Content editor

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Personal Details

Name Ruchi Jaiswal

Date of birth June 6, 1982

Current address R-1102, The Hyde Park, Sector-78, Noida, U.P.

Mobile 099********

E-mail *****.****@*****.***

Work History

Burda Media Pvt. Ltd, Noida ꟷ Senior Associate Editor with Burda Media Pvt Ltd., for Microsoft’s msn.com May 2017-

Working as the senior copy editor for msn.com, Microsoft’s news and features website

QCing and subbing content varying from various verticals such as news, entertainment and sports.

Pitching content ideas targeting specific regions and audience and getting good PVs for the same.

DDP Publications, New Delhi ꟷ Desk Editor April 2015- May 2017

Worked as Desk Editor with TravTalk, a premier travel trade magazine by DDP Publication.

My job encompasses QC, subbing stories, headlines and full content planning.

I have on various occasions reported for the magazine too.

Mindworks Global Media Pvt Ltd, Noida ꟷ Deputy Head of Desk March 2010- March 2015

Worked with Mindworks as Deputy Head of Desk on the international edition of a reputed US newspaper.

Led a team of three working on two travel B2B magazines, owned by a travel and hospitality group based in the US.

Worked on various reputed international publications like South China Morning Post, The Nation and The Miami Herald.

Mindworks Global Media Pvt Ltd, Noida ꟷ Senior Copy Editor October 2006- March 2009

Worked as Senior Copy Editor on the international edition of a reputed newspaper from the United States. My job encapsulates designing pages, subbing copy, and QC of the final print.

Copy Editor on the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post – learnt the nuances of copy editing with the best minds in the industry.

Maharashtra Herald, Pune ꟷ Internship in November & December 2005

Worked as an intern in Maharashtra Herald, Pune, for two months

My job as an intern was to look after the ‘Letters to the editor’ section. I picked, rewrote and edited the letters for the daily. Occasionally, wrote for the city supplement of the newspaper on entertainment and lifestyle.

Education

Degree

Institute

University

Year of passing

%/grade

MA (Mass Communication and Journalism)

Dept of Communication and Journalism, Pune

Pune University

2006

B+

Diploma in Geopolitics and International Relations

JRVGTI, Pune

Deccan Education Society, Pune

2006

A+

BSc (Chemistry)

Ferguson College, Pune

Pune University

2003

First Class with Distinction

Higher Secondary

Sunbeam School

CBSE Board

2000

70%

SSC

St Joseph’s Convent School, Varanasi

ICSE Board

1998

74%

Areas of Interest

Reading

Writing

Research

Sports

Academic Projects Undertaken

While studying Journalism I gained considerable experience working on the student journal “Vritta Vidya” that familiarised me with editing, page making and proofreading.

March 2006 – Made a short documentary, Kamal Abhilasha, on the children of commercial sex workers in Pune. The documentary was a teamwork undertaken as a part of MA curriculum that gave an insight into the lives of CSWs and their children.

Date: June 2019

Place: Noida

Ruchi Jaiswal

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