Vaishnavi Venkatraman

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Phone: 908-***-**** E Mail: acg08g@r.postjobfree.com

Management Graduate and Experienced professional with 5+yrs of experience in multiple industries including

News, Media & Communication, Education and worked in business functions including Sales, Finance, Marketing

and Support.

Experience

Bala Vidya Mandir – Educational Institution –as Key Activities Coordinator Mar 2011 Mar 2012

Was acting as the key coordinator for classes ranging from Kinder garden to 2nd Grade. Key responsibilities included

Working closely with special children in improving their motor and sensory skills

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Working with parents in understanding more about specific kids

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Conducting activities like dancing, story telling, sports events and field trips

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Acted as an coordinator for school admissions

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“The Hindu” as Freelance News Correspondent for leading news daily Feb 2001 Aug 2003

Was acting as a News Correspondent for multiple advertorials and supplements for India’s leading News Daily “The

Hindu”. Responsibilities included

Contributed to articles for the supplement “IT is Happening”. This included

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Interviewing company CIO’s

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Penning the interview in a dialogue / discussion mode

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Ratifying the facts and blending the interview with the current trends

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Penned articles on multiple advertorials including

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Festivals and Occasions

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Historical Days

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Women’s needs

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Movies

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Emerging Brands

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Times of India as Ad Sales Officer Jun 1999 Apr 2000

Was playing the role of Ad Sales Officer for Times of India – leading news daily for the southern region. Key

responsibilities included

Managed Ad sales for specific edition of the news daily and was responsible for achieving targets of 5 lac INR

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every month

Liaison with different Advertising and PR agencies

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Perform competitor profiling

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Lead events sponsored by enterprise

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Was one of the key event coordinator Miss India event based out of Chennai

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Key accounts: Cognizant, TVS, Polaris, Saint Gobain, Mascon Global

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Business Standard as Ad Sales executive May 2000 Jan 2001

Was playing the role of Ad Sales Executive for Business Standard – leading news daily for the southern region. Key

responsibilities included

Managed Ad sales for specific edition of the news daily and was responsible for achieving targets of 2 lac INR

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every month

Liaison with different Advertising and PR agencies

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Perform competitor profiling

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Key accounts: Ford, Satyam, Kotak, HDFC, Citibank

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Jaya TV as English News Anchor Apr1999 Jun 2002

Was playing the role of Ad Sales Executive for Business Standard – leading news daily for the southern region. Key

responsibilities included

Proof read the content

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Presents News during a news program on television

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Conduct interviews with leading personalities during news program

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Co ordinate with the news editor on the various contents for the news

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Education

MBA in Marketing Management from Loyola Business School 2001

Bachelors in Commerce 1999

Computer Skills

Proficient in MS Office – Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Personal

Valid L2 visa with EAD

Mother of 2 kids

Professional Bharatanatyam Dancer

Husband works as a Director at Cognizant Technology Solutions

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