I am a PhD with more than 14 years of experience as a program manager, grants writer, scientific writer, medical writer, and academic research specialist. I help nonprofits, researchers, healthcare organizations, universities, and mission-driven businesses create persuasive, evidence-based, submission-ready documents.
I bring proven experience across grant proposals, funding research, scientific research, genetics, medical content, academic editing, fundraising, and professional document development. My work has also supported fundraising and crowdfunding initiatives that raised more than $2 million.
My services include:
• Grant writing, grant research, LOIs, concept notes, donor proposals, budget narratives, and donor reports
• Scientific and medical writing, literature reviews, research papers, manuscripts, technical reports, and policy briefs
• Academic research, qualitative research, evidence synthesis, fact-checking, and reference management
• Manuscript editing, proofreading, journal formatting, and publication support
• APA, Vancouver, Harvard, Chicago, and IEEE citations
• Fundraising strategy, crowdfunding campaigns, donor communications, and nonprofit storytelling
• SOPs, reports, presentations, tables, figures, and publication-ready documents
My academic background includes PhD in Public Health, an MPhil in Molecular Biology and Genetics, and an MS in Biotechnology, Program Management, Genetic Counseling, NGOs Management,, and Document Controlling. This interdisciplinary training allows me to understand complex scientific and medical subjects and communicate them clearly to funders, reviewers, professionals, and general audiences.
Clients value my quality, communication, reliability, attention to detail, and evidence-based approach. Send me your guidelines, research material, funding opportunity, or existing draft, and I will recommend the strongest path toward a polished final deliverable.
Zainab E.
UX Researcher | UX Specialist | UX Consultant
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
$25/hr$25 per hour4.8 (9) 11 jobs $1K+ total earnings
Hi 👋
I'm a UX Researcher who turns questions into clarity, and insights into better design.
What I do best:
User Interviews & Usability Testing
Surveys & Behavioral Research
UX Audits & Heuristic Evaluations
UX Consultations & Actionable Reporting
I help teams and founders understand their users deeply, solve usability pain points, and make confident, user-centered design decisions. Let’s make your product easier, faster, and more delightful to use!
Shahzaib K.
Project Manager | Operations Manager | Executive Support
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
$30/hr$30 per hour5.0 (40) 51 jobs $200K+ total earnings
PMP Certified Project & Operations Manager with 13+ years of experience leading complex projects, scaling operations, and supporting executive teams across the US, Middle East, and Europe. $200K+ delivered on Upwork — 34 projects, 16,000+ hours, 100% Job Success, Top Rated Plus (top 3%).
I help Founders, Executives, and Growing Teams bring order to fast-moving businesses through clear project execution, optimized operations, and the kind of cross-functional leadership that lets the business scale without the chaos.
🏆 Selected Career Highlights
▪ Led project delivery for 5+ years at one of the Middle East's largest on-demand delivery platforms — driving down delivery times and operational costs through structured process improvement and cross-functional coordination.
▪ Managed a 3,400-hour engagement as Project Manager and Account Executive for a US client services firm — owning end-to-end client operations, reporting, and delivery.
▪ Led ERP rollouts, anti-fraud systems, and fleet operations across eCommerce, IT, and emerging tech businesses.
▪ Served as Project Manager for Auditing and Cost Controlling at a Middle East estate group — building project budgets, running cost analysis, and delivering financial insights to senior stakeholders.
▪ Currently advising a Europe-based software and IT services company on operations, delivery, and growth strategy.
🎯 How I Work
I bring structure where there isn't any. Every engagement starts with a clear scope, timeline, and budget, followed by weekly written updates so you always know where things stand. No surprises. No missed deadlines. No chasing me for a status report. Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid — I adapt the method to the work, not the other way around.
💼 What I Deliver
📊 Project Management
End-to-end delivery — scope, planning, budget, risk, stakeholder communication, documentation, and quality assurance. From initiation through closeout.
⚙️ Operations Management
SOPs, KPI dashboards, process re-engineering, and cross-departmental coordination across Sales, Support, IT, Finance, HR, and Logistics — so leadership stops being the bottleneck.
🧑💼 Executive and C-Level Support
Calendar, inbox, reporting, board preparation, and confidential coordination for founders, CTOs, and senior leadership. Strategic execution, not just admin.
🤖 AI and Workflow Automation
Zapier, Make, and AI-driven tooling to eliminate manual work — automated reporting, CRM and ERP integration, and live KPI dashboards in Excel, Google Sheets, Power BI, and Tableau.
🛠 Tools and Platforms
Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Jira, Asana, ClickUp, Trello, Monday, Excel, Google Sheets, Power BI, Tableau, Google Workspace, Slack, Notion, Zapier, Make, ChatGPT, ERP and CRM integrations, REST APIs.
🎓 Credentials
▪ Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute
▪ MBA, University of the People
▪ Certified Cryptocurrency Expert, Blockchain Council
▪ Google Cloud Fundamentals, Google
▪ Fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi; conversational Arabic
📩 Let's Work Together
If you're a Founder, Agency, or Growing Team looking for someone to own the project and operations layer of your business, send me a short note about what you're trying to get done. I'll come back with an honest read on whether and how I can help.
YASEEN A.
Saudi Arabic Localization Specialist | Cultural QA
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
$20/hr$20 per hour5.0 (7) 15 jobs $7K+ total earnings
Most Arabic content on international websites sounds translated.
Because it is. And users can tell.
I help companies fix that. I review, adapt, and rewrite Arabic content so it feels natural to Saudi users from the start, not like English copy that was translated word-for-word by someone who knows the language but not the audience.
My work focuses on the gap between technically correct Arabic and Arabic that actually lands. I’ve reviewed and rewritten e-commerce content, localized UGC scripts, and carried out QA on large volumes of Arabic text to catch cultural, tonal, and usability issues that automated systems and non-native reviewers often miss.
Services I offer:
🔸Localization QA
🔸Cultural adaptation
🔸Content review and rewriting
🔸English to Arabic translation
🔸MSA and Saudi dialect localization
🔸UGC script localization
🔸Arabic Voice over
If your Arabic content needs to feel genuinely local, let’s talk! :)
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