Social Media P O

S Muhammed Shafeeqe

Kiliyankottu House n P O Kunnicode n Kollam District n Kerala 691508 n India

Mobile: +91-813**-***** n e-mail: *********@*****.*** n Web portfolio: http://shafeeqe.pressfolios.com/

Professional Experience

The Times of India

Chennai

September 25, 2017-to date

Assistant Editor

Discuss story ideas with reporters of various editions on a daily basis and fine-tune/ add value to them)

Edit/ re-write copies filed by city reporters and district correspondents

Produce attractive news packages with photographs, illustrations and infographics

Co-ordinate with designers to make news packages/infographics

Check pages done by sub-editors

Deccan Chronicle

Bangalore

February 1, 2017- September 20, 2017

Chief Sub-Editor

Edit/ re-write wire copies and reports filed by city reporters and district correspondents

Produce Nation and Politics pages

Coordinate with Delhi and other editions

Times of Oman & Hi Weekly

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

March 2007-August 2016

Feature Writer/ Chief Sub-Editor (August 2010 – August 2016)

Reporter/ Sub-Editor (March 2007 – August 2010)

Write lengthy feature stories on health, environment, civic issues, art, culture, leisure, travel, automobile industries and motoring

Produce creative content for infographics

Capture off-beat photographs

Edit/re-write copies and design pages

Update feature section of the Times of Oman website and promote stories through social media platforms

The New Indian Express

Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi

December 2000- March 2007

Senior Sub-Editor (January 2006 – March 2007)

Sub-Editor (December 2000 – December 2005)

Handle Page One of the Kerala edition between 2005 and 2006

Lead a team of sub-editors while managing the Nation Desk between 2006 and 2007

Edit/ re-write wire stories and copies filed by reporters

Coordinate with designers on infographics

Plan pages for editions in other States

Produce special pages during State and Union Budgets

Travel Market India, Thiruvananthapuram

September 1999 – December 2000

Reporter/Sub-Editor

Produce content for the whole publication

Write special stories and routine stories

Skills

News sense and flair for writing

Ability to work under deadline pressure

Web savvy

Avid visualizer

Excellent layout/ design skills

Photography

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication and Journalism

1995 – 1996, Kerala Press Academy, Kochi

BA in English Language & Literature

1992 – 1995, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram

Digital Media Training

Digital convergence (Muscat Media Group: 2013, 2014)

Search Engine Optimizations (Muscat Media Group: 2013, 2014)

References

Neena Gopal

Former Resident Editor

Deccan Chronicle, Bengaluru

Mobile: +91-990*******

Arun Ram

Resident Editor

The Times of India, Chennai

Mobile: 944-***-****

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