archith c.r., Corporate Communications Officer

archith c.r.

Corporate Communications Officer

Drake & Scull International PJSC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree,
Experience
16 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 0 Months

Corporate Communications Officer at Drake & Scull International PJSC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2011

Copy writing and Content creation for Company Profiles and Marketing Brochures for the Entire DSI PJSC group, in line with overall marketing and positioning strategy.
Complete Copy writing and editorial responsibility for quarterly newsletter, distributed via print, email and intranet to 20, 000 employees in 14 global offices.
Assist with the drafting of press releases and feature articles for print media.
Create Project Case Studies to highlight the company's capabilities and skills in delivering major landmark projects around the world. The case studies have proved to be especially useful for Business Development activities.
Led the Revamp of the DSI PJSC website with new site map. Undertook complete copy writing responsibility and site map action plan, in conjunction with the DSI IT team, and created 5 websites in 3 months. Also aided the creation of the Arabic version of said websites.
Conceptualized and created site map plan for the DSI Intranet. Worked with the IT team to create the intranet and launched it within a month.
Work with the HR and Corporate Governance teams to create Internal Campaigns, addressing issues as diverse as worker safety on sites to implementation of VOIP systems for internal communications.
Work with the Business Development and Engineering teams to develop a standardized Project Pre-qualification document used in project submission bids.
Prepare Daily Market Watch to highlight new project announcements and potential leads to aid Business Intelligence teams in the company.
Undertake Photography and Videography work to chronicle the company's activities on the field, in several milestone projects across MENA and South Asia.
Assist with organization of Corporate Executive Summits, Ramadan Iftars and other corporate events.
Represented the company in trade fairs and other industry B2B events.

Media Monitoring Executive at Klipp
  • Other
  • November 2009 to August 2010

Tracking Corporate presence in Print, Online and Social Media on a Pan Arab and Global basis.
Responsible for complete cycle of Media Content Sourcing, Assimilation into Digital Hub, Indexing and Clipping of articles and delivery to Customer Portal.
Providing Training and Support on Radian6, a premier social media monitoring software solution.
Attending Sales meetings as Technical service liaison and provide live demonstration of System Capabilities.
Monitoring Internet articles through Cyberwatcher, An advanced European internet monitoring solution.
Responsible for overall IT system upkeep with mid-level IT Administration skills.
Keeping Klipp's Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin pages active with constant updates and interaction with fans.

PR Coordinator at Eurocon Building Industries
  • Other
  • November 2008 to June 2009

Raised the media presence of Mulk Holdings by 100%.
Drafted quality press releases highlighting corporate achievements of Mulk Holdings, subsequently published in Khaleej Times, Gulf Construction, Gulf News as well as business oriented websites like AMEINFO.COM, ZAWYA.COM AND GODUBAI.COM.
Organized Arabic and English media participation for high profile product launches.
Wrote weekly sports reports for Mulk Holdings cricket tournaments under the aegis of the Ajman Cricket Council and published in the Khaleej Times.
Created a monthly corporate newsletter, company brochures, and the text for Mulk Holdings corporate website.

Freelance Writer at Arabeastern.com and Khaleej Times
  • Other
  • February 2008 to November 2008

Wrote articles highlighting Local Attractions, Technology and Sports.
Article on the history of UAE founder Sheikh Zayed, registered the highest traffic on the Arabeastern.com website.

News Writer/ Producer at Radio Spice 105.4
  • Other
  • August 2007 to February 2008

Scripted the daily news bulletin in English and Hindi, handled the general news, sports, and entertainment beats.
Wrote Commercials & assisted in setting up the programming grid.
Designed ideas for the Radio Spice website.
Organized the song library for the radio station, cataloged around 10000 songs and set up the music rotation chart. Hosted a weekend show on radio, catering to the south Indian audience of UAE.
Drafted Press Releases, prepared copy for ads, crafted the text for Sales Brochure and prepared the presentation slides for the sales teams.

Education

Master's degree,
  • at Anna University
  • June 2007

Masters in Electronic Media (M.Sc. 5 years Integrated). Passed in First Class with CGPA of 8.7.

Specialties & Skills

Journalism
Content Writing
Social Media Marketing
Creative Writing
Corporate Communications
MS Windows
Public Speaking
Social Media
Photography
Internet Research
MS Office
Copywriting

Languages

English
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Hindi
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Tamil
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