Senior Program Officer- Communication and Media
Centre for Advocacy and Reseacrh
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :16 years, 3 أشهر
A qualified and highly trained skilled media communications expert having more than 15 years of wide industry experience in crafting effective internal and external communication strategies, content writing for both print and digital media, media advocacy and social media management, crisis communication management, as well as knowledge management and digital communication.
•Lead media engagement, develop media strategies, draft press releases, develop new contacts with national and International media in order to have an effective and efficient channels for advocacy messages, monitor relevant media coverage around Northeast States of India and conflict & gun affected women
•Provide support for annual reports, newsletter and other event reports
•Oversee and design IEC materials such as pamphlets, brochure, booklets, posters, newsletters etc.
•Responsible for audio visual documentation and film production (Shooting & Editing)
•Oversee and update organisation website and social media pages
•Prepare presentations and briefing papers highlighting achievements to present at national and international level events
Communications Consultant- The Ford Foundation
October 2013- December 2013, May 2014- July 2014
Key Responsibilities: • Making Power Point Presentations around Ford's Projects (Advancing Media Rights and Access)
• Audio Video documentation of field visits and written documentation
• Coordination with grantees and collection of communication material (Publications & Audio/Video Material)
• Help in maintaining archive of all communication materials
Media Manager at Society for Labour and development
November 2011- August 2013
Key Responsibilities: • Write press releases and newsletters
• Handle enquiries from a range of local and national media
• Develop short and long term communications strategies
• Utilize social media platform to establish and maintain dialogue with the public and reach new
audiences
• Train field teams for effective implementation of on-ground campaigns
• Conduct theatre workshops, street plays and focus group discussions
• Produce audio visual products of SLD programs and trainings
• Supervise staff and community members in creation of media products
• Ensure all audio/video and written documentation of SLD programs and workshops
• Coordination in logistics and operations for SLD radio and film projects
• Write content for the organization's websites
• Liaise with the Media and other agencies
• Oversee all creative distribution materials like pamphlets, leaflets, broachers, posters
• Conduct photography and videography workshops
• Developed a broad range of media contacts to distribute organization's news and development
• Gained skills in using social media
• Created facebook pages
• Made many short and long awareness films
• Developed many street plays
• Developed skills in multi- tasking and working to tight deadlines
• Produced and on aired fifteen radio episode on a community radio station
•Trained more than 30 community people in photography and videography
April 2008- November 2011
Producer cum Reporter, Asian News International
Key Responsibilities: Reporting, Scripting, News and feature production, Editing, interactive television production, field
Producing, Conducting Interviews.
• Produced more than one thousand episodes for Doordarshan (DD)
• Covered national international politics and high class business conferences
• Developed contact with journalists and intellectuals
• Developed skills in journalism
Freelance Work
Made many films for philanthropist and organizations
Worked with FILMCIRCLE (Production House) as Asst. Producer (for Three Month)
Worked as Production manager in a series of program for Doordarshan (For Two Month
Completed 2 months internship in Lok Sabha TV in Production
During university I was taught about communications tools like film production, print journalism, advertising, radio and folk theater. I am able to produce any kind of film and radio program. Apart from this i can make good media and communication strategies for the organizations. Also, I can increase organization's visibility by using social media.