Manager Real Estate

ASHWIN SESHAGIRI

********@*****.*** 510-***-**** ashwinseshagiri.com

EXPERIENCE

Digital Fellow The New York Times May, 2012 Present

Producing digital content for NYTimes.com and mobile platforms, including

headline writing, line editing, photo editing and basic user interface design.

Program Assistant Knight Digital Media Center April, 2011 May, 2012

Produced site content and managed social networks in order to grow

influence and user engagement.

Helped author digital skills tutorials, including A Journalist s Guide to

Twitter."

Assisted in multimedia trainings, including how to build data visualizations,

operate cameras, utilize social media and use non-linear editing software.

Reporting Intern Bloomberg News June, 2011 August, 2011

Wrote breaking news and feature stories related to North American and

New York real estate markets.

Reporter/Producer MissionLocal.org August, 2010 January, 2011

Produced multimedia content for a San Francisco hyperlocal news site,

including interactive graphics, videos, written features and audio

slideshows.

Editorial & Community Manager eBay Inc. September, 2009 August, 2010

Launched and produced a content-centered microsite focused on the

company s environmental initiatives, managing guest bloggers and

development team.

Created and managed digital media campaigns with overall budgets of up

to $5 million.

Multiplied traffic, participation and engagement across social media by

creating Facebook games and network-specific editorial.

Features Editor TriplePundit.com March, 2008 August, 2010

Created and managed featured series and topic packages.

Regularly contributed articles on innovation and green business news.

Established and maintained editorial tone and style standards.

ASHWIN SESHAGIRI

********@*****.*** 510-***-**** ashwinseshagiri.com

EDUCATION

UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism August, 2010 May, 2012

Master of Journalism

UC Berkeley College of Letters & Science August, 2001 May, 2005

Bachelor of Arts with honors

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2011 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence

National Runner Up, Online News Reporting: How Clean Are SF

Restaurants?

2011-2012 Atlantic Monthly New Media Scholar, South Asian Journalists

Association

2011-2012 Mark Felt Scholar in Investigative Reporting, UC Berkeley

Investigative Reporting Program

EXPERTISE

Expertise with Wordpress, Django-based, SmileMaker and Moveable Type

CMS platforms

Proficiency with Final Cut Pro and Adobe CS5, including Flash, After

Effects and Photoshop

Proficiency with HTML5 and CSS3

BAVC-trained AVID and ProTools LE editor

Basic experience with jQuery

Languages: Spanish (fluent), Tamil (conversational)

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