Aasha Bodhani

ITP.net is the Gulf's longest-running technology news site, touching on national, regional and global events relevant to CIOs and tech-savvy consumers.
• Overall management of ITP.net, from researching, writing, editing, and publishing engaging content to designing, problem-solving and updating the website
• Craft twice daily newsletters with relevant content to a 95, 000 subscription reach
• Collaborate with sales and advertising to develop ITP.net’s brand, as well as work closely with PR firms and clients
• Track website page views through Google Analytics and produce weekly web reports
• Solely responsible for all social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube
• Live coverage of ITP Media Group’s technology events and other industry events on social media platforms
• Shooting video interviews with industry experts and CEOs and editing footage in Adobe Premiere Pro
Key Achievements
• Shooting video interviews with industry experts and CEOs, with over 40 videos to date
• Developed social media strategy and increased social media and channel engagement across all platforms by over 70%
• Increased website traffic to an average of 120, 000 page views per month
• Interviewed senior executives and CEOs from Smart Dubai, DarkMatter, Oracle, Ericsson, Facebook, du and SAP
• Involved in ITP.net’s website and newsletter redesign with ideas now implemented

Promoted to Industry Features Editor, with continued accountability of previous responsibilities, plus taking on more engineering editorial beats, working closely with advertising to create specialist supplements and organising photoshoots. As well as managing freelancers, I also manage an assistant features editor, this includes, training and mentoring, quarterly appraisals and providing guidance.

Successfully deputised as Technology Features Editor, whilst continuing with existing responsibilities and managed two new starters.

The IET is a professional society for the engineering and technology community. E&T Magazine is aimed at engineering, technology and science specialists with an international circulation of approximately 150, 000. As the assistant features editor, my role is to write features and news for both print and online.

• Research, write, edit, and prepare engaging content for features and news for E&T print, online, tablet and social media editions
• Top market knowledge in specialist editorial beats, including cyber-security, mobile payments, retail and e-health
• Work closely with editors, designers and picture editors to source images for attractive design and layouts
• Responsible for forward planning, handling the production process on technology features and deputising in Editor’s absence
• Source, manage and commission a team of freelance journalists to predetermined schedule at negotiated budget
• Work closely with advertising sales team to commission editorial content to sell against advertising, including supplements and special editions
• Support and advise colleagues on technology matters which helps towards planning editorial content
• Interview industry experts, particularly at events; IP Expo, Ecommerce Expo, InfoSecurity and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

Key Achievements

• For six months, I successfully acted as ‘Acting Technology Features Editor’ whilst continuing with my responsibilities
• My award-winning feature ‘Bad…in a Good Way’ is the fourth most-read feature on E&T Online, generating 6, 616 page views
• In the first three months as assistant features editor, I was awarded a ‘TABBIE Honourable Mention’ by Trade Association Business Publications International
• For two consecutive years I have been nominated in BT’s ‘Best Overall Information Security Feature Article of the Year’ category, and successfully winning in 2013
• Recognising the lack of social media presence in the magazine, I presented its importance and has been included in each issue since

City University has students from over 160 countries and is in the top five per cent of world universities according to the Times Higher Education. My role was to assist in upgrading the website to a modern and easier to navigate platform.

• Copy write university course material and university events for website and create new online pages
• Source images, assist on photo shoots and liaise closely with the marketing team

Drapers is a weekly magazine for the global fashion industry, it covers retail business news, trends, buying tips, consumer insight, catwalk and event coverage and sales data. This internship provided an insight on the fashion industry.

• Compile analytical data on latest trends and buying habits for both menswear and womenswear by interviewing store owners
• Edit, write and proof-read news and features on how retailers are performing in current economic climates

Now Magazine is renowned for celebrity news, latest gossip, interviews and fashion, with a circulation of approximately of 240, 061.

• Write, interview, research, proof-read celebrity news articles and features for online and print and assist on photo shoots
• Create celebrity picture profiles and fashion galleries using CMS, these galleries included London Fashion week 2010, film premieres and celebrity events

Money Matters Magazine was the MOD’s in-house financial magazine, which covered financial spending on military weapons and training, along with interviews on governmental officials.

• Research, proof-read and write financial military features
• Responsible for handling the distribution of the magazine and assist design and graphics team
• Daily editing of the MoD intranet, updating intranet web pages with the use of MoD software and HTML
• Visited the Falkland Islands and interviewed military officials, including personnel from the local Government