Communication Coordinator

GURMEHAR SODHI

(Goor-meh-her Sod-hee)

773-***-**** admgn8@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/gurmeharsodhi/ Passionate and motivated about communication, having a good understanding of culture, media, and governance. Possess strong communication and leadership skills through internships in different media fields. Tech-savvy, highly organized, and a multi-tasking communication professional. Aspire to be a communication specialist in a global firm. LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO, SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, CHICAGO Aug 2019 - 2021 M.S. Global Strategic Communication

JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA, CENTER FOR CULTURE MEDIA AND GOVERNANCE, NEW DELHI Jul 2016 - May 2018 M.A. Media and Governance

GGSIP UNIVERSITY, JAGANNATH INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL, NEW DELHI Aug 2013 - Jun 2016 B.A. (Journalism and Mass Communication)

COMMUNICATION CONTENT INTERN, ILLINOIS HUMANITIES Feb 2021 – May 2021

• Supported the communications team to implement planned content for social media and communications calendar

• Drafted and scheduled posts for social media, the website, and electronic newsletters, using Hootsuite and Canva

• Assisted with development of creative concepts and marketing strategies for promoting the work of Illinois Humanities

• Worked on communications projects as assigned

DIGITAL MARKETING INTERN, PEACE MURAL FOUNDATION Oct 2020 – Feb 2021

• Managed social media accounts for Peace Mural Foundation

• Created content and graphics for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram

• Increased followers and engagement for social media – using FB ad manager, creating ads, budgeting

• Planned on getting the funds and grants for PMF

SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN, RED SLICE LLC July 2020 – Sept 2020

• Managed social media account for Maria Ross (author, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker)

• Created social media content and graphics using Canva

• Created a calendar and scheduled the posts using Planoly and Buffer

• Strategized and planned digital marketing techniques to increase engagement and traffic on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

COMMUNICATION INTERN, GIZ (GERMAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY) Sept 2018- Mar 2019

• Coordinated and organized a two-day Water Conference, “Safeguarding Water Resources in Rural India”

• Developed the microsite and communication materials with the team

• Co-assisted an intensive five-day communication training workshop

• Edited technical (NRM) reports for language accuracy and grammar EDITORIAL INTERN, ASIAN AGE TABLOID NEWSPAPER, DECCAN HERALD HOLDINGS, NEW DELHI Jun 2015

• Interviewed artists and activists for the cover stories- field assignment

• Featured in the paper under three articles

• Edited and proofread the e-paper in Quark Xpress software NEWS INTERN, ANI- ASIAN NEWS INTERNATIONAL (NEWS AGENCY), NEW DELHI May 2015

• Selected stories from Reuters that were uploaded on the ANI website

• Translating from Hindi news to English news and vice versa while listening to the audio bytes

• Proofread the articles sent by other agencies

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CONTENT WRITING INTERN, TIMES INTERNET, DELHI NCR Jun 2014

• Handled the Central Monitoring System (CMS) of the company

• Published stories online, made presentations for the website (businessinsider.in and lifehacker.in)

• Attended workshop on SEO (search engine optimizer)

• Published two articles online

VEGGIE FEST CHICAGO Oct 2020 - Present

• Handle social media posts – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest

• Schedule posts daily via Basecamp and Hootsuite

• Help in creating content and designing the posts according to the calendar RAPPORTEURING-EVENT, CMS- CENTRE FOR MEDIA STUDIES (THINK TANK), NEW DELHI Oct 2015

• Minute to minute reporting of the seminars held by CMS VATAVARAN, an annual event.

• Coordinated the field trip to ‘Yamuna Biodiversity Park’

• Participated in the conferences, compiled and produced articles for the final CMS Vatavaran Report 2015 PARTICIPANT- IMPACT ORIENTED COMMUNICATION TRAINING WORKSHOP Dec 2018 SPANISH LANGUAGE – A2 LEVEL, INSTITUTO CERVANTES, EMBASSY OF SPAIN Apr 2017 - May 2018 CO-ORGANISER - Water conference 2018; Impact oriented communication training workshop 2018 RAPPORTEUR HEAD - Head of a team of three for collation of all the reports for the annual event of CMS Vatavaran CULTURAL COORDINATION - Coordinated the annual college fest ‘Prism’. Led a team of ten students THE ASIAN AGE NEWSPAPER, NEW DELHI. – “Tribal Heritage”; “Creative Collision”; “Setting the stage for change” BUSINESSINSIDER.IN – “8 International TV Show Re-runs That Everyone Loves to Watch” DEBATING MODEL UNITED NATION – Participated as a delegate of Spain, ranked 7th out of 50 delegates PAINTING Still life and figure painting in fine arts HOBBIES Reading, journal writing, travelling

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