Pooja Prakash
Public Relations and Social Media
San Francisco - 94133
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LinkedIn Profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pooja-prakash-0109714/ Authorized to Work in the US for any employer
Summary
I am a creative person with a background in Public Relations and Social Media. I am an enthusiastic and passionate person with excellent communication and coordination skills. I am well-versed with social media tools such as Hoot- Suite, Google Analytics and Facebook and LinkedIn Insights. Experienced in ideation, creation, and execution of project plans. I have effectively built and maintained strong client relationship to ensure retention. I have worked in startup environment that has given me the opportunity to learn and work on multiple projects across different teams.
I am a detail oriented person and dedicated to ensuring seamless communication and delivery of projects. I have worked in a fast-paced work environment that has helped me to learn work under high-pressure environment. Work Experience
Marketing Manager -PR and Social Media
Jigsaw Academy - 2014-01 - 2016-08 - Bangalore, India
• Responsible for developing and implantation of PR plans for press conferences, new product launches and media releases. Set up face-face interviews for the client with reputed media houses. Featured Jigsaw Academy in Young Turks - CNBC segment on startups
• Actively worked on other marketing aspects such as Social Media and Blog content for Jigsaw Academy.
• Emphasizing on keyword based blog content creation, to ensure optimized reach. Efficiently posted content on company blog.
• Facilitate and enabled cross-team communication to ensure project deadlines are met for all campaigns
• Worked closely with the content team for planning and execution of campaigns across channels like LinkedIn, Twit- ter and Facebook. Responsible of tracking content reach for all campaigns across social media channels
• Identify and tap new channels like - Instagram, Google plus, Reddit for content promotion
• Successfully scheduled posts on social media channels using Hootsuite and tracked social media data using Google analytics and Hootsuite analytics.
• Efficiently organize and plan all company events such as seminars, webinars and also alumina meet-ups
• Experience in working on Email Marketing Campaigns. Tools used - MailChimp
• Experience in working on content syndication tools such as Outbrain and Taboola PR Manager
Brand-comm (Public Relations Consulting Firm) - 2011-02 - 2013-12 - Bangalore, India
- February 2011- December 2013
• Delegate and track assigned to team members
• Managed media relations for clients across multiple domains like – IT, Healthcare, Education, HR and Finance
• Developing strategic plans month and yearly plans for clients. Plan and organize for press conferences, and ensur- ing good coverage in print and in online media
• Creating monthly reports for clients with an addition of Industry analysis, competition mapping and new media iden- tification.
• Developed new client pitch presentation for NBD
• Experience in coordination and negotiation skills with external vendors
• Improved clients the brand presence in the media
• Formulate reports and monitor routine PR tasks
• Setting up media interviews for clients in top publications.
• Identify target audience for the client
Research Associated & Business Development Support Jubilant Biosys Ltd - 2006-06 - 2010-12 - Bangalore, India
• Onsite training for a special project in Switzerland
• Worked across multiple projects focusing on plant pathways, cardiovascular disease, COPD
• Involved in the research and documentation
• Recognized for efficiency in both quality and timely delivery during this assignment.
• Responsible for sourcing, analysis and capturing of interactions, from various articles
• Supported the Business development team by creating reports, presentation, competition mapping and analysis Volunteering
Social Media Specialist
NoBully.org (Anti-bullying organization) -2015-07 - 2016-10 - San Francisco, USA
• Worked as social media expert, helping in creating more visibility for No Bully on the online space
• Worked on creating new content for all their social media channels like - Facebook and Twitter
• Scheduled post using HootSuite for a month
• Promotion of event on channels like Facebook and Twitter Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Public Relations - Bharathiya Vidhya Bhavan, Bangalore, India - 2010- 2011 Masters of Science in Microbiology - Sri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College - Bangalore, India - 2003 - 2006 Key Skills:
Public Relation Skills:
• Media Relations
• Press kit
• Manage Press Conference
Project Management Tools:
• Basics of JIRA
• Microsoft Excel and Word
• Basics of Slack
• Asana
• Basecamp
Social Media Tools:
• Google Analytics
• Twitter/FB/LinkedIn Insights
• HootSuite
• Buffer
• SumAll