Diya Deepak, Student Employee

Diya Deepak

Student Employee

Newcastle Univeristy

Location
India
Education
Master's degree, Media and PR
Experience
1 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :1 years, 4 Months

Student Employee at Newcastle Univeristy
  • United Kingdom
  • May 2014 to November 2014

o Worked with Newcastle University’s Career Services, under the Jobs On Campus part-time work scheme.
o Undertook various University promotion and maintenance related jobs under supervision.
o Work undertook includes: Library Assistant, Receptionist/Information Desk, Student submissions monitor, campus guide, New student welcome committee, accommodation tour guide, graduation team.
o Worked on Booker Prize Foundation’s campaign to encourage reading amongst science students.
o Build a communication database for the Martin Luther King Peace Foundation’s Christmas promotion.

Indian Student Ambassador at Newcastle University
  • United Kingdom
  • June 2014 to July 2014

o Worked with the University’s International Office on their student recruitment campaign, CARE (Convert, Advise, Research, Engage).
o Communicated with prospective students from India through phone calls and Emails to assist and advise on completion of application process to Newcastle University.
o Promoted Newcastle University to 1200 prospective students within 10 days.
o Worked under supervision of International Officers at Newcastle and India manager to satisfactorily fulfil the duties.

PR Student Assistant at VAMOS Festival
  • United Kingdom
  • October 2013 to May 2014

o Planned and pitched a publicity campaign for the Spanish-Portuguese cultural festival, VAMOS 2014, as per Digital PR course requirement.
o Worked as a team to promote the festival online using social media, under the tag #locohero.
o Used forms of online and direct communication to promote and share the #locohero campaign on Facebook and Twitter.

Hospitality Executive at Taj Group of Hotels
  • India
  • December 2010 to January 2011

o Worked in the hospitality department during the Christmas/new year season as a guest relation’s executive.
o Developed good leadership skills by working in a team and delegated through fair division of labour.
o Interacted with a diverse clientele through calls, mails and in person.
o Communicated with potential sponsors and negotiated terms of agreement.

Education

Master's degree, Media and PR
  • at Newcastle Univeristy
  • December 2014

o Graduated with a merit from School of Arts and Cultures, Newcastle University. o Course representative for the postgraduate program, Department of Media and Cultural Studies. o Contributor to the international Pop-up Newsroom, covering Newcastle-based stories on women in the workplace. http://www.popupnewsroom.net/ o Student representative for the University’s International Welcome week events, University Visit Day and Alumni Association promotion. o Dissertation: Branding of UK Universities for Asian Student Recruitment. o Subjects: Digital PR, Multimedia Journalism, Strategies and Management in PR, Theoretical framework of PR, Media Analysis.

Bachelor's degree, English Literature and Communication Studies
  • at St.Teresa's College
  • June 2013

o Student representative for the years 2011-12 and 2012-13. o College top scorer, with a total GPA of 3.56 out of 4. o Worked as Event coordinator throughout the academic year. o Dissertation: Advertising for the Youth. o Subjects: Mass Communication, Journalism, PR, Entrepreneurship Development, Advertising

High school or equivalent, Science group
  • at Bhavans Vidya Mandir
  • May 2010

o Graduated with a distinction (89.4%) in May,2010. o Subjects: Home Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English.

Specialties & Skills

English grammar
Aesthetics
Interpersonal Skills
Mass Communication
Microsoft tools
Adobe Premium
Weebly/Wix website designer
Interpersonal SKills

Languages

English
Expert
Malayalam
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate

Memberships

Newcastle University
  • Alumni Association
  • September 2013
CIPR
  • Student Member
  • September 2013

Training and Certifications

HTML Programming (Training)
Training Institute:
St.Teresa's College
Date Attended:
June 2012
Duration:
25 hours

Hobbies

  • Traveling
    Lived-in experience of: UK Australia Singapore Malaysia Dubai
  • Reading
    Favourite authors: Arundhati Roy Paulo Coehlo Mario Puzo Sidney Sheldon
  • Adventure Sports
    Executed: Skydiving Bungee Jumping Snorkeling River Rafting
  • Cooking
    Self-taught Cook