AMARDEEP

BANERJEE

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+91-981-**-***-**

CAREER PROFILE

15+ years of experience

as a writer/editor/content

marketer in Delhi-NCR area.

Stints in journalism,

book publishing and

digital marketing.

SKILLS

Content Writing Copy

Editing Proofreading

Rewriting News Reporting

Book Editing Ghost Writing

Digital Marketing Content

Marketing Social Media

Marketing Research &

Analysis Ideation

Coordination

EXPERIENCE

CONSULTING EDITOR & FREELANCE WRITER

May 2019 - Present

Associated with the following organizations & projects:

• NowFloats Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad (software development company)

• Hbits, Mumbai (fractional real estate ownership platform)

• Bait Digital Solutions, Faridabad (content marketing agency)

• Market Samachar (B2B trade magazine for South Asian food items traders based in North America)

• Infobiz (a London-based IT start-up)

• SEO Corporation, Delhi (digital marketing agency) SR. CONTENT WRITER VIRTUAL EMPLOYEE

PVT. LTD.

August 2018 - April 2019

Job function was editing. Content included blogs, magazine articles, social media posts, marketing campaigns, landing pages etc. written by our in-house team. Since the company catered to many Western clients, a key requirement was to enhance the language of each copy to meet the standards of native English- speaking customers.

FREELANCE EDITOR & WRITER

July 2015 - July 2018

Associated with the following organizations & projects:

• Aleph Book Company Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

- Editing:

o ‘Asia Reborn: A Continent Rises from the Ravages of Colonialism and War to a New Dynamism’ by Prasenjit K. Basu

o ‘Jugaad Yatra: Exploring the Indian Art of Problem Solving’ by Dean Nelson

- Proofreading:

2

ADDRESS

C/o Late Mr Bhanu Banerjee,

215 Hijli Cooperative Society,

Kharagpur - 721306

Dist: Paschim Medinipur,

West Bengal, INDIA

o ‘Small Towns, Big Stories’ by Ruskin Bond

• Exposure Media Marketing Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon

o Consulting editor with Maxim (India), Discover India and Selling World Travel.

• Raghu Rai (India) Pvt. Ltd.

o Consulting editor with Creative Image magazine

• Bait Content & Digital Solutions Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon

• Young Monk Communications, New Delhi (PR agency)

• 101Reporters, Bengaluru (news agency dedicated to grassroots reporting from the hinterlands)

SR. EDITOR (CONTENT DEVELOPMENT)

PARRAGON PUBLISHING INDIA PVT. LTD.

March 2014 - June 2015

Generating content for the company’s Indian Publishing Programme. Categories I worked on: family reference books, children’s mythology, and pictorial books on the environment. CHIEF COPY EDITOR THE TIMES OF INDIA

November 2009 - February 2014

• I was part of The Times of India-Crest team where my job involved reporting, editing, rewriting, production, and coordination with outstation correspondents. My published works include:

o News article exploring the prevalence of 3D printing and rapid prototyping technologies in India.

o Article on Bollywood’s little-known special effects people, the Foley artistes.

o Trend of wealthy, middle-aged males taking up cycling as a hobby, leading to the emergence of a new consumer

group.

• Worked with The Times of India national desk in New Delhi for two years. Responsible for the production of 1-3 pages daily. Also planned the national pages for the paper’s Late City edition. 3

ASSISTANT EDITOR THE PIONEER

January 2005 - November 2009

• Editor and reporter for The Pioneer’s Sunday news features supplement, ‘Agenda’. Some stories I wrote during this period: o Cover article on the pros and cons of hydropower generation in the Uttarakhand hills.

o Travelogue on Kannur (Kerala) for Air India’s inflight magazine, Namaskaar (published by the Pioneer Group). o Travelogue on Amritsar for the luxury hotel magazine, Exotica

(published by the Pioneer Group).

• Also helped revamp the paper’s website, DailyPioneer.com, in my capacity as News Coordinator.

SUB-EDITOR THE ASIAN AGE

January 2003 - December 2004

Wrote on books, travel and lifestyle. Travelled to Ladakh as part of the official media delegation to cover the Sindhu Darshan festival. Profiled notable celebrities including Shyam Benegal and Dominique Lapierre. Helped launch the paper’s health features page, ‘To Your Health’.

INTERN THE PIONEER

August 2002 - November 2002

Reported extensively on art, culture, health, education, and campus politics for the paper’s daily features section, ‘Vivacity’. 4

EDUCATION

BA HONS (HISTORY)

Hindu College University of Delhi

ISC-CLASS XII (HUMANITIES)

St. Paul’s School Darjeeling

ICSE-CLASS X

St. Paul’s School Darjeeling

AMARDEEP BANERJEE

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