Corporate Communications Manager

CURRICULUM VITAE

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NEHA SHARMA

Objective

To work with an organization having strong work ethos and an encouraging work environment

Professional Qualification

Post Graduate Diploma in T.V. Journalism from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. (pass out year 2008)

Graduation in Journalism (Hons.) from Kamala Nehru College, Delhi University (pass out year 2007)

Schooling from SVISG (Sadhu Vaswani International School for Girls), Shanti Niketan, New Delhi (pass out year 2004)

Total Work Experience

I have over Fifteen years of experience (15 years) in Corporate communications. My birth date is 23rd March 1987. I have worked as a Corporate communications Manager for an upcoming sports league from January 2014 – January 2019. I am really keen on startups, as I believe they will usher in a new age of how India deals with its business abroad and within the country itself.

I have worked with several embassies and liaisoned with government officials on behalf of these embassies on several matters during my stint with Wave group, I liaisoned with GDA (Ghaziabad development authority) to mitigate the overdues on behalf of Wave group of real estate. At WaterHealth International, Hyderabad, Telangana was in touch with USAID, Govt of USA for WASH (Water and Sanitation hygiene) campaign. At Kaizzen was in touch with Indian government officials on behalf of several embassies like Sweden, European Union, Norway etc the details of which are mentioned in the resume below.

At Wave infratech I was earning 14 lakhs per annum and my expected salary would be INR 20 lakhs per annum.

Last Work profile:

Senior Manager -Corporate communications at Wave Group (Janauary 2022 – May 2022) Reported to the Advisor, Mr. Sundeep Malhotra and handled a team size of 10-15 people.

Activities undertaken involved the following:

Overseeing and signing off on all external communications outputs produced by the teams within the group (including executive summaries of publications, reports, news, articles etc.)

Planning, managing and overseeing the production of engaging written, visual and multimedia packages for Wave Group (videos, animations etc.)

Past work profile:

Head-Corporate communications at WaterHealth International (January 2019-January 2022)

External Communications - Media Relations, Issues management, Crisis Communications, Sustainability Communications and as a new initiative, building up

Lobbying capability

Engagement Communications focusing on Strategy and Change Communication

Working closely with groups like Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID to develop joint properties

Marketing and Digital - Marketing and Engagement communications focusing on Brand Development, Marketing Communications, Digital Channels as well as Internal communication

Thought Leadership program

Corporate communications Manager-World Kabaddi League (January 2014- January 2019)

Activities undertaken involved the following:

Handling the National and international PR agency

Reviewing the reports and giving feedback

Internal communication involving other departments and 8 team owners

Creating more awareness about the league through direct interventions with the national and international sports media

Creating the league’s website

Devising plans and strategy for social media and other online platforms including our pages

Crisis Management

Corporate Social Responsibility

Account Manager with Kaizzen communications (January 2012 – December 2013)

Activities undertaken involved the following:

Handling all the below mentioned accounts

Auditing the reports made by my team juniors

Responsible to the Team Director and the client for quality coverage generation

Generating new business

Creating long term business relations with steady clients

Involved in media planning and strategy with the state and central government

Client portfolio:

Yale University

Rusta

Embassy of Sweden

Embassy of Norway

The TOI Story

Embassy of Finland

LirneAsia

Vedanta

Mutti Parma

Envirotainer

Senior Executive with IPAN Hill and Knowlton Strategies from January 2009 – December 2011

Activities undertaken involved the following:

Liaising on a daily basis with clients and the media, often via telephone and email

Relationship building and networking with clients, colleagues and the media

Monitoring the media including newspapers, magazines, journals, broadcasts, newswires and blogs for opportunities for clients

Working as a part of an account team to develop client proposals and implementing the activity

Preparing regular client reports and attending client meetings

Researching, writing and distributing press releases to targeted media

Collating, analyzing and evaluating media coverage

Event management, including press conferences and promotional events

Undertaking research for new business proposals and presenting to potential clients

Managing a possible crisis situation

Client portfolio:

Intel

HP ProCurve

MAIT

British Telecom

ITC

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