff. Role involved editing, writing, commissioning, subbing, production and representing the magazine at press events.