Hi, I’m Lavanya! I love books,

music, and adventures. My

grammar savviness extends to 4

languages. In my free time, I read

fiction; try out new recipes; or

listen to AR Rahman.

LAVANYA

RAMAKRISHNAN

EDUCATION

TOOLS:

Copywriting UX Writing Content

Strategy Copyediting Voice & Tone

Microcopy Tooltips Error messages

Keywords & Tags Style guides

Figma Invision Canva CCI Newsgate

Quark Express HTML SPSS Minitab

Google Analytics Google Docs, Sheets

& Slides MS Office

NORTH DAKOTA STATE

UNIVERSITY (AUG’18 –

MAY'20)

ASIAN COLLEGE OF

JOURNALISM

(JUL’16- APR’17)

ETHIRAJ COLLEGE FOR

WOMEN

(JUN'13 - APR’16)

MS Communication, GPA: 4.0

PG Diploma in Print Journalism

BA English

WORK EXPERIENCE

GRADUATE INSTRUCTOR, NDSU (AUG’18– MAY'20)

SUB EDITOR, THE HINDU (MAY’17 – JUN’18)

INTERN, UX WRITERS COLLECTIVE (JUL’19– AUG’19)

INTERN, THE HINDU (APR’16 – MAY’16)

INTERN, RED RIVER VALLEY WRITING PROJECT

(RRVWP) (JUL’19 – AUG’19)

CONTENT WRITER, FREELANCE (APR’15 – NOV’15)

INTERN, NEWSREEL MEDIA SERVICES (APR’15 –

JUL’15)

Taught undergraduate students, media writing and

public speaking courses.

Edited, fact-checked, proofread, and polished copies while meeting deadlines of three editions. Designed page layouts using CCI Newsgate, packaged regular

and curated-weekend special stories for the website www.thehindu.com.

Wrote student newsletters and emails to beta

testers inviting them to test out new courses.

Published over 25 reports in The Hindu in School

publication.Worked on multiple freelance reporting assignments offered post internship period in

recognition of good work.

Published blog posts on RRVWP website. Inventoried the Writing Project's library and helped coordinate several events. Was an RRVWP summer institute

fellow.

Wrote website content for a restaurant chain and a coffee brand. Interviewed small entrepreneurs and

produced promotional content for 4 local weekly

tabloids.

Reported on press meets & events. Interviewed,

wrote and edited stories for a website.

Linkedin profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/l

avanya-ramakrishnan125/

Portfolio:

https://bit.ly/3jJSVkL

Website:

https://lavanyakshr.wixsite.co

m/mysite

SKILLS:

CONTENT MANAGER, CODEHER (AUG’20– NOW)

- Currently redesigning the nonprofit's website to reach more potential donors.

- Write emails to current and potential partners,

donors, and participants in our remote programs.

- Create profiles of our participants from the MENA region to be featured on social media.

- Help out with grant proposals, and organizing online conferences.

WRITER, FREELANCE (JUL’20– NOW)

Have been working on blogs and other pieces of

copy for a few clients.

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