Vaishnavi Venkatraman
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Phone: 908-***-**** E Mail: ********@*****.***
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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